Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Operations Analyst during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Operations Analyst during 2025 is USD 102,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 36 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Security Operations Analyst salary lies between USD 75,789 and USD 135,000 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 Operations Analyst
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 36
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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 Operations Analyst roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Operations Analyst job listings are Incident response, Monitoring and SIEM. 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:
Incident response | 47 jobs Monitoring | 45 jobs SIEM | 43 jobs SOC | 41 jobs Cloud | 38 jobs Firewalls | 29 jobs Automation | 24 jobs Windows | 23 jobs Python | 21 jobs EDR | 21 jobs Malware | 20 jobs CISSP | 20 jobs Compliance | 20 jobs Vulnerabilities | 19 jobs Scripting | 19 jobs Vulnerability management | 18 jobs Privacy | 18 jobs IDS | 16 jobs Threat intelligence | 16 jobs Linux | 16 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Security Operations Analyst roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Operations Analyst job listings are Career development, Team events and Health care. 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 | 49 jobs Team events | 37 jobs Health care | 34 jobs Flex hours | 20 jobs Competitive pay | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 16 jobs Parental leave | 15 jobs Insurance | 15 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Startup environment | 12 jobs Medical leave | 12 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs 401(k) matching | 8 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Fertility benefits | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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