Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Operations Center Manager during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Operations Center Manager during 2025 is USD 149,700

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Security Operations Center Manager salary lies between USD 126,100 and USD 227,950 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 Operations Center Manager
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 259,900
Top 25%
$ 227,950
Median
$ 149,700
Bottom 25%
$ 126,100
Bottom 10%
$ 120,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Security Operations Center Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Operations Center Manager job listings are Incident response, SOC and Compliance. 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:

Incident response | 11 jobs SOC | 11 jobs Compliance | 10 jobs CISSP | 9 jobs Monitoring | 9 jobs SIEM | 8 jobs Threat intelligence | 8 jobs CISM | 8 jobs GIAC | 8 jobs Splunk | 6 jobs GCIH | 6 jobs Cloud | 5 jobs Threat detection | 4 jobs Vulnerability management | 4 jobs Vulnerabilities | 4 jobs Strategy | 4 jobs Clearance | 4 jobs SOAR | 4 jobs Forensics | 3 jobs Risk assessment | 3 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Operations Center Manager job listings are Team events, Health care and Career development. 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:

Team events | 8 jobs Health care | 6 jobs Career development | 6 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs

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