Average Security Engineer Salary in Germany

Annual Base Salary - 66.649,00 €/year

The average annual salary of Security Engineer is 66.649,00 €

51.360,00 €
Low
66.649,00 €
Average
88.560,00 €
High

The starting salary of Security Engineer is between 43.656,00 € and 51.360,00 € whereas the maximum salary range is between 88.560,00 € and 101.844,00 €.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
43.656,00 €101.844,00 €
Average Hourly Pay - 15,60 €/hour

The average hourly pay of Security Engineer is 15,60 €.

0,00 €
Low
15,60 €
Average
16,35 €
High

The maximum hourly wage is between 16,35 € and 19,00 €.

Minimum Hourly PayMaximum Hourly Pay
0,00 €19,00 €
Bonus Range: Tooltip
2.100,00 € - 10.500,00 €
2.100,00 €
101.844,00 €
Profit Sharing: Tooltip
0,00 € - 2.120,00 €
0,00 €
101.844,00 €
  • Currency : EUR
  • Annual Salary : 66.649,00 €
  • Hourly Pay : 15,60 €
  • Weekly Pay : 1.176,00 €
  • Fortnightly Salary : 2.352,00 €
  • Monthly Salary : 5.096,00 €

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 88% while of female is only 12%.

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 working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around 52.437,84 €.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a significant increase of 9.317,51 € which would give a total wage of EUR61,755.35.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Security Engineer salary would increase again to a total of 67.958,88 €, adding 6.203,53 € from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of 77.140,00 €.

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 27% 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 IT Security & Infrastructure with 2%. It can be said that IT Security & Infrastructure 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 54.652,00 € whereas the highest earning is 80.645,00 € which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Late Career person will earn the maximum salary of 80.645,00 € at 21%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 18% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 2% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 5% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 21% more than the average salary.