Data · Skills roadmap
Data Engineer certifications
Build the pipelines, warehouses and streams that every analyst, data scientist and AI system depends on.
- 32 to 52 weeks to job-ready, part time
- 74 lessons across 21 skills
- 12 portfolio projects
Certifications help you pass a CV screen; projects get you hired. We list only current exams, checked on the vendor's own site, with the date we checked.
Intermediate · Recommended
Microsoft Certified Fabric Data Engineer Associate DP-700
Microsoft
Azure appears in 54% of the postings we read. DP-700 replaced the retired DP-203.
Ingesting, transforming and managing data in Microsoft Fabric. Replaces the retired DP-203.
- Cost
- Varies by country; shown on the exam page at booking
- Validity
- 12 months, free online renewal assessment
- Checked
- Sept 2026 on the vendor's page
Intermediate · Optional
AWS Certified Data Engineer, Associate DEA-C01
Amazon Web Services
The AWS data engineering certification
Data ingestion, transformation, storage, operations and governance on AWS. 65 questions in 130 minutes.
- Cost
- USD 150
- Checked
- Sept 2026 on the vendor's page
Intermediate · Optional
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
Databricks
Useful where the team runs Spark on Databricks.
Using the Databricks platform for ETL with Spark SQL and Python. 45 scored questions in 90 minutes.
- Cost
- USD 200
- Validity
- 2 years
- Checked
- Sept 2026 on the vendor's page
Advanced · Optional
Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer PDE
Google Cloud
A demanding professional-level exam for Google Cloud data platforms.
Designing, building and operationalising data processing systems on Google Cloud. Two hours, 40 to 50 questions.
- Cost
- USD 200 plus tax
- Checked
- Sept 2026 on the vendor's page