Security Analyst Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Analyst Salary in 2025 is USD 105,800

✏️ This salary info is based on 1557 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Analyst salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 136,800 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
1557
Top 10%
$ 172,450
Top 25%
$ 136,800
Median
$ 105,800
Bottom 25%
$ 80,000
Bottom 10%
$ 63,800

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 Compliance, Monitoring and Cloud. 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:

Compliance | 1254 jobs Monitoring | 955 jobs Cloud | 928 jobs Incident response | 883 jobs Computer Science | 834 jobs Vulnerabilities | 823 jobs SIEM | 717 jobs CISSP | 696 jobs Audits | 624 jobs Clearance | 620 jobs NIST | 617 jobs Risk management | 612 jobs Firewalls | 554 jobs SOC | 515 jobs Risk assessment | 496 jobs Windows | 457 jobs Automation | 421 jobs Linux | 419 jobs Governance | 402 jobs DoD | 390 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, Health care and Team events. 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 | 1288 jobs Health care | 1049 jobs Team events | 788 jobs Insurance | 693 jobs Flex hours | 570 jobs Competitive pay | 562 jobs Equity / stock options | 429 jobs Salary bonus | 427 jobs Flex vacation | 380 jobs 401(k) matching | 372 jobs Medical leave | 327 jobs Parental leave | 299 jobs Startup environment | 281 jobs Wellness | 248 jobs Relocation support | 138 jobs Transparency | 106 jobs Flexible spending account | 70 jobs Home office stipend | 58 jobs Fitness / gym | 49 jobs Gear | 46 jobs

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Security Analyst @ $ 99,875 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Analyst @ $ 65,172 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Analyst @ $ 101,875 (Germany) Details
Security Analyst @ $ 89,726 (Canada) Details
Security Analyst @ $ 103,856 (Australia) Details
Security Analyst @ $ 56,633 (Austria) Details

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