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IT Security – UK Tech Labour Market Trends, September 2023

Despite the fact vacancies have dropped in 2023 versus 2022, we see this as a temporary lull, as the attack vector is bigger than ever before. IT security vacancies are expected to total approximately 4,187 for the year, marking a 30.7% decrease from the 6,045 vacancies observed in 2022. Equally, at the same time, IT security has increased in share of all IT vacancies, from 4.1% last year, to 4.7%, making it one of the fastest-growing segments. This is according to the latest UK Technology Labour Market Trends report by Robert Walters and market data analysts Vacancysoft.

IT security vacancies have nearly trebled over the past three years

Given Gartner forecast that worldwide IT security spending will reach over $100 BN shortly, it is perhaps no surprise that vacancies have nearly trebled over the past three years. While a significant proportion of this increase has been in banking, this is not the...