Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Incident Responder during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Incident Responder during 2025 is USD 117,459

✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Incident Responder salary lies between USD 84,600 and USD 130,000 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
Incident Responder
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 188,640
Top 25%
$ 130,000
Median
$ 117,459
Bottom 25%
$ 84,600
Bottom 10%
$ 30,000

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 Incident Responder roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Incident Responder job listings are Incident response, Forensics and Malware. 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 | 18 jobs Forensics | 12 jobs Malware | 12 jobs Cloud | 12 jobs Monitoring | 11 jobs Python | 9 jobs PowerShell | 9 jobs AWS | 8 jobs Azure | 8 jobs Linux | 8 jobs Pentesting | 8 jobs EDR | 8 jobs Log analysis | 8 jobs GCIH | 7 jobs Windows | 7 jobs Scripting | 7 jobs TTPs | 6 jobs Red team | 6 jobs UNIX | 6 jobs Clearance | 6 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 Health care, Career development and Competitive pay. 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:

Health care | 7 jobs Career development | 7 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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