Cybersecurity industry sees large salary increases amid talent crunch

Singapore

A DEARTH of cybersecurity talent plaguing Singapore has resulted in local industry salary increases of up to 40 per cent compared to last year.

Cynthia Cheung, senior consultant for infrastructure and cyber security at Robert Walters, said the recruitment company now sees increments of 15-40 per cent when cybersecurity candidates moved, especially in niche areas such as penetration testing, malware analysis and threat intelligence. Whereas for traditional IT roles, it saw about 10-15 per cent increase.