Salary for Executive-level / Director Cyber Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Cyber Engineer during 2025 is USD 209,500

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The average executive-level / director Cyber Engineer salary lies between USD 140,900 and USD 253,600 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
Cyber Engineer
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 322,000
Top 25%
$ 253,600
Median
$ 209,500
Bottom 25%
$ 140,900
Bottom 10%
$ 130,000

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 Executive-level / Director Cyber Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Cyber Engineer job listings are Cloud, Computer Science and Threat intelligence. 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:

Cloud | 5 jobs Computer Science | 4 jobs Threat intelligence | 3 jobs Incident response | 3 jobs Strategy | 3 jobs Compliance | 3 jobs Governance | 3 jobs KPIs | 3 jobs Vulnerabilities | 2 jobs Analytics | 2 jobs Machine Learning | 2 jobs AWS | 2 jobs Automation | 2 jobs NIST | 2 jobs Risk management | 2 jobs Scripting | 2 jobs APIs | 2 jobs SOC | 2 jobs Zero Trust | 2 jobs SIEM | 1 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Cyber Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Cyber Engineer job listings are Career development, Startup environment 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 | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Health care | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs

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