Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published their forth summary of research into the UK cyber security labour market. The research explores the nature and extent of cyber security skills gaps (people lacking appropriate skills) and skills shortages (a lack of people available to work in cyber security job roles) using a mixture of:
This work is part of the government’s £2.6 billion National Cyber Strategy to protect and promote the UK online. In particular it informs the government’s work to strengthen the UK’s cyber ecosystem by enhancing and expanding the nation’s cyber skills at every level.
This report on the cyber security labour market is in line with many of the key messages from previous years. This year, on top of the skills, training and recruitment challenges from before, this labour market is undergoing a significant expansion, further straining employers’ time and resources after the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main lessons are as follows:
The full report is available here.