Skill · Specialist task · Security
Tracked since June 2024
Cyber security in All Australia
Protecting systems and data from attack.
Also searched as cybersecurity, infosec, information security, soc
Right now
- 4 wk
- Up+11%985 → 1,096 ads
- Entry
- 23.3%255 of 1,096 ads
Entry-level share 12.8% → 23.3% in eight weeks (Up +10.5 pts)
Why this is flagged: the share of entry-level ads rose by at least 10 points in eight weeks, with enough ads to trust it. A signal describes the market — it doesn’t tell you what to learn.
Ask someone what’s behind itStatistics
- Demand1,096job ads in 28 daysJob ads
- 4-week changeUp+11%985 → 1,096 adsJob ads
- 12-month changeUp+14%10,884 → 12,461 adsJob ads
- Entry-level share23.3%255 of 1,096 adsJob ads
- No PR stated33.9%372 of 1,096 adsJob ads
- Employers hiring350top 5 post 21.0%Job ads
- Median salary$117k5,483 of 12,461 adsJob ads
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Composition
Roles that ask for Cyber security
- 95% of Cyber Security Analyst ads mention Cyber security.
Cyber Security AnalystSecurity
95% - 40% of Network Engineer ads mention Cyber security.
Network EngineerInfrastructure
40%
Co-occurrence
Often asked for together
- Oftenasked for in the same ads most of the time
- Networking
- Occasionallyshows up together now and then
- Python
Location
Where the ads are
- New South Wales498 · 45.4%
- Victoria299 · 27.3%
- Queensland105 · 9.6%
- Western Australia85 · 7.7%
- Australian Capital Territory55 · 5.0%
- South Australia39 · 3.6%
- Tasmania12 · 1.1%
- Northern Territory4 · 0.36%
1,097 ads in the last four weeks under your filter, by state or country.
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Learning effort
A year or more
Usually a year or more, often through a degree major or sustained project work.
Transferability
Moderate
Carries over to several related roles.
Rising ads don’t mean you should learn this.
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