Report by Cisco
AI Agents and the Impact on Cybersecurity
Key Findings
Cybersecurity job demand across G7 economies grew 6.8% in April–September 2025 compared to the same period a year earlier.
Security Engineer accounted for 18% of cybersecurity job postings across G7 economies and lead other roles by share.
Cybersecurity Engineer / Analyst accounted for 16% of cybersecurity job postings across G7 economies.
SOC Analyst accounted for 12% of cybersecurity job postings across G7 economies.
The share of G7 cybersecurity job postings requiring AI skills averaged 28.5% in October 2025–March 2026, up from 14.2% in October 2024–March 2025.
Cybersecurity job demand across G7 economies grew 9.5% in the period October 2025–March 2026 compared to the same six months a year earlier.
Cloud Security Engineer accounted for 9% of cybersecurity job postings across G7 economies.
Application Security Engineer and Identity and Access Management Engineer each accounted for 7% of cybersecurity job postings across G7 economies.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Analyst accounted for 6% of cybersecurity job postings across G7 economies.
Threat Intelligence Analyst accounted for 5% of cybersecurity job postings across G7 economies.