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Identity & Access Management (IAM) Specialist Career Market Report 2026

586 active jobs. 265 companies. Median salary $125K. Aggregated from publicly available job postings. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

586
Active Job Openings
265
Companies Hiring
$125K
Median Salary (US)
80%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Identity & Access Management (IAM) Specialist market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across public job boards and career pages.

Public job boards Company career pages Public ATS feeds

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 80% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $125K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $96K to $190K.

Remote roles pay 12% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

Azure is the most-demanded skill at 37%

R demand rose +9.8pp — fastest-growing skill

Jobgether leads hiring with 29 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Lead (+$51K, +43%)

Salary increase: +$51K · Sample: Senior → Lead

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 52% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior22$87K$119K$174K
Mid-Level17$87K$99K$126K
Manager12$122K$158K$217K
Staff7$136K$152K$185K
Lead6$140K$170K$180K
Director4$172K$181K$206K
Junior3$74K$110K$291K

What jumps out

Senior → Lead: +$51K (43%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States54$140KUSD
Remote8$158KUSD
Canada3$113KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.0%
Remote15.2%
Hybrid2.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Azure
37%
AWS
32%
AI/LLM
29%
OAuth
24%
Python
23%
PowerShell
22%
CISSP
17%
GCP
17%
Java
13%
Terraform
11%
GDPR
11%
CI/CD
11%

Skills on the Rise

R ↑+9.8ppDevOps ↑+9.2ppLinux ↑+9.0ppSQL ↑+9.0ppServiceNow ↑+7.7pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-14.3ppSOX Compliance ↓-12.3ppAgile ↓-11.1ppRisk Management ↓-9.9pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Jobgether294.9%
Devoteam142.4%
Soprasteria101.7%
Ag81.4%
Usm81.4%
Amazon71.2%
Bah71.2%
Sonomaconsulting61.0%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States172
India43
Remote40
France24
United Kingdom24
Canada12
Poland12
Brazil9

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree52.9%248
Master's Degree14.9%70
Bachelor's Degree13.0%61
PhD / Doctorate0.2%1

Certifications

CISSP (14%)CISM (7%)CISA (3%)ITIL (3%)Azure Certified (2%)AWS Certified (2%)PMP (1%)

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