Several findings are consistent with the same outcomes – we continue to observe the prevalence of cyber skills gaps within and outside the cyber sector, including an ongoing lack of basic cyber skills among half of all UK businesses. Basic cyber hygiene should remain a priority for businesses across the UK economy.
Studies paint the same picture of an evolving cyber security labour market, with rapid and substantial growth in demand for cyber skills, changes in the ways roles are advertised and recruited, an increasing interest in effective, holistic training approaches to build people’s confidence and skills, and a potentially heightened awareness of workforce diversity issues. With this in mind, the newest insights from this 2022 report are as follows:•
• The demand for cyber security professionals has increased significantly in 2022
• The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting changes to working practices continue to bring opportunities and challenges to the cyber security labour market
• There are early-stage indications that the cyber sector is increasingly taking on entry-level staff without prior cyber security experience
• Over the last 3 years, cyber sector firms have evolved their recruitment approaches
• A lack of complementary skills among job applicants has become a bigger issue for cyber sector businesses
• More businesses this year find themselves lacking required cyber security skills
• The perceived effectiveness of cyber security training for those in cyber roles outside the cyber sector has fallen this year
• Among many businesses, workforce diversity is a higher profile issue in general than before, and there has been progress in diversifying the cyber workforce.
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