Security Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 150,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 2822 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 114,000 and USD 200,000 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 Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
2822
Top 10%
$ 250,800
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 150,000
Bottom 25%
$ 114,000
Bottom 10%
$ 84,600

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 Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Vulnerabilities. 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 | 2770 jobs Compliance | 2087 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1803 jobs Computer Science | 1755 jobs Python | 1729 jobs AWS | 1651 jobs Automation | 1600 jobs Monitoring | 1375 jobs Incident response | 1327 jobs Azure | 1285 jobs CISSP | 1285 jobs Scripting | 1203 jobs Firewalls | 1080 jobs NIST | 1065 jobs Network security | 1017 jobs Application security | 999 jobs SIEM | 975 jobs Linux | 937 jobs GCP | 859 jobs Privacy | 833 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Engineer 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 | 2478 jobs Health care | 1862 jobs Team events | 1167 jobs Flex hours | 1146 jobs Equity / stock options | 1095 jobs Competitive pay | 1083 jobs Insurance | 972 jobs Flex vacation | 873 jobs Salary bonus | 778 jobs Parental leave | 692 jobs Startup environment | 676 jobs Medical leave | 674 jobs 401(k) matching | 599 jobs Wellness | 533 jobs Relocation support | 213 jobs Home office stipend | 153 jobs Fitness / gym | 150 jobs Transparency | 143 jobs Flexible spending account | 135 jobs Conferences | 134 jobs

Related salaries

Security Engineer @ $ 78,460 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 136,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 162,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 199,000 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 137,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 91,680 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 199,000 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 154,000 (United States) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 165,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 31,578 (Slovakia) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 92,359 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 96,243 (Germany) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 105,928 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 147,900 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 142,300 (Canada) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 63,157 (Austria) Details

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