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Updated June 2026 · Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity demand held strong for two years, while 73% of firms still can't find the skilled people they need.
Through two years of a slower broader market, security budgets kept climbing and hiring climbed with them. The constraint has never been appetite; it's supply. DSCI-SANS finds 73% of Indian firms short of the skilled people they need, and senior roles now sit open for as long as six months. Read in five findings, GCCs included.
Cloud security leads the hiring mix. Cloud security is the single largest segment at close to a quarter of all security roles, with SOC operations level alongside it; GRC comes next, and the rest splits across architecture, AppSec, IAM and beyond.
The gap is readiness, not headcount. India's cyber workforce is now over a million; the country produces plenty of IT graduates, but few arrive ready for SOC, cloud security, DevSecOps or IAM. DSCI-SANS finds only 27% of firms adequately staffed, and inside the GCCs the mid-senior shortfall runs an estimated 25 to 30%.
Pay runs high, and certifications lift it. Senior leadership reaches from ₹60 LPA to well over a crore for a CISO, and a CISSP or OSCP can lift pay by roughly 20 to 40% over an uncertified profile at the same level.
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