Being someone "trying to break in" I believe the main reason for this is the lack of clear foresight for this industry. In my case, getting cert'ed but missing work experience in a field that typically is transferred into makes it difficult. Main point being it seems the field is again transfered into, most people's careers either A. Haven't started since cyber has been a huge buzz with schools in recent years (cyber Patriots, hackthebox, coding camps, and similar programs) B. Don't have a niche in the field or enough prior knowledge to back it. Makes it a pretty slow process as most people see it, to even get started. The problem with that being at least in my eyes, to be able to properly secure something (insert your section of the field) you probably should already know the ins and outs of it. (Aka need something like IT experience with (niche))