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
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+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.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| IAM Engineer | 5 | 8.5% |
| Data Security Engineer | 2 | 7.7% |
| Distributed Systems Engineer | 4 | 6.0% |
| Security Software Engineer | 5 | 4.2% |
| Cloud Security Architect | 2 | 4.2% |
| Cloud Solutions Architect | 2 | 2.6% |
| Principal Software Engineer | 3 | 1.9% |
| Application Security Engineer | 7 | 1.9% |
| Security Engineering Manager | 1 | 1.8% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 5 | 1.7% |
Roles with the most ABAC postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 85 | 27.4% |
| Security Engineer | 22 | 7.1% |
| Product Manager | 20 | 6.5% |
| Backend Engineer | 11 | 3.5% |
| Data Engineer | 10 | 3.2% |
| Application Security Engineer | 7 | 2.3% |
| Identity and Access Management Engineer | 6 | 1.9% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 5 | 1.6% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 5 | 1.6% |
| IAM Engineer | 5 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for ABAC
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 13 | 4.2% |
| Pune | 11 | 3.5% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 2.9% |
| Dublin | 8 | 2.6% |
| London | 8 | 2.6% |
| Madrid | 8 | 2.6% |
| New York City | 6 | 1.9% |
| Chantilly | 5 | 1.6% |
| Hyderabad | 4 | 1.3% |
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
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- 2026-09-28
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- 90
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