The 11 Google Cloud Certifications and What They Pay Around the World
March 21, 2024
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The Average Certification Holder
| Age | 36 |
| Manages a team | 33% |
| Holds a cybersecurity certification | 42% |
| Average number of certifications | 8 |
| Most likely cross-certification vendor(s) | AWS, Microsoft, ITIL |
| Average salary (worldwide) | $133,238 |
The Top-Paying Google Cloud Certifications Globally
Professional Cloud Network Engineer
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Designing, planning, and prototyping a Google Cloud network | 26% |
| Implementing Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instances | 21% |
| Configuring network services | 23% |
| Implementing hybrid interconnectivity | 14% |
Professional Cloud Security Engineer
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Configuring access | 27% |
| Securing communications and establishing boundary protection | 21% |
| Ensuring data protection | 20% |
| Managing operations | 22% |
Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Bootstrapping a Google Cloud organization for DevOps | 17% |
| Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines for a service | 23% |
| Applying site reliability engineering practices to a service | 23% |
| Implementing service monitoring strategies | 21% |
Cloud Digital Leader
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Digital Transformation with Google Cloud | 17% |
| Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud | 16% |
| Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence | 16% |
| Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud | 17% |
| Trust and Security with Google Cloud | 17% |
| Scaling with Google Cloud Operations | 17% |
Professional Data Engineer
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Designing data processing systems | 22% |
| Ingesting and processing the data | 25% |
| Storing the data | 20% |
| Preparing and using data for analysis | 15% |
| Maintaining and automating data workloads | 18% |
Professional Cloud Developer
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections (General Availability Exam) | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Designing highly scalable, available, and reliable cloud-native applications | 27% |
| Building and testing applications | 20% |
| Deploying applications | 18% |
| Integrating Google Cloud services | 20% |
| Managing deployed applications | 15% |
Professional Cloud Architect
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Designing and planning a cloud solution architecture | 24% |
| Managing and provisioning a solution infrastructure | 15% |
| Designing for security and compliance | 18% |
| Analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes | 18% |
| Managing implementation | 11% |
Professional Cloud Database Engineer
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Section | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Design scalable and highly available cloud database solutions | 42% |
| Manage a solution that can span multiple database solutions | 34% |
| Migrate data solutions | 14% |
| Deploy scalable and highly available databases in Google Cloud | 10% |
Professional Machine Learning Engineer
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Architecting low-code ML solutions | 12% |
| Collaborating within and across teams to manage data and models | 16% |
| Scaling prototypes into ML models | 18% |
| Serving and scaling models | 18% |
| Automating and orchestrating ML pipelines | 21% |
| Monitoring ML solutions | 14% |
Professional Google Workspace Administrator
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Managing objects | 20% |
| Configuring services | 18% |
| Troubleshooting | 24% |
| Data access and authentication | 24% |
| Supporting business initiatives | 14% |
Associate Cloud Engineer
WHAT’S ON THE EXAM
| Sections | Approx. Percent |
|---|---|
| Setting up a cloud solution environment | 17.5% |
| Planning and configuring a cloud solution | 17.5% |
| Deploying and implementing a cloud solution | 25% |
| Ensuring successful operation of a cloud solution | 20% |
| Configuring access and security | 20% |
