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   As tech jobs stall, new research claims the dark web job market is growing   
   more attractive   
      
   Date:   
   Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:29:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Kaspersky research finds the median dark web job seeker is just 24 years old.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   As the global job market deteriorates due to layoffs, difficult recruitment   
   screenings, and new AI programs designed to eliminate parts of the workforce,   
   new research has claimed graduates and young people are increasingly turning   
   to the dark web for jobs.    
      
   Unfortunately for them, Kaspersky research reveals the dark web job market   
   isnt as easy as youd imagine, as applicants on the dark web outnumber job   
   listings 55-45 - and 69% of candidates are open to any field - making fierce   
   competition the order of the day.    
      
   Worryingly, the median age of job seekers is just 24, suggesting skilled    
   young graduates are unable to find legitimate employment and instead being   
   forced to switch allegiances and use their skills against the cybersecurity   
   industry.   
      
   A lucrative shift    
      
   Kaspersky's report found those that move over to the dark web can be well   
   rewarded, as reverse engineers can earn an average of $5,000 per month,   
   followed closely by penetration testers at $4,000/mo and developers at   
   $2,000/mo.    
      
   The shadow job market is no longer peripheral; its absorbing the unemployed,   
   the underage, and the overqualified, comments Alexandra Fedosimova, Digital   
   Footprint Analyst at Kaspersky.    
      
   Many arrive thinking that the dark web and the legal market are fundamentally   
   alike, rewarding proven skills over diplomas, with the dark web even offering   
   some benefits  like offers landing within 48 hours and no HR interviews.   
   However, not many realize that working on the dark web can lead to prison,    
      
   The tech industry is stalling as AI eliminates positions - with junior roles   
   cut in half in recent years - and given the state of the rest of the job   
   market, its unsurprising some of those high skilled workers will turn to less   
   legitimate means to survive.    
      
   Organizations are saving money in the short term by eliminating junior roles   
   and replacing them with AI - but if the dark web is nurturing these talents,   
   then in ten years when senior developers retire, the deck will be stacked   
   against defenders.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/as-tech-jobs-stall-new-research-claims-   
   the-dark-web-job-market-is-growing-more-attractive   
      
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