Security Lead Salary in Australia during 2025
💰 The median Security Lead Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 171,465
✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Lead salary lies between USD 151,745 and USD 176,609 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 Lead
- 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.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Security Lead roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Lead job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. 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:
Compliance | 146 jobs Cloud | 133 jobs CISSP | 100 jobs Vulnerabilities | 92 jobs Incident response | 80 jobs Risk management | 80 jobs Computer Science | 73 jobs Strategy | 70 jobs CISM | 66 jobs Monitoring | 66 jobs NIST | 65 jobs Risk assessment | 64 jobs Governance | 61 jobs AWS | 53 jobs Audits | 51 jobs Network security | 50 jobs Azure | 47 jobs Automation | 46 jobs ISO 27001 | 46 jobs Application security | 46 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Lead roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Lead 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 | 122 jobs Health care | 74 jobs Flex hours | 57 jobs Team events | 51 jobs Insurance | 39 jobs Equity / stock options | 38 jobs Competitive pay | 36 jobs Salary bonus | 33 jobs Startup environment | 30 jobs Medical leave | 27 jobs Parental leave | 21 jobs Flex vacation | 20 jobs Transparency | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Gear | 5 jobs Travel | 4 jobsWant to contribute?
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