Security Analyst Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Analyst Salary in 2025 is USD 116,995

✏️ This salary info is based on 68 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Analyst salary lies between USD 84,600 and USD 167,700 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
2025
Sample size
68
Top 10%
$ 214,150
Top 25%
$ 167,700
Median
$ 116,995
Bottom 25%
$ 84,600
Bottom 10%
$ 65,000

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

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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 Computer Science. 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:

Cloud | 66 jobs Compliance | 63 jobs Computer Science | 55 jobs Monitoring | 54 jobs Vulnerabilities | 50 jobs Incident response | 49 jobs CISSP | 43 jobs Risk management | 41 jobs SIEM | 38 jobs NIST | 33 jobs Audits | 31 jobs Firewalls | 31 jobs Clearance | 31 jobs Windows | 28 jobs Risk assessment | 27 jobs Privacy | 27 jobs SOC | 26 jobs Azure | 25 jobs Pentesting | 25 jobs CISM | 24 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 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 64 jobs Team events | 63 jobs Health care | 51 jobs Insurance | 31 jobs Flex hours | 24 jobs Competitive pay | 24 jobs Flex vacation | 21 jobs Equity / stock options | 20 jobs 401(k) matching | 18 jobs Salary bonus | 18 jobs Medical leave | 17 jobs Parental leave | 15 jobs Wellness | 15 jobs Startup environment | 14 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 5 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs

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