Is the number of employees in the field of cybersecurity sufficient? New technologies are developing, the field of cyber threat is expanding. What is the demand for people with cybersecurity skills to address this need? According to the job posts related to the cybersecurity on Linkedln in November 2022, there are more than 360000 job posts in USA, 56000 job posts in UK and 41000 job posts in Germany. In other words, the total job posts related to the cybersecurity of these three countries in November 2022 are more than 460000. This number was around 360000 in March 2022. Moreover, the need for people with cybersecurity skills have been increasing day by day.

This article discusses the job posts and the job titles on Linkedln in the field of cybersecurity in USA, UK and Germany.

Increasing data load with digitalization has increased the need for cybersecurity and enterprises are faced with great risks in the digital world such as damage or destruction of a company's data, loss of productivity, theft of personal and financial data, fraud, workflow interruptions. Cyber attacks also cause much more destruction than is generally anticipated.

Cyber attacks have no limits, and hackers continue to attack with new methods every day. Today, the steps that countries, companies and even individuals will take for their digital transformation have become more important than ever. Taking precautionary measures against cyber attacks and following a flexible and planned way will prevent material and moral damages caused by cyber attacks. Cyber attacks, which cause great financial losses, also damage the images of countries and businesses. This, in turn, causes great damage to the corporate identity and perceptions obtained over the years.

So, is the number of employees in the field of cybersecurity sufficient? New technologies are developing, the field of cyber threat is expanding. What is the demand for people with cybersecurity skills to address this need?

According to the job posts related to the cybersecurity on Linkedln in November 2022, there are more than 360000 job posts in USA, 56000 job posts in UK and 41000 job posts in Germany. In other words, the total job posts related to the cybersecurity of these three countries in November 2022 are more than 460000.

The number of job posts in the field of cybersecurity in the United States is shown in the Figure 1. The total number of job posts in the November 2022 is about 369000. This number was around 301000 in March 2022. In other words, there is a 22% increase in job posts in eight months.

The job titles that have been requested most in these job posts are as follows:

1. Data Project Manager

2. Cybersecurity Engineer

3. Penetration Tester

4. Cybersecurity Analyst

5. Threat Analyst

6. Cybersecurity Specialist

7. SIEM Engineer

The number of job posts in the field of cybersecurity in United Kingdom is shown in the Figure 3. The total number of job posts in the November 2022 is about 56000. This number was around 32000 in March 2022. In other words, there is a 75% increase in job posts in eight months.

The job titles that have been requested most in these job posts are as follows:

1. Data Project Manager
2. Cybersecurity Engineer
3. Cybersecurity Specialist
4. Cybersecurity Analyst
5. Threat Analyst
6. SIEM Engineer
7. Penetration Tester

I could say that the number of job posts in the field of cybersecurity in UK and Germany is almost similar to each other. The number of job posts in Germany is shown in the Figure 5. The total number of job posts in the November 2022 is about 41000. This number was around 33000 in March 2022. In other words, there is a 24% increase in job posts in eight months.

The job titles that have been requested most in these job posts are as follows:

1. Data Project Manager
2. SIEM Engineer
3. Information Security Officer
4. Cybersecurity Manager
5. Cybersecurity Engineer
6. Cybersecurity Consultant
7. Cybersecurity Analyst

Conclusion

According to the total job posts data of these three countries on LinkedIn in November 2022 in the field of cybersecurity;

• The needs of countries, companies, institutions and organizations may vary according to their sizes and countries.
• The total job posts of these three countries in November 2022 are more than 460000.
• The need for people with cybersecurity skills have been increasing day by day.
• There has been a 27% increase in cybersecurity job posts over the eight-month period.

The top five most requested job titles are as follows:

1. Data Project Manager
2. Cybersecurity Engineer
3. Cybersecurity Analyst
4. Treat Analyst
5. Penetration Tester

The three least requested job titles are as follows:

1. Security Sales Specialist
2. Information Security Consultant
3. Vulnerability Analyst

As a result; I believe that the skills such as threat intelligence, risk management, incident response, access management, data privacy, security strategy, and health information security will come to the fore even more.