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What can information security analysts switch to?

5 jobs with similar skills where less of the shift is touched by AI or robots.

Time card for database administrators: 3h 35m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Database Administrators →

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What can information security analysts switch to? AI or robots touch about 4h 17m of a typical 8-hour shift for information security analysts, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots largely take over. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is database administrators: 3h 35m touched, with median pay 19% lower.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than information security analysts do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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  1. Database AdministratorsRelated skills · 3h 35m touched (vs 4h 17m) · $105k · -0.1% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Complex Problem Solving, Technology DesignTo build up: Programming, Mathematics, Operations Analysis
  2. Information Security EngineersRelated skills · 17m touched (vs 4h 17m) · $117k · +5.1% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Systems Analysis, Technology DesignTo build up: Programming
  3. Computer Systems AnalystsRelated skills · 3h 6m touched (vs 4h 17m) · $106k · +7.9% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Programming, Systems Analysis, Technology DesignTo build up: Troubleshooting, Mathematics, Systems Evaluation
  4. Computer Network Support SpecialistsRelated skills · 2h 40m touched (vs 4h 17m) · $76k · +1.2% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Technology Design, Systems AnalysisTo build up: Troubleshooting
  5. Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsRelated skills · 2h 56m touched (vs 4h 17m) · $99k · -4.1% by 2035 · bachelor's degreeShared skills: Programming, Systems Analysis, Complex Problem SolvingTo build up: Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing

Before you switch

See the full time card for information security analysts first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.