Security Operations Analyst Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Operations Analyst Salary in 2025 is USD 108,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 112 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Operations Analyst salary lies between USD 84,000 and USD 138,000 globally. 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 Operations Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
112
Top 10%
$ 197,375
Top 25%
$ 138,000
Median
$ 108,000
Bottom 25%
$ 84,000
Bottom 10%
$ 66,100

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 Operations Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Operations Analyst job listings are Incident response, Monitoring and SIEM. 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:

Incident response | 166 jobs Monitoring | 155 jobs SIEM | 142 jobs Cloud | 136 jobs SOC | 128 jobs EDR | 84 jobs Firewalls | 82 jobs Automation | 79 jobs Compliance | 77 jobs Vulnerabilities | 75 jobs AWS | 73 jobs Azure | 73 jobs Threat intelligence | 68 jobs Malware | 68 jobs CISSP | 67 jobs Python | 67 jobs Vulnerability management | 65 jobs Windows | 63 jobs Scripting | 63 jobs IDS | 61 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Operations Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Operations Analyst job listings are Career development, Team events and Health care. 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 | 142 jobs Team events | 118 jobs Health care | 115 jobs Competitive pay | 59 jobs Flex hours | 58 jobs Equity / stock options | 54 jobs Parental leave | 40 jobs Flex vacation | 40 jobs Medical leave | 38 jobs Insurance | 38 jobs Startup environment | 37 jobs Salary bonus | 35 jobs Wellness | 30 jobs 401(k) matching | 27 jobs Fitness / gym | 12 jobs Flexible spending account | 9 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Fertility benefits | 7 jobs Gear | 6 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobs

Related salaries

Security Operations Analyst @ $ 107,800 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Operations Analyst @ $ 129,625 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Operations Analyst @ $ 96,647 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Operations Analyst @ $ 107,800 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Operations Analyst @ $ 139,625 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Operations Analyst @ $ 100,950 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Operations Analyst @ $ 110,000 (United States) Details

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