IAM jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, IAM appears in 1,448 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for DevOps Engineer roles, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about IAM
+Is IAM in demand in 2026?
Yes. IAM appears in 1,448 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for DevOps Engineer roles (12% of DevOps Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require IAM?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require IAM are DevOps Engineer (12% of postings list IAM), Software Engineer (8% of postings list IAM), Security Engineer (6% of postings list IAM).
+What skills are commonly paired with IAM?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), IAM most often appears alongside Terraform, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Python.
+Where is IAM most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring IAM are Washington, New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new IAM content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring IAM — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require IAM
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps Engineer | 176 | 12.2% |
| Software Engineer | 119 | 8.2% |
| Security Engineer | 87 | 6.0% |
| Cloud Engineer | 69 | 4.8% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 48 | 3.3% |
| Platform Engineer | 43 | 3.0% |
| Data Engineer | 41 | 2.8% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 40 | 2.8% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 39 | 2.7% |
| GCP Cloud Engineer | 29 | 2.0% |
Top metros hiring for IAM
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 87 | 21.9% |
| New York City | 72 | 18.1% |
| San Francisco | 64 | 16.1% |
| London | 60 | 15.1% |
| Bengaluru | 38 | 9.5% |
| Pune | 25 | 6.3% |
| Singapore | 18 | 4.5% |
| Austin | 17 | 4.3% |
| Berlin | 17 | 4.3% |
Skills commonly paired with IAM
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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