The size of the IT security analyst workforce for 2013 stood at 49,900, down from 52,500 for 2012. The small sample size for most occupation classifications, BLS’s data isn’t statistically significant. Still, quarter after quarter, year after year, employment among IT security analysts has, for the most part, been on the rise. The data cited here comes from the same survey of American households that the government uses for its monthly unemployment number. Despite their uneven fluctuation, the stats have value and show strength within the field vis-vis-vis.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/employment-data-to-believe-p-1614