Cloud & DevOps certifications: which do job ads name?

Job-ad data: October 2026 · Editor: · Updated

AWS is the most named: 3.8% of cloud engineer job ads in the United States.

Cloud & DevOps: our 6 articles in this field, each with a one-line summary.

Cloud & DevOps: the certifications job ads name most in the United States
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Cloud & DevOps: the certifications job ads name most in the United States. Share of job ads that name each item. Source: Adzuna job ads, October 2026.
ItemRoleAdsShare of ads
AWSCloud engineer7,7263.8%
AWS Solutions Architect AssociateCloud engineer7,7263.1%
Google Associate Cloud EngineerCloud engineer7,7262.2%
AZ-305Cloud engineer7,7261.5%
AZ-104Cloud engineer7,7261.4%
Microsoft Azure certificationsSystem administrator6,23335 of 6,233
AWS Cloud PractitionerCloud engineer7,72642 of 7,726
Terraform AssociateCloud engineer7,72640 of 7,726
CKACloud engineer7,72636 of 7,726
AWS Developer AssociateCloud engineer7,72632 of 7,726

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Certificates named

  1. AWS3.8%
  2. AWS Solutions Architect Associate3.1%
  3. Microsoft Azure certifications2.3%
  4. Google Associate Cloud Engineer2.2%
  5. AZ-3051.5%

Skills asked for

  1. Terraform20%
  2. Kubernetes15%

Source: Adzuna job ads, October 2026.

Cloud & DevOps: certifications by experience level
10 of 17 placed certifications need no work experience; Google Professional Cloud Architect asks for the most (3 years of work experience).
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Cloud & DevOps: certifications by experience level. Source: vendor requirements in our fact files, checked October 3, 2026.
LevelCertificationExperienceNamed first
EntryAWS Cloud Practitionerno work experience required–
EntryCKAno work experience required–
EntryCKADno work experience required–
EntryHarvard CS50no work experience required–
EntryIBM Full Stack Software Developerno work experience required–
EntryIBM Java Developerno work experience required–
EntryISTQBno work experience required–
EntryMeta Back-End Developerno work experience required–
EntryMeta Database Engineerno work experience required–
EntryMeta Front-End Developerno work experience required–
AssociateGoogle Associate Cloud Engineerrecommended: 6 months of work experience–
AssociateAWS Solutions Architect Associaterecommended: 1 year of work experience–
AssociateAWS Developer Associaterecommended: 1 year of work experience–
AssociateAWS SysOps / CloudOps Associaterecommended: 1 year of work experience–
ProfessionalCompTIA Cloud+recommended: 2 years of work experience–
ProfessionalAZ-204recommended: 2 years of work experience–
ProfessionalGoogle Professional Cloud Architectrecommended: 3 years of work experience–