Security Engineer Salary in Australia during 2025
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 114,602
✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 84,415 and USD 160,000 in Australia. 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.
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- Security Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- Australia
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 6
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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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 | 6087 jobs Compliance | 4680 jobs Vulnerabilities | 3899 jobs Python | 3822 jobs Computer Science | 3757 jobs Automation | 3624 jobs AWS | 3591 jobs Monitoring | 3131 jobs Incident response | 2971 jobs CISSP | 2851 jobs Azure | 2835 jobs Scripting | 2742 jobs Firewalls | 2438 jobs NIST | 2401 jobs Network security | 2225 jobs SIEM | 2219 jobs Application security | 2178 jobs Linux | 2033 jobs GCP | 1918 jobs Pentesting | 1800 jobsTop 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 Flex hours. 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 | 5368 jobs Health care | 4080 jobs Flex hours | 2400 jobs Team events | 2354 jobs Competitive pay | 2308 jobs Equity / stock options | 2275 jobs Insurance | 2069 jobs Flex vacation | 1849 jobs Salary bonus | 1632 jobs Startup environment | 1514 jobs Parental leave | 1466 jobs Medical leave | 1455 jobs 401(k) matching | 1281 jobs Wellness | 1136 jobs Relocation support | 438 jobs Transparency | 321 jobs Fitness / gym | 307 jobs Conferences | 306 jobs Home office stipend | 305 jobs Flexible spending account | 297 jobsRelated salaries
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