Security Consultant Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Consultant Salary in 2025 is USD 114,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 138 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Consultant salary lies between USD 86,331 and USD 153,000 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 Consultant
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
138
Top 10%
$ 194,000
Top 25%
$ 153,000
Median
$ 114,000
Bottom 25%
$ 86,331
Bottom 10%
$ 50,526

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 Consultant roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Consultant job listings are Cloud, Compliance and NIST. 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 | 403 jobs Compliance | 357 jobs NIST | 282 jobs CISSP | 274 jobs Risk management | 234 jobs Risk assessment | 216 jobs Vulnerabilities | 212 jobs Strategy | 208 jobs Computer Science | 207 jobs ISO 27001 | 201 jobs CISM | 186 jobs Governance | 186 jobs Incident response | 179 jobs Azure | 174 jobs Monitoring | 158 jobs AWS | 154 jobs Audits | 152 jobs Pentesting | 140 jobs Privacy | 135 jobs Firewalls | 123 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Consultant roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Consultant job listings are Career development, Flex hours 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 | 411 jobs Flex hours | 191 jobs Health care | 183 jobs Team events | 164 jobs Startup environment | 132 jobs Competitive pay | 122 jobs Equity / stock options | 86 jobs Salary bonus | 84 jobs Flex vacation | 60 jobs Insurance | 57 jobs Parental leave | 39 jobs Conferences | 37 jobs Medical leave | 31 jobs Home office stipend | 25 jobs Wellness | 16 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Fitness / gym | 13 jobs Gear | 10 jobs Travel | 9 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 8 jobs

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