Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst during 2025 is USD 93,400
✏️ This salary info is based on 1068 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 73,100 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
- 1068
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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 | 1029 jobs Monitoring | 871 jobs Incident response | 795 jobs Cloud | 762 jobs Vulnerabilities | 697 jobs Computer Science | 697 jobs SIEM | 644 jobs Audits | 515 jobs NIST | 507 jobs Firewalls | 493 jobs Risk management | 476 jobs SOC | 464 jobs CISSP | 457 jobs Risk assessment | 435 jobs Clearance | 430 jobs Windows | 404 jobs Vulnerability management | 376 jobs Linux | 357 jobs Governance | 327 jobs Azure | 302 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 | 1095 jobs Health care | 782 jobs Team events | 700 jobs Insurance | 478 jobs Flex hours | 461 jobs Competitive pay | 411 jobs Equity / stock options | 308 jobs Salary bonus | 299 jobs Flex vacation | 292 jobs 401(k) matching | 258 jobs Startup environment | 244 jobs Medical leave | 238 jobs Parental leave | 219 jobs Wellness | 192 jobs Transparency | 82 jobs Relocation support | 67 jobs Flexible spending account | 60 jobs Fitness / gym | 51 jobs Home office stipend | 51 jobs Gear | 38 jobsRelated salaries
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