87% of respondents said their organisation provided privacy awareness training for employees.

61% said privacy awareness training was separate from security training.

73% of respondents said expert-level privacy professionals were the most difficult to hire.

57% of respondents believed the demand for technical privacy roles would increase in the next year.

66% of organisations provide privacy training annually.

51% of respondents believed the demand for legal/compliance privacy roles would increase in the next year.

29% indicated there were open technical privacy positions.

93% consider technical experience and credentials in a privacy role important in determining if a privacy candidate was qualified.

86% of respondents said privacy training and awareness programs had a positive impact on overall employee privacy awareness.

16% of respondents indicated that the speed of filling open legal/compliance privacy roles increased.

18% indicated the speed of filling technical privacy roles increased.

28% said more than half of technical privacy applicants were well qualified for the role.

29% of respondents indicated that more than half of legal/compliance privacy applicants were well qualified for the role.