The Center for Strategic and International Studies reports that there are only 1,000 trained employees in the field, although up to 30,000 are needed.

CSIS complete a survey across eight countries and exposed the fact that 82% of companies have a shortage of cybersecurity experts, and 71% of respondents indicated that this gap causes direct and measurable damage to their companies.

https://www.csis.org/analysis/cybersecurity-workforce-gap