Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security during 2025 is USD 145,372

✏️ This salary info is based on 38 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Cyber Security salary lies between USD 116,625 and USD 189,175 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
38
Top 10%
$ 242,300
Top 25%
$ 189,175
Median
$ 145,372
Bottom 25%
$ 116,625
Bottom 10%
$ 82,400

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, Compliance 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:

Cloud | 229 jobs Compliance | 220 jobs CISSP | 205 jobs Computer Science | 175 jobs Clearance | 158 jobs Incident response | 155 jobs NIST | 155 jobs Vulnerabilities | 149 jobs Monitoring | 149 jobs Risk management | 148 jobs Firewalls | 126 jobs SIEM | 123 jobs Automation | 109 jobs CISM | 109 jobs Strategy | 106 jobs Azure | 100 jobs Risk assessment | 98 jobs Audits | 97 jobs Network security | 97 jobs Linux | 94 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 | 263 jobs Health care | 174 jobs Flex hours | 141 jobs Team events | 108 jobs Insurance | 105 jobs Competitive pay | 104 jobs Equity / stock options | 92 jobs Flex vacation | 79 jobs Medical leave | 72 jobs 401(k) matching | 70 jobs Salary bonus | 57 jobs Parental leave | 50 jobs Startup environment | 47 jobs Wellness | 35 jobs Relocation support | 17 jobs Conferences | 13 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs Gear | 10 jobs Flexible spending account | 10 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs

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