Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security during 2025 is USD 100,126

✏️ This salary info is based on 112 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security salary lies between USD 77,097 and USD 143,500 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
Cyber Security
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
112
Top 10%
$ 192,000
Top 25%
$ 143,500
Median
$ 100,126
Bottom 25%
$ 77,097
Bottom 10%
$ 51,000

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

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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 | 321 jobs Cloud | 304 jobs CISSP | 265 jobs Computer Science | 245 jobs Monitoring | 244 jobs NIST | 230 jobs Incident response | 227 jobs Vulnerabilities | 214 jobs Risk management | 210 jobs SIEM | 192 jobs Firewalls | 182 jobs Clearance | 179 jobs Strategy | 178 jobs Risk assessment | 144 jobs CISM | 139 jobs ISO 27001 | 134 jobs Linux | 130 jobs Network security | 128 jobs Audits | 126 jobs Azure | 125 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 | 370 jobs Health care | 225 jobs Team events | 201 jobs Competitive pay | 162 jobs Flex hours | 157 jobs Insurance | 103 jobs Flex vacation | 93 jobs Startup environment | 85 jobs 401(k) matching | 78 jobs Equity / stock options | 67 jobs Medical leave | 67 jobs Parental leave | 65 jobs Wellness | 64 jobs Salary bonus | 64 jobs Relocation support | 20 jobs Fitness / gym | 19 jobs Conferences | 19 jobs Transparency | 16 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 13 jobs Travel | 12 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 49,553 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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