AWS IAM jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, AWS IAM appears in 358 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning AWS IAM, with demand share up 15.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
358
Demand vs prior month
up 15.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 12.0% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bucharest

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Frequently asked questions about AWS IAM

+Is AWS IAM in demand in 2026?

Yes. AWS IAM appears in 358 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning AWS IAM (12.0% of all postings mentioning AWS IAM).

+What jobs require AWS IAM?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning AWS IAM are IAM Engineer (11.7% of that role’s postings mention AWS IAM), Cloud Data Engineer (10.7% of that role’s postings mention AWS IAM), Security Engineering Manager (8.6% of that role’s postings mention AWS IAM).

+What skills are commonly paired with AWS IAM?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), AWS IAM most often appears alongside Python, Terraform, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, CI/CD.

+Where is AWS IAM most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AWS IAM are Bucharest, New York City, Pune, Bengaluru, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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+Which skills come before and after AWS IAM?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring AWS IAM — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around AWS IAM

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before AWS IAM

Before AWS IAMpython → AWS IAM: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → AWS IAM: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → AWS IAM: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → AWS IAM: 15 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → AWS IAM: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → AWS IAM: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairAnsible → AWS IAM: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairci/cd → AWS IAM: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAMpython: 20 movespython20 movesJenkins: 20 movesJenkins20 moveskubernetes: 15 moveskubernetes15 movesterraform: 15 movesterraform15 movesdocker: 12 movesdocker12 movesAWS: 12 movesAWS12 movesAnsible: 9 movesAnsible9 movesci/cd: 8 movesci/cd8 moves

Skills after AWS IAM

After AWS IAMAWS IAM → kubernetes: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAM → terraform: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAM → Prometheus: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAM → Azure: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAM → DynamoDB: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAM → Ansible: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAM → docker: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAM → S3: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS IAMkubernetes: 12 moveskubernetes12 movesterraform: 9 movesterraform9 movesPrometheus: 7 movesPrometheus7 movesAzure: 7 movesAzure7 movesDynamoDB: 6 movesDynamoDB6 movesAnsible: 6 movesAnsible6 movesdocker: 6 movesdocker6 movesS3: 5 movesS35 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python20
Before: Jenkins20
Before: kubernetes15
Before: terraform15
Before: docker12
Before: AWS12
Before: Ansible9
Before: ci/cd8
After: kubernetes12
After: terraform9
After: Prometheus7
After: Azure7
After: DynamoDB6
After: Ansible6
After: docker6
After: S35

Roles most likely to require AWS IAM

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
IAM Engineer711.7%
Cloud Data Engineer610.7%
Security Engineering Manager58.6%
DevOps Platform Engineer26.5%
Principal Consultant15.0%
Cloud Security Architect24.2%
Cloud Developer23.9%
Security Automation Engineer23.4%
AWS Cloud Engineer13.4%
Cloud Security Engineer93.1%

Roles with the most AWS IAM postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer4312.0%
DevOps Engineer4011.2%
Software Engineer3710.3%
Data Engineer174.7%
Platform Engineer143.9%
Cloud Security Engineer92.5%
Cloud Engineer82.2%
IAM Engineer72.0%
Cloud Data Engineer61.7%
Security Engineering Manager51.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring AWS IAM

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring AWS IAM
CompanyPostings · 90 days
CrowdStrike15
Barclays9
KMS Technology5
General Dynamics Information Technology5
Quantiphi4
Hasbro4
Verkada3
Codvo-team3
Mastercard3
Sopra Steria3

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for AWS IAM

NamePostingsShare
Bucharest143.9%
New York City143.9%
Pune143.9%
Bengaluru102.8%
London82.2%
San Jose72.0%
Austin61.7%
Hyderabad61.7%
Palo Alto41.1%

Skills commonly paired with AWS IAM

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. 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 AWS IAM by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s AWS IAM postings by all AWS IAM 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index