Security Analyst Salary in 2022

💰 The median Security Analyst Salary in 2022 is USD 105,400

✏️ This salary info is based on 72 individual salaries reported during 2022

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Salary details

The average Security Analyst salary lies between USD 70,000 and USD 146,000 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 Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2022
Sample size
72
Top 10%
$ 180,000
Top 25%
$ 146,000
Median
$ 105,400
Bottom 25%
$ 70,000
Bottom 10%
$ 60,000

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 Security Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Analyst job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Monitoring. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 319 jobs Compliance | 252 jobs Monitoring | 248 jobs Incident response | 226 jobs Vulnerabilities | 222 jobs Computer Science | 210 jobs SIEM | 207 jobs Privacy | 170 jobs CISSP | 167 jobs Windows | 155 jobs NIST | 149 jobs Python | 147 jobs Linux | 147 jobs Scripting | 142 jobs Audits | 139 jobs AWS | 138 jobs Firewalls | 127 jobs Automation | 125 jobs Risk management | 125 jobs Azure | 115 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Analyst job listings are Career development, Team events and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 299 jobs Team events | 267 jobs Health care | 193 jobs Startup environment | 154 jobs Flex hours | 127 jobs Equity / stock options | 109 jobs Flex vacation | 104 jobs Competitive pay | 102 jobs 401(k) matching | 81 jobs Insurance | 78 jobs Parental leave | 71 jobs Salary bonus | 62 jobs Medical leave | 47 jobs Transparency | 34 jobs Wellness | 29 jobs Home office stipend | 25 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 18 jobs Conferences | 15 jobs Lunch / meals | 7 jobs

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