25 Certifications That Matter For Cloud Professionals

Certified OpenStack Administrator

This is the first professional certification from the OpenStack Foundation, intended to validate skills in deploying and managing the open source cloud-building technology. It's particularly valuable given OpenStack adoption is being held back in the market by a dearth of professional talent.

The exam covers OpenStack's compute, storage and networking components.

According to Indeed, an OpenStack Administrator, on average, makes $70,474 per year. That escalates for an OpenStack Systems Administrator, $75,947; Senior Systems Administrator, $91,307; and OpenStack Cloud Engineer, almost $120,000.