Salary for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer during 2025 is USD 102,900

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Detection Engineer salary lies between USD 72,151 and USD 147,000 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
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 185,900
Top 25%
$ 147,000
Median
$ 102,900
Bottom 25%
$ 72,151
Bottom 10%
$ 63,291

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 Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Detection Engineer job listings are SIEM, Threat detection and Cloud. 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:

SIEM | 11 jobs Threat detection | 7 jobs Cloud | 7 jobs Incident response | 6 jobs Python | 6 jobs EDR | 6 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 6 jobs AWS | 5 jobs Azure | 5 jobs Splunk | 5 jobs Automation | 5 jobs PowerShell | 5 jobs GCP | 5 jobs Scripting | 5 jobs SOC | 5 jobs TTPs | 4 jobs Threat intelligence | 4 jobs Malware | 4 jobs SaaS | 4 jobs SANS | 4 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 Team events. 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 | 7 jobs Health care | 6 jobs Team events | 6 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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Detection Engineer @ $ 123,900 (global) Details
Detection Engineer @ $ 138,500 (United States) Details

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