Salary for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst during 2025 is USD 78,520
✏️ This salary info is based on 144 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior SOC Analyst salary lies between USD 67,600 and USD 114,500 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
- SOC Analyst
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 144
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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 SOC Analyst roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior SOC Analyst job listings are SOC, SIEM and Monitoring. 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:
SOC | 353 jobs SIEM | 246 jobs Monitoring | 233 jobs Incident response | 222 jobs Cloud | 147 jobs EDR | 132 jobs Firewalls | 124 jobs Windows | 113 jobs Malware | 111 jobs Vulnerabilities | 108 jobs Linux | 108 jobs IDS | 104 jobs Threat intelligence | 95 jobs Computer Science | 95 jobs Scripting | 86 jobs Compliance | 85 jobs IPS | 84 jobs Splunk | 82 jobs Clearance | 78 jobs Python | 75 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior SOC Analyst job listings are Team events, Career development 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:
Team events | 236 jobs Career development | 190 jobs Health care | 138 jobs Flex hours | 81 jobs Insurance | 76 jobs Competitive pay | 70 jobs Startup environment | 58 jobs Medical leave | 56 jobs Flex vacation | 52 jobs Parental leave | 49 jobs Salary bonus | 48 jobs Equity / stock options | 39 jobs 401(k) matching | 32 jobs Wellness | 27 jobs Gear | 16 jobs Fitness / gym | 13 jobs Flexible spending account | 12 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Transparency | 10 jobs Conferences | 7 jobsRelated salaries
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