University degree requirement for jobs in cybersecurity worldwide 2022, by region

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Alexandra Borgeaud,
Dec 10, 2024
Most cybersecurity jobs are now requiring a university degree. In 2022, 71 percent of respondents in Africa stated that a university degree was required to obtain a job in the cybersecurity sector. By contrast, the same year, only around one third of respondents in Oceania mentioned that a degree was needed.

Requirement of university degree for cyber security jobs worldwide from 2021 to 2022, by region

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Release date

March 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q4 2022

Number of respondents

2,031 respondents

Special properties

Cybersecurity professionals who hold the ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification or have registered information security job titles

Method of interview

Online survey

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