Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Expert during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Expert during 2025 is USD 140,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Expert salary lies between USD 123,941 and USD 180,000 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
Security Expert
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 180,000
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 140,000
Bottom 25%
$ 123,941
Bottom 10%
$ 123,941

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 Expert roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Expert 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 | 16 jobs Cloud | 16 jobs CISSP | 14 jobs Computer Science | 13 jobs Audits | 11 jobs Vulnerabilities | 11 jobs Monitoring | 11 jobs Risk assessment | 10 jobs CISM | 10 jobs Governance | 9 jobs Agile | 9 jobs SIEM | 8 jobs ISO 27001 | 8 jobs AWS | 7 jobs Azure | 7 jobs NIST | 7 jobs Risk management | 7 jobs ISMS | 7 jobs Firewalls | 6 jobs SaaS | 6 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Expert job listings are Career development, Team events 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 | 20 jobs Team events | 12 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Health care | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Yoga | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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