Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025 is USD 95,800
✏️ This salary info is based on 510 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 73,900 and USD 124,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- Security Analyst
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 510
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Analyst job listings are Compliance, Monitoring and Cloud. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Compliance | 460 jobs Monitoring | 387 jobs Cloud | 337 jobs Vulnerabilities | 330 jobs Incident response | 327 jobs Computer Science | 317 jobs SIEM | 274 jobs Audits | 230 jobs CISSP | 224 jobs NIST | 220 jobs Risk management | 218 jobs Firewalls | 217 jobs SOC | 204 jobs Windows | 203 jobs Clearance | 199 jobs Linux | 189 jobs Risk assessment | 187 jobs Vulnerability management | 157 jobs Governance | 157 jobs Automation | 141 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Analyst job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 495 jobs Health care | 347 jobs Team events | 321 jobs Insurance | 217 jobs Flex hours | 204 jobs Competitive pay | 174 jobs Equity / stock options | 156 jobs Flex vacation | 149 jobs Salary bonus | 145 jobs 401(k) matching | 121 jobs Startup environment | 112 jobs Medical leave | 106 jobs Parental leave | 97 jobs Wellness | 92 jobs Transparency | 42 jobs Flexible spending account | 29 jobs Home office stipend | 28 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Gear | 20 jobs Fitness / gym | 19 jobsRelated salaries
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