Cybersecurity Jobs Added to Government’s Shortage Occupation List

Cybersecurity Jobs Added to Government’s Shortage Occupation List Cybersecurity engineers and analysts have been identified as being on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL), in the first full review of officially recognized careers where the shortages “are most severe and where the consequences of those shortages are most serious” since February 2013. According to the UK Government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), “job shortages in roles such as cybersecurity analysts/engineers and IT network engineers” are now recognized, while the “occupation as a whole ranked highly in our shortage indicators and had an above average vacancy rate.” In the previous partial update, published in 2015, the job “cybersecurity specialist” was added under the section “information technology and communications professionals not elsewhere classified.” Then, the shortage related to “a person with a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and demonstrable experience of having led a team.” Since the 2015 partial update, while the need for more skilled cybersecurity professionals remains in this list, it now states “there will be no minimum experience requirement as applying an experience caveat could hinder the development of cybersecurity at all levels.” This change in requirement follows criticism of hiring practices, where five to 10 years experience is common and cited as a deterrent to new applicants.

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