Salary for Senior-level / Expert Incident Responder during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Incident Responder during 2025 is USD 148,072

✏️ This salary info is based on 18 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Incident Responder salary lies between USD 117,200 and USD 184,000 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
Incident Responder
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
18
Top 10%
$ 250,200
Top 25%
$ 184,000
Median
$ 148,072
Bottom 25%
$ 117,200
Bottom 10%
$ 69,214

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 Incident Responder roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Incident Responder job listings are Incident response, Cloud and SIEM. 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:

Incident response | 52 jobs Cloud | 32 jobs SIEM | 30 jobs SOC | 29 jobs Cyber defense | 28 jobs Forensics | 26 jobs GCIH | 26 jobs Malware | 24 jobs Computer Science | 24 jobs EDR | 23 jobs Threat intelligence | 22 jobs CISSP | 22 jobs Azure | 21 jobs Linux | 20 jobs Clearance | 20 jobs AWS | 19 jobs Monitoring | 19 jobs Splunk | 17 jobs SANS | 17 jobs GIAC | 17 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Incident Responder roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Incident Responder 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 | 32 jobs Health care | 26 jobs Team events | 21 jobs Competitive pay | 18 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 16 jobs Flex hours | 15 jobs Parental leave | 13 jobs Medical leave | 13 jobs Startup environment | 12 jobs 401(k) matching | 8 jobs Flex vacation | 7 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Flat hierarchy | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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