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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 689 855
Rank change year-on-year +107 +166 -156
Contract jobs citing XACML 20 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.011% 0.001%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.22% 0.047% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 0
10th Percentile £833 £513 -
25th Percentile £895 £566 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £925 £775 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% - -
75th Percentile £950 £850 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £525 -

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 9,136 12,739 23,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.09% 22.93% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,305 9,291 17,328
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £670
90th Percentile £775 £775 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 152 226
10th Percentile £22.05 £31.18 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £48.97 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.67% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £67.27
90th Percentile £74.49 £80.25 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +22.22%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +106 16 £925 +15.63%
London +94 14 £925 +15.63%
Work from Home +113 6 £890 +11.25%

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 (15.00%) IaaS
1 3 (15.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Kerberos
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Architect
2 11 (55.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (100.00%) OpenID
2 17 (85.00%) SAML
3 6 (30.00%) OAuth
4 3 (15.00%) LDAP
4 3 (15.00%) Node.js
4 3 (15.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Security Architecture
2 6 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 4 (20.00%) Use Case
4 3 (15.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (15.00%) API Design
4 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.00%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (15.00%) DevOps
4 3 (15.00%) Information Security
4 3 (15.00%) Migration
4 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.00%) RBAC
4 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (15.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) Python
2 3 (15.00%) Java
2 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.00%) Perl
2 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 17 (85.00%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (65.00%) Ansible
3 3 (15.00%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Okta
2 13 (65.00%) IBM
3 3 (15.00%) Ping Identity