Career Radar IT roles · Poland
#25 by score · #30 editorially · Security

IAM Engineer (Identity & Access)

Tier 2 · Strong and stableAI risk: lowEstimate8 offers on SOLID.Jobs

Identity is the new perimeter; Entra/Okta; a growing niche

Overall scoreDerived
6.42/ 10
#25 of 63 by score with the default weights. #30 in the editorial ranking.
  • Salary 30% × 3.91.17
  • AI resistance 35% × 8.02.80
  • Demand 20% × 7.01.40
  • Remote work 10% × 8.00.80
  • Low stress 5% × 5.00.25

Salary, k PLN per month

Estimate
051015202530Estimate≈15–26

estimate MID → SENIORmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)

Range MID → SENIOR
≈15–26
Range midpoint
≈20.5
Junior Derived
≈10.3
Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
≈13.9
Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
≈16.8

NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.

Easiest transitions

Estimate
Security EngCloud SecurityIAM Architect

2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)

Key certifications

Estimate
SC-300certy Okta

Scores 1–10

Estimate
  • AI resistance8/10
    10 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
  • Demand7/10
    10 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
  • Remote work8/10
    10 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
  • Stress5/10
    10 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
  • Entry barrier6/10
    10 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
  • Prestige6/10
    10 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula

The market in job ads

From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 30/10/2026

Too few offers for this role (8 offers, threshold 10). Below are statistics for the Security category (45 offers), labelled as category data, not role data.

45offers in the category · 12 employers
23.5kcategory B2B median
23.9koverall median · 21–27.7k
73%remote in the category

Most common stack in Security

  • Cybersecurity
  • NIS2
  • Security
  • Azure
  • Information security
  • RODO
  • Microsoft 365 security
  • Penetration testing
  • CI/CD
  • Security testing
  • Python
  • Cloud security

Most common in this role's 8 offers: IAM, Cybersecurity, MFA, MS Access, Project management, Risk management. This is only indicative.

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Offers per quarter in Security · hollow dot = quarter in progress