Education Requirements for Cybersecurity Jobs

Many cybersecurity jobs require formal training and education. CyberSeek breaks down education requirements and shows the percentage of online job listings requiring either less than a bachelor's degree, a bachelor's degree or a graduate degree.

For example, cybersecurity specialist is a term used to categorize entry-level cybersecurity jobs or jobs that perform cybersecurity tasks in addition to other IT tasks, such as tech support or networking. Job titles may include IT specialist information security or IT security specialist. The job postings for this role don’t require as much education as others – 22% of cybersecurity specialist postings require less than a bachelor’s degree, which is higher than more advanced job titles.

In contrast, a cybersecurity engineer is on the advanced-level career track, so if you’re interested in a career as such, you should know that 88% of job openings require higher education. In fact, 80% of cybersecurity engineer postings require a bachelor’s degree and 9% require a graduate degree.

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