Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst during 2025 is USD 124,300

✏️ This salary info is based on 833 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Analyst salary lies between USD 98,473 and USD 163,200 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
Security Analyst
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
833
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 163,200
Median
$ 124,300
Bottom 25%
$ 98,473
Bottom 10%
$ 77,600

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 Security Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Analyst job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. 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:

Compliance | 603 jobs Cloud | 439 jobs CISSP | 412 jobs Monitoring | 397 jobs Incident response | 379 jobs Computer Science | 336 jobs Vulnerabilities | 334 jobs Risk management | 321 jobs Clearance | 316 jobs NIST | 307 jobs SIEM | 290 jobs Audits | 279 jobs Automation | 230 jobs Risk assessment | 220 jobs SOC | 216 jobs Security Clearance | 210 jobs Governance | 210 jobs Privacy | 210 jobs Firewalls | 208 jobs CISM | 203 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Analyst job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. 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 | 579 jobs Health care | 524 jobs Insurance | 373 jobs Team events | 327 jobs Flex hours | 284 jobs Competitive pay | 278 jobs Salary bonus | 220 jobs Equity / stock options | 208 jobs Flex vacation | 199 jobs Medical leave | 176 jobs 401(k) matching | 174 jobs Parental leave | 159 jobs Startup environment | 124 jobs Wellness | 116 jobs Relocation support | 91 jobs Transparency | 47 jobs Flexible spending account | 35 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Home office stipend | 16 jobs Gear | 13 jobs

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