Security Operations Manager Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Operations Manager Salary in 2025 is USD 94,650

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Operations Manager salary lies between USD 65,500 and USD 98,300 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 Manager
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 168,400
Top 25%
$ 98,300
Median
$ 94,650
Bottom 25%
$ 65,500
Bottom 10%
$ 65,500

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 Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Operations Manager job listings are Incident response, Azure and Cloud. 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 | 10 jobs Azure | 10 jobs Cloud | 10 jobs Compliance | 9 jobs CISSP | 7 jobs AWS | 6 jobs Vulnerabilities | 5 jobs Audits | 4 jobs Security assessment | 4 jobs Strategy | 4 jobs GDPR | 4 jobs CISM | 4 jobs Clearance | 4 jobs Security Clearance | 4 jobs Risk management | 4 jobs Computer Science | 4 jobs IT infrastructure | 4 jobs SOC | 4 jobs CISO | 4 jobs IPS | 3 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Operations Manager roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Operations Manager job listings are Team events, Medical leave and Career development. 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:

Team events | 7 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Career development | 6 jobs Health care | 4 jobs Travel | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Flex hours | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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