Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer during 2025 is USD 134,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 1927 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 175,000 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
1927
Top 10%
$ 215,000
Top 25%
$ 175,000
Median
$ 134,000
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
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 | 1300 jobs Compliance | 1067 jobs Computer Science | 927 jobs Vulnerabilities | 916 jobs Python | 814 jobs AWS | 765 jobs Monitoring | 760 jobs Automation | 746 jobs Incident response | 682 jobs CISSP | 674 jobs Scripting | 635 jobs Azure | 621 jobs Firewalls | 585 jobs NIST | 579 jobs SIEM | 531 jobs Application security | 510 jobs Network security | 499 jobs Linux | 493 jobs Pentesting | 431 jobs GCP | 401 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 | 1144 jobs Health care | 886 jobs Team events | 545 jobs Flex hours | 521 jobs Competitive pay | 513 jobs Insurance | 435 jobs Equity / stock options | 433 jobs Flex vacation | 369 jobs Startup environment | 311 jobs Salary bonus | 301 jobs Medical leave | 282 jobs 401(k) matching | 265 jobs Parental leave | 263 jobs Wellness | 230 jobs Relocation support | 83 jobs Fitness / gym | 73 jobs Transparency | 57 jobs Home office stipend | 55 jobs Conferences | 54 jobs Flexible spending account | 54 jobs

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Security Engineer @ $ 82,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 159,900 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Security Engineer @ $ 204,600 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 136,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 92,580 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 204,600 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 150,200 (United States) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 160,300 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 31,578 (Slovakia) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 88,607 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 94,736 (Germany) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 115,922 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 145,142 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 141,200 (Canada) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 63,157 (Austria) Details

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