Developer credentials covering languages, platform SDKs, APIs and application architecture.
Developer exams test how you build against a platform rather than how you write code in the abstract: SDK usage, authentication flows, retry and idempotency patterns, event-driven design and the deployment model of the target runtime.
Language certifications remain relevant where a specific runtime dominates an industry, and they tend to test the specification closely — including behaviour most developers never memorise.
Building, deploying and debugging cloud-native applications on AWS: SDK behaviour, serverless patterns, authentication flows, deployment pipelines and troubleshooting.
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Building, deploying and debugging cloud-native applications on AWS: SDK behaviour, serverless patterns, authentication flows, deployment pipelines and troubleshooting.
Building applications on Azure: compute options from App Service to Functions and containers, storage APIs, authentication, and integration through messaging and events.
Building AI applications on Azure: provisioning and securing AI services, generative AI and agent solutions, computer vision, language understanding and knowledge mining.
End-to-end delivery on Azure DevOps and GitHub: source control strategy, build and release pipelines, dependency management, security and compliance, and instrumentation.
The first Salesforce developer credential: Apex and SOQL, Lightning Web Components, the platform data model, testing requirements and deployment tooling.
Declarative application building on the Salesforce platform: data modelling, business logic and automation, user interface design, and application lifecycle management.
The DevNet Associate exam: software design basics, consuming REST APIs, Cisco platform SDKs, application deployment and security, and infrastructure automation.
Apache Spark development fundamentals: the DataFrame API, transformations and actions, Spark architecture and execution, and troubleshooting performance in distributed jobs.
Using GitHub Copilot well and responsibly: its features across editors and the CLI, how its data and architecture work, prompt engineering and context, and the privacy and content-exclusion controls around it.
The entry Java certification: language fundamentals, object-oriented programming, arrays and collections, exception handling, and the core library classes a Java developer uses daily.
Building scoped applications on the Now Platform: data modelling, application access and security, server and client scripting, and the application lifecycle from build to publish.
Building cloud-native applications on Google Cloud: designing for scale and reliability, building and testing, deploying, integrating managed services, and operating what you ship.
Advanced Salesforce development: performance and scale in Apex, integration patterns, advanced Lightning Web Components, and testing and deployment for complex orgs.
Extending the Power Platform with code: plug-ins, custom connectors, PCF components, Dataverse APIs and the integrations that go beyond low-code configuration.
The modern Java certification: records, sealed classes and pattern matching alongside generics, streams, concurrency, the module system and localisation.
The DevNet Professional core exam: software design and architecture, advanced API usage, Cisco platform development, secure application deployment and infrastructure automation.
Developing for Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps: X++ and AOT elements, extensions rather than overlayering, reporting, data integration, and security and performance work.
Architecting integrations for Salesforce: choosing integration patterns and capabilities, designing for reliability and security, and governing integration across a large estate.
Building cloud-native applications on OCI: containers and Kubernetes, serverless functions, API gateways, messaging and the developer tooling around the platform.
Security across the software lifecycle: secure requirements, architecture and design, implementation, testing, deployment and operations, and securing the software supply chain.
The developer-focused Kubernetes lab exam: designing and building application workloads, configuring them, exposing them through services, and observing and debugging what you deploy.
Deploying and managing applications on OpenShift as a developer: building images, using source-to-image, configuring application resources, and troubleshooting running workloads.
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 developer progression from Platform Developer I to Platform Developer II, covering Apex, Lightning Web Components and integration at scale.
Salesforce
The professional automation credential for network engineers who write code, built on the DEVCOR core exam plus a concentration.
Cisco
22 exams from 11 vendors are tagged to Software Development. Exams appear in this category when it is either their primary focus or a substantial secondary one.
AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) is the most common entry point. Building, deploying and debugging cloud-native applications on AWS: SDK behaviour, serverless patterns, authentication flows, deployment pipelines and troubleshooting.
AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02), Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure (AZ-204) and Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution (AI-102) are the most frequently pursued in this category.
DevOps & SRE
Continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, observability and site reliability engineering exams.
Cloud Computing
Certifications covering public cloud platforms, architecture, migration and cost management.
Containers & Kubernetes
Kubernetes, container runtime, service mesh and cloud native project certifications.