Flush times for hackers in booming cyber security job market

Re:Flush times for hackers in booming cyber security job market by laurencei on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:37AM (#14872420)

What are some realistic salary ranges for people in this field?

And is it largely on site work, or is it more common as a remote consultant?

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Re:Flush times for hackers in booming cyber security job market by dsacco on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:10AM (#14874793)

NB: Assuming SF, NYC or a similar locale.

Junior: $120k base. $10-15k annual bonus.

Mid: $150k base. $20-30k annual bonus.

Senior: $180k base. $30k annual bonus.

Slightly skewed towards consulting; notch it up a bit to account for stock grants in addition to the bonus if you're thinking of something like Google, Facebook or Amazon. Sometimes the consulting firm pays separate bonuses for research time and bench projects that result in something useful or beneficial for the firm's brand.

That's based on my own experience and talking with probably well over a hundred people in the industry about their salary by now.

You can do remote, I've been remote almost my entire career thus far. Remote is more likely in consulting than it is at one of the reputable internal security teams, but it's not uncommon at smaller tech companies.

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Re:Flush times for hackers in booming cyber security job market by janfry on Friday July 28, 2017 @06:42AM (#14873274)

Regarding onsite/remote, I think it depends on what you choose to specialise in. Most of the web application assessments I conduct are remote but there is still demand for onsite work.

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Re:Flush times for hackers in booming cyber security job market by unethical_ban on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:50AM (#14875136)

Central Texas 5 yrs experience, 95k when bonuses and 401k match are thrown in.

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