ExpertEdge role paths: ten technical roles, from 161 to 302 estimated hours
ExpertEdge turns each technical job into a fixed set of skills and courses, and the longest path is 1.9 times the shortest.
- Ten technical roles: each is 6 to 8 skills and 17 to 24 courses, read inside the product on October 26, 2026.
- The range: Data Engineer is the shortest at 161 estimated hours and Cybersecurity Analyst the longest at 302, where Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing alone is 111.
- The overlap: 12 skills count toward more than one role, so one subscription can serve a learner who changes direction.
- The price: every path sits inside the $120 yearly plan, between $0.40 and $0.75 per estimated hour.
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ExpertEdge's ten technical role paths run from 161 to 302 estimated hours, and 12 skills appear in more than one role, so the paths are less separate than the role names suggest.
Read October 26, 2026 Hours are ExpertEdge's estimates as the app shows them. Everything else is our arithmetic.
What do the ten technical roles look like?
Every role is labelled Associate level and has two or three courses per skill. These are the headline numbers.
Of 17 roles in ExpertEdge's catalogue, read inside the app.
Two or three courses for each skill.
Per role, ExpertEdge's estimates added up.
Skills that appear in more than one of the ten roles.
Which role path takes the longest?
Cybersecurity Analyst is the longest at 302 hours, and Data Engineer the shortest at 161.
| Role | Skills | Courses | Est. hours | Yearly plan per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Engineer | 7 | 20 | 161 h | $0.75 |
| DevOps Engineer | 6 | 18 | 162 h | $0.74 |
| AI Engineer | 7 | 21 | 201 h | $0.60 |
| Game Developer | 6 | 17 | 203 h | $0.59 |
| Data Scientist | 7 | 21 | 208 h | $0.58 |
| Mobile App Developer | 6 | 18 | 208 h | $0.58 |
| Full-Stack Developer | 7 | 20 | 222 h | $0.54 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 6 | 18 | 241 h | $0.50 |
| Solutions Architect | 8 | 24 | 241 h | $0.50 |
| Cybersecurity Analyst | 7 | 21 | 302 h | $0.40 |
Per-hour figure is the $120 yearly plan divided by the estimated hours. Our arithmetic.
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Which skills count toward more than one role?
12 skills appear in two or three of the ten roles. Supervised & Unsupervised Learning, Data Modeling & Database Design, API Design & Development each appear in three.
| Skill | Roles | Which roles |
|---|---|---|
| API Design & Development | 3 | Full-Stack Developer, Solutions Architect, Mobile App Developer |
| Data Modeling & Database Design | 3 | Data Engineer, Full-Stack Developer, Solutions Architect |
| Supervised & Unsupervised Learning | 3 | AI Engineer, Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer |
| Cloud Platforms & Deployment | 2 | DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect |
| Cloud Security | 2 | Cybersecurity Analyst, Solutions Architect |
| Data Ingestion & Transformation (ETL) | 2 | Data Scientist, Data Engineer |
| Data Warehousing & Big Data | 2 | Data Scientist, Data Engineer |
| Database Technologies & Administration | 2 | Data Scientist, Data Engineer |
| Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management | 2 | DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect |
| MLOps & Model Deployment | 2 | AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer |
| Statistical Analysis & Predictive Modeling | 2 | Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer |
| Version Control & Collaboration | 2 | Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Developer |
ExpertEdge does not say whether progress on a shared skill carries from one role to another, so confirm that in the app before you rely on it.
How should you choose a path?
Pick the role closest to the job you want, read its skills, and look at the biggest one first, since it is the most time. If you are unsure between two roles, the shared skills are the safest place to start. Our ExpertEdge pricing guide works out what the yearly plan costs against buying courses one at a time.
Frequently asked
How many roles does ExpertEdge have?
ExpertEdge lists 17 roles. Ten are technical: Solutions Architect, AI Engineer, Cybersecurity Analyst, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, DevOps Engineer, Full-Stack Developer, Game Developer, Machine Learning Engineer and Mobile App Developer. We read those ten inside the app on October 26, 2026.
Which ExpertEdge role path is the longest?
Cybersecurity Analyst, at about 302 estimated hours across 21 courses. Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing alone is 111 hours of it. The shortest is Data Engineer at about 161 hours.
Do the role paths overlap?
Yes. 12 skills appear in more than one of the ten technical roles, and Supervised & Unsupervised Learning, Data Modeling & Database Design and API Design & Development each appear in three. ExpertEdge does not say whether progress on a shared skill carries across roles, so check in the app.
Where do the hours come from?
They are ExpertEdge's own estimates, shown next to each skill in the app. We added them up and did not time the courses.
How this page was built
We read all ten technical role pages inside app.expertedge.org on 26 October 2026, signed in to a trial account Packt provided, and recorded each skill's course count and the estimated hours ExpertEdge shows. Totals, ranges and the shared-skill table are our arithmetic on those figures. ExpertEdge told us by email about the code EDUBRACKET50 and the $30 yearly sign-up payment, and confirmed on 27 October 2026 that it takes 50% off the first year; we have not run the checkout ourselves. We have not taken the courses, so this page says nothing about their quality, and the seven non-technical roles are not covered.
Bottom line
ExpertEdge's ten technical paths run from 161 to 302 estimated hours inside one $120 yearly plan, and 12 skills are shared between roles. Open the role closest to your goal and read its skills before you pay. See the roles on ExpertEdge.
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