AWS Certification

Validate technical skills and cloud expertise to grow your career and business

Available AWS Certifications

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Foundational

Knowledge-based certification for foundational understanding of AWS Cloud.
No prior experience needed.

Associate

Role-based certifications that showcase your knowledge and skills on AWS and build your credibility as an AWS Cloud professional. Prior cloud and/or strong on-premises IT experience recommended.

Beta: These exams are currently beta versions
Professional

Role-based certifications that validate advanced skills and knowledge required to design secure, optimized, and modernized applications and to automate processes on AWS. 2 years of prior AWS Cloud experience recommended.

Specialty

Dive deeper and position yourself as a trusted advisor to your stakeholders and/or customers in these strategic areas. Refer to the exam guides on the exam pages for recommended experience.

Foundational

Knowledge-based certification for foundational understanding of AWS Cloud.
No prior experience needed.

Associate

Role-based certifications that showcase your knowledge and skills on AWS and build your credibility as an AWS Cloud professional. Prior cloud and/or strong on-premises IT experience recommended.

Beta: These exams are currently beta versions
Professional

Role-based certifications that validate advanced skills and knowledge required to design secure, optimized, and modernized applications and to automate processes on AWS. 2 years of prior AWS Cloud experience recommended.

Specialty

Dive deeper and position yourself as a trusted advisor to your stakeholders and/or customers in these strategic areas. Refer to the exam guides on the exam pages for recommended experience.

Choose your AWS Certification Path

Learn which AWS Certification is right for you based on job roles you are in or aspire to attain.
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Why get AWS Certified?

forecasted growth in jobs that require cloud skills in the next five years. Preparing for an exam is a great way to build new skills.*

of organizations with AWS Certified staff say having that staff increases innovation with AWS services.**

of IT leaders that employ AWS Certified staff say productivity improved after their staff earned AWS Certifications, and 89% report faster troubleshooting.**

Earn an industry-recognized credential

As of February 2024, there are more than 1.31 million active AWS Certifications, a number that grew 18% over the past year. There are more than 1 million unique AWS Certified individuals with 33% holding technical certifications in associate, professional, and specialty categories.

* Source: Burning Glass, Skills of Mass Disruption, December 2020.
** Source: ESG Research Insights Paper Commissioned by AWS, Understanding the Value of AWS Certifications to Organizations, 2020.