Hyperscale cloud certifications in the IT services sector have rocketed over the past three years, according to ISG.
The outfit said that Enterprise demand for cloud modernisation is at an all-time high. Much of this is taking place on hyperscale clouds.
A new report said that hyperscale cloud certifications grew by more than 300 percent between 2020 and 2022.
Of the total cloud-certified workforce, more than half have Azure certification, over 30 percent have Amazon Web Services certification and eight per cent have Google Cloud certification.
Lead analyst Stanton Jones, said: “Enterprises are already evaluating service providers based on their capabilities and track record deploying and supporting the new cloud architecture. The ramp-up in certifications follows this demand, rather than indicating future demand. However, more than half of enterprises use more than one public cloud – and more plan to use multiple clouds in the future – which will continue to increase the demand for certified resources.”
However, effectively exploiting hyperscale cloud capabilities requires expertise in building and supporting a new cloud-based architecture. Enterprises are increasingly turning to the IT services sector to source this expertise, and providers are dramatically ramping up their hyperscale cloud certifications to meet demand.
ISG looked at the three-year growth trend of certifications for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud at more than 70 IT service providers.
