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Security Engineer Salary in 2024
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in 2024 is USD 160,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 1252 individual salaries reported during 2024
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 207,000 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.
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- Security Engineer
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2024
- Sample size
- 1252
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated: May 12, 2024Salary trend
Top 20 Job Tags for Security Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Vulnerabilities and Compliance. 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:
Cloud | 1799 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1162 jobs Compliance | 1122 jobs Python | 1089 jobs Computer Science | 1085 jobs AWS | 1051 jobs Automation | 944 jobs Monitoring | 764 jobs Incident response | 723 jobs Azure | 715 jobs Scripting | 709 jobs Application security | 678 jobs CISSP | 675 jobs Firewalls | 633 jobs Linux | 594 jobs Privacy | 575 jobs Network security | 569 jobs SIEM | 540 jobs NIST | 533 jobs GCP | 523 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. 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 | 1506 jobs Health care | 1083 jobs Team events | 751 jobs Flex hours | 750 jobs Equity | 659 jobs Competitive pay | 617 jobs Flex vacation | 615 jobs Startup environment | 583 jobs Salary bonus | 511 jobs Insurance | 471 jobs Parental leave | 458 jobs Medical leave | 420 jobs 401(k) matching | 327 jobs Wellness | 312 jobs Home office stipend | 143 jobs Conferences | 89 jobs Relocation support | 87 jobs Gear | 80 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 80 jobs Fitness / gym | 77 jobsRelated salaries
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