SOC Analyst Salary in 2025

💰 The median SOC Analyst Salary in 2025 is USD 72,200

✏️ This salary info is based on 130 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average SOC Analyst salary lies between USD 61,280 and USD 105,600 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
SOC Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
130
Top 10%
$ 125,000
Top 25%
$ 105,600
Median
$ 72,200
Bottom 25%
$ 61,280
Bottom 10%
$ 49,010

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 SOC Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with SOC Analyst job listings are SOC, Monitoring and SIEM. 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:

SOC | 257 jobs Monitoring | 189 jobs SIEM | 181 jobs Incident response | 162 jobs Cloud | 107 jobs EDR | 95 jobs Compliance | 91 jobs Malware | 86 jobs Threat intelligence | 79 jobs Firewalls | 79 jobs Vulnerabilities | 76 jobs Linux | 75 jobs Computer Science | 75 jobs Windows | 74 jobs Scripting | 74 jobs Splunk | 64 jobs IDS | 63 jobs Python | 61 jobs Automation | 59 jobs IPS | 52 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for SOC Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with SOC Analyst 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 | 171 jobs Career development | 136 jobs Health care | 104 jobs Competitive pay | 75 jobs Insurance | 63 jobs Medical leave | 57 jobs Flex hours | 50 jobs Salary bonus | 38 jobs Parental leave | 36 jobs Startup environment | 36 jobs Wellness | 30 jobs Flex vacation | 27 jobs Equity / stock options | 26 jobs 401(k) matching | 18 jobs Gear | 8 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Flexible spending account | 6 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs

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