Security Operations Manager Salary in 2025
💰 The median Security Operations Manager Salary in 2025 is USD 111,625
✏️ This salary info is based on 26 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Operations Manager salary lies between USD 91,000 and USD 168,400 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.
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- Security Operations Manager
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 26
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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, Cloud and Compliance. 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 | 37 jobs Cloud | 32 jobs Compliance | 31 jobs Azure | 27 jobs Monitoring | 21 jobs SOC | 21 jobs CISSP | 20 jobs SIEM | 18 jobs Vulnerabilities | 16 jobs AWS | 16 jobs NIST | 15 jobs ISO 27001 | 14 jobs GDPR | 13 jobs CISM | 13 jobs Risk management | 13 jobs IPS | 12 jobs Threat intelligence | 12 jobs Firewalls | 12 jobs Automation | 12 jobs EDR | 12 jobsTop 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 | 28 jobs Career development | 25 jobs Health care | 20 jobs Medical leave | 16 jobs Flex hours | 12 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Travel | 8 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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