In total, 53.8% of the companies included in our analysis were shown to be recruiting for at least one position in cybersecurity. This latest figure was higher than the 35.7% of companies that were hiring for cybersecurity-related jobs a year ago and an increase compared to the figure of 47.4% in January 2022. 

When it came to the rate of all job openings that were linked to cybersecurity, related job postings kept steady in February 2022, with 3.2% of newly posted job advertisements being linked to the topic. This latest figure was a decrease compared to the 3.6% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to cybersecurity in the equivalent month a year ago. 

Cybersecurity is one of the topics that GlobalData, from which our data for this article is taken, has identified as being a key disruptive force facing companies in the coming years. Companies that excel and invest in these areas now are thought to be better prepared for the future business landscape and better equipped to survive unforeseen challenges. 

Our analysis of the data shows that offshore oil and gas industry operations and technologies companies are currently hiring for cybersecurity jobs at a rate higher than the average for all companies within GlobalData's job analytics database. The average among all companies stood at 3.1% in February 2022. 

GlobalData's job analytics database tracks the daily hiring patterns of thousands of companies across the world, drawing in jobs as they're posted and tagging them with additional layers of data on everything from the seniority of each position to whether a job is linked to wider industry trends. 

GlobalData’s unique job analytics enables understanding of hiring trends, strategies and predictive signals across sectors, themes, companies and geographies. Intelligent web crawlers capture data from publicly available sources. Key parameters include active, posted and closed jobs, posting duration, experience, seniority level, educational qualifications and skills.