Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Operations Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Operations Engineer during 2025 is USD 101,150

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

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Engineer salary lies between USD 82,278 and USD 112,549 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 Operations Engineer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 125,000
Top 25%
$ 112,549
Median
$ 101,150
Bottom 25%
$ 82,278
Bottom 10%
$ 69,620

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 Operations Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Engineer job listings are Cloud, Automation and Compliance. 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 | 10 jobs Automation | 8 jobs Compliance | 8 jobs SIEM | 6 jobs Vulnerabilities | 6 jobs Analytics | 6 jobs AWS | 6 jobs Azure | 6 jobs CISSP | 6 jobs Monitoring | 6 jobs Computer Science | 5 jobs Threat intelligence | 4 jobs Incident response | 4 jobs Agile | 4 jobs Privacy | 4 jobs IPS | 3 jobs Network security | 3 jobs Firewalls | 3 jobs DevOps | 3 jobs Python | 3 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Engineer job listings are Health care, Team events and Medical leave. 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 | 5 jobs Team events | 5 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs Career development | 4 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Flex hours | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs

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