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Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers

On 14 Nov 2026, 3.1% of open security roles (95) had an early-career title and advertised a median $61.1k/yr, and 53.7% of the roles with a full description asked for 2 years of experience or less or stated none.

Data window
11 Nov 2026 to 14 Nov 2026
4 days, UTC
Computed
15 Nov 2026, 14:41 UTC
Recomputed every day
Source
The public job boards of the employers this site tracks (Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Workday, SmartRecruiters and the other systems they post on), read every hour, keeping the postings whose title and description read as security work. The full description of every open role whose board publishes one.
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of open security roles have an early-career title
3%
median advertised pay of early-career roles
$61.1k/yr
of described roles ask for 2 years of experience or less, or state none
54%
of described roles name no degree, years of experience or certification
29%

Key findings

  1. 1

    95 of the 3,041 security roles open on 14 Nov 2026 (3.1%) have an early-career title: junior, associate, intern, graduate or a first-tier post, with no higher level named.

    Figure 1
  2. 2

    A further 20 open roles (0.7%) pair an early-career word with a higher level, such as "Associate Director" or "Senior Associate", and are not counted as early career.

    Figure 2
  3. 3

    Security Engineering has the most early-career roles (24, 3.4% of its open roles), and Penetration Testing & Red Team the highest share (5.3%).

    Figure 1
  4. 4

    Early-career roles advertise a median $61.1k/yr against $203k/yr for other security roles; compared within the same specialty, they advertise 59.0% less than other roles.

    Figure 4
  5. 5

    53.7% of the 3,037 security roles with a full description ask for 2 years of experience or less or state no number of years, while 36.3% ask for 5 or more.

    Figure 5
  6. 6

    28.9% of the roles read mention no degree, years of experience or certification.

    Figure 5
  7. 7

    Only 13 of the 3,037 descriptions (0.4%) say outright that a beginner may apply (no experience or degree needed, entry level, or students and graduates welcome), and 11 of those 13 have a title that is not pitched at the early career.

    Figure 6
  8. 8

    Of the roles that state no degree, years or certification, 5.5% still ask for a security clearance, 7.2% mention a background check and 1.3% a technical assessment.

    Figure 7

Figure 1

Early-career security roles, by specialty

How many open security roles are pitched at people early in their career, and in which specialties?

SpecialtyEarly-career shareEarly-career rolesMedian pay a year, early-career roles
All specialties
3.1%
95$61,100
Penetration Testing & Red Team
5.3%
10$61,100
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
5.1%
19$56,200
Security Operations & Incident Response
4.3%
17n/a
Threat Intelligence & Security ResearchSmall sample
3.5%
3n/a
Security Engineering
3.4%
24$126,000
Security Architecture & Consulting
3.1%
12$56,200
Identity & Access Management
2.0%
3n/a
Cloud Security
1.7%
2n/a
Application & Product Security
1.6%
5n/a
Security Leadership
0.0%
0n/a

Sample. 3,041 security roles open at the end of 14 Nov 2026, read from their titles.

An early-career role: its title names an early-career level (junior, associate, entry level, trainee, graduate or new grad, an early-career program, tier 1, L1 or "Analyst I", an internship, apprenticeship or student post) and no level above it, so an "Associate Director" does not count.

It reads what a posting signals, not what it takes to be hired: a junior title can still ask for a year or two of IT, networking or help-desk work, a certification or a technical test, which the description states.

Median pay: the advertised pay a year (the middle of a stated range) of the early-career roles that publish it, shown with at least 3 such roles.

Rows with fewer than 99.4 open roles are marked as a small sample and not ranked: below that the average of the rows weighs more than a row's own open roles (the weight fitted on the rows' own counts).

Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers, live data.

Figure 2

What a security title says about its level

How many security titles name a senior level, how many name none, and how many are pitched at the early career?

The titleShare of open rolesRoles
Names a level above entry (senior, staff, principal, lead, manager, director, executive)
56.2%
1,710
Names an early-career word beside a higher level ("Associate Director", "Senior Associate")
0.7%
20
Names no level at all ("Security Engineer", "SOC Analyst")
40.0%
1,216
Names an early-career level and none above it: an early-career role
3.1%
95

Sample. 3,041 security roles open at the end of 14 Nov 2026, read from their titles.

Each open role is in exactly one row, so the shares add up to all open roles.

A title with no level word is not counted as early career: in security hiring "Security Analyst" is posted at every level, and the description says which.

Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers, live data.

Figure 3

Early-career security roles, by employer

Which employers list the most security roles pitched at the early career?

EmployerEarly-career rolesShare of its open rolesMedian pay a year, early-career roles
Tevora
16
84.2%$56,200
SpaceX
4
6.5%$148,000
Thales
4
5.1%n/a
CENSUS
3
33.3%n/a
Rocket LabSmall sample
3
37.5%$37,400
CertiK
2
22.2%n/a
CoupaSmall sample
2
40.0%n/a
European DynamicsSmall sample
2
40.0%n/a
GalaxySmall sample
2
40.0%n/a
GruveSmall sample
2
25.0%n/a
GuidePoint Security
2
4.8%n/a
Illumio
2
18.2%n/a
Integrity360
2
10.5%n/a
Netcompany
2
20.0%n/a
Palo Alto Networks
2
2.0%n/a
Trend Micro
2
11.8%n/a
AgodaSmall sample
1
14.3%n/a
AIFTSmall sample
1
33.3%n/a
AlanSmall sample
1
100.0%n/a
Anduril Industries
1
3.3%n/a
AppianSmall sample
1
20.0%n/a
Applied Intuition
1
7.7%n/a
ArmadinSmall sample
1
16.7%n/a
AvePointSmall sample
1
14.3%n/a
Bitdefender
1
11.1%n/a
Brain Co.Small sample
1
14.3%n/a
BybitSmall sample
1
16.7%n/a
Case IQSmall sample
1
100.0%n/a
Checkout.comSmall sample
1
20.0%n/a
CloudSEKSmall sample
1
25.0%n/a
CobaltSmall sample
1
100.0%n/a
CohesitySmall sample
1
25.0%n/a
DarktraceSmall sample
1
16.7%n/a
FigmaSmall sample
1
25.0%n/a
FilevineSmall sample
1
100.0%n/a
FP Digital Business SolutionsSmall sample
1
100.0%n/a
Habitat LearnSmall sample
1
100.0%n/a
iCapitalSmall sample
1
16.7%n/a
Inetum
1
1.6%n/a
Interrupt LabsSmall sample
1
20.0%n/a
IOActive
1
9.1%n/a
JustMarkets
1
9.1%n/a
Methods
1
10.0%n/a
MimecastSmall sample
1
33.3%n/a
mindsquareSmall sample
1
50.0%n/a
Muon SpaceSmall sample
1
14.3%n/a
Nebius
1
5.0%n/a
OntinueSmall sample
1
25.0%n/a
PalantirSmall sample
1
12.5%n/a
RampSmall sample
1
16.7%n/a

The other 646 rows, in the same order (every value of every row is in the report's data, sent by email):

SailPoint, Samsara, Solidgate, Stripe, Tanium, Trail of Bits, Trellix, Workstreet, Xsolla, 10a Labs, 1GLOBAL, 1Password, 360Learning, 3Cloud, 6sense, 7AI, A-Gas, Abacus, Abnormal Security, Abusix, Accelerant, Acronis, Action1, Ada, Addepar, Advens, Adyen, AEG, AegisAI, Affirm, AfterQuery, AHEAD, Aidoc, Aikido Security, AIOS, Air Apps, Airbnb, Airlock Digital, Airship, airSlate, Airtm, Airwallex, Aledade, Allium, Alloy, Alpaca, AlphaSense, Altruist, Ambit Iberia, Anaconda, Anaplan, Anchorage Digital, Angi, Anovia, Anthropic, Anyone AI, Apex, Apiiro, Apollo.io, Appier, AppsFlyer, Appspace, Aptible, Aptos Labs, Arancia, Arctic Wolf, Arctiq, Ardent, Arionkoder, Arista Networks, Artemis, Asana, Assured, Asymmetric Research, Atmosera, ATOSS, Auros, Aveniq, Avertium, Axios, Axis Communications, Axon, Axonius, Aztec Foundation, Backblaze, Banner Bank, Banyan Software, Base.com, Beam, Beast Industries, BeyondTrust, BibliU, Billigence, BioCatch, Bishop Fox, BitGo, Bitsight, Bitwarden, BJAK, Black Duck, BlackCloak, Blackpanda, Block, Blockstream, Bloomreach, Bondora, Bounteous, Box, Brave, Braze, Brex, Brillio, BTSE, Buffer, Bugcrowd, bunny.net, CampusWorks, Camunda, Canary Technologies, Canonical, Canva, Capco, Cape, Carrot, Carvana, Casa, Cato Networks, Celonis, Censys, Chainalysis, Chainguard, Charlie Health, Chartis, Check Point, Clariness, CLEAR, ClickHouse, ClickUp, Cloudflare, CloudLinux, Coalfire, Coalition, Cogent Security, Cohere, Coinbase, Colliers, commercetools, Commvault, ConnectWise, Consensys, ControlPlane, CoreWeave, Coupang, Cracken, CREALOGIX, Cribl, CrowdStrike, Crowell & Moring, CrucialLogics, Crusoe, Cyberhaven, CyberOne, Cyderes, Dashlane, Databricks, Datadog, DataDome, Dataflow Security, DDN, Decagon, Deciphex, Deepgram, DeepHealth, Delinea, Deliveroo, Deploy, depthfirst, Digital Asset, DigitalOcean, DiliTrust, DISCO, Discord, Distribusion, Ditto, Docker, Docplanner, DoorDash, DotWorld, Doxy.me, Dragos, Dropbox, Druva, DuckDuckGo, Duna, Ebury, EDB, Elastic, ElevenLabs, emerchantpay, Emergent, Empirical, Endor Labs, Eneba, Engine, ENJOY Gaming, ENSEK, Ensono, Ent, ePlus, Erbis, ESET, ESO, Esri, Ethos, Euna Solutions, EverAI, Exclusive Networks, Exeon Analytics, Expel, ExtraHop, Eye Security, fal, FAR.AI, Fastly, Federato, Figure AI, Filigran, Finite State, FINN, FireMon, Firmus, First Due, Five9, Fivetran, Flare, Fleetio, Flexport, Float, Flodesk, Flox, Fly.io, Foley, Form3, FormativGroup, Forus, Forward Financing, Foundant, Frontline Wildfire Defense, Fullscript, Fuse Energy, FYUL, G-P, gaiia, Gainsight, Garner Health, Gcore, Gemini, Gen Digital, Geotab, GitLab, Glean, Glia, GoDaddy, Gong, Google Fiber, Grafana Labs, Griffin, Gurobi, GWI, HackerOne, Hadrian, Halcyon, Harness, Harvey, Headway, HealthVerity, Helius, HelloFresh, Hex, Higgsfield AI, Hightouch, Hinge Health, Horizon3.ai, Humanoid, Huntress, ID.me, iFood, Immersive, incident.io, Included Health, Inductive Automation, Infosys Consulting, Injective, inovex, Inspectiv, Instacart, Instructure, Insurity, Intercom, InterSystems, Intertek, Intuition Machines, IONOS, IonQ, Irth Solutions, Island, Istari Digital, Ivalua, Jane, JetBrains, JFrog, Job&Talent, JumpCloud, Jusbrasil, K Health, Kalles Group, Kapres Technology, Keenfinity, Keeper Security, Kin Insurance, Klaviyo, KnowBe4, knowmad mood, Kobalt.io, Kodex, KOHO, Kong, Kraken, Latent Health, LaunchDarkly, Leadtech, Legora, LemFi, Liftoff, Lightning Labs, Lila Sciences, Linear, LiteLLM, LITIT, Logicalis Spain, Long View Systems, Lovable, Lumos, Luxor, Lyft, Magnet Forensics, Malwarebytes, Mama Money, Mapbox, MARGO, Marqeta, Material Security, Maze, Menlo Security, Mercor, MeridianLink, Mesh, Metabase, Metropolis, micro1, Miovision, Mirantis, Mistral AI, MongoDB, Monks, Monzo, Morpho, Motive, MOXFIVE, Mozilla, Myriad360, Mysten Labs, N-iX, n8n, NEC Software Solutions, Neo4j, nesto, Netcraft, NETGEAR, Netrix Global, Netskope, Neura Robotics, Newxel, Nexxa.AI, NinjaOne, Nord Security, Notion, Nozomi Networks, Nscale, Nubank, NuHarbor Security, Obsidian Security, Octus, Oddball, Offchain Labs, OFX, Okta, OKX, Olo, Oneleet, OneTrust, Opal Security, OpenAI, OpenLoop Health, OpenSesame, OpenZeppelin, OPSWAT, Optiveum, Orbia, Orca Security, Orcrist Technologies, Oshi Health, Overflow, Owner, Packetlabs, Pacvue, Partly, PathAI, Paxos, payabl., Payoneer, Payter, Pennylane, People Data Labs, Peregrine, Perplexity, Phantom, Phoenix Software, Physitrack, Pico, Pindrop, Ping Identity, Pinterest, Pipe, Plaid, Plain Concepts, Plata, Playlab, PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment), Pliancy, Pliant, Pomelo Care, Positron AI, Praetorian, Prefect, Primer, Project Eleven, Prompt Health, Proofpoint, Protiviti, Prowler, PubMatic, Pure Storage, qlub, Qoria, Qualtrics, Qualys, Quanata, QuintoAndar, Quisitive, Quora, Rain, Readdle, Recare, Recorded Future, Redcare Pharmacy, Reddit, Redflags, Redgate, Redpanda, Reflection AI, Reflow, RELEX Solutions, Reltio, Render, Rescale, Resend, Resilience, RFA, Rhymetec, Ridgeline, Ripple, Riskified, Riveron, Robinhood, Roblox, Roboflow, Robots & Pencils, Rogo, RootstockLabs, Rubrik, Runway, Safe Software, SafeBreach, SafePaaS, Salesloft, Salt Security, Sardine, Saronic Technologies, Saviynt, Scale AI, Scalian, Scopely, Secfix, Second Front, Sectigo, Semgrep, Semperis, SentiLink, SentinelOne, Sentry, SEON, Septeo, Serval, Sezzle, Shakepay, Shield AI, Shopware, Sierra, Sigma Software, Signode, SimSpace, Skydio, SkySlope, Smartsheet, Smile Digital Health, Snowflake, Snyk, Socket, Socure, SOFTSWISS, Software Secured, Sonar, SonicWall, Sophos, Spark Power, SpecterOps, Sporty Group, Spotify, SpotMe, Sprocket Security, SpyCloud, Squads, Staffbase, Stand Together, Starburst, Starling Bank, Statewise, Stedi, Stellar Cyber, Strata Information Group, Supabase, Super.com, Superhuman, Swapcard, Sword Group, Sword Health, Synack, Synthesia, Sysdig, Tailscale, Tala, Talan, Talkdesk, team.blue, Technosylva, Tekion, Temporal, Tenable, TENEX.AI, Terac, The Browser Company, The Mill Adventure, The New York Times, The Quality Group, Thinking Machines Lab, Thoropass, Threatscape, Thumbtack, Thunes, Tide, Tines, Toast, Tonic.ai, toogeza, Trace3, Transmit Security, TrellisWare Technologies, Trigger.dev, TRM Labs, Trolley, Truelogic, Turing, Turnkey, Turquoise Health, Twilio, Two Six Technologies, UltraViolet Cyber, Unit4, Upgrade, UpGuard, Upstart, Uvation, Valence, Valkai, Valon, Vanta, vCluster Labs, Vectra AI, Veeam, Vercel, Verkada, VGS, Virta Health, vivenu, VulnCheck, Vultr, Warp, Wavenet, Wealthsimple, Webflow, WHOOP, Wiz, Workleap, WorkOS, Wrike, Writer, xAI, Xometry, Xplor, YGO, YipitData, Yopeso, Youtrust, Zafran, Zania, Zapier, Zeely, Zencoder, zerohash, Zeta Global, Zimperium, Zipline, Zippy, Zocdoc, Zscaler

Sample. 3,041 security roles open at the end of 14 Nov 2026, read from their titles. Listings only.

An employer's share follows its own title style as much as its hiring: one that titles its first seats "Security Analyst" with no level word has fewer early-career roles here than one that writes "Associate" or "Tier 1".

Rows with fewer than 8.6 open roles are marked as a small sample and not ranked: below that the average of the rows weighs more than a row's own open roles (the weight fitted on the rows' own counts).

Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers, live data.

Figure 4

What early-career roles pay, against other roles of the same specialty

How much less do early-career security roles advertise than other roles in the same specialty?

SpecialtyEarly-career pay against other rolesMedian a year, early careerMedian a year, other roles
All specialties compared (within specialty)
-59.0%
$61,080$202,500
Security Engineering
-38.8%
$126,000$205,750
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
-67.0%
$56,160$170,000
Security Architecture & Consulting
-72.6%
$56,160$205,000
Penetration Testing & Red Team
-69.1%
$61,080$197,405

Sample. Security roles open at the end of 14 Nov 2026 that publish pay; specialties with at least 3 such roles on both sides.

First row: the gap is the within-specialty comparison (each specialty's median early-career pay over its median for other roles, minus one, averaged across specialties weighted by the early-career roles), as in the pay premiums report; its two medians are across all specialties, for context.

Rows with fewer than 3 roles publishing pay on either side are marked.

Advertised pay is what a posting states, at the middle of its range; an internship paid by the hour is counted as a full-time year of that rate.

Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers, live data.

Figure 5

What the descriptions ask for

How many security postings ask for two years of experience or less, and how many name no degree, years or certification?

The descriptionShare of roles readRolesEarly-career titles
States a number of years of experience
52.1%
1,58214.7%
States 2 years or less
5.8%
17512.6%
States 5 years or more
36.3%
1,1010.0%
Mentions a degree (bachelor's or higher)
31.8%
96658.9%
Mentions a master's or PhD
9.6%
29325.3%
Asks for current enrolment (and no degree)
0.0%
00.0%
Names a certification (Security+, CISSP, OSCP and the like)
30.0%
91218.9%
None of these: no degree, years or certification stated
28.9%
87925.3%

Sample. 3,037 security roles open on 14 Nov 2026 whose full description this site reads, at 696 employers, 99.9% of all open roles; 95 of them have an early-career title.

Read with the requirements report's published patterns and the certification pages' list. A mention can be a requirement or a preference ('a degree is a plus'); both count, so 'no stated requirement' is a cautious count.

The years are the first number of years of experience a description states ('3+ years', '5 to 7 years' is 5); a posting that asks for '0 to 2 years' reads as stating no number.

A description that offers a degree as one alternative ('a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience') counts as mentioning a degree.

Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers, live data.

Figure 6

What descriptions say outright about beginners

How many security postings say plainly that no experience or degree is needed, or that graduates are welcome?

StatementRolesShare of roles readStill mention a degree, years or certification
Any statement that a beginner may apply
13
0.4%92.3%
No experience needed
0
0.0%n/a
No degree required
0
0.0%n/a
No formal or technical background required
0
0.0%n/a
Entry level, or a low barrier to entry
3
0.1%66.7%
Students, graduates or beginners welcome
0
0.0%n/a
Asks for a high school diploma or equivalent
10
0.3%100.0%

Sample. 3,037 security roles open on 14 Nov 2026 whose full description this site reads, at 696 employers, 99.9% of all open roles.

Each statement is a published pattern over the description (ENTRY_PATTERNS in the method). The first row counts any of them.

"Entry level" counts when the description calls the position, the role or its candidates entry level; "not an entry-level position" and an "entry-level certification" do not.

Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers, live data.

Figure 7

What roles with no stated requirement still ask

If a security posting names no degree, years or certification, what does it still expect from applicants?

The description mentionsNo stated requirementStates a requirement
A security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI and the like)
5.5%
6.2%
A background check or identity verification
7.2%
6.9%
A technical assessment, test or trial task
1.3%
2.2%
An interview (any kind)
26.4%
29.0%

Sample. 879 roles whose description states no degree, years of experience or certification, against 2,158 that state one: 3,037 security roles open on 14 Nov 2026 whose full description this site reads, at 696 employers, 99.9% of all open roles.

Read with the requirements report's patterns. An interview is so common that its share says more about how often a description describes its process than about the role.

Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers, live data.

Figure 8

No stated requirement, by specialty

In which security specialties do descriptions most often name no degree, years or certification, and what do those roles pay?

SpecialtyNo stated requirementEarly-career titleMedian pay a year, no stated requirement
Identity & Access ManagementSmall sample
37.4%
2.0%$195,000
Security EngineeringSmall sample
31.9%
3.4%$220,000
Threat Intelligence & Security ResearchSmall sample
29.1%
3.5%$192,000
Application & Product SecuritySmall sample
28.6%
1.6%$200,000
Cloud SecuritySmall sample
28.6%
1.7%$190,000
Security Operations & Incident ResponseSmall sample
28.6%
4.3%$193,000
Security LeadershipSmall sample
28.0%
0.0%$263,000
Penetration Testing & Red TeamSmall sample
27.9%
5.3%$218,000
Security Architecture & ConsultingSmall sample
27.4%
3.1%$214,000
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)Small sample
23.7%
5.1%$185,000

Sample. 3,037 security roles open on 14 Nov 2026 whose full description this site reads, at 696 employers, 99.9% of all open roles.

Medians need at least 3 roles publishing pay.

Rows with fewer than 716.1 roles read are marked as a small sample and not ranked: below that the average of the rows weighs more than a row's own roles read (the weight fitted on the rows' own counts).

Source. CyberJobs.cc Research, Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers, live data.

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@misc{cyberjobscc_cybersecurity_jobs_without_experience_live,
  author = {{CyberJobs.cc}},
  title = {Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs by the Numbers (live data, 11 Nov 2026 to 14 Nov 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://cyberjobs.cc/research/cybersecurity-jobs-without-experience}},
  note = {Accessed 15 Nov 2026},
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