Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Architect during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Architect during 2025 is USD 166,680

✏️ This salary info is based on 186 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Architect salary lies between USD 129,639 and USD 207,348 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 Architect
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
186
Top 10%
$ 265,200
Top 25%
$ 207,348
Median
$ 166,680
Bottom 25%
$ 129,639
Bottom 10%
$ 101,600

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 Architect roles

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

Cloud | 278 jobs Compliance | 224 jobs CISSP | 174 jobs Azure | 156 jobs Vulnerabilities | 145 jobs AWS | 145 jobs Computer Science | 144 jobs NIST | 143 jobs Strategy | 142 jobs Risk assessment | 108 jobs GCP | 102 jobs CISM | 97 jobs ISO 27001 | 93 jobs Governance | 92 jobs Risk management | 91 jobs IAM | 88 jobs Firewalls | 84 jobs Application security | 83 jobs Monitoring | 83 jobs Automation | 80 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Architect job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 216 jobs Health care | 142 jobs Flex hours | 104 jobs Competitive pay | 75 jobs Equity / stock options | 74 jobs Insurance | 74 jobs Team events | 68 jobs Flex vacation | 58 jobs Salary bonus | 55 jobs Medical leave | 51 jobs Parental leave | 45 jobs Startup environment | 41 jobs Wellness | 40 jobs 401(k) matching | 29 jobs Fitness / gym | 16 jobs Transparency | 15 jobs Flexible spending account | 13 jobs Conferences | 10 jobs Relocation support | 10 jobs Gear | 9 jobs

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