Cyber Security Specialist Salary in 2024

💰 The median Cyber Security Specialist Salary in 2024 is USD 95,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security Specialist salary lies between USD 86,138 and USD 116,213 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
Cyber Security Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 130,000
Top 25%
$ 116,213
Median
$ 95,000
Bottom 25%
$ 86,138
Bottom 10%
$ 70,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: March 17, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, CISSP and Vulnerabilities. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 26 jobs CISSP | 21 jobs Vulnerabilities | 19 jobs NIST | 19 jobs Cloud | 18 jobs Monitoring | 17 jobs Incident response | 16 jobs SIEM | 14 jobs Firewalls | 14 jobs Risk assessment | 13 jobs Computer Science | 13 jobs Governance | 12 jobs AWS | 10 jobs Risk management | 10 jobs EDR | 10 jobs Network security | 9 jobs Malware | 9 jobs Python | 9 jobs Audits | 8 jobs Azure | 8 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 25 jobs Flex hours | 17 jobs Health care | 17 jobs Team events | 14 jobs Competitive pay | 12 jobs Startup environment | 9 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Equity | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Wellness | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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Cyber Security Specialist @ $ 88,069 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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