Routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN and cloud networking exams from vendor and neutral programmes.
Networking remains the most structured certification track in the industry. The ladder is explicit — entry, associate, professional, expert — and each rung adds protocol depth, troubleshooting pressure and, at the top, hands-on lab exams.
Modern networking exams increasingly blend traditional routing and switching with automation, telemetry and overlay fabrics, so tooling questions now sit alongside subnetting.
The hardware half of A+: mobile devices, networking, hardware components, virtualisation and cloud basics, and a heavy emphasis on structured troubleshooting.
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The most popular AWS exam: designing secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised architectures across compute, storage, networking and database services.
The core Azure operations exam: identity and governance, storage, compute, virtual networking, and the monitoring and backup that keeps a subscription healthy.
The single exam behind CCNA: IP addressing and routing, switching and wireless access, IP services, security fundamentals, and an introduction to network automation.
Professional-tier architecture: multi-account governance, hybrid connectivity, migration and modernisation strategy, and continuous improvement of workloads already in production.
The hardware half of A+: mobile devices, networking, hardware components, virtualisation and cloud basics, and a heavy emphasis on structured troubleshooting.
The Azure architect exam: designing identity and governance, data storage, business continuity and infrastructure that meets stated availability, cost and compliance requirements.
The CCNP and CCIE Enterprise core exam: dual-stack architecture, virtualisation, campus and WAN infrastructure, network assurance, security and automation.
Vendor-neutral networking: concepts and models, implementation of switching, routing and wireless, day-to-day operations, network security, and systematic troubleshooting.
Google’s flagship architecture exam: designing and planning cloud architectures, managing infrastructure, designing for security and compliance, and ensuring operational reliability.
The CCNP and CCIE Security core exam: security concepts, network and cloud security, content security, endpoint protection, and secure network access and visibility.
The engineer-level PAN-OS exam: designing and deploying firewalls, Panorama-managed estates, high availability, advanced policy and decryption, and deep troubleshooting.
The routing-focused CCNP Enterprise concentration: advanced Layer 3 technologies, VPN services, infrastructure security and the services that support them.
The deepest AWS networking exam: hybrid connectivity design, transit architectures, DNS strategy, network automation and troubleshooting complex routing at scale.
The core FortiGate exam: firewall policy and NAT, authentication, SSL and IPsec VPNs, security profiles, routing, high availability, and diagnosing traffic through the device.
Azure networking at engineer depth: hub-and-spoke and Virtual WAN design, hybrid connectivity with VPN and ExpressRoute, load balancing, private access and monitoring.
The DevNet Associate exam: software design basics, consuming REST APIs, Cisco platform SDKs, application deployment and security, and infrastructure automation.
The CCNP and CCIE Data Center core exam: data centre networking with Nexus and ACI, compute with UCS, storage networking, automation and data centre security.
Google Cloud networking at professional depth: designing and prototyping networks, implementing VPCs and network services, hybrid interconnectivity, and network operations.
The SD-WAN concentration exam: fabric architecture, controller and edge router deployment, policy configuration, and day-two management and operations.
The shared entry exam for every Juniper track: networking fundamentals, the Junos operating system, the configuration and commit model, routing basics and operational monitoring.
The Identity Services Engine concentration: architecture and deployment, policy enforcement, web authentication and guest access, profiling, and endpoint compliance.
Designing and deploying on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: identity and compartments, virtual cloud networks, compute and storage services, and database and observability options.
The design-oriented CCNP Enterprise concentration: addressing and routing design, campus architecture, WAN design, network services and design for automation.
Network virtualisation with NSX: architecture and deployment, logical switching and routing, distributed firewalling and micro-segmentation, and operating the NSX platform.
The ACI concentration for CCNP Data Center: fabric discovery and topology, tenant policy with EPGs and contracts, external connectivity, and integration and management of the fabric.
The DevNet Professional core exam: software design and architecture, advanced API usage, Cisco platform development, secure application deployment and infrastructure automation.
Data centre design for CCNP Data Center: network and compute topologies, storage networking, and automation and management design choices.
The CCNP and CCIE Collaboration core exam: infrastructure and design, protocols and endpoints, gateways and media resources, call control, quality of service and applications.
An entry-level, largely vendor-neutral security exam: the threat landscape, network security fundamentals, cloud and SaaS security concepts, and security operations principles.
Associate-level Juniper security: SRX platform basics, security zones and policies, network address translation, IPsec VPNs, and unified threat management features.
Specialist-level enterprise networking on Junos: OSPF and BGP at depth, IS-IS, spanning tree and Layer 2 features, routing policy, and high availability designs.
The VPN concentration: site-to-site IPsec, DMVPN and FlexVPN designs, remote access VPN with AnyConnect, and troubleshooting secure tunnels end to end.
Implementing Discovery within IT Operations Management: MID Server architecture, discovery schedules and patterns, CMDB population and reconciliation, and troubleshooting discovery runs.
Advanced call control for CCNP Collaboration: signalling and media, dial plans across clusters, CUBE and SIP trunking, mobility features and call recovery.
Wireless design at professional level: site surveys, radio frequency planning, wired network support for wireless, and designing for high density and mobility.
Engineering-level work on PAN-OS next-generation firewalls: deployment and interfaces, security and NAT policy, decryption, threat prevention, and management at scale with Panorama.
Collaboration edge and cloud for CCNP Collaboration: Expressway configuration, mobile and remote access, business-to-business calling, and Webex hybrid services.
Wireless implementation at professional level: FlexConnect, QoS for wireless, multicast, location services, security and monitoring of enterprise WLANs.
A defensive counterpart to the offensive track: network defence fundamentals, perimeter and endpoint protection, secure configuration, monitoring, and incident response and forensics readiness.
The CCDE qualifying exam: business and technical requirements gathering, design principles across large-scale networks, and the trade-offs behind architecture decisions.
The CCNP and CCIE Service Provider core exam: provider architecture, core routing, MPLS and segment routing, service delivery, and automation and assurance.
Professional-tier service provider networking: MPLS signalling, Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, advanced BGP and IS-IS, multicast, and class of service in carrier networks.
Service mesh fundamentals with Istio: installation and configuration, traffic management, resilience and fault injection, securing service traffic, and mesh observability.
Service networking with Consul: service discovery and health checking, the key-value store, service mesh with sidecar proxies, and securing communication between services.
The solution-specialist exam for network security: advanced FortiOS troubleshooting, routing and SD-WAN behaviour, IPsec at scale, security fabric integration and performance analysis.
How many exams each provider contributes here.
Where each exam sits, so you can plan a progression rather than a single jump.
Multi-exam credentials in this category.
The professional-level enterprise networking credential: one core exam plus a concentration exam of your choice across routing, SD-WAN, design and wireless.
Cisco
The professional collaboration credential built on the CLCOR core exam, covering call control, endpoints, gateways and quality of service.
Cisco
The professional carrier networking credential built on the SPCOR core exam, covering MPLS, segment routing and provider-scale services.
Cisco
46 exams from 14 vendors are tagged to Networking. Exams appear in this category when it is either their primary focus or a substantial secondary one.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) is the most common entry point. The most popular AWS exam: designing secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised architectures across compute, storage, networking and database services.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03), Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (200-301) are the most frequently pursued in this category.
Cloud Computing
Certifications covering public cloud platforms, architecture, migration and cost management.
Cybersecurity
Credentials for defenders, testers, analysts and security leaders across every vendor programme.
IT Operations & Support
Help desk, endpoint, hardware and enterprise infrastructure operations credentials.