The data is gleaned from CyberSeek, launched this month and funded by a grant from the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Developed in cooperation with labor market analytics firm Burning Glass Technologies and the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the tool illustrates staffing needs, career paths, job openings and most popular job titles.
Here's the slice of data from the Sacramento area:
As this image shows, Sacramento's supply of cybersecurity work is "very low."
The staffing shortage in Sacramento mirrors similar challenges in California and across the U.S. CompTIA says more than 84,000 people are employed in cybersecurity roles in California, but employers posted 45,000 job openings for cybersecurity workers in the 12 months between Q2 2015 and Q2 2016.
The top California markets with open cybersecurity positions are:
Los Angeles (13,675)
San Francisco (12,884)
San Jose (7,491)
San Diego (5,368)
Sacramento (2,050)
“We’ve known for some time that there are gaps between the supply and demand of cybersecurity workers,” said Tim Herbert, senior vice president of research and market intelligence of CompTIA, said in a Nov. 29 statement. “By pinpointing the need to the state and local levels, CyberSeek fills in knowledge gaps so we can better understand the demand for cybersecurity professionals; the skills employers are looking for; and the true supply of professionals to fill those positions.”
