CertWorthIt
Shows how often real job ads name certifications and course certificates, so you can judge whether a certificate is worth it.
Analytics·Education·HR & Recruiting
What is CertWorthIt?
CertWorthIt is a directory of job-ad data that shows which certifications and course certificates employers actually name. The site counts job ads from Adzuna across 10 countries, covering 411,984 job ads and 105 certifications as of October 2026. Its pages show, for example, that in the United States employers name PMP in 24% of project manager job ads, while the most-named course certificate, Google Data Analytics, appears in 7 of 6,094 data analyst job ads.
The site is aimed at people deciding whether a certificate is worth the time and money, including first-time job seekers, people switching careers, and those seeking a promotion. Users can check a certificate, browse certifications by field such as cloud, cybersecurity, data, AI, or project management, start from a specific job, compare certifications head to head, and see the most-named certification in each country.
What sets it apart is that every figure is tied to a job-ad count and links to its source, and the same ads are used to compare the named skills against the certificates. The site also offers a country-specific certificate report by email and a quiz that asks four questions to suggest a starting point. The site states that it uses AI to analyse the data and write its pages and reports.
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