Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security during 2025 is USD 100,584
✏️ This salary info is based on 142 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security salary lies between USD 77,100 and USD 143,700 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
- 142
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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 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 | 396 jobs Cloud | 383 jobs CISSP | 333 jobs Monitoring | 308 jobs Computer Science | 306 jobs NIST | 290 jobs Incident response | 286 jobs Risk management | 276 jobs Vulnerabilities | 272 jobs SIEM | 236 jobs Firewalls | 231 jobs Clearance | 226 jobs Strategy | 219 jobs Risk assessment | 178 jobs CISM | 177 jobs ISO 27001 | 171 jobs Linux | 164 jobs Azure | 158 jobs Audits | 156 jobs Network security | 154 jobsTop 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 | 472 jobs Health care | 299 jobs Team events | 265 jobs Competitive pay | 212 jobs Flex hours | 205 jobs Insurance | 139 jobs Flex vacation | 123 jobs Startup environment | 108 jobs 401(k) matching | 101 jobs Salary bonus | 90 jobs Medical leave | 89 jobs Equity / stock options | 88 jobs Parental leave | 86 jobs Wellness | 74 jobs Fitness / gym | 28 jobs Relocation support | 27 jobs Conferences | 23 jobs Transparency | 19 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 16 jobs Travel | 15 jobsRelated salaries
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