Average Security Engineer with IT Security & Infrastructure Skills Salary in Germany

Annual Base Salary - 67.728,00 €/year

The average annual salary of Security Engineer is 67.728,00 €

45.780,00 €
Low
67.728,00 €
Average
82.390,00 €
High

The starting salary of Security Engineer is between 38.913,00 € and 45.780,00 € whereas the maximum salary range is between 82.390,00 € and 94.749,00 €.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
38.913,00 €94.749,00 €
Bonus Range: Tooltip
5.350,00 € - 6.540,00 €
5.350,00 €
94.749,00 €
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  • Currency : EUR
  • Annual Salary : 67.728,00 €
  • Weekly Pay : 1.195,00 €
  • Fortnightly Salary : 2.390,00 €
  • Monthly Salary : 5.178,00 €

Security Engineer Salary Comparison by Gender

Female
Male

This pie chart demonstrates the gender share for Security Engineer. As indicated, the golden colour represents the percentage share for women and the green represents the percentage share for men.

As shown in the chart, male employees are involved significantly more as Security Engineer compared to female. Their involvement is 77% while of female is only 23%.

Salary Distribution Based on Years of Experience

The line graph shows Security Engineer salary in Germany on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Security Engineer having experience between 1-4 years, their salary is around 62.773,36 €.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Security Engineer salary would increase again to a total of 75.744,00 €, adding 12.970,64 € from the last salary increase.

Prominent Skills Affecting Security Engineer Salary

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Security Engineer's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Security Engineer when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Security Engineer is Web Security & Encryption which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 25% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Web Security & Encryption.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Security Risk Management with 5%. It can be said that Security Risk Management skill will unlikely impact the salary.

Compensation Statistics Based on Experience Levels

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Security Engineer. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is 65.696,00 € whereas the highest earning is 79.242,00 € which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Mid Carrer person will earn the maximum salary of 79.242,00 € at 17%. So to summerize, Early Career earns 3% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 17% more than the average salary.