Huh, been offering VP level security roles for months with a pretty good package (certainly not dirt) and all we get are junior applicants with 4 years or less experience of work.
So yeah, maybe we need to offer even more - but it's not far off what I make after 30+ years in the industry. Expectations for pay seem to be very high even for people only just out of college.
> Expectations for pay seem to be very high even for people only just out of college.
Darn kids get off my lawn!
But yes, you're right. Salary expectations are surprisingly high considering how little fresh grads bring to the table!
We're talking huge amounts of training just to get to a basic level of competency, especially since most CS degrees are focused on things that were cool five years ago (or much, much longer).
This is the age-old tale, though, but now time is compressed and we need people to hit the ground running much, much faster.
I won't ask you the salary, but for example, $100k was for experienced security professionals not too many years ago. Now it's almost laughable for entry level.
The cost of living, mortgage rates, house prices, rent has all gone up. But not only that, COVID inflated the currency really badly. Even at normal inflation rates, $100k would be the low-end for entry-level by now, you can imagine what inflation has done to it now.
The title you mentioned doesn't tell much so I can't speculate. For Fortune 1000's or well funded startups, I wouldn't expect any less than $250k/yr at the low end for a VP level security role. But if you're in finance, everyone is a VP of something, so it's more like a mid-level experienced person's role (closer to $200k). If you're requiring they show up to the office, add 30%, if it isn't hybrid but full on RTO, 50%.
Also, most skilled security professionals spent lots of time and energy into their tradecraft. They wouldn't want to be a manager that just attends meetings. You're better off with someone that has strong leadership experience and knows enough infosec to discern b.s..
So yeah, maybe we need to offer even more - but it's not far off what I make after 30+ years in the industry. Expectations for pay seem to be very high even for people only just out of college.