Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Specialist during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Specialist during 2025 is USD 122,606

✏️ This salary info is based on 18 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Specialist salary lies between USD 101,348 and USD 200,000 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 Specialist
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
18
Top 10%
$ 300,000
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 122,606
Bottom 25%
$ 101,348
Bottom 10%
$ 72,000

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 Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Specialist job listings are Clearance, Compliance and DoD. 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:

Clearance | 20 jobs Compliance | 20 jobs DoD | 16 jobs Monitoring | 16 jobs Vulnerabilities | 12 jobs Security Clearance | 12 jobs Risk management | 12 jobs Cloud | 11 jobs SIEM | 10 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs NIST | 9 jobs CISSP | 9 jobs Top Secret | 9 jobs Network security | 8 jobs Incident response | 8 jobs Industrial | 8 jobs Firewalls | 8 jobs Audits | 7 jobs NISPOM | 7 jobs RMF | 7 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 24 jobs Health care | 21 jobs Flex hours | 16 jobs Equity / stock options | 12 jobs Flex vacation | 12 jobs Team events | 12 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs 401(k) matching | 8 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs

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