Back in September of 2014 I posted the following article on LinkedIn:
Which is more valuable and in demand, PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP or ?
Since then, I have kept it somewhat up-to-date (last updated in 2018) and this post has had 48,076 article views as of 12 April 2021. Sometimes lightning strikes and this post went somewhat (half-) viral since you need 100,000 views on LinkedIn to be considered Viral.
From this update, forward (12 April 2021), I will be using LinkedIn Jobs as the database for this “snapshot-in-time.” Here are the results from today’s update:
The image above shows which certification / role is most in demand: PMP is by far the clear certification winner and Agile Project Manager is the clear winner for the roles.
Here’s the same data in a table format (for those of you who want to see the raw numbers:
It’s interesting to note that both the PMP and Agile Project Manager are more in demand than MBAs (US – 52,483; EU – 9,538 and China – 5,414 for a total of 67,435 roles).
For Scaled Agile Framework, there were only 6,088 roles available, total (US – 4,989; EU – 1,068 and China – 31).
Draw your own conclusions (and do your own homework). But, these results actually surprised me!
PMI is still the 800-pound gorilla.