Security Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 142,300
✏️ This salary info is based on 108 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 99,000 and USD 172,000 in Canada. 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
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 108
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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 | 2728 jobs Compliance | 2060 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1781 jobs Computer Science | 1724 jobs Python | 1702 jobs AWS | 1625 jobs Automation | 1572 jobs Monitoring | 1354 jobs Incident response | 1308 jobs CISSP | 1262 jobs Azure | 1258 jobs Scripting | 1185 jobs Firewalls | 1063 jobs NIST | 1045 jobs Network security | 1000 jobs Application security | 985 jobs SIEM | 963 jobs Linux | 923 jobs GCP | 840 jobs Privacy | 825 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 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 | 2446 jobs Health care | 1837 jobs Team events | 1151 jobs Flex hours | 1132 jobs Equity / stock options | 1074 jobs Competitive pay | 1066 jobs Insurance | 958 jobs Flex vacation | 860 jobs Salary bonus | 770 jobs Parental leave | 679 jobs Startup environment | 667 jobs Medical leave | 666 jobs 401(k) matching | 591 jobs Wellness | 527 jobs Relocation support | 210 jobs Home office stipend | 152 jobs Fitness / gym | 147 jobs Transparency | 141 jobs Flexible spending account | 135 jobs Conferences | 133 jobsRelated salaries
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