Cybersecurity career switch
The field is short of something like 4.8 million people. The body of knowledge is the same in every country, so what you build here competes anywhere.
The shortage
As at August 2026 there are an estimated 4.8 million unfilled cybersecurity positions globally, according to workforce studies by ISC2.
- The current workforce
- Roughly 5.5 million security professionals are in work worldwide.
- The talent gap
- Demand outpaces supply by a wide margin. Securing organisations adequately would take something like 10.3 million professionals.
- Where the shortage bites
- Acute deficits persist across North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and developing digital markets.
Switching in
Whatever you have read, and whatever you did before, we can help you move across and become a cybersecurity professional who can work and compete anywhere in the world. The technologies and the body of knowledge are the same in every country.
The switch asks for a blend of technical and analytical skill. A solid grasp of network fundamentals, operating systems and programming languages matters, and so does the rest of it: strong problem solving, and a keen eye for spotting a vulnerability that everyone else has walked past.
Work that usually runs alongside this
Penetration and vulnerability testing
Every live network carries weaknesses. Testing finds them, proves what they expose, and produces an improvement path that can be measured rather than asserted.
Read moreIT infrastructure health assessment
A structured review of the ICT estate — hardware, software, configuration, access and security risk — ending in a remedial plan your team can work through and your auditors can follow.
Read moreMake the switch
Tell us where you are starting from and what you want to do, and we will map the route.
