1$180k median salary
Validates knowledge of designing, securing, provisioning and optimizing cloud solutions on Google Cloud against business and technical requirements.
200AdvancedNo prerequisites
Highest-Paying Cloud Certifications in 2026
Explore cloud certifications for architecture, development, security and operations across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Compare their salary rankings and earning requirements, with specialist options for Kubernetes and cloud financial management alongside the major platform credentials.
2$175k median salary
Validates knowledge of designing complex multi-account solutions, improving existing workloads, and migrating and modernizing applications using AWS services.
300AdvancedNo prerequisites
3$162k median salary
Validates knowledge of securing cloud environments, including architecture, data, platforms, applications, operations and cloud legal and compliance requirements.
734AdvancedHas prerequisites
4$162k median salary
Validates practical skills in Kubernetes cluster setup, workloads and scheduling, services and networking, storage, and troubleshooting.
445IntermediateNo prerequisites
5$161k median salary
Validates knowledge of securing AWS workloads, including threat detection, incident response, infrastructure security, identity, data protection and governance.
300AdvancedNo prerequisites
6$155k median salary
Validates knowledge of designing Azure solutions for identity, governance, monitoring, data, business continuity and infrastructure.
330AdvancedHas prerequisites
7$154k median salary
Validates knowledge of developing, securing, deploying, troubleshooting and optimizing cloud applications using AWS services.
150IntermediateNo prerequisites
8$153k median salary
Validates foundational knowledge of the FinOps Framework, including its principles, personas, capabilities and scopes, for managing cloud spend.
325IntermediateNo prerequisites
9$150k median salary
Validates knowledge of designing secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-effective cloud solutions using AWS services.
150IntermediateNo prerequisites
10$141k median salary
Validates foundational knowledge of cloud concepts, core AWS services, security and compliance, and AWS pricing, billing and support.
100EntryNo prerequisites
11$130k median salary
Validates knowledge of administering Azure identities, governance, storage, compute and networking, and monitoring cloud infrastructure.
165IntermediateNo prerequisites
12$130k median salary
Validates knowledge of cloud architecture, deployment, operations, security, DevOps fundamentals and troubleshooting across multi-vendor cloud environments.
399IntermediateNo prerequisites
13$120k median salary
Validates foundational knowledge of cloud concepts, Azure architecture and services, and Azure management and governance.
99EntryNo prerequisites
Median annual advertised pay in US postings that mention each certification, Sep 2025–Aug 2026. Source