The proportion of clinical trial operations companies hiring for cybersecurity related positions rose to a year-high in August 2021, with 25.4% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position.
This latest figure was higher than the 22.5% of companies who were hiring for cybersecurity related jobs in July 2021 and an increase compared to the figure of 16.9% for the equivalent month last year.
When it came to the proportion of all job openings that were linked to cybersecurity, related job postings rose in August 2021, with 0.7% of newly posted job advertisements being linked to the topic.
This latest figure was an increase compared to the 0.5% of newly advertised jobs that were linked to cybersecurity in the equivlent month a year ago.
Cybersecurity is one of the topics that GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, have 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 unforseen challenges.
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By GlobalDataOur analysis of the data shows that clinical trial operations companies are currently hiring for cybersecurity jobs at a rate lower than the average for all companies within GlobalData's job analytics database. The average among all companies stood at 1.5% in August 2021.
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