Job titles
Cybersecurity job titles
The titles security employers are hiring under right now, each with its own list of open roles and the salary its postings give. A role sits under the most specific title it carries, so a staff cloud security engineer counts once.
Roles read 11 Nov 2026, 23:02 UTC
Titles
Most open roles first
| Job title | Open roles | Middle salary |
|---|---|---|
| Principal and staff security engineer | 332 | $228k/yr |
| Security manager | 217 | $220k/yr |
| Security engineer | 213 | $200k/yr |
| Application security engineer | 128 | $205k/yr |
| GRC and compliance | 111 | $170k/yr |
| Security architect | 87 | $208k/yr |
| Security researcher | 74 | $165k/yr |
| Detection engineer | 67 | $198k/yr |
| IAM engineer | 61 | $202k/yr |
| SOC analyst | 58 | $158k/yr |
| Penetration tester and red team | 57 | $213k/yr |
| Security director | 54 | $265k/yr |
| Cloud security engineer | 52 | $185k/yr |
| Incident response | 41 | $166k/yr |
| Security analyst | 37 | $99.4k/yr |
| Threat intelligence analyst | 22 | $187k/yr |
| CISO and VP of security | 18 | $300k/yr |
Work on the security of AI systems has its own list: AI security jobs. The same titles ranked by pay: highest paying cybersecurity jobs. By place instead: cities and remote roles.