Role-Based Access Control (RBAC, Role-Based Security)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring RBAC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 534 596
Rank change year-on-year +99 +62 -71
Permanent jobs citing RBAC 424 135 194
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.27% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.31% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 219 88 76
10th Percentile £47,350 £52,350 £36,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +30.43% -21.77%
75th Percentile £88,449 £95,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,750 £75,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -13.67% +39.53% -10.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

RBAC falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 82,954 43,576 62,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.83% 88.69% 80.93%
Number of salaries quoted 57,665 24,452 36,140
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

RBAC
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RBAC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

RBAC job vacancy trend in the UK

RBAC
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RBAC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RBAC

RBAC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RBAC over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for RBAC in the UK

RBAC
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RBAC within the UK over the 6 months to 15 September 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +72 343 £71,500 -4.67% 457
UK excluding London +82 269 £64,750 -13.67% 205
Work from Home +69 164 £70,000 +12.00% 161
London +36 145 £85,000 -5.56% 286
North of England +18 80 £68,950 -11.03% 48
South East +7 69 £70,000 -6.67% 71
Northern Ireland - 59 - - 3
North West +28 50 £70,400 - 29
Yorkshire -23 25 £48,445 -37.49% 16
South West -67 25 £57,500 -26.98% 26
East of England -18 13 £60,000 -12.73% 12
Scotland +3 12 £63,451 -33.21% 19
Midlands -51 9 £63,750 +10.87% 20
East Midlands -26 5 £80,000 +48.15% 10
North East - 5 £48,445 - 3
West Midlands -43 4 £47,500 -22.45% 10
Wales - 2 - - 6

RBAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (4.95%) Apache Spark
2 16 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.89%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.18%) IIS
6 2 (0.47%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) SAP GRC
1 3 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 304 (71.70%) Azure
2 162 (38.21%) Entra ID
3 133 (31.37%) AWS
4 70 (16.51%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (13.21%) Power Platform
6 55 (12.97%) GitHub
7 51 (12.03%) GitHub Actions
8 46 (10.85%) GCP
9 42 (9.91%) Azure DevOps
9 42 (9.91%) PaaS
10 41 (9.67%) SaaS
11 39 (9.20%) Snowflake
12 34 (8.02%) Datadog
13 31 (7.31%) Amazon S3
14 30 (7.08%) Azure Monitor
14 30 (7.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 28 (6.60%) dbt
16 27 (6.37%) AWS CloudFormation
17 26 (6.13%) Azure Key Vault
18 25 (5.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 51 (12.03%) Firewall
2 38 (8.96%) DNS
3 34 (8.02%) VPN
4 27 (6.37%) DHCP
5 24 (5.66%) Network Security
6 20 (4.72%) Kerberos
7 14 (3.30%) TCP/IP
8 13 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.83%) WAN
10 11 (2.59%) SAN
10 11 (2.59%) VLAN
11 8 (1.89%) LAN
12 5 (1.18%) BGP
12 5 (1.18%) DMZ
12 5 (1.18%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (1.18%) VSAN
13 4 (0.94%) SSH
14 3 (0.71%) Wireless
15 2 (0.47%) LTE
15 2 (0.47%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.67%) Power BI
2 35 (8.25%) Snowflake Schema
3 34 (8.02%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (7.78%) Data Lake
5 31 (7.31%) SQL Server
6 24 (5.66%) DynamoDB
6 24 (5.66%) NoSQL
7 21 (4.95%) Star Schema
8 20 (4.72%) Data Vault
8 20 (4.72%) Tableau
9 19 (4.48%) Amazon Athena
10 16 (3.77%) Amazon Redshift
10 16 (3.77%) Looker
11 15 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 15 (3.54%) Metadata
12 14 (3.30%) BigQuery
12 14 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (3.30%) Milvus
13 13 (3.07%) Delta Lake
14 9 (2.12%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 48 (11.32%) Git
2 15 (3.54%) MLflow
3 11 (2.59%) Chocolatey
4 8 (1.89%) GitLab
5 5 (1.18%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.94%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.94%) JIRA
6 4 (0.94%) Maven
7 2 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.47%) NUnit
7 2 (0.47%) Snyk
7 2 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.47%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
General
1 207 (48.82%) Social Skills
2 82 (19.34%) Finance
3 72 (16.98%) Legal
4 71 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (8.02%) Banking
6 33 (7.78%) Law
7 27 (6.37%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.77%) Games
9 13 (3.07%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.36%) Retail
12 9 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.12%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.71%) Automotive
14 3 (0.71%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.71%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.47%) Billing
15 2 (0.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 134 (31.60%) Senior
2 93 (21.93%) Architect
3 61 (14.39%) Senior Manager
4 43 (10.14%) Azure Engineer
5 36 (8.49%) Platform Engineer
6 28 (6.60%) Security Architect
7 27 (6.37%) Cloud Engineer
8 25 (5.90%) Security Engineer
9 24 (5.66%) Consultant
9 24 (5.66%) Developer
10 23 (5.42%) Data Engineer
11 22 (5.19%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 20 (4.72%) Data Architect
13 19 (4.48%) Java Developer
14 17 (4.01%) Lead
15 16 (3.77%) Administrator
15 16 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.77%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 16 (3.77%) Systems Engineer
16 14 (3.30%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (18.40%) Terraform
2 58 (13.68%) OpenID
3 57 (13.44%) OAuth
3 57 (13.44%) SAML
4 33 (7.78%) LDAP
5 23 (5.42%) Kafka
6 19 (4.48%) AngularJS
7 17 (4.01%) Node.js
7 17 (4.01%) REST
8 15 (3.54%) ARM Templates
8 15 (3.54%) OAuth2
9 14 (3.30%) LangChain
9 14 (3.30%) LlamaIndex
9 14 (3.30%) pgvector
9 14 (3.30%) PyTorch
9 14 (3.30%) scikit-learn
9 14 (3.30%) TensorFlow
10 13 (3.07%) .NET
10 13 (3.07%) JWT
10 13 (3.07%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.80%) Cloud Native
2 43 (10.14%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (8.25%) Security Posture
4 33 (7.78%) Onboarding
5 23 (5.42%) Social Media
6 20 (4.72%) Public Cloud
7 16 (3.77%) Data Structures
8 15 (3.54%) Clustering
8 15 (3.54%) Management Information System
9 14 (3.30%) PKI
10 13 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (2.59%) Cloud Security Posture
11 11 (2.59%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (2.59%) Product Ownership
12 10 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.42%) CMDB
13 6 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
14 5 (1.18%) AI Agents
14 5 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 5 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 56 (13.21%) Windows
2 32 (7.55%) Linux
3 20 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.18%) Android
5 5 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.18%) CentOS
5 5 (1.18%) CoreOS
5 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.71%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.71%) Unix
7 1 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.24%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (40.09%) Identity Access Management
2 154 (36.32%) AI
3 145 (34.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 135 (31.84%) Cybersecurity
5 130 (30.66%) CI/CD
6 111 (26.18%) Privileged Access Management
7 104 (24.53%) ITIL
8 103 (24.29%) Mentoring
9 101 (23.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 100 (23.58%) DevOps
11 83 (19.58%) Information Security
12 80 (18.87%) Analytics
12 80 (18.87%) Infrastructure as Code
13 79 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
14 71 (16.75%) Cloud Security
15 66 (15.57%) Collaborative Working
15 66 (15.57%) Performance Management
16 64 (15.09%) Strategic Planning
17 62 (14.62%) Platform Engineering
17 62 (14.62%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 101 (23.82%) Python
2 90 (21.23%) SQL
3 89 (20.99%) PowerShell
4 37 (8.73%) Bash
5 34 (8.02%) Bicep
6 27 (6.37%) Java
7 24 (5.66%) TypeScript
8 20 (4.72%) Kotlin
9 10 (2.36%) C#
10 8 (1.89%) Scala
11 6 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.18%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.94%) Go
14 3 (0.71%) ABAP
14 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.47%) JavaScript
16 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.24%) RPG
16 1 (0.24%) Rust
16 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (24.06%) CISSP
2 79 (18.63%) CISM
3 78 (18.40%) Security Cleared
4 61 (14.39%) A+ Certification
5 60 (14.15%) Network+ Certification
6 42 (9.91%) DV Cleared
7 40 (9.43%) Azure Certification
8 39 (9.20%) Degree
9 36 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (4.95%) SC Cleared
11 19 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (2.12%) CCNP
14 4 (0.94%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.71%) CISA
15 3 (0.71%) CRISC
15 3 (0.71%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.71%) GSEC
15 3 (0.71%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (13.21%) GDPR
2 30 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 20 (4.72%) NIST
5 19 (4.48%) Data Quality
6 13 (3.07%) PCI DSS
7 12 (2.83%) SLA
8 10 (2.36%) NCSC
9 9 (2.12%) GRC
10 8 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (1.42%) PMO
13 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 5 (1.18%) JSP 440
14 4 (0.94%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.94%) QA
14 4 (0.94%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.71%) ISAE 3402
16 2 (0.47%) GxP
System Software
1 157 (37.03%) Active Directory
2 45 (10.61%) Docker
3 34 (8.02%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (4.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (3.30%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.65%) Ceph
8 3 (0.71%) IAG
9 1 (0.24%) Firmware
9 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 87 (20.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (11.79%) Kubernetes
3 42 (9.91%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (4.01%) Ansible
5 14 (3.30%) Argo
6 12 (2.83%) SCCM
7 10 (2.36%) Istio
7 10 (2.36%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.65%) Check_MK
8 7 (1.65%) Podman
9 6 (1.42%) Rundeck
10 5 (1.18%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (1.18%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.71%) Grafana
11 3 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.71%) linkerd
12 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.47%) Packer
12 2 (0.47%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 215 (50.71%) Microsoft
2 69 (16.27%) CyberArk
3 32 (7.55%) Databricks
4 26 (6.13%) Okta
5 22 (5.19%) VMware
6 21 (4.95%) Dell
6 21 (4.95%) ServiceNow
7 18 (4.25%) Red Hat
8 17 (4.01%) Dynatrace
9 14 (3.30%) Cloudera
10 13 (3.07%) ForgeRock
11 12 (2.83%) Tenable
12 11 (2.59%) AppDynamics
13 10 (2.36%) Splunk
14 9 (2.12%) SAP
15 8 (1.89%) Google
16 7 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
16 7 (1.65%) Informatica
16 7 (1.65%) Talend
17 6 (1.42%) Cognizant