Okta jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Okta appears in 697 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning Okta, with demand down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Okta in demand in 2026?
Yes. Okta appears in 697 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 5% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Okta (7.9% of all postings mentioning Okta).
+What jobs require Okta?
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 Okta are IAM Engineer (50.8% of that role’s postings mention Okta), IT Engineer (49.1% of that role’s postings mention Okta), IT Systems Engineer (25.2% of that role’s postings mention Okta).
+What skills are commonly paired with Okta?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Okta most often appears alongside Python, SAML, SSO, Google Workspace, SCIM.
+Where is Okta most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Okta are New York City, San Francisco, London, Bengaluru, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Okta — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require Okta
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| IAM Engineer | 30 | 50.8% |
| IT Engineer | 28 | 49.1% |
| IT Systems Engineer | 36 | 25.2% |
| IT Systems Administrator | 6 | 24.0% |
| Enterprise Security Engineer | 7 | 20.6% |
| AI Ops Engineer | 3 | 13.6% |
| Cloud Systems Engineer | 3 | 9.7% |
| Cybersecurity Advisor | 2 | 7.7% |
| Production Engineer | 3 | 5.9% |
| Endpoint Security Engineer | 1 | 5.0% |
Roles with the most Okta postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 55 | 7.9% |
| Software Engineer | 53 | 7.6% |
| IT Systems Engineer | 36 | 5.2% |
| Systems Engineer | 35 | 5.0% |
| IAM Engineer | 30 | 4.3% |
| IT Engineer | 28 | 4.0% |
| Product Manager | 10 | 1.4% |
| Corporate Security Engineer | 9 | 1.3% |
| Cloud Security Engineer | 8 | 1.1% |
| Solutions Architect | 8 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for Okta
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 46 | 6.6% |
| San Francisco | 42 | 6.0% |
| London | 21 | 3.0% |
| Bengaluru | 18 | 2.6% |
| Boston | 14 | 2.0% |
| Hyderabad | 12 | 1.7% |
| Toronto | 11 | 1.6% |
| Austin | 10 | 1.4% |
| Washington | 10 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with Okta
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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 Okta by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Okta postings by all Okta 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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