Information security managers are below average when it comes to happiness.
At CareerExplorer, we conduct an ongoing survey with millions of people and ask them how satisfied they are with their careers. As it turns out, information security managers rate their career happiness 3.0 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 36% of careers.
To put this into perspective, we compared how happy information security managers are to similar careers in the industry. Take a look at the results below:
Salaries and satisfaction ratings in similar careers
| Career | Satisfaction | Avg Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Radio frequency specialist | 3.1 | $73k |
| Digital marketing specialist | 3.1 | $57k |
| Systems administrator | 3.1 | $82k |
| Search engine optimization specialist | 3.1 | $39k |
| Systems analyst | 3.0 | $79k |
| Software quality assurance engineer | 3.0 | $85k |
| Search engine marketing specialist | 3.0 | $43k |
| Server administrator | 3.0 | $44k |
So what does it mean to be happy in your career? Let’s break it down into different dimensions:
- Salary: Are information security managers happy with their salary?
- Meaning: Do information security managers find their jobs meaningful?
- Personality fit: How well suited are people’s personalities to their everyday tasks as information security managers?
- Work environment: How enjoyable are information security manager’s work environments?
- Skills utilization: Are information security managers making the best use of their abilities?
Are information security managers happy with their salary?
Information security managers rated their satisfaction with their salaries 3.6/5. The majority of information security managers are quite happy with their salaries, with very few having complaints about their income level.
We asked information security managers how fairly compensated they are for their work.
Their response was:
3.6 out of 5 stars
19 information security managers
21% of information security managers rated their compensation 5 stars
53% of information security managers rated their compensation 4 stars
11% of information security managers rated their compensation 3 stars
16% of information security managers rated their compensation 2 stars
Do information security managers find their jobs meaningful?
On average, information security managers rate the meaningfulness of their work a 2.9/5. While most information security managers aren’t very fulfilled by their work, some people may still manage to find meaning in it.
We asked information security managers how meaningful they found their work.
Their response was:
2.9 out of 5 stars
19 information security managers
16% of information security managers rated how meaningful they found their career 5 stars
11% of information security managers rated how meaningful they found their career 4 stars
42% of information security managers rated how meaningful they found their career 3 stars
11% of information security managers rated how meaningful they found their career 2 stars
21% of information security managers rated how meaningful they found their career 1 stars
How well are people’s personalities suited to everyday tasks as information security managers?
Information security managers rated their personality fit with their work an average of 3.7/5. The majority of information security managers find their personalities quite well suited to their work, with relatively few having complaints about their fit.
We asked information security managers how well their personalities fit into their careers.
Their response was:
3.7 out of 5 stars
20 information security managers
35% of information security managers rated their career fit 5 stars
20% of information security managers rated their career fit 4 stars
30% of information security managers rated their career fit 3 stars
5% of information security managers rated their career fit 2 stars
10% of information security managers rated their career fit 1 stars
How enjoyable is an information security manager’s work environment?
As a whole, information security managers rated their enjoyment of their work environment 3.3/5. Most of them tend to enjoy, or at least not be actively bothered by, their work environment.
We asked information security managers how much they enjoyed their work environment.
Their response was:
3.3 out of 5 stars
19 information security managers
21% of information security managers rated their work environment 5 stars
21% of information security managers rated their work environment 4 stars
32% of information security managers rated their work environment 3 stars
21% of information security managers rated their work environment 2 stars
5% of information security managers rated their work environment 1 stars
Are information security managers making the best use of their abilities?
Former information security managers on CareerExplorer have rated their skills utilization 3.2/5. Most information security managers are satisfied with how well their abilities are skills are made of use.
We asked information security managers how well their abilities were used in their careers.
Their response was:
3.2 out of 5 stars
19 information security managers
16% of information security managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 5 stars
21% of information security managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 4 stars
32% of information security managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 3 stars
26% of information security managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 2 stars
5% of information security managers rated their how well their skills were utilized in their career 1 stars