Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025 is USD 93,939

✏️ This salary info is based on 730 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 73,684 and USD 122,200 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
730
Top 10%
$ 153,925
Top 25%
$ 122,200
Median
$ 93,939
Bottom 25%
$ 73,684
Bottom 10%
$ 57,000

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 | 686 jobs Monitoring | 572 jobs Incident response | 518 jobs Vulnerabilities | 492 jobs Cloud | 490 jobs Computer Science | 471 jobs SIEM | 424 jobs Audits | 342 jobs NIST | 337 jobs Firewalls | 325 jobs Risk management | 324 jobs CISSP | 314 jobs SOC | 302 jobs Clearance | 293 jobs Windows | 289 jobs Risk assessment | 285 jobs Linux | 262 jobs Vulnerability management | 235 jobs Governance | 228 jobs IDS | 204 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 | 737 jobs Health care | 515 jobs Team events | 470 jobs Insurance | 318 jobs Flex hours | 302 jobs Competitive pay | 278 jobs Equity / stock options | 219 jobs Flex vacation | 211 jobs Salary bonus | 202 jobs 401(k) matching | 186 jobs Startup environment | 163 jobs Medical leave | 157 jobs Parental leave | 140 jobs Wellness | 139 jobs Transparency | 64 jobs Relocation support | 44 jobs Home office stipend | 44 jobs Flexible spending account | 44 jobs Fitness / gym | 31 jobs Gear | 30 jobs

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