Salary for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer during 2023

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer during 2023 is USD 193,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Detection Engineer salary lies between USD 160,000 and USD 230,000 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
Detection Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2023
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 370,000
Top 25%
$ 230,000
Median
$ 193,500
Bottom 25%
$ 160,000
Bottom 10%
$ 136,300

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

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Detection Engineer job listings are Incident response, Cloud and Threat detection. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Incident response | 29 jobs Cloud | 25 jobs Threat detection | 23 jobs SIEM | 22 jobs Splunk | 22 jobs Automation | 22 jobs Malware | 19 jobs AWS | 16 jobs Windows | 16 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 16 jobs Monitoring | 16 jobs Threat intelligence | 15 jobs Azure | 15 jobs SaaS | 15 jobs Linux | 15 jobs EDR | 14 jobs Python | 13 jobs GCP | 13 jobs IDS | 12 jobs TTPs | 12 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Detection Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 23 jobs Health care | 21 jobs Equity / stock options | 19 jobs Flex hours | 18 jobs Team events | 18 jobs Parental leave | 13 jobs Medical leave | 13 jobs Salary bonus | 13 jobs Flex vacation | 12 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Startup environment | 9 jobs Competitive pay | 9 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Relocation support | 5 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 4 jobs Gear | 3 jobs

Related salaries

Detection Engineer @ $ 193,500 (global) Details
Detection Engineer @ $ 235,000 (United States) Details

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