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2025 Cybersecurity Staff Compensation Summary Report
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Cybersecurity faces a persistant talent shortage. With CISOs struggling to staff critical security roles and retain existing employees, understaffed teams are left to execute critical security intiatives.
Use the benchmark data to refine staffing, negotiate pay bands, and secure budgets for top talent.
- Role Diversity: See the range of unique job titles among cybersecurity professionals and how they work across multiple domains.
- Compensation: Get salary benchmarks for Security Architects, Analysts, and Engineers & more across industries and company sizes.
- IT Experience: Investigate common backgrounds of security roles to understand the importance of traditional IT experience in cyber security.
- Job Satisfaction: Understand why many professionals in cybersecurity are considering a job change.
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