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Cybersecurity professionals in Hong Kong are facing better job opportunities in the coming year as local regulations focus on enhancing IT security increases the demand for their specialist skills.
According to the 2017 Robert Half Salary Guide, the cybersecurity professionals could expect a 14% year-on-year increase in starting salaries. Indeed, more than two in three (69%) locally-based CIOs believe IT security is the top functional area within the IT industry where the most jobs will be created in Hong Kong in the next five years.
Other ways how the government's increased focus on security regulation will impact the IT jobs market are intensified competition for local cybersecurity talent according to one in four...