Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer during 2025 is USD 133,850

✏️ This salary info is based on 70 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer salary lies between USD 105,000 and USD 173,830 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
70
Top 10%
$ 225,000
Top 25%
$ 173,830
Median
$ 133,850
Bottom 25%
$ 105,000
Bottom 10%
$ 77,000

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 Security Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Vulnerabilities. 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 | 111 jobs Compliance | 105 jobs Vulnerabilities | 82 jobs Computer Science | 75 jobs Monitoring | 72 jobs CISSP | 64 jobs Automation | 62 jobs Firewalls | 58 jobs AWS | 58 jobs Python | 58 jobs Scripting | 58 jobs Incident response | 53 jobs Azure | 52 jobs SIEM | 49 jobs NIST | 48 jobs Network security | 41 jobs Security assessment | 40 jobs Linux | 40 jobs Risk management | 39 jobs Application security | 39 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 | 95 jobs Health care | 69 jobs Team events | 60 jobs Flex hours | 39 jobs Competitive pay | 36 jobs Insurance | 31 jobs Medical leave | 28 jobs Startup environment | 26 jobs Equity / stock options | 25 jobs Flex vacation | 25 jobs Parental leave | 22 jobs 401(k) matching | 19 jobs Salary bonus | 19 jobs Wellness | 15 jobs Fitness / gym | 11 jobs Relocation support | 10 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Flexible spending account | 7 jobs Fertility benefits | 5 jobs Lunch / meals | 3 jobs

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