Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Incident Responder during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Incident Responder during 2025 is USD 93,081

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

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Incident Responder salary lies between USD 41,815 and USD 136,500 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
Incident Responder
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
22
Top 10%
$ 147,390
Top 25%
$ 136,500
Median
$ 93,081
Bottom 25%
$ 41,815
Bottom 10%
$ 41,815

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 Incident Responder roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Incident Responder job listings are Incident response, Cloud and Monitoring. 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:

Incident response | 28 jobs Cloud | 20 jobs Monitoring | 19 jobs Malware | 18 jobs Forensics | 16 jobs SOC | 13 jobs Azure | 12 jobs Linux | 12 jobs Clearance | 12 jobs EDR | 12 jobs Log analysis | 12 jobs AWS | 11 jobs Python | 11 jobs PowerShell | 11 jobs SIEM | 10 jobs Cyber defense | 10 jobs GCIH | 10 jobs Windows | 10 jobs Pentesting | 10 jobs Splunk | 9 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Incident Responder roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Incident Responder 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 | 14 jobs Health care | 13 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Insurance | 6 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs

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