The global technology industry experienced an 11% drop in new job postings related to cybersecurity in Q3 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 37% decrease versus Q3 2022. GlobalData’s Technology: Hiring Trends & Signals Q3 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the technology industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.

Notably, Computer and Mathematical Occupations jobs accounted for a 35% share of the global technology industry’s cybersecurity-related total new job postings in Q3 2023, down 12% over the prior quarter.

Computer and Mathematical Occupations drive cybersecurity-related hiring activity

Computer and Mathematical Occupations, with a share of 35%, emerged as the top cybersecurity-related job roles within the technology industry in Q3 2023, with new job postings drop by 12% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 14% in Q3 2023, with new job postings dropping by 9% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent cybersecurity roles include Sales and Related Occupations with a 7% share in Q3 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in technology industry accounted for 16% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q3 2023 were Motorola Solutions, Peraton, AT&T, International Business Machines, and Science Applications International. Together they accounted for a combined share of 16% of all cybersecurity-related new jobs in the technology industry.

Motorola Solutions posted 1,243 cybersecurity-related new jobs in Q3 2023, Peraton 1,015 jobs, AT&T 965 jobs, International Business Machines 670 jobs, and Science Applications International 621 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 47.77% share of total new job postings, Q3 2023

The largest share of cybersecurity-related new job postings in the technology industry in Q3 2023 was in the US with 47.77% followed by India (14.09%) and the UK (5.44%). The share represented by the US was two percentage points higher than the 45.83% share it accounted for in Q2 2023.

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This content was updated on 8 October 2023

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