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

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Operations Manager during 2025 is USD 97,800

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Manager salary lies between USD 75,100 and USD 163,300 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 Manager
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 168,400
Top 25%
$ 163,300
Median
$ 97,800
Bottom 25%
$ 75,100
Bottom 10%
$ 65,500

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 Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Manager job listings are Incident response, Cloud 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:

Incident response | 17 jobs Cloud | 16 jobs Compliance | 15 jobs Azure | 14 jobs CISSP | 11 jobs Vulnerabilities | 10 jobs Risk management | 8 jobs SOC | 8 jobs Audits | 7 jobs CISM | 7 jobs Computer Science | 7 jobs IT infrastructure | 7 jobs SIEM | 6 jobs AWS | 6 jobs GDPR | 6 jobs CEH | 6 jobs Monitoring | 6 jobs Vulnerability management | 5 jobs Security assessment | 5 jobs Strategy | 5 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Manager job listings are Team events, Career development 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:

Team events | 14 jobs Career development | 13 jobs Medical leave | 13 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Travel | 6 jobs Wellness | 5 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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