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 112 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior SOC Analyst salary lies between USD 68,000 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
- 112
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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 | 285 jobs SIEM | 200 jobs Monitoring | 190 jobs Incident response | 178 jobs Cloud | 113 jobs EDR | 110 jobs Firewalls | 97 jobs Windows | 90 jobs Malware | 86 jobs Vulnerabilities | 85 jobs IDS | 84 jobs Linux | 84 jobs Threat intelligence | 75 jobs Computer Science | 73 jobs Compliance | 68 jobs Scripting | 66 jobs IPS | 65 jobs Splunk | 62 jobs Clearance | 62 jobs CompTIA | 62 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 | 187 jobs Career development | 145 jobs Health care | 111 jobs Insurance | 62 jobs Flex hours | 61 jobs Competitive pay | 53 jobs Medical leave | 48 jobs Startup environment | 43 jobs Parental leave | 42 jobs Flex vacation | 38 jobs Salary bonus | 37 jobs Equity / stock options | 34 jobs 401(k) matching | 25 jobs Wellness | 18 jobs Gear | 12 jobs Fitness / gym | 10 jobs Transparency | 9 jobs Home office stipend | 9 jobs Flexible spending account | 9 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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