Why does each row have its own source?

Because each row genuinely has its own source. The figures for one certification come from a different set of reports than the figures for another, so printing a single attribution under the whole table would misattribute most of it.

Why are some certifications missing from a ranking?

A certification with no reported figure for the ranking you chose is left out rather than given a zero, which would put it at the bottom of a list it does not belong on.

What happened to the remote-work percentages?

They were invented. The previous version of this page carried a remote rate and an openings count for ten roles, from no dataset at all. Both have been deleted.

IT Certification Market: Demand, Pay and Job Posts | McQuizzy

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Where is the market moving?

Every certification we cover, ranked by demand growth, reported pay or monthly job posts. Each row shows only its own figures, with its own source underneath.

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Fastest growing demand

+120% YoY

Databricks Generative AI Engineer Associate

Source: Databricks, LinkedIn, Lightcast 2024

Top 10 of 53 certifications

1
Databricks Generative AI Engineer Associate
$160,000reported average+120% YoYdemand8,000+posts a month
Source: Databricks, LinkedIn, Lightcast 2024
2
Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer
$165,000reported average+75% YoYdemand12,000+posts a month
Source: Google Cloud, Lightcast, Payscale 2024
3
Azure AI Engineer Associate
$145,000reported average+65% YoYdemand15,000+posts a month
Source: Microsoft, Global Knowledge, LinkedIn 2024
4
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
$140,000reported average+55% YoYdemand10,000+posts a month
Source: Databricks, Lightcast, Payscale 2024
5
Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
$128,000reported average+45% YoYdemand8,000+posts a month
Source: Microsoft, Lightcast, Robert Half 2024
6
AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate
$135,000reported average+40% YoYdemand22,000+posts a month
Source: AWS, Lightcast, Robert Half 2024
7
AWS Machine Learning Specialty
$155,000reported average+40% YoYdemand7,500+posts a month
Source: Global Knowledge, Indeed, Robert Half 2024
8
Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
$145,000reported average+38% YoYdemand8,000+posts a month
Source: Google Cloud, Lightcast, Payscale 2024
9
Certified Cloud Security Professional
$148,000reported average+35% YoYdemand8,500+posts a month
Source: ISC2 Workforce Study, Global Knowledge 2024
10
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
$140,000reported average+35% YoYdemand4,000+posts a month
Source: CNCF, Global Knowledge, Robert Half 2024

Every row is one certification's own reported data with its own attribution beneath it. Rows are not averaged together, because the sources differ from row to row and a blended figure could not be attributed to any of them. Certifications with no reported figure for the ranking you picked are left out rather than given a zero.

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Where these numbers come from

One row is one certification. The reported pay, the demand growth and the monthly job posts on that row all belong to it, and the named, dated source underneath belongs to it too. Rows are never averaged together, because the sources differ from row to row.

A certification with no figure for the ranking you picked is left out of that ranking rather than shown as a zero.

The previous version of this page was a hand-written table of ten roles with invented demand ratings, invented growth percentages, invented opening counts and an invented remote-work rate. None of it survived.

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What does this certification pay?

The reported average, the full range and every job it leads to.

Is it worth what it costs?

Your money against the reported salary premium.

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What is between me and the job?

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