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The Global InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index for 2022 💰📊
See below our global salary index in 2022 for roles in the InfoSec / Cybersecurity space based on internal data (survey submissions + jobs with open salaries). Salary data is in USD and recalculated at its average fx rate during the year for salaries entered in other currencies.
The data is processed and updated on a weekly basis so the rankings may change over time during the year. Want to play around with the dataset yourself? You can download the complete salary dataset here.
| # | Role | Median Salary in 2022 | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head of Security | $ 210,000 | 5 | Details |
| 2 | Detection Engineer | $ 200,000 | 21 | Details |
| 3 | Cloud Security Architect | $ 185,000 | 5 | Details |
| 4 | Director of Information Security | $ 180,000 | 7 | Details |
| 5 | Security Engineer | $ 155,000 | 337 | Details |
| 6 | Head of Information Security | $ 153,376 | 6 | Details |
| 7 | Security Researcher | $ 147,100 | 13 | Details |
| 8 | Security Specialist | $ 146,800 | 21 | Details |
| 9 | Cyber Security Architect | $ 145,000 | 8 | Details |
| 10 | Information Security Lead | $ 142,200 | 6 | Details |
| 11 | Threat Intelligence Analyst | $ 139,400 | 13 | Details |
| 12 | IT Security Engineer | $ 130,000 | 5 | Details |
| 13 | Information Security Manager | $ 128,500 | 28 | Details |
| 14 | Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst | $ 126,000 | 19 | Details |
| 15 | Privacy Manager | $ 124,000 | 11 | Details |
| 16 | Incident Response Analyst | $ 123,031 | 14 | Details |
| 17 | DevSecOps Engineer | $ 119,700 | 47 | Details |
| 18 | Penetration Tester | $ 118,000 | 48 | Details |
| 19 | Cloud Security Engineer | $ 117,611 | 6 | Details |
| 20 | Security Consultant | $ 117,250 | 28 | Details |
| 21 | IT Security Manager | $ 110,000 | 13 | Details |
| 22 | Security Analyst | $ 105,400 | 72 | Details |
| 23 | Cyber Security Engineer | $ 99,859 | 17 | Details |
| 24 | Cyber Threat Analyst | $ 93,500 | 6 | Details |
| 25 | Security Operations Analyst | $ 93,253 | 8 | Details |
| 26 | DevOps Security Engineer | $ 92,177 | 5 | Details |
| 27 | Information Security Engineer | $ 92,000 | 9 | Details |
| 28 | Security DevOps Engineer | $ 91,670 | 7 | Details |
| 29 | Information Security Specialist | $ 91,407 | 8 | Details |
| 30 | Cyber Security Consultant | $ 90,000 | 15 | Details |
| 31 | Application Security Engineer | $ 88,653 | 10 | Details |
| 32 | SOC Analyst | $ 88,496 | 14 | Details |
| 33 | Compliance Analyst | $ 86,500 | 6 | Details |
| 34 | Information Security Analyst | $ 84,583 | 11 | Details |
| 35 | IT Security Analyst | $ 83,000 | 6 | Details |
| 36 | Cyber Security Specialist | $ 79,000 | 5 | Details |
| 37 | Cyber Security Analyst | $ 73,546 | 45 | Details |
| 38 | Application Security Analyst | $ 52,533 | 5 | Details |
| 39 | Penetration Testing Engineer | $ 50,000 | 5 | Details |
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