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Databricks Certified Data Analyst / ML Associate

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RANK #56 / 100 INVEST DEMAND 88 2026-Q3 DATA
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What the verdict means

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The analyst note

The read

This is the associate tier of the Databricks track — the high-volume way into the lakehouse ecosystem whose professional tier sits at rank 13.

Who holds it

Data analysts and junior ML practitioners working in Databricks SQL, notebooks and basic MLflow workflows — at enterprises standardizing their analytics on the platform.

The case for the verdict

Rising platform, rising tier. As Databricks displaces legacy warehouses, its associate certs pick up the analyst population that comes with them. The professional data engineer track is the way up from here.

The risk

The catch is churn at the associate tier: Databricks revises its exam structure often, and the salary evidence is soft. This is a bet on the platform more than on the specific credential.

The benchmark check

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Where it sits

Bottom half of the CertBueno Top 100.

This certification pays 10% below the rest of the Top 100.

Vendor

One of 3 Databricks certifications in the Top 100 — ranked 3rd among them.

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