There's going to be sizeable growth in resources and investment in one of the technology sector's hottest job fields: cybersecurity. The latest edition of the Dice Report notes that professionals with "cyber" on their resume can command a 20 percent salary premium, particularly as the public and private sectors look to beef up their security talent pipelines.
Efforts to improve cybersecurity have been hampered by a lack of experienced talent, however, and those interested in entering the field must become well-versed in the issue, particularly by obtaining certifications like the Certified Information Systems Security Professional credential. "But at the end of the day, the pipeline of talent is still being filled with the first generation of technology professionals who have the option to make full careers of cybersecurity," the report says.
Meanwhile, the top locations for technology job openings as of April 1 are the New York/New Jersey areas, Washington, D.C., Silicon Valley and Chicago, according to the report. The number of available tech jobs posted on Dice was 62,067, a small increase over last month's 58,229 available jobs.
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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