Security Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 142,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 172 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 112,857 and USD 174,980 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
172
Top 10%
$ 209,000
Top 25%
$ 174,980
Median
$ 142,000
Bottom 25%
$ 112,857
Bottom 10%
$ 76,400

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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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 | 4911 jobs Compliance | 3758 jobs Vulnerabilities | 3149 jobs Python | 3107 jobs Computer Science | 3070 jobs Automation | 2898 jobs AWS | 2891 jobs Monitoring | 2526 jobs Incident response | 2424 jobs CISSP | 2286 jobs Azure | 2280 jobs Scripting | 2210 jobs Firewalls | 1982 jobs NIST | 1901 jobs Network security | 1837 jobs SIEM | 1800 jobs Application security | 1770 jobs Linux | 1673 jobs GCP | 1551 jobs Pentesting | 1469 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 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 | 4332 jobs Health care | 3312 jobs Flex hours | 1987 jobs Team events | 1929 jobs Competitive pay | 1917 jobs Equity / stock options | 1855 jobs Insurance | 1704 jobs Flex vacation | 1509 jobs Salary bonus | 1321 jobs Startup environment | 1218 jobs Parental leave | 1203 jobs Medical leave | 1203 jobs 401(k) matching | 1062 jobs Wellness | 934 jobs Relocation support | 359 jobs Transparency | 258 jobs Flexible spending account | 258 jobs Fitness / gym | 250 jobs Home office stipend | 249 jobs Conferences | 241 jobs

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Security Engineer @ $ 204,600 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Security Engineer @ $ 90,750 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 204,600 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 151,700 (United States) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 161,158 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 31,578 (Slovakia) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 89,195 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 94,736 (Germany) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 149,142 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 118,100 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 63,157 (Austria) Details

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