Security Analyst

Rating on Glassdoor's top 50: No. 41

Overall Job Score: 4.1 (out of 5)

Job Satisfaction Rating: 3.7 (out of 5)

Number of Job Openings: 2,464

Median Base Pay: $70,000

Security analysts are much sought after by businesses and organizations – not surprising given the growing number of high-visibility IT security breaches in recent years.

Information security analysts help organizations assess potential security threats against an organization's IT network, identifying vulnerabilities and developing IT security systems and policies to guard against breaches. As the complexity of security threats expands, so does the complexity of the job.