Surely you have heard a lot about Cybersecurity. For such security to exist in cyberspace, experts trained in this field are needed and, the truth is, they are in short supply.
Computer security breaches in companies and institutions are becoming more and more evident. This is why the cybersecurity expert profile is one of the professional profiles with the greatest demand in the labor market.
Currently, cybersecurity is a growing concern for companies, governments and institutions and will continue to be so in the future.
Cybersecurity requires more professionals than those who are currently carrying out their professional work. Properly training to cover this highly demanded profile is a great choice.
I give you 3 compelling reasons that will surely encourage you to take the step and train so that you can work as an expert in Cybersecurity:
Employability 100%
If you go to any job app or website and search for "cybersecurity" in Spain, you'll see for yourself the large number of job offers that the search results generate.
At the time of writing this article, entering the Infojobs app there are 184 cybersecurity offers in Spain.
It is a highly demanded profile in the national and international labor market. So much so, that the demand for professionals far exceeds their supply.
Salaries above average
As for salaries, by entering any employment app or website, it is easy to see how for a junior cybersecurity technician or consultant position, that is, without experience, salaries are offered from 27,000 euros to annually; something that is unthinkable in other professional fields. For an experienced security director position, salaries greater than 100,000 euros per year are offered.
Employment stability
Cybersecurity positions are very stable positions with an extremely low turnover rate. This is because the cybersecurity expert becomes a key figure within the organization, since he knows all the vulnerabilities, risks, threats and strengths and knows how to exploit them. They become people of complete trust for the company's senior management since they control the information, which is the most important asset of a company, so it is in its best interest to offer stability.
In summary, a computer professional profile who is an expert in cybersecurity has a employability 100% with a higher salary to the average with a high index of employment stability and developing a professional activity of great social and business value.
The cybersecurity sector has a serious problem: the shortage of professionals. You can be one of those professionals.
Author: María José Peña. Computer engineer. IT Project Director. Passionate about Cybersecurity
