Security Specialist Salary in Canada during 2025
💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 111,341
✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 98,000 and USD 122,000 in Canada. 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
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 14
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 Monitoring. 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 | 632 jobs Cloud | 433 jobs Monitoring | 349 jobs CISSP | 344 jobs Computer Science | 344 jobs Vulnerabilities | 328 jobs Risk management | 313 jobs Clearance | 303 jobs Incident response | 296 jobs NIST | 286 jobs Audits | 265 jobs Risk assessment | 233 jobs DoD | 227 jobs Strategy | 207 jobs Firewalls | 206 jobs ISO 27001 | 199 jobs Governance | 193 jobs Azure | 186 jobs SIEM | 185 jobs Network security | 185 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 | 591 jobs Health care | 441 jobs Flex hours | 308 jobs Competitive pay | 280 jobs Team events | 240 jobs Equity / stock options | 215 jobs Insurance | 199 jobs Flex vacation | 155 jobs Startup environment | 141 jobs Salary bonus | 132 jobs Medical leave | 120 jobs Wellness | 112 jobs 401(k) matching | 108 jobs Parental leave | 89 jobs Relocation support | 52 jobs Flexible spending account | 41 jobs Conferences | 37 jobs Gear | 27 jobs Transparency | 25 jobs Fitness / gym | 22 jobsRelated salaries
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