Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Specialist during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Specialist during 2024 is USD 115,100

✏️ This salary info is based on 128 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Specialist salary lies between USD 86,000 and USD 160,000 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 Specialist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
128
Top 10%
$ 179,000
Top 25%
$ 160,000
Median
$ 115,100
Bottom 25%
$ 86,000
Bottom 10%
$ 75,000

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

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 250 jobs Cloud | 190 jobs CISSP | 164 jobs Risk management | 137 jobs Clearance | 132 jobs Computer Science | 128 jobs Monitoring | 120 jobs Vulnerabilities | 118 jobs NIST | 111 jobs Audits | 104 jobs Risk assessment | 93 jobs Azure | 89 jobs Governance | 88 jobs Firewalls | 85 jobs AWS | 85 jobs Incident response | 84 jobs Strategy | 83 jobs Network security | 80 jobs CISM | 80 jobs ISO 27001 | 73 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Specialist 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 259 jobs Health care | 160 jobs Flex hours | 121 jobs Team events | 102 jobs Competitive pay | 93 jobs Insurance | 86 jobs Startup environment | 82 jobs 401(k) matching | 65 jobs Equity / stock options | 63 jobs Salary bonus | 55 jobs Parental leave | 52 jobs Medical leave | 52 jobs Flex vacation | 50 jobs Wellness | 48 jobs Fitness / gym | 17 jobs Relocation support | 17 jobs Gear | 14 jobs Flexible spending account | 12 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs

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