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Payments sector Cybersecurity hiring on the rise 

The proportion of banks, payment providers, cards programmes and processors companies hiring for cybersecurity related positions rose to a year-high in August 2021, with 52.4% of the companies recruiting for at least one such position, writes Patrick Scott

Cyber related hiring soared by 42.9% in August year-on-year within the banking, cards and payments sector, according to GlobalData research.


GlobalData analysis shows that banks, payment providers, cards programmes and processors companies are currently hiring for cybersecurity jobs at a rate higher than the average for all companies within GlobalData's job analytics database. The average among all companies stood at 1.5% in August 2021.

GlobalData's job analytics database tracks the daily hiring patterns of thousands of companies across the world, drawing in jobs as they're posted and tagging them with additional layers of data on everything from the seniority of each position to whether a job is linked to wider industry trends.