Information Security Specialist Salary in 2024

💰 The median Information Security Specialist Salary in 2024 is USD 95,067

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Information Security Specialist salary lies between USD 84,210 and USD 126,367 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
Information Security Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 148,550
Top 25%
$ 126,367
Median
$ 95,067
Bottom 25%
$ 84,210
Bottom 10%
$ 83,850

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 Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Information Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Audits and ISO 27001. 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 | 22 jobs Audits | 15 jobs ISO 27001 | 14 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs Risk management | 13 jobs Governance | 13 jobs Risk assessment | 12 jobs CISSP | 12 jobs Privacy | 11 jobs Cloud | 10 jobs Vulnerabilities | 9 jobs GDPR | 9 jobs ITIL | 9 jobs NIST | 8 jobs CISA | 8 jobs CISM | 7 jobs SIEM | 6 jobs Incident response | 6 jobs Automation | 6 jobs CRISC | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Information 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 14 jobs Health care | 12 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Team events | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Equity | 7 jobs Flex vacation | 6 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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