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Cybersecurity analyst
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Key facts
+21%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. One of the fastest-growing IT occupations in the United States. Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Monitors IT systems, detects attacks and puts protections against hacking in place.
58 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- chief ICT security officer
- chief ICT security officers
- chief information security officer
- CISO
- computer forensics expert
- computer forensics investigator
- consultant in ICT security activities
- cyber forensics expert
- digital forensic expert
- digital forensics analyst
- digital forensics expert
- digital forensics experts
- digital forensics specialist
- disaster recovery manager
- ethical hacker
- ethical hackers
- fead of IT security
- head IT security officer
- ICT forensics expert
- ICT resilience manager
- ICT resilience managers
- ICT security administrator
- ICT security administrators
- ICT security advisor
- ICT security chief
- ICT security consultant
- ICT security consultants
- ICT security manager
- ICT security managers
- ICT security tester
- ICT technical security expert
- information communications technology security consultant
- information engineer
- information forensics expert
- information security manager
- information technology security consultant
- IT resilience manager
- IT security administrator
- IT security advisor
- IT security chief
- IT security consultant
- IT security expert
- IT security manager
- knowledge engineer
- knowledge engineers
- knowledge officer
- linked data engineer
- manager for disaster recovery
- manager for IT resilience
- manager for vulnerability
- network security administrator
- network security tester
- security coordinator
- system security administrator
- system security tester
- taxonomist
- vulnerability analyst
- vulnerability manager
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (medium)
Employment outlookStrong growthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Information security analysts)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $129,180
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
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Sources
The BLS projects +40,600 jobs, from 192,900 to 233,400. The WEF ranks networks and cybersecurity among the three fastest-growing skills.
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Fastest growing occupations, 2025-2035Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Future of Jobs Report 2025World Economic Forum · January 2025 · large survey
Checked on 27 October 2026.