Security Engineer Salary in Germany during 2024

💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in Germany during 2024 is USD 88,888

✏️ This salary info is based on 41 individual salaries reported during 2024

Submit your salary Download the data

Salary details

The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 77,777 and USD 112,000 in Germany. 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
Germany
Salary year
2024
Sample size
41
Top 10%
$ 179,000
Top 25%
$ 112,000
Median
$ 88,888
Bottom 25%
$ 77,777
Bottom 10%
$ 74,444

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.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 4858 jobs Compliance | 3158 jobs Vulnerabilities | 3030 jobs Computer Science | 3011 jobs Python | 2918 jobs AWS | 2859 jobs Automation | 2488 jobs Monitoring | 2118 jobs Azure | 2010 jobs CISSP | 2001 jobs Incident response | 1920 jobs Scripting | 1885 jobs Application security | 1833 jobs Firewalls | 1722 jobs Network security | 1661 jobs Linux | 1594 jobs Privacy | 1577 jobs NIST | 1540 jobs SIEM | 1430 jobs GCP | 1412 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 Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 4191 jobs Health care | 3128 jobs Equity / stock options | 2083 jobs Flex hours | 2035 jobs Team events | 2007 jobs Competitive pay | 1732 jobs Insurance | 1442 jobs Salary bonus | 1398 jobs Flex vacation | 1374 jobs Medical leave | 1346 jobs Parental leave | 1324 jobs Startup environment | 1292 jobs 401(k) matching | 1052 jobs Wellness | 962 jobs Home office stipend | 284 jobs Relocation support | 250 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 234 jobs Flexible spending account | 226 jobs Conferences | 217 jobs Fertility benefits | 207 jobs

Related salaries

Security Engineer @ $ 180,100 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 136,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 103,800 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 155,000 (global) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 167,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 168,350 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 137,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 159,770 (United States) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 180,100 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Engineer @ $ 105,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Engineer @ $ 114,200 (New Zealand) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 100,000 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 100,000 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 100,000 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 85,000 (Germany) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 100,000 (Germany) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 139,500 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Engineer @ $ 158,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 153,121 (Canada) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 151,075 (Australia) Details

Want to contribute?

📝 Submit your salary info

Enter your own salary data for the current or past work year. It's quite simple and doesn't take more than a minute to fill out.

Go to salary survey

📢 Share our salary survey

Share our "in-less-than-a-minute survey" with others working in the field of InfoSec / Cybersecurity. The more data we have the better for everyone.

💾 Download the data

All collected information will be updated into a public dataset regularly and provided as a download free for anyone to use.

Go to download page

🚀 Search for jobs & talent

If you're thinking about a career change or want to hire fresh talent quickly check out the jobs page.

Go to frontpage

About this project

We collect salary information anonymously from professionals and employers all over the world and make it publicly available for anyone to use, share and play around with.

Our goal is to have open salary data for everyone. So newbies, experienced pros, hiring managers, recruiters and also startup founders or people wanting to switch careers can make better decisions.