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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

Employers hiring
350top 5 post 21.0%
Job ad aggregate
4 wk
Up+11%985 → 1,096 ads
Entry
23.3%255 of 1,096 ads
More entry-level openings

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 it
  • Demand1,096job ads in 28 days
    Job ads
  • 4-week changeUp+11%985 → 1,096 ads
    Job ads
  • 12-month changeUp+14%10,884 → 12,461 ads
    Job ads
  • Entry-level share23.3%255 of 1,096 ads
    Job ads
  • No PR stated33.9%372 of 1,096 ads
    Job ads
  • Employers hiring350top 5 post 21.0%
    Job ads
  • Median salary$117k5,483 of 12,461 ads
    Job ads
4 more measures

Advanced measures are noisier or easier to misread. Open the ⓘ next to each before leaning on it.

  • Skill premium+6.0%+6% vs same roles without it
    Job ads
  • Remote or hybrid51.7%567 of 1,096 ads
    Job ads
  • Contract share22.0%241 of 1,096 ads
    Job ads
  • Volatility0.070.07 (steady below 0.15)
    Job ads

Composition

Roles that ask for Cyber security

Co-occurrence

Often asked for together

Oftenasked for in the same ads most of the time
Networking
Sometimesa common pairing in some roles
LinuxAzure
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.

Before you decide

Demand is only one input

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.

Your interests, the time you have and what people in the work tell you matter more. Effort and transferability are editorial estimates, not measurements.

Next step

Numbers only go so far. Ask someone who uses Cyber security.