Number of information security analysts employed in the U.S. has topped 100,000 for the first time. The number of IT security analysts has grown nearly 20 percent in a year. IT security analyst is the only job classification BLS has for IT security positions. Gartner projects that IT security spending will grow by 7 percent in 2017. “The field is growing much more sexy,” says Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance. “There are interesting, important jobs in cybersecurity that are going begging,” he says.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/us-infosec-employment-surpasses-100000-p-2552