Security Engineer Salary in 2025

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

✏️ This salary info is based on 3585 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 114,000 and USD 198,000 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
3585
Top 10%
$ 249,600
Top 25%
$ 198,000
Median
$ 150,000
Bottom 25%
$ 114,000
Bottom 10%
$ 85,150

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 | 3459 jobs Compliance | 2611 jobs Vulnerabilities | 2228 jobs Computer Science | 2157 jobs Python | 2156 jobs AWS | 2012 jobs Automation | 1993 jobs Monitoring | 1750 jobs Incident response | 1674 jobs Azure | 1606 jobs CISSP | 1602 jobs Scripting | 1518 jobs Firewalls | 1366 jobs NIST | 1318 jobs Network security | 1274 jobs Application security | 1239 jobs SIEM | 1237 jobs Linux | 1166 jobs GCP | 1079 jobs Pentesting | 1038 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 | 3055 jobs Health care | 2312 jobs Team events | 1403 jobs Flex hours | 1396 jobs Competitive pay | 1368 jobs Equity / stock options | 1326 jobs Insurance | 1224 jobs Flex vacation | 1073 jobs Salary bonus | 928 jobs Parental leave | 863 jobs Startup environment | 855 jobs Medical leave | 840 jobs 401(k) matching | 742 jobs Wellness | 669 jobs Relocation support | 273 jobs Fitness / gym | 182 jobs Home office stipend | 180 jobs Transparency | 179 jobs Flexible spending account | 176 jobs Conferences | 165 jobs

Related salaries

Security Engineer @ $ 80,950 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 135,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 160,300 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 204,600 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 136,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 88,750 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 204,600 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 153,925 (United States) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 164,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 31,578 (Slovakia) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 89,195 (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 @ $ 141,785 (Canada) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 63,157 (Austria) Details

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