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Cybersecurity

Defensive and offensive security, GRC, and identity across the enterprise.

7 roles$151,286 avg salary10+ transitions
Roles

All Cybersecurity roles

Transitions

Popular transitions in Cybersecurity

easy75% overlap
Security Engineer Security Architect

Natural progression from security-engineer to security-architect — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+15% salary
moderate56% overlap
Security Engineer CISO

Fast-track jump from security-engineer to ciso — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

17 mo+84% salary
easy72% overlap
Security Architect CISO

Natural progression from security-architect to ciso — same track, higher scope and compensation.

7 mo+60% salary
easy73% overlap
SOC Analyst Security Engineer

Natural progression from soc-analyst to security-engineer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+89% salary
moderate57% overlap
SOC Analyst Security Architect

Fast-track jump from soc-analyst to security-architect — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

18 mo+117% salary
easy80% overlap
Penetration Tester Security Engineer

Natural progression from penetration-tester to security-engineer — same track, higher scope and compensation.

10 mo+21% salary
moderate51% overlap
Penetration Tester Security Architect

Fast-track jump from penetration-tester to security-architect — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

18 mo+39% salary
easy74% overlap
GRC Analyst Security Consultant

Natural progression from grc-analyst to security-consultant — same track, higher scope and compensation.

9 mo+48% salary
moderate59% overlap
GRC Analyst CISO

Fast-track jump from grc-analyst to ciso — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

21 mo+197% salary
easy80% overlap
Security Consultant CISO

Natural progression from security-consultant to ciso — same track, higher scope and compensation.

11 mo+101% salary