Most In-Demand Data & Analytics Certifications in 2026

See which data certifications employers mention most often across analytics and data engineering. Compare credentials for Power BI, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, AWS and Google Cloud, then choose the tools and type of data work you want to focus on.

1105 job postings

Validates skills in preparing, modeling and visualizing data with Power BI, and managing and securing reports and models.

165IntermediateNo prerequisites
280 job postings

Validates knowledge of designing, building and operating data processing systems on Google Cloud, from ingestion to analysis.

200AdvancedNo prerequisites
350 job postings
SnowPro Core credential artwork

Snowflake SnowPro Core

Snowflake · Exam COF-C03

Validates foundational knowledge of Snowflake architecture, security and governance, data loading, query performance and transformation, and data sharing.

175EntryNo prerequisites
422 job postings
AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate credential artwork

AWS Data Engineer Associate

AWS · Exam DEA-C01

Validates knowledge of data ingestion, transformation, store management, pipeline operations, and data security and governance using AWS services.

150IntermediateNo prerequisites
520 job postings

Validates skills in building Microsoft Fabric pipelines, including ingestion and transformation with PySpark, SQL and KQL, and monitoring.

165IntermediateNo prerequisites
615 job postings

Validates foundational knowledge of ingesting, transforming, orchestrating, deploying, monitoring and governing data pipelines on the Databricks platform.

200IntermediateNo prerequisites

Count of job postings in US postings that mention each certification, Sep 2025–Aug 2026. Source