Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst during 2025 is USD 121,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 1125 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Analyst salary lies between USD 98,100 and USD 162,600 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
1125
Top 10%
$ 197,500
Top 25%
$ 162,600
Median
$ 121,000
Bottom 25%
$ 98,100
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 | 822 jobs Cloud | 601 jobs CISSP | 557 jobs Monitoring | 543 jobs Incident response | 523 jobs Computer Science | 464 jobs Vulnerabilities | 463 jobs Risk management | 425 jobs NIST | 420 jobs Clearance | 420 jobs SIEM | 410 jobs Audits | 382 jobs Automation | 324 jobs Risk assessment | 295 jobs Firewalls | 289 jobs CISM | 288 jobs Governance | 288 jobs SOC | 288 jobs Security Clearance | 280 jobs Privacy | 280 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 | 795 jobs Health care | 713 jobs Insurance | 495 jobs Team events | 453 jobs Flex hours | 379 jobs Competitive pay | 369 jobs Salary bonus | 300 jobs Equity / stock options | 273 jobs Flex vacation | 270 jobs Parental leave | 237 jobs Medical leave | 235 jobs 401(k) matching | 232 jobs Startup environment | 180 jobs Wellness | 158 jobs Relocation support | 123 jobs Transparency | 65 jobs Flexible spending account | 49 jobs Fitness / gym | 33 jobs Home office stipend | 19 jobs Gear | 17 jobs

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