Security Specialist Salary in 2025
💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 112,606
✏️ This salary info is based on 28 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 85,150 and USD 153,925 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 Specialist
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 28
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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 Specialist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Cloud and Clearance. 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 | 78 jobs Cloud | 55 jobs Clearance | 46 jobs Monitoring | 40 jobs Vulnerabilities | 39 jobs Risk management | 38 jobs CISSP | 37 jobs Computer Science | 36 jobs DoD | 34 jobs Strategy | 33 jobs Incident response | 32 jobs NIST | 30 jobs Governance | 29 jobs Risk assessment | 27 jobs SIEM | 26 jobs Network security | 26 jobs Firewalls | 26 jobs Security Clearance | 26 jobs Privacy | 25 jobs Agile | 23 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Specialist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Specialist 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 | 81 jobs Health care | 60 jobs Flex hours | 51 jobs Competitive pay | 35 jobs Flex vacation | 33 jobs Team events | 30 jobs Equity / stock options | 29 jobs Insurance | 29 jobs Medical leave | 22 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Startup environment | 17 jobs Salary bonus | 15 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Parental leave | 12 jobs Relocation support | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Gear | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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