XACML Contracts

eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for XACML skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited XACML over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 717 830
Rank change year-on-year +152 +113 -176
Contract jobs citing XACML 21 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.008% 0.001%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.23% 0.036% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 0
10th Percentile £760 - -
25th Percentile £784 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% - -
75th Percentile £950 £850 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £588 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

XACML is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,955 14,016 24,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 23.35% 27.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,226 10,231 17,684
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £656
90th Percentile £765 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 156 243
10th Percentile £20.77 £30.38 £21.20
25th Percentile £39.92 £45.94 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.63 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +29.08% +8.89%

XACML
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing XACML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for XACML in the UK

XACML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing XACML.

Daily rate trend for XACML in the UK

XACML
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing XACML over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for XACML in the UK

XACML
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing XACML within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +134 18 £900 +24.14%
London +120 16 £900 +12.50%
Work from Home +126 5 £890 +36.92%

XACML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) IaaS
1 3 (14.29%) PaaS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Kerberos
General
1 12 (57.14%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (85.71%) Architect
2 12 (57.14%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (100.00%) OpenID
2 17 (80.95%) SAML
3 7 (33.33%) OAuth
4 3 (14.29%) LDAP
4 3 (14.29%) Node.js
4 3 (14.29%) Regular Expression
5 1 (4.76%) FIDO
5 1 (4.76%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Security Architecture
2 6 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (23.81%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 5 (23.81%) Use Case
4 4 (19.05%) DevOps
4 4 (19.05%) Zero Trust
5 3 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (14.29%) API Design
5 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 3 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (14.29%) Information Security
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) RBAC
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.76%) Biometrics
6 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.76%) ITIL
6 1 (4.76%) OWASP
6 1 (4.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) Python
2 3 (14.29%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 3 (14.29%) Perl
2 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Security Cleared
2 15 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) CISSP
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) COBIT
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 17 (80.95%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (57.14%) Ansible
3 3 (14.29%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Okta
2 12 (57.14%) IBM
3 3 (14.29%) Ping Identity