Vulnerability Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Vulnerability Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 112,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average Vulnerability Engineer salary lies between USD 96,800 and USD 144,450 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
Vulnerability Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 223,400
Top 25%
$ 144,450
Median
$ 112,500
Bottom 25%
$ 96,800
Bottom 10%
$ 86,675

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 Vulnerability Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Vulnerability Engineer job listings are Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability management 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:

Vulnerabilities | 19 jobs Vulnerability management | 14 jobs Compliance | 14 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs Qualys | 8 jobs C | 8 jobs Clearance | 8 jobs Windows | 7 jobs Top Secret | 7 jobs Cloud | 7 jobs CISSP | 6 jobs Python | 6 jobs Top Secret Clearance | 6 jobs Mathematics | 6 jobs Audits | 5 jobs Incident response | 5 jobs Analytics | 5 jobs Encryption | 5 jobs NIST | 5 jobs iOS | 5 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Vulnerability Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Vulnerability Engineer job listings are Health care, Career development and 401(k) matching. 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:

Health care | 13 jobs Career development | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Team events | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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