NEWTON, MA – The 2013 Global Information Security Workforce Survey indicates that demand for information security professionals was expected to increase by 12 percent in the Americas in the next 12 months, with an estimate of 164,000 new IT security related jobs.
While many companies have trouble filling their IT security pipelines with skilled security professionals, some highly qualified people are finding it hard to land interviews, let alone job offers. “For those of us looking to move into positions of security architecture, policy, or just to another organization, it appears there is a glut of information security,” observed David H., one reader seeking job market advice.
As information security professionals assess their current positions and worth in 2014, new data on compensation offers insight into our readers’ careers. The TechTarget IT Salary Survey 2013, which polled 1,711 IT professionals in North America last fall, provides a closer look at the compensation and career satisfaction of 350 survey respondents who indicated that their jobs are focused on IT security.
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