Cybersecurity salaries in New Zealand
The median executive Cybersecurity salary in New Zealand is NZ$199,000 per year, with the market band from NZ$199,000 to NZ$199,000 (tahatu.govt.nz, 2026-08-31).
By seniority
executive (Medium quality data)
- Median
- NZ$199,000
- per month
- NZ$16,583
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Median-only, dual source: Tahatu security manager upper band 199K (most common 86K-155K); Hays FY26/27 Head of Information Security national average 213K, CISO up to 350K.
lead (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$101,000
- Median
- NZ$137,500
- P75
- NZ$174,000
- per month
- NZ$11,458
About NZ$11,458 per month at the median.
Tahatu information security engineer bands: lower 78K, most common 101K-174K, upper 228K.
senior (Medium quality data)
- P25
- NZ$81,000
- Median
- NZ$119,000
- P75
- NZ$157,000
- per month
- NZ$9,917
About NZ$9,917 per month at the median.
Tahatu information security analyst bands: lower 59K, most common 81K-157K, upper 210K.
Sources for these numbers
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00013-security-manager
- https://www.hays.net.nz/web/hays-nz-technology/career-advice/the-highest-paying-it-jobs-new-zealand
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00141-information-security-engineer
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/our-data
- https://tahatu.govt.nz/work/explore-career-ideas/occupation/T00120-information-security-analyst
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