Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Specialist in Canada during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Specialist in Canada during 2024 is USD 109,937

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Specialist salary lies between USD 85,000 and USD 115,000 in Canada. 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
Canada
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 128,087
Top 25%
$ 115,000
Median
$ 109,937
Bottom 25%
$ 85,000
Bottom 10%
$ 71,600

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 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 | 379 jobs Cloud | 298 jobs CISSP | 257 jobs Risk management | 223 jobs Monitoring | 200 jobs Vulnerabilities | 199 jobs Computer Science | 194 jobs Clearance | 188 jobs NIST | 179 jobs Audits | 163 jobs Risk assessment | 155 jobs Governance | 148 jobs Firewalls | 147 jobs CISM | 137 jobs Network security | 136 jobs Azure | 131 jobs Strategy | 130 jobs Incident response | 127 jobs AWS | 124 jobs DoD | 114 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 | 391 jobs Health care | 233 jobs Flex hours | 179 jobs Team events | 143 jobs Competitive pay | 140 jobs Insurance | 117 jobs Equity / stock options | 112 jobs Startup environment | 109 jobs 401(k) matching | 86 jobs Flex vacation | 77 jobs Medical leave | 75 jobs Parental leave | 74 jobs Salary bonus | 70 jobs Wellness | 61 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Flexible spending account | 16 jobs Gear | 15 jobs Conferences | 13 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs

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