Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security during 2024 is USD 149,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average senior-level / expert Cyber Security salary lies between USD 125,000 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
Cyber Security
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 186,100
Top 25%
$ 175,000
Median
$ 149,000
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 102,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Cloud and Computer Science. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 665 jobs Cloud | 625 jobs Computer Science | 504 jobs CISSP | 503 jobs NIST | 412 jobs Monitoring | 385 jobs Incident response | 376 jobs Vulnerabilities | 357 jobs Strategy | 336 jobs SIEM | 331 jobs Risk management | 327 jobs Clearance | 321 jobs Firewalls | 288 jobs Linux | 283 jobs Azure | 282 jobs AWS | 279 jobs Automation | 262 jobs CISM | 262 jobs Risk assessment | 259 jobs Windows | 258 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Security 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 707 jobs Health care | 430 jobs Flex hours | 351 jobs Team events | 319 jobs Competitive pay | 266 jobs Startup environment | 217 jobs Insurance | 193 jobs Equity / stock options | 171 jobs Salary bonus | 152 jobs Flex vacation | 150 jobs Medical leave | 125 jobs 401(k) matching | 113 jobs Wellness | 111 jobs Parental leave | 104 jobs Relocation support | 42 jobs Fitness / gym | 29 jobs Transparency | 29 jobs Conferences | 24 jobs Flexible spending account | 22 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 19 jobs

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