AI skills in cybersecurity job postings doubled as junior hiring stalls
The AI Workforce Consortium today reported that the share of cybersecurity job postings across the Group of Seven economies that ask for artificial intelligence skills doubled over the year, and junior hiring has not moved with them.
This was the first in a new series of spotlight reports, this one on the impact of AI agents on cybersecurity. Job demand across the G7 grew 9.5% in the six months through March, measured against the same period a year earlier. The preceding half-year came in at 6.8%.
AI skills turned up in 28.5% of those postings, against 14.2% a year before. The most recent month in the data ran at 29.7%. All of it covers G7 markets only.
Sort the same postings by seniority and the picture changes. Senior-titled roles grew 65% in the six months through March. Growth in junior-titled roles was 5.9%. In the half-year before that they had shrunk slightly. The consortium calls this the experience paradox. Employers are asking for senior skills in jobs that are nominally entry level.
