Security Engineer Salary & Career Guide
What 305 live Security Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.
- Open roles
- 305
- Employers
- 195
- Remote
- 20%
- Typical pay
- $139k–288k
- Verified live (7d)
- 289
Pay by experience
Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it
| Experience | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | $155k | 95 |
| 6–9 years | $180k | 36 |
| 10+ years | $189k | 35 |
Skills in demand
Across 286 security engineer postings that named at least one skill
- 56%
- 56%
- 30%
- 27%
- 26%
- 24%
- 24%
- 19%
- 14%
- 9.4%
Experience asked for
Minimum years named in the posting · 226 postings stated one
- 3.5%
- 56%
- 25%
- 16%
Work arrangement
Where the work is done · 211 postings stated one
- 27%
- 41%
- 32%