Are cybersecurity skills truly on an economic downturn? Or is the demand for cyber consulting decreasing?

Trying to decide if a career pivot into cyber consulting was not a good idea. I am passionate about cyber though and willing to upskill.

I have an IT infrastructure, networking, and computer science background originally.

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From a U.K. perspective; the need is still very much there and companies are still struggling to recruit cyber expertise.

I’d say the mid market is booming, the larger companies have pretty much got their sh*t together and now that cyber skills are more prevalent, cyber consulting is more accessible (affordable) to the mid market.

The main difference I see is that on LinkedIn etc cyber isn’t quite the talking point it was 3/4 years ago, it’s all about AI and data now. As such cyber isn’t quite the shiny thing every CIO wants to talk about and therefore the recruiters and sales influencers are cluttering my feed talking about AI

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Wait until quantum breaks that TLS lock...

Cyber is still in-demand, but more at the mid-career to senior level. Entry is overwhelmed with candidates. The market is slower, as salaries got out of hand and are now resettling. Government and federal cyber roles (and consulting) is still booming, though. So if you have DoD 8570/8140 certs and a clearance you’ll have no issue. I get multiple job offers a week (or at least recruiter reach outs)

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How do you get a clearance if your company doesn’t sponsor one?

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