Job prospects Network Security Engineer in Alberta

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "network security engineer" in Alberta or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Alberta

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Cybersecurity specialists (NOC 21220) in Alberta for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Cybersecurity specialists in Alberta:

• Approximately 1,000 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Cybersecurity specialists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 31%
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 9%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 9%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 5%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 5%
• 79% of cybersecurity specialists work all year, while 21% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 9% of cybersecurity specialists are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 78% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 22% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 11% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 32% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 34% compared to 21% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 20% compared to 9% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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