Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Information Security Specialist in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Information Security Specialist in Canada during 2025 is USD 110,000

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Information Security Specialist salary lies between USD 91,937 and USD 136,800 in Canada. 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
Information Security Specialist
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 153,227
Top 25%
$ 136,800
Median
$ 110,000
Bottom 25%
$ 91,937
Bottom 10%
$ 91,200

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Information Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Risk management and Cloud. 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 | 60 jobs Risk management | 40 jobs Cloud | 36 jobs Computer Science | 34 jobs ISO 27001 | 31 jobs CISSP | 31 jobs CISA | 31 jobs Incident response | 27 jobs Audits | 26 jobs Risk assessment | 21 jobs Vulnerabilities | 20 jobs NIST | 20 jobs Monitoring | 20 jobs Clearance | 19 jobs Vulnerability management | 17 jobs CompTIA | 17 jobs DoDD 8570 | 16 jobs DoD | 16 jobs RMF | 16 jobs Active Directory | 15 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Information Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care 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:

Career development | 37 jobs Health care | 28 jobs Competitive pay | 22 jobs Insurance | 19 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Equity / stock options | 11 jobs Wellness | 11 jobs Flex hours | 9 jobs Startup environment | 8 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Lunch / meals | 3 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Gear | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs

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Information Security Specialist @ $ 108,800 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 108,800 (Canada) Details

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