Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security Specialist during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security Specialist during 2025 is USD 94,250

✏️ This salary info is based on 22 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security Specialist salary lies between USD 84,600 and USD 130,400 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 Specialist
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
22
Top 10%
$ 153,925
Top 25%
$ 130,400
Median
$ 94,250
Bottom 25%
$ 84,600
Bottom 10%
$ 67,088

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 Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Monitoring, Clearance 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:

Monitoring | 13 jobs Clearance | 12 jobs CISSP | 10 jobs Risk management | 10 jobs SIEM | 9 jobs DoD | 9 jobs Computer Science | 9 jobs Compliance | 8 jobs RMF | 8 jobs CEH | 7 jobs NIST | 6 jobs Linux | 6 jobs Security Clearance | 6 jobs Agile | 6 jobs Network security | 5 jobs Vulnerabilities | 5 jobs Top Secret | 5 jobs CompTIA | 5 jobs Privacy | 5 jobs Cloud | 5 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 9 jobs Health care | 8 jobs Flex hours | 7 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Team events | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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