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GCP-certified engineers are currently scarcer than AWS or Azure specialists in both India and the Philippines, which translates into a real salary premium, particularly for engineers who also hold data or AI-adjacent skills like Vertex AI. The tradeoff is a smaller pool of open roles overall, since most employers still run primarily on AWS or Azure.
The Professional Cloud Architect certification is the most consistently requested credential, followed by the Associate Cloud Engineer certification for more junior roles. Employers running Kubernetes-heavy workloads also value GKE-specific experience highly.