Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security during 2025 is USD 91,900
✏️ This salary info is based on 30 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security salary lies between USD 75,000 and USD 150,148 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
- 30
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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 | 90 jobs Cloud | 90 jobs CISSP | 70 jobs Computer Science | 70 jobs Risk management | 67 jobs Clearance | 63 jobs Monitoring | 63 jobs SIEM | 61 jobs Vulnerabilities | 60 jobs Strategy | 60 jobs NIST | 59 jobs Incident response | 56 jobs Firewalls | 46 jobs Linux | 41 jobs Network security | 40 jobs Azure | 40 jobs Risk assessment | 39 jobs CISM | 36 jobs Governance | 36 jobs CEH | 35 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, Team events 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:
Career development | 115 jobs Team events | 68 jobs Health care | 62 jobs Flex hours | 50 jobs Competitive pay | 45 jobs Insurance | 33 jobs Flex vacation | 27 jobs 401(k) matching | 26 jobs Startup environment | 25 jobs Equity / stock options | 23 jobs Wellness | 21 jobs Medical leave | 21 jobs Salary bonus | 18 jobs Parental leave | 16 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Travel | 3 jobsRelated salaries
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