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Security Manager Salary in Malaysia (2026)

Name: Security Manager salary benchmark — Malaysia
Creator: CheckFairPay

2026 data · 0 Malaysian market observations · Manager level · how we calculate this

The median Security Manager salary in Malaysia is RM 4,829 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 2,821 at the 10th percentile to RM 6,897 at the 90th percentile, based on 0 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Security Manager salaries fall between RM 4,179 and RM 5,538 per month.

P10

RM 2,821

P25

RM 4,179

Median

RM 4,829

P75

RM 5,538

P90

RM 6,897

RM 2,821RM 6,897

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Career ladder — entry to director

A composite role-family summary: titles matching this role family are grouped by seniority and their stored medians combined, weighted by how many observations each title carries. Steps built from few titles or mixed specialisms will be broad — the observation count next to each step shows how much data supports it. Internship, graduate, junior and experienced titles are kept as separate steps and never merged.

Intern

RM 1,750 – RM 1,750median RM 1,750

Internship For Cyber Security Students1

Entry

RM 2,625 – RM 3,075median RM 2,850

Cyber Security Graduate Security Clerk4

Mid

RM 4,307 – RM 6,618median RM 5,471

Security Guard Security Engineer / SOC Engineer Security Engineer Security Officer89

Senior

RM 14,450 – RM 18,550median RM 16,300

Senior Security Operations Engineer Senior Presales Cybersecurity Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Senior IT Security10

Lead / Specialist

RM 13,781 – RM 25,474median RM 19,627

Security Architect Cloud Security Architect Application Security Specialist Cybersecurity & Network Specialist54

Manager

RM 9,699 – RM 13,336median RM 11,521

IT Security Manager / SOC Manager Security Supervisor Safety & Security Manager Cybersecurity Sales Manager36

Head

RM 21,031 – RM 34,719median RM 27,875

Head of IT Security Head Of Cybersecurity Audit16

Director+

RM 35,000 – RM 60,000median RM 47,500

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)14

Median by year

The current year is measured from live Malaysian listings. Earlier years are estimated — back-cast from the current median using national wage growth in the DOSM Salaries & Wages Survey, not separately collected listings.

RM 4,134

2022est.

RM 4,317

2023est.

RM 4,505

2024est.

RM 4,670

2025est.

RM 4,829

2026measured

Aggregated Malaysian market observations from the CheckFairPay market database, normalised to monthly gross basic pay. Pay varies by company, location, skills and total compensation — use as a directional guide. Read the full methodology.

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