Prepared by: The California Community Colleges Centers of Excellence for Labor Market Research June 2018 Inform Connect Advance CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE CYBERSECURITY: LABOR MARKET ANALYSIS AND STATEWIDE SURVEY RESULTS FROM CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS AND POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS SUMMARY & KEY FINDINGS
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Prepared by:
The California Community Colleges
Centers of Excellence for Labor Market Research
June 2018
Inform Connect Advance
C E N T E R S O F E X C E L L E N C E
CYBERSECURITY:LABOR MARKET ANALYSIS AND STATEWIDE SURVEY RESULTS FROM CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS AND
POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS
SUMMARY & KEY FINDINGS
The California Community Colleges Centers of Excellence for Labor Market Research (COE) conducted a workforce demand study of
385 cybersecurity employers in 2018. The following summary highlights the findings for the nine cybersecurity jobs included in the study.
Employers plan to add more than
9,400 specialized cybersecurity jobs over the next
12 months
76% of employers reported some or
great difficulty hiring cyber defense forensic analysts
Top 3 hiring challenges for specialized
cybersecurity jobs:
1. Lack of qualified candidates in general
–vulnerability assessment analysts (43%)
2. Lack of relevant work experience—cyber
defense infrastructure support specialists
(46%)
3. Lack of required technology—cyber defense
infrastructure support specialists (49%)
EMPLOYER STUDY
Technical Support Specialist(n=129)
6.8%14,658Current jobs
Job increase in the next 12 months 2018 employment
+993
21,293Current jobs
11%+2,336
Cyber Defense Forensic Analyst(n=109)
17,189Current jobs
7.2%+1,245Vulnerability Assessment Analyst(n=119)
10,079Current jobs
21.3%+2,146
Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support Specialist(n=112)
16,164Current jobs
7.9%+1,272Cyber Defense Analyst(n=124)
15,223Current jobs
Job increase in the next 12 months 2018 employment
15.9%+2,414Systems Security Analyst(n=112)
Software Developer(n=123)
22,675Current jobs
3.9%+880
System Administrator(n=127)
17.9%10,223Current jobs
+1,825
Network Operations Specialist(n=121)
13,180Current jobs
9.2%+1,212
IT/IS JobsRequiring Cybersecurity Skills
Employers plan to add more than
4,900
information technology/information systems
(IT/IS) jobs requiring cybersecurity skills
over the next 12 months
For each of the IT/IS work roles, the
majority of employers said that employees
spend more than a quarter of their time on security/cybersecurity issues.
48% of employers said there is a
lack of qualified software developer
candidates in general.
Specialized Cybersecurity Jobs
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Specialized
cybersecurity jobs
will increase
7%–21%Adding 9,413 workers
IT/IS jobs requiring
cybersecurity skills
will increase
4%–18%Adding 4,910 workers
Employer
reported growth
over the next
12 months
60% or more reported difficulty
finding qualified candidates
Employers are responding to hiring challenges by:
Increasing recruitment efforts
Increasing overtime with current employees
Increasing wages to attract or retain workers
55% or more reported that
security certifications are
important or very important
Employers plan to add
14,300*
cybersecurity jobs over
the next 12 months
3,200Awards conferred by California
training programs that are
cybersecurity focused or include
aspects of cybersecurity
CyberSeek.org estimated
35,275 online job listings For cybersecurity-related jobs in California from
April 2017 to March 2018
* Based on the nine NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework work roles featured in the study.
TRAINING GAP FINDINGSIt is highly likely that California’s educational institutions are not supplying enough qualified candidates to fill existing job openings.
The number of cybersecurity-related credentials awarded from accredited postsecondary institutions in California is increasing;
however, the rate of growth is not enough to meet the demand employers have for cybersecurity workers.
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Potential training gap of 11,100* cybersecurity jobs