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Tenure Pay Index, Risk & Cybersecurity

Risk & Cybersecurity pay in the Gulf, every number with a paper trail.

Verified compensation across risk & cybersecurity in the Gulf. Built from primary sources, refreshed every quarter.

62 verified sourcesRefreshed 2 months ago

Calibrated pay

What Risk & Cybersecurity pays, from the market floor to the top.

The calibrated base range for every level, from floor to mid to top, split three ways by employer calibre: Standard, Strong, and Exceptional. It shows where pay sits, not a rating of any person. Base salary only.

Security Engineering & Operations

Risk & Cybersecurity Security Engineering & Operations calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
CISO / Head of Security4 verified sources
Security / SOC Manager3 verified sources
Security Architect3 verified sources
Security Engineer3 verified sources
Security Analyst / SOC Analyst3 verified sources

Security Governance & Risk (GRC)

Risk & Cybersecurity Security Governance & Risk (GRC) calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
Head of GRC / Security Governance2 verified sources
Senior GRC Manager / Audit Lead2 verified sources
GRC Manager / IT Security Auditor2 verified sources
GRC Analyst / Compliance Analyst2 verified sources
Junior GRC Analyst / Coordinator2 verified sources

Risk Management

Risk & Cybersecurity Risk Management calibrated base-pay range (floor, median, top) by employer-calibre tier (Standard, Strong, Exceptional), UAE
LevelStandardStrongExceptional
Chief Risk Officer / CCO1 verified source
Head of Risk / CCO1 verified source
Director of Risk / MLRO6 verified sources
Senior Risk Manager / VP7 verified sources
Risk Manager / AVP6 verified sources
Senior Risk Analyst / Officer2 verified sources
AML / Risk Analyst1 verified source

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Monthly base salary. Calibrated from Tenure’s verified pay data, refreshed quarterly. Bonus and allowances are not included.

Market movement · Risk & Cybersecurity

How pay in this sector moved into the latest edition

Comparable series means the same role in the same independent survey edition, year to year. Reprinted, unchanged tables count as series but never as movement. A market shows a figure only where its own measured series support one. The figures below compare the latest edition against the previous comparable one. The history chart covers the earlier years behind the bands.

  • UAE

    Across 5 comparable survey series into 2026, 3 moved. Typical move: -7.7%.

    History: 2022 to 2025 across 24 observed points from independent survey editions.

  • Saudi Arabia

    Pay held broadly flat across 15 comparable survey series into 2026.

    History: 2022 to 2025 across 56 observed points from independent survey editions.

The year-by-year history chart is a Pro feature: UAE median pay 2022 to 2025 and Saudi Arabia median pay 2022 to 2025, one dot per year, from the same editions behind the Pay Index. Unlock with Tenure Pro

Year-by-year risk & cybersecurity salary trends

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