Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025 is USD 92,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 824 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 73,000 and USD 121,900 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
- 824
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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 Incident response. 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 | 803 jobs Monitoring | 676 jobs Incident response | 614 jobs Cloud | 581 jobs Vulnerabilities | 562 jobs Computer Science | 543 jobs SIEM | 500 jobs Audits | 396 jobs NIST | 387 jobs Firewalls | 374 jobs Risk management | 367 jobs CISSP | 354 jobs SOC | 350 jobs Windows | 331 jobs Risk assessment | 330 jobs Clearance | 326 jobs Linux | 294 jobs Vulnerability management | 285 jobs Governance | 254 jobs Privacy | 237 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 | 850 jobs Health care | 593 jobs Team events | 541 jobs Insurance | 368 jobs Flex hours | 358 jobs Competitive pay | 322 jobs Equity / stock options | 245 jobs Flex vacation | 240 jobs Salary bonus | 231 jobs 401(k) matching | 210 jobs Startup environment | 194 jobs Medical leave | 182 jobs Parental leave | 160 jobs Wellness | 158 jobs Transparency | 72 jobs Flexible spending account | 55 jobs Relocation support | 52 jobs Home office stipend | 48 jobs Fitness / gym | 36 jobs Gear | 33 jobsRelated salaries
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