Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer during 2025 is USD 134,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 1285 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer salary lies between USD 98,600 and USD 177,000 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
Security Engineer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
1285
Top 10%
$ 218,030
Top 25%
$ 177,000
Median
$ 134,500
Bottom 25%
$ 98,600
Bottom 10%
$ 75,600

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 Security Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Computer Science. 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:

Cloud | 870 jobs Compliance | 731 jobs Computer Science | 633 jobs Vulnerabilities | 626 jobs Python | 546 jobs AWS | 523 jobs Monitoring | 519 jobs Automation | 503 jobs Incident response | 479 jobs CISSP | 458 jobs Scripting | 442 jobs Azure | 427 jobs Firewalls | 405 jobs NIST | 402 jobs SIEM | 378 jobs Network security | 356 jobs Linux | 340 jobs Application security | 333 jobs Pentesting | 288 jobs Risk management | 283 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. 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 | 791 jobs Health care | 605 jobs Team events | 370 jobs Flex hours | 361 jobs Competitive pay | 349 jobs Insurance | 307 jobs Equity / stock options | 300 jobs Flex vacation | 246 jobs Startup environment | 209 jobs Salary bonus | 206 jobs Medical leave | 197 jobs Parental leave | 187 jobs 401(k) matching | 176 jobs Wellness | 167 jobs Relocation support | 66 jobs Fitness / gym | 54 jobs Transparency | 48 jobs Flexible spending account | 40 jobs Home office stipend | 34 jobs Conferences | 33 jobs

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Security Engineer @ $ 105,928 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 150,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Security Engineer @ $ 63,157 (Austria) Details

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