Security Engineer Salary in Germany during 2025
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in Germany during 2025 is USD 94,736
✏️ This salary info is based on 16 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 69,894 and USD 104,000 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
- 2025
- Sample size
- 16
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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 | 1314 jobs Compliance | 993 jobs Vulnerabilities | 848 jobs Computer Science | 799 jobs Python | 782 jobs AWS | 768 jobs Automation | 708 jobs Monitoring | 636 jobs Incident response | 620 jobs CISSP | 611 jobs Azure | 577 jobs Scripting | 547 jobs NIST | 536 jobs Firewalls | 530 jobs Network security | 496 jobs Application security | 468 jobs SIEM | 456 jobs Linux | 456 jobs Clearance | 402 jobs Pentesting | 396 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 | 1186 jobs Health care | 897 jobs Team events | 560 jobs Flex hours | 546 jobs Competitive pay | 516 jobs Equity / stock options | 492 jobs Insurance | 459 jobs Flex vacation | 450 jobs Salary bonus | 367 jobs Startup environment | 326 jobs Medical leave | 323 jobs Parental leave | 322 jobs 401(k) matching | 281 jobs Wellness | 251 jobs Relocation support | 100 jobs Home office stipend | 81 jobs Conferences | 71 jobs Transparency | 65 jobs Fitness / gym | 64 jobs Flexible spending account | 58 jobsRelated salaries
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