--- title: Cybersecurity professional getting more work and less pay description: Cybersecurity professionals are the most underpaid IT workers in 2025, with 71% globally and 77% in the UK seeing no salary increase, despite facing growing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cybersecurity-professional-getting-more-work-and-less-pay-9kbrnewzu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cybersecurity professional getting more work and less pay | daily.dev og:description: Cybersecurity professionals are the most underpaid IT workers in 2025, with 71% globally and 77% in the UK seeing no salary increase, despite facing growing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cybersecurity-professional-getting-more-work-and-less-pay-9kbrnewzu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9kbrnewZu.png og:image:alt: Cybersecurity professional getting more work and less pay og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cybersecurity professional getting more work and less pay **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cybersecurity professionals are the most underpaid IT workers in 2025, with 71% globally and 77% in the UK seeing no salary increase, despite facing growing workloads driven by AI-expanded threat surfaces and rising attack volumes. Harvey Nash data shows security staff rank in the bottom three for workplace satisfaction, even though cybersecurity remains a top-three most in-demand tech role. The cause is attributed to boardroom complacency bred by effective security teams, combined with an employer-controlled job market. Experts warn this mismatch between responsibility and reward is fueling burnout and attrition, urging organizations to treat cyber talent as a strategic asset. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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