Job prospects Information Technology (IT) Security Architect in Manitoba

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as an "information technology (IT) security architect" in Manitoba or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Manitoba

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for cybersecurity specialists (NOC 21220) in Manitoba for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for this occupation is driven by increasing evolving technology and the high cost of cyber-attacks and data breaches to businesses, organizations and government.
• Key trends include decentralized IT environments to contain threats, cloud security, supply chain vendor security, and zero-trust architecture that requires constant verification.
• Jobs are concentrated in the Winnipeg region.

Here are some key facts about cybersecurity specialists in Manitoba:

• Approximately 350 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Cybersecurity specialists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 23%
  • Insurance Carriers and related activities (NAICS 524, 526): 18%
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 8%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 8%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 93% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 7% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 79% of cybersecurity specialists work all year, while 21% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 9% of cybersecurity specialists are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 89% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 11% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 9% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 8% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 42% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 23% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 17% compared to 8% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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