Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025 is USD 95,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 265 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 74,000 and USD 125,400 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
- 265
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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 Vulnerabilities. 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 | 225 jobs Monitoring | 188 jobs Vulnerabilities | 163 jobs Incident response | 156 jobs Cloud | 156 jobs Computer Science | 148 jobs SIEM | 128 jobs Risk management | 114 jobs Audits | 111 jobs CISSP | 106 jobs Clearance | 106 jobs Firewalls | 104 jobs NIST | 104 jobs SOC | 94 jobs Risk assessment | 92 jobs Windows | 91 jobs Linux | 84 jobs Governance | 77 jobs Scripting | 70 jobs Vulnerability management | 65 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 | 251 jobs Health care | 186 jobs Team events | 155 jobs Insurance | 116 jobs Flex hours | 97 jobs Competitive pay | 84 jobs Equity / stock options | 79 jobs Salary bonus | 79 jobs Flex vacation | 74 jobs 401(k) matching | 65 jobs Startup environment | 65 jobs Medical leave | 55 jobs Parental leave | 45 jobs Wellness | 43 jobs Transparency | 27 jobs Relocation support | 19 jobs Home office stipend | 15 jobs Flexible spending account | 13 jobs Lunch / meals | 8 jobs Gear | 8 jobsRelated salaries
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