Cybersecurity skills gaps

Statistics report on cybersecurity skills gaps

Cybersecurity skills gaps

This report presents a range of statistics and facts about cybersecurity skills gaps worldwide. It starts with an overview of the information security market, before diving into cybersecurity budget and investment priorities for 2025. The report also provides key insights about the state of the global cybersecurity workforce and focuses on the most important cybersecurity skills gaps, reasons for staff shortages, as well as challenges faced by cybersecurity professionals. Finally, it provides an overview of recent layoffs and cutbacks in the tech sector.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Premium Statistic Total revenue global information security market 2011-2024
  • Premium Statistic End-user spending on information security worldwide 2023-2025, by segment
  • Premium Statistic Growth rate of spending on information security worldwide 2023-2025, by segment
  • Basic Statistic Top technologies shaping the global cyber threat landscape worldwide 2025

Budgets & priorities

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  • Basic Statistic Cybersecurity budget change for companies worldwide 2025
  • Basic Statistic Cybersecurity investment priorities for business leaders worldwide 2025
  • Basic Statistic Cybersecurity investment priorities for tech leaders worldwide 2025
  • Basic Statistic Top businesses' cybersecurity objectives worldwide 2025

Cybersecurity workforce

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  • Premium Statistic Number of cybersecurity professionals worldwide 2024, by region
  • Premium Statistic Companies' cybersecurity staffing worldwide 2023 vs. 2024
  • Premium Statistic Cybersecurity workforce gap worldwide 2024, by region
  • Premium Statistic Future hiring demand in cybersecurity worldwide by job type 2024
  • Premium Statistic Global IT security skills shortage 2024, by job
  • Basic Statistic Global use of cybersecurity training by employees 2024, by type
  • Premium Statistic Factors determining qualification for a cybersecurity job worldwide 2024

Skills gaps

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  • Premium Statistic Top skills sought in cybersecurity professionals by hiring managers worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Soft skills needed by security professionals worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Top cybersecurity skills worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Skill gaps among cybersecurity personnel worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Most in-demand technical cybersecurity skills worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Cybersecurity areas where professional training is most needed 2024, by career stage
  • Premium Statistic Reasons for skills gaps among cybersecurity teams worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Skills gaps among recent university graduates worldwide 2023 vs. 2024
  • Premium Statistic IT areas with the greatest skill gaps in the United States 2024

Other challenges

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  • Premium Statistic Reasons why companies worldwide are facing a shortage of cybersecurity staff 2024
  • Premium Statistic Factors for resigning from cybersecurity job worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Time to fill a cybersecurity position in companies worldwide by level 2024
  • Premium Statistic Readiness of cybersecurity graduates for work worldwide in 2024

Tech layoffs

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  • Premium Statistic Tech layoffs worldwide 2020-2024, by quarter
  • Premium Statistic Excepted cybersecurity cutbacks in selected industries worldwide 2024
  • Premium Statistic Cutbacks in cybersecurity teams worldwide 2024
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