Postings in India for cybersecurity-related jobs have increased by 98% in the last three years (December 2016 to December 2019), according to data from job site Indeed. During the same period, searches for these roles grew by 73%.
The data from Indeed showed the largest jump in cybersecurity-related job postings was between December 2017 and December 2018 (47%), followed by the spike between December 2016 and December 2017 (31%). Searches saw the greatest increase between December 2018 and December 2019, with a 44% rise.
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Venkata Machavarapu, Head of Engineering, India and Site Director at Indeed India said, “Against the backdrop of the newly proposed policies for the storage and protection of data by the government in Parliament, companies are working to comply with the framework for data processing and create a more secure environment to guard against data breaches. As such, there are ample job opportunities being created in the field for aspiring job seekers. As one of the emerging areas that businesses across industries are focusing on, cybersecurity-related roles see a lot of interest from millennials as well as entry-level talent.”
Source: SIA
