certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

$150

exam fee · checked 2026-08

120 hrs

120 hours — about 12 weeks at 10 hrs/wk

3 yr

renewal cycle — this is a recurring cost

Amazon Web Services — official page →

Where it barely came up

It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.

Information Security Analyst (national)0%1 of 221 postings
Computer Systems Engineer/Architect (national)0%1 of 336 postings

These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →