Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025 is USD 91,829

✏️ This salary info is based on 952 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 72,000 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
952
Top 10%
$ 153,925
Top 25%
$ 121,900
Median
$ 91,829
Bottom 25%
$ 72,000
Bottom 10%
$ 56,962

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

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 | 949 jobs Monitoring | 801 jobs Incident response | 725 jobs Cloud | 691 jobs Vulnerabilities | 649 jobs Computer Science | 640 jobs SIEM | 590 jobs Audits | 485 jobs NIST | 466 jobs Firewalls | 446 jobs Risk management | 435 jobs CISSP | 427 jobs SOC | 425 jobs Risk assessment | 399 jobs Clearance | 383 jobs Windows | 377 jobs Vulnerability management | 342 jobs Linux | 334 jobs Governance | 303 jobs ISO 27001 | 280 jobs

Top 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 | 1002 jobs Health care | 716 jobs Team events | 637 jobs Insurance | 432 jobs Flex hours | 428 jobs Competitive pay | 376 jobs Equity / stock options | 284 jobs Salary bonus | 275 jobs Flex vacation | 274 jobs 401(k) matching | 247 jobs Startup environment | 221 jobs Medical leave | 216 jobs Parental leave | 199 jobs Wellness | 178 jobs Transparency | 78 jobs Relocation support | 60 jobs Flexible spending account | 60 jobs Home office stipend | 50 jobs Fitness / gym | 45 jobs Gear | 35 jobs

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Security Analyst @ $ 53,037 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Analyst @ $ 99,875 (Germany) Details
Security Analyst @ $ 94,191 (Canada) Details
Security Analyst @ $ 100,277 (Australia) Details
Security Analyst @ $ 56,633 (Austria) Details

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