The number of people employed in the United States as information security analysts reached a record high in 2016. That’s a whopping 27 percent increase from the 70,000 people in 2015 who identified themselves as IT security analysts. Cybersecurity Engagement by boards of directors is one of the factors contributing to the increase in IT security analyst employment. The mean annual salary of an information security analyst stood at $93,250 that year. There’s virtually no unemployment in that job category because of the demand for IT security.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/security-employment-soars-to-record-high-a-9642