Salary for Senior-level / Expert Information Security Specialist during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Information Security Specialist during 2024 is USD 116,979

✏️ This salary info is based on 25 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average senior-level / expert Information Security Specialist salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 151,000 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
Information Security Specialist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
25
Top 10%
$ 174,000
Top 25%
$ 151,000
Median
$ 116,979
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 77,777

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

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Information Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, CISSP and Risk management. 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:

Compliance | 48 jobs CISSP | 42 jobs Risk management | 36 jobs Cloud | 34 jobs NIST | 31 jobs CISM | 30 jobs CISA | 28 jobs Risk assessment | 24 jobs ISO 27001 | 24 jobs Governance | 24 jobs Computer Science | 24 jobs Audits | 23 jobs AWS | 22 jobs Strategy | 20 jobs Vulnerabilities | 18 jobs Monitoring | 17 jobs Azure | 16 jobs GDPR | 14 jobs Python | 13 jobs Incident response | 12 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Information Security Specialist 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 33 jobs Health care | 23 jobs Team events | 23 jobs Competitive pay | 20 jobs Equity / stock options | 15 jobs Flex hours | 12 jobs Insurance | 11 jobs Salary bonus | 10 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Medical leave | 9 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Parental leave | 5 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs

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