Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security during 2025 is USD 150,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 84 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Cyber Security salary lies between USD 114,700 and USD 193,300 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
84
Top 10%
$ 249,600
Top 25%
$ 193,300
Median
$ 150,000
Bottom 25%
$ 114,700
Bottom 10%
$ 87,360

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

Cyber Security Salary TrendYearly salary in USD - Region: Global - Experience: Senior-level / Expert$152,000$152,000$150,000$150,000$148,000$148,000$146,000$146,000$144,000$144,000$142,000$142,0002024202420252025
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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 CISSP. 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:

Compliance | 430 jobs Cloud | 414 jobs CISSP | 386 jobs Computer Science | 322 jobs NIST | 303 jobs Incident response | 296 jobs Vulnerabilities | 291 jobs Monitoring | 285 jobs Risk management | 273 jobs Clearance | 264 jobs Firewalls | 228 jobs SIEM | 222 jobs CISM | 210 jobs Strategy | 202 jobs Risk assessment | 199 jobs Automation | 187 jobs Azure | 182 jobs Audits | 180 jobs Network security | 171 jobs AWS | 162 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 | 460 jobs Health care | 315 jobs Flex hours | 231 jobs Team events | 202 jobs Insurance | 185 jobs Competitive pay | 182 jobs Equity / stock options | 163 jobs Flex vacation | 124 jobs Medical leave | 120 jobs 401(k) matching | 109 jobs Parental leave | 102 jobs Startup environment | 98 jobs Salary bonus | 95 jobs Wellness | 68 jobs Relocation support | 32 jobs Conferences | 25 jobs Transparency | 21 jobs Flexible spending account | 21 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Gear | 15 jobs

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