Salary for Senior-level / Expert SOC Analyst during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert SOC Analyst during 2024 is USD 122,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 30 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert SOC Analyst salary lies between USD 104,000 and USD 156,000 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
SOC Analyst
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
30
Top 10%
$ 179,000
Top 25%
$ 156,000
Median
$ 122,500
Bottom 25%
$ 104,000
Bottom 10%
$ 95,000

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 SOC Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert SOC Analyst job listings are SOC, SIEM and Incident response. 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:

SOC | 111 jobs SIEM | 104 jobs Incident response | 92 jobs Monitoring | 82 jobs Threat intelligence | 61 jobs Cloud | 61 jobs EDR | 53 jobs Vulnerabilities | 52 jobs Linux | 44 jobs Windows | 44 jobs Forensics | 42 jobs SOAR | 41 jobs Malware | 37 jobs Splunk | 37 jobs Firewalls | 35 jobs Computer Science | 34 jobs Scripting | 32 jobs Threat detection | 30 jobs Automation | 30 jobs TCP/IP | 30 jobs

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

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

Team events | 69 jobs Career development | 53 jobs Health care | 34 jobs Flex hours | 24 jobs Flex vacation | 23 jobs Startup environment | 18 jobs Salary bonus | 16 jobs Equity / stock options | 14 jobs Competitive pay | 14 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs 401(k) matching | 11 jobs Medical leave | 10 jobs Parental leave | 9 jobs Conferences | 9 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 4 jobs Lunch / meals | 3 jobs

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