ABAC jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-28, ABAC appears in 310 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning ABAC, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
310
Demand vs prior month
down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 27.4% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about ABAC

+Is ABAC in demand in 2026?

Yes. ABAC appears in 310 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning ABAC (27.4% of all postings mentioning ABAC).

+What jobs require ABAC?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning ABAC are IAM Engineer (8.5% of that role’s postings mention ABAC), Data Security Engineer (7.7% of that role’s postings mention ABAC), Distributed Systems Engineer (6.0% of that role’s postings mention ABAC).

+What skills are commonly paired with ABAC?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), ABAC most often appears alongside RBAC, SAML, OIDC, SCIM, Python.

+Where is ABAC most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring ABAC are San Francisco, Pune, Bengaluru, Dublin, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring ABAC — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Roles most likely to require ABAC

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
IAM Engineer58.5%
Data Security Engineer27.7%
Distributed Systems Engineer46.0%
Security Software Engineer54.2%
Cloud Security Architect24.2%
Cloud Solutions Architect22.6%
Principal Software Engineer31.9%
Application Security Engineer71.9%
Security Engineering Manager11.8%
Cloud Security Engineer51.7%

Roles with the most ABAC postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer8527.4%
Security Engineer227.1%
Product Manager206.5%
Backend Engineer113.5%
Data Engineer103.2%
Application Security Engineer72.3%
Identity and Access Management Engineer61.9%
Cloud Security Engineer51.6%
Cybersecurity Engineer51.6%
IAM Engineer51.6%

Top metros hiring for ABAC

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco134.2%
Pune113.5%
Bengaluru92.9%
Dublin82.6%
London82.6%
Madrid82.6%
New York City61.9%
Chantilly51.6%
Hyderabad41.3%

Skills commonly paired with ABAC

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning ABAC by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s ABAC postings by all ABAC postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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03e77200244eb5aa
data_as_of
2026-09-28
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index