Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security during 2025 is USD 98,570

✏️ This salary info is based on 106 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security salary lies between USD 76,428 and USD 140,000 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
Cyber Security
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
106
Top 10%
$ 192,000
Top 25%
$ 140,000
Median
$ 98,570
Bottom 25%
$ 76,428
Bottom 10%
$ 50,632

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. 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 | 276 jobs Cloud | 259 jobs CISSP | 224 jobs Computer Science | 209 jobs Monitoring | 202 jobs NIST | 191 jobs Incident response | 189 jobs Vulnerabilities | 183 jobs Risk management | 179 jobs SIEM | 162 jobs Clearance | 160 jobs Firewalls | 152 jobs Strategy | 146 jobs Risk assessment | 123 jobs CISM | 116 jobs Azure | 110 jobs ISO 27001 | 109 jobs Audits | 108 jobs Linux | 108 jobs Network security | 107 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security 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 | 310 jobs Health care | 189 jobs Team events | 169 jobs Competitive pay | 134 jobs Flex hours | 132 jobs Insurance | 91 jobs Flex vacation | 80 jobs Startup environment | 75 jobs 401(k) matching | 70 jobs Medical leave | 60 jobs Equity / stock options | 59 jobs Wellness | 57 jobs Parental leave | 54 jobs Salary bonus | 54 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Conferences | 17 jobs Relocation support | 16 jobs Transparency | 15 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 13 jobs Travel | 12 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 31,891 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 49,553 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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Cyber Security @ $ 132,790 (Australia) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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