Salary for Senior-level / Expert Incident Response Specialist during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Incident Response Specialist during 2024 is USD 119,415

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average senior-level / expert Incident Response Specialist salary lies between USD 97,000 and USD 139,000 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 Response Specialist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 167,700
Top 25%
$ 139,000
Median
$ 119,415
Bottom 25%
$ 97,000
Bottom 10%
$ 87,100

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Incident Response Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Incident Response Specialist job listings are Incident response, Compliance and SIEM. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Incident response | 24 jobs Compliance | 12 jobs SIEM | 11 jobs EDR | 10 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs CISSP | 9 jobs Cloud | 9 jobs SOC | 9 jobs Threat detection | 8 jobs Vulnerabilities | 8 jobs AWS | 8 jobs GCIH | 8 jobs GCFA | 8 jobs GIAC | 8 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 8 jobs NIST | 7 jobs Python | 7 jobs PowerShell | 7 jobs SQL | 7 jobs Scripting | 7 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Incident Response Specialist job listings are Career development, Competitive pay and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 21 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Health care | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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