Barclay Simpson report finds increase in demand for network security staff. Companies are strengthening their network security infrastructure after Anonymous and Lulzsec attacks. The report found that the information security jobs market is currently experiencing pre-recession supply and demand patterns. Salaries for IT security professionals in 2010 were driven mainly by retail banking, but this year, a wider range of end user companies, such as telecoms, utilities and insurance, are now recruiting IT security staff. The average salary increase that information security workers moving jobs during the first half of the year had increased from 11 percent in the last six months of 2010 to 13 percent.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2129219/cyber-attacks-drive-demand-for-network-security-staff.html