Top 5 Reasons to Learn AWS

“Cloud is now what we call the new normal. It’s no longer an experiment, it’s no longer an after-thought.”- said Vincent Quah, regional head of education, research, healthcare and non-profit organizations of AWS.

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Why should I learn AWS?

Cloud computing is taking the tech world by storm and so is the need to learn cloud computing. The only thing certain in IT today is that it’s never too late to cash in on the cloud. The demand curve for cloud skills will only grow at a rapid pace as cloud becomes critical to IT and businesses at large. According to Forbes, the spending on public cloud services is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 19.4% from $70B in 2015 to more than $141B in 2019. AWS generated a revenue of $5.44 billion in first quarter of 2018, 49% increase year-on-year. With Fortune 500 companies and institutions like NASA, General Electrics, Netflix, IMDb, AirBnB, to name a few extensively using AWS cloud computing services- AWS is the leader in the cloud computing market growing at a breakneck pace.

Still not convinced if AWS is for you? This blog will give you the top 5 reasons to learn AWS and help you understand why should you pursue AWS careers.

Reasons to Learn AWS

1) AWS -Fastest Growing Public Cloud in the World

AWS was officially launched in 2006 and there were around 180,000 developers on the platform by 2007. By 2015, AWS revenue was $6Billion USD per annum and since then revenues have doubled and are growing at an exponential rate .AWS enjoys the advantage of 7 year head start before facing like-minded competition, and since then the team has never slowed down. AWS is continuously boosting its growth every quarter. AWS expanded by 42% in third quarter of 2017 which increased to 45% in fourth quarter and then  49% in first quarter of 2018. The fastest growing AWS products used by customers include data crunching tool Amazon EMR (Elastic MapReduce) growing at a compound annual growth rate of 24% , network monitoring offering Amazon CloudWatch growing at a compound annual growth rate of 23%, and serverless product AWS Lambda growing at a compound annual growth rate of 18%. Considering AWS’ huge lead, if the current trends continue, we are likely to witness remarkable acceleration in AWS growth in future.

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2) AWS Skills on the list of most in-demand skills since 2015

"The need for cloud and data specialists is unlikely to abate anytime soon, especially as the software platforms powering businesses become more powerful (and, in many ways, more complex). For tech professionals, learning any new cloud-related skills is a reliable way to advance their careers. On the employer side of the equation, companies should prepare to continue paying top dollar for specialists in increasingly ubiquitous technologies."- said Dice President Bob Melk

Knowing which way the wind blows and then keeping up with the change in the same direction is the need of the hour. And as of today the wind seems to be blowing into AWS cloud. As Google trends indicate, organizations are heading for a serious skills shortage around AWS. Professionals yearning for a lucrative career should run in this direction. With more than 350,000 professionals required to fill cloud job roles there’s clearly a huge opportunity for people who can prove their skills. AWS skills are sitting high on the list of most in-demand skills for employers.

Use the search term “Cloud”  for a simple full-time jobs search today on Indeed.com and you will see that there are more than 70,000 results. Of these Amazon Web Services (AWS) skills are the most in-demand skills with 25,361 open jobs. 60% of the cloud computing job postings ask for skills related to Amazon Web Services.

According to a Indeed report, there has been a significant growth of 37% in the Australian job market for AWS professionals in the past year. The statistics reveal that the number of open AWS jobs is 6 to 12 times more than the number of job seekers. There are not sufficient people who know how work with AWS cloud services and jobs are going unfilled with salaries sky-rocketing for skilled and certified AWS professionals. It  is clearly evident that cloud computing skills and , specifically AWS cloud skills are and will continue to be in great demand over the years to come. AWS’s dominance as a public cloud platform is a major catalyst driving demand for AWS skills and certifications to higher levels in the coming years.

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3) Increased Enterprise Cloud Migration to AWS

It is not only small organizations migrating to the cloud, even commercial enterprises are migrating to the cloud at a rapid pace. According to a report from McKinsey’s Silicon Valley group, 77% companies were dependent on traditional IT infrastructure till 2015 but with large enterprise migrating to cloud-based infrastructure, the number is expected to drop down to 43% in 2018. Organizations migrating their services and applications to the cloud are confronted with multiple challenges and roadblocks. The cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google offer several automated features but migration is not one of them. This implies that organizations have to depend on customised, professional services from providers. There is an increasing demand for cloud professionals who can oversee migration projects in a secure and organised manner. This requires professionals to have in-depth knowledge of any chosen cloud platform like AWS. Becoming a certified AWS solutions architect will endow you with the entire process of shifting from an existing on-premise application to AWS cloud.

4) AWS Careers Pay Top Money

AWS Certified Solutions Architects -Associate professionals earn an average salary of $121,292, over $13,000 higher than the average salary of top 15 IT certified professionals. The salaries for AWS skills in premium areas like Austin, San Francisco, Washington, or Boston are 25% higher than usual. According to PayScale, non-architect related AWS cloud jobs garner comparatively lower pay checks over architect jobs. The best-paid positions that can help professionals make the most money from their cloud jobs is –

• AWS Enterprise Cloud Architect –$138,051
• AWS Senior Cloud Solutions Architect -$132,092

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5) Affordable Pricing and Access to Free Tier for Learning AWS

For professionals who are new and want to gain hands-on practice on the technology can create an AWS account and access the free tier provided by AWS for a year. The popular AWS free tier services include -Amazon RDS, Elastic load balancing, EC2, S3 . Each service does have some limit on its usage without being charged. This is enough for people who want get started with learning AWS. However, AWS provides a flexible pay-as-you-use approach and beginners if required can use these services according to the utilization of hours and memory.

The key to boost your employability in today’s cloud jobs market is to acquire AWS skills and certifications. Professionals who can embrace change as an opportunity instead of looking at upskilling as a hamster wheel are likely to succeed in finding a rewarding AWS opportunity that is evolving and satisfying. To learn more about AWS certifications you can refer our blog on -Top AWS Certifications. ProjectPro also offers AWS Solutions Architect training which covers exactly what you would need to crack the AWS Solution Architect Certification Exam!  Reach out to us on care@projectpro.io if you have any questions or need advice on how to learn AWS.

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