Prospects of the Cybersecurity Industry

The prospects of the network security industry are as follows:

From the current market situation, the employment prospects of network security are very good. According to statistics in 2022, the gap in network security majors has grown. to 1.4 million people.

1. There are many jobs, broad development directions, and employment environment: Network security can be engaged in related work in the fields of computer science and technology, information communications, e-commerce, Internet finance, e-government, etc., and you can also work in government Government agencies, banks, insurance, securities and other financial institutions, as well as telecommunications, media and other industries are engaged in related work.

Employment positions: network security engineer, penetration testing engineer, code audit engineer, level protection engineer, security operation and maintenance engineer, security operation engineer, security service engineer, etc.

2. The salary and benefits are considerable. As an emerging industry, the market demand for network security talents is far greater than the supply. If companies want to truly recruit talents, they must have sufficient competitive advantages in salary and benefits. Therefore, salaries in the cybersecurity field have also shown steady growth in recent years.

According to the "Network Security Industry Talent Development Report" recently released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the demand for talents in the network security industry is still growing rapidly. In the first half of 2021, the total demand for talents in the industry has increased by 39.87% compared with the same period last year.

Many companies are willing to pay high salaries in order to recruit talents. The average recruitment salary in the network security field in 2021 has reached 22,387 yuan/month, an increase of 4.85% compared with the same period last year. The main reason why the average salary is higher than that of the entire industry is that most companies hope to recruit experienced and skilled talents through social recruitment websites.

3. There is a lot of room for career development. Judging from the main contents of network security major learning, including Linux operation and maintenance, Python development, penetration testing, code auditing, level protection, emergency response, risk assessment, etc. It can be seen that the network security major is very technical and has distinctive professional characteristics. It is one of the engineering majors where you can learn real skills.

Therefore, in terms of career development, in addition to having many jobs, the network security major will be in the core technical backbone position in the workplace due to its strong professional skills, and there is a lot of room for career development.

4. The career value-added potential is great. The network security major has strong technical characteristics, especially mastering the core network architecture and security technology at work, which has an irreplaceable competitive advantage in career development.

With the continuous improvement of personal abilities, the professional value of the work performed will also increase with the enrichment of one's own experience and the maturity of project operations, and the room for appreciation will continue to increase. This is the main reason why it is popular with everyone.