Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security during 2025 is USD 195,000

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Cyber Security salary lies between USD 164,000 and USD 242,300 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
Cyber Security
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 411,800
Top 25%
$ 242,300
Median
$ 195,000
Bottom 25%
$ 164,000
Bottom 10%
$ 82,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Security job listings are Cloud, CISSP and Clearance. 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 | 67 jobs CISSP | 54 jobs Clearance | 50 jobs Compliance | 50 jobs Vulnerabilities | 46 jobs Risk management | 43 jobs Computer Science | 43 jobs NIST | 41 jobs Incident response | 40 jobs Monitoring | 39 jobs Strategy | 34 jobs SIEM | 33 jobs Firewalls | 33 jobs Azure | 33 jobs CISM | 29 jobs DoD | 27 jobs RMF | 25 jobs Vulnerability management | 23 jobs Security Clearance | 23 jobs AWS | 22 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 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 69 jobs Health care | 52 jobs Flex hours | 37 jobs Insurance | 28 jobs Medical leave | 27 jobs Equity / stock options | 26 jobs Competitive pay | 25 jobs Team events | 24 jobs 401(k) matching | 20 jobs Flex vacation | 18 jobs Salary bonus | 18 jobs Startup environment | 16 jobs Parental leave | 12 jobs Relocation support | 6 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs

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