GitLab · Professional Certification · Foundational
GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate
Crydd Score 83
Demand Growing
Career Value Moderate
Recognition Moderate
GitLab CI/CD Associate at a glance
- Provider
- GitLab
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- DevOps & Platform
- Level
- Foundational
- Cost
- $150 (non-member price)
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Time to earn
- 2–4 weeks
- Validity
- Does not expire (tied to GitLab product versions)
- Format
- 50 multiple choice or multiple response questions, 75 minutes, online and unproctored; 2 attempts per registration
- Prerequisites
- None; GitLab recommends its training courses
What is GitLab CI/CD Associate?
GitLab's certification for CI/CD on its platform: writing .gitlab-ci.yml pipelines, installing and configuring GitLab Runners, using its container and package registries, adding security scanning and troubleshooting pipelines.
Skills it covers
- GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- GitLab Runner
- Container and package registries
- Security scanning
- Pipeline troubleshooting
Is GitLab CI/CD Associate worth it? The Crydd Verdict
CS 83Choose it if
Your team builds and ships with GitLab and you want to prove you can write and fix its pipelines.
Consider alternatives if
Your team uses GitHub: the GitHub Actions certification is the equivalent, and it is proctored, where GitLab's exam is not.
Why we say so
Inexpensive and practical, it maps directly onto daily work in GitLab shops; being unproctored, it signals familiarity more than it proves mastery.
Market demand
GitLab CI/CD skills are requested in DevOps roles at organisations on GitLab; employers weigh the pipelines you have built more than the certificate.
Where GitLab CI/CD Associate takes you
- DevOps Engineer
- Software Engineer
- QA / Test Automation Engineer
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