Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Detection Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Detection Engineer during 2024 is USD 101,000

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The average mid-level / intermediate Detection Engineer salary lies between USD 75,600 and USD 172,000 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
Detection Engineer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 173,000
Top 25%
$ 172,000
Median
$ 101,000
Bottom 25%
$ 75,600
Bottom 10%
$ 65,000

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 Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Detection Engineer job listings are SIEM, Cloud and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

SIEM | 31 jobs Cloud | 31 jobs Python | 28 jobs Threat detection | 27 jobs Incident response | 25 jobs Threat intelligence | 24 jobs EDR | 24 jobs Monitoring | 24 jobs SOC | 24 jobs Analytics | 20 jobs Automation | 20 jobs Computer Science | 19 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 18 jobs Scripting | 18 jobs AWS | 16 jobs Azure | 13 jobs Splunk | 13 jobs Windows | 12 jobs GCP | 12 jobs Vulnerabilities | 11 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Detection Engineer job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 29 jobs Flex hours | 17 jobs Team events | 17 jobs Health care | 16 jobs Equity / stock options | 14 jobs Medical leave | 10 jobs Salary bonus | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Startup environment | 8 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Insurance | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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