identity and access management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, identity and access management appears in 911 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning identity and access management, with demand up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about identity and access management
+Is identity and access management in demand in 2026?
Yes. identity and access management appears in 911 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning identity and access management (10.3% of all postings mentioning identity and access management).
+What jobs require identity and access management?
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 identity and access management are Business Information Security Officer (21.7% of that role’s postings mention identity and access management), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) (21.4% of that role’s postings mention identity and access management), Information Security Director (17.9% of that role’s postings mention identity and access management).
+What skills are commonly paired with identity and access management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), identity and access management most often appears alongside AWS, incident response, vulnerability management, Python, Cloud Security.
+Where is identity and access management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring identity and access management are New York City, London, San Francisco, Austin, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring identity and access management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require identity and access management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Business Information Security Officer | 5 | 21.7% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 6 | 21.4% |
| Information Security Director | 7 | 17.9% |
| Cybersecurity Director | 5 | 17.9% |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 10 | 17.2% |
| Cyber Security Architect | 5 | 14.7% |
| IT Systems Engineer | 18 | 12.6% |
| Cloud Security Architect | 6 | 12.5% |
| IT Engineer | 6 | 10.5% |
| IT Security Engineer | 6 | 10.0% |
Roles with the most identity and access management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 94 | 10.3% |
| Software Engineer | 63 | 6.9% |
| Product Manager | 40 | 4.4% |
| Security Architect | 25 | 2.7% |
| IT Systems Engineer | 18 | 2.0% |
| Technical Program Manager | 17 | 1.9% |
| Cloud Architect | 14 | 1.5% |
| Cloud Engineer | 13 | 1.4% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 12 | 1.3% |
| DevOps Engineer | 12 | 1.3% |
Top metros hiring for identity and access management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 38 | 4.2% |
| London | 37 | 4.1% |
| San Francisco | 36 | 4.0% |
| Austin | 19 | 2.1% |
| Bengaluru | 12 | 1.3% |
| Boston | 12 | 1.3% |
| Chicago | 12 | 1.3% |
| Los Angeles | 12 | 1.3% |
| Singapore | 12 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with identity and access management
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- Business Information Security Officer
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
- Information Security Director
- Cybersecurity Director
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Cyber Security Architect
- IT Systems Engineer
- Cloud Security Architect
- AWS
- incident response
- vulnerability management
- Python
- Cloud Security
- CI/CD
- Azure
- Kubernetes
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 identity and access management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s identity and access management postings by all identity and access management 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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