Depends on what you want to do in cyber security, if interested in the programming side, a junior web developer role might be quite good. IT support is very hit and miss, as some companies are only interested in hitting there SLAs and KPIs rather than improving the quality and knowledge of there staff, so they tend to break it down a lot, so level 1, level 2, level 3. You could spend 12 -18 months trying to move from level 1, which often involves solving peoples excel issues to level 2 where a lot of the more interesting things happen.
The reason, why I advocate for a web developer position, is the company will need to spend time training you, making you more of a valuable asset. You tend to be treated better and respected more. Also if you are motivated the barrier of entry really isn't that bad, you can spend $15-30 on udemy courses, build yourself a nice portfolio and nerd out over your projects in an interview, to really move up to a level 2 it support you could end up spending thousands on certifications for your Cisco and Microsoft.
With more and more things now being part of the cloud, in my opinion, its the better route and background if you ever wanted to get into security, which isn't an entry-level job. You also learn a lot more command line this route.
Look into the OSCP if interested into pentesting, labs are kinda expensive but if you are really interested in it you should have a lot of fun, and looks great to techies, if not HR.
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