The Best-Paying IT Security Jobs of 2015

Nerval's Lobster writes: It's no secret that tech pros with extensive IT security backgrounds are in high demand, especially in the wake of last year's high-profile hacks of major companies such as Sony and Home Depot. Which security-related job pays the most? According to a new analysis of Dice salary data, a lead software security engineer can expect to earn an average of $233,333 in 2015, followed by a director of security, who can expect to earn $200,000. Nor are those outliers: Chief information security officers, directors of information security, and IT security consultants can all expect to earn close to $200,000, if not more. While many subfields of IT security prove quite lucrative, there are also other jobs that earn below the average for tech pros. Security analysts will make an average of $59,880 this year, for instance, while security installation technicians—because somebody needs to install the cameras and sensors—can expect to earn $31,680. Compare that to the average tech-pro salary of $89,450 in 2014, which is only expected to rise this year. According to a 2014 report from Global Knowledge and Penton, those armed with certifications such as CRISC, CISM, and CISA can expect to earn a healthy six figures a year.

Comments

Ummm.....

[Anonymous Coward]

Hello!

I am a security engineer at the biggest cloud platform company in the world... 8 years... I seem to need an adjustment =P

I seem to be missing out on a nice chunk =P

Woah, stop the presses

[Anonymous Coward]

"While many subfields of IT security prove quite lucrative, there are also other jobs that earn below the average for tech pros."

Wait, so some people earn ABOVE average and some earn BELOW? Stop the freaking presses people.

Re:Woah, stop the presses

[Anonymous Coward]

Not true - 99.999% of the population have above average number of fingers

Re:Umm, yeah?

[gatkinso]

Hell at least he found something, even if all he did was fire up Metasploit. Many times you don't even get that.