Global IT security skills shortage 2024, by job

Published by
Alexandra Borgeaud,
Dec 10, 2024

Over 35 percent of respondents worldwide expected the biggest shortage regarding IT security skills to be for IT security administrators in 2024. By contrast, only around 25 percent of respondents considered lacking risk and fraud analysts.

IT security skills shortage worldwide in 2024, by job type

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Release date

March 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November 2023

Number of respondents

1,200 respondents

Special properties

Respondents who have an IT security job role in an organization with more than 500 employees

Method of interview

Email survey

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