Security Operations Manager Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Operations Manager Salary in 2025 is USD 98,300

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Operations Manager salary lies between USD 75,100 and USD 163,300 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
12
Top 10%
$ 194,700
Top 25%
$ 163,300
Median
$ 98,300
Bottom 25%
$ 75,100
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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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, Compliance 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 | 26 jobs Compliance | 24 jobs Cloud | 23 jobs Azure | 21 jobs CISSP | 16 jobs SOC | 15 jobs Vulnerabilities | 14 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs SIEM | 13 jobs AWS | 12 jobs NIST | 10 jobs CISM | 10 jobs Threat intelligence | 9 jobs ISO 27001 | 9 jobs GDPR | 9 jobs Risk management | 9 jobs IPS | 8 jobs Vulnerability management | 8 jobs Firewalls | 8 jobs Automation | 8 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, Career development 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:

Team events | 21 jobs Career development | 18 jobs Health care | 15 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Flex hours | 9 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Travel | 6 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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