Professionals

Cloud certifications have tripled

Between 2020 and 2022, growth was more than 300 percent. This is the result of an ongoing global survey by Information Services Group (ISG) of the ecosystems of established cloud providers. According to the study, 51 percent of the total cloud-certified professionals at IT service providers have Azure certification, 33 percent have Amazon Web Services certification and 8 percent have Google Cloud certification. Other provider certificates also account for a combined share of 8 percent. According to ISG, this development is driven by the fact that demand from companies for IT modernization through cloud technologies is higher than ever before. A large part of this modernization is taking place in so-called hyperscale clouds.

However, effective use of hyperscale cloud capabilities requires dedicated expertise in building and operating cloud-based architectures. To draw on this expertise, companies are increasingly turning to IT service providers. They, in turn, are dramatically expanding cloud certifications among their professionals to meet demand. Today, companies are increasingly evaluating IT service providers on the basis of whether they have the necessary know-how and sufficient experience to build and maintain cloud architectures.

The strong increase in the number of certifications is the result of this demand, but it is not automatically an indication of future demand. But it is likely that the demand for certified professionals will continue to increase, especially as more than half of enterprises already use a public cloud. And even more plan to use multiple clouds simultaneously in the future.