Data analytics salaries to surge by 4% in 2017

Survey results have revealed that IT security and data analytics salaries are to see a growth of eight percent and four percent, respectively, in 2017.

Robert Walters Global Salary Survey for 2017 found that professionals who specialise in data analytics and business intelligence should expect to see a four percent salary growth on average.

This is based on the demand for IT security specialists which has soared to a high growth from the continuation of data leaks, such as the large scale breach which attacked Yahoo in 2016.

The breach, which took two years to discover, led to extreme havoc for public users as it was believed the accounts were stolen from over 500 million users with no evidence during investigation.

A recent study conducted byIndeed jobsite, also revealed that advertised cyber security roles in the UK were the third highest in the world.

Due to the continued issue in supply and demand, employers could be seen to use the increase in salaries as a way to entice people and also shift away from the difficulty of finding skilled staff.

James Murray, Associate Director at Robert Walters said: “A string of high profile data breaches concerning major firms has bought IT security into the foreground as a top priority for senior managers.