In reply to Steve Stephens.

I would disagree about most CMS, and I'd also focus on the fact that WordPress is used as an application framework a lot nowadays, or for numerous multisites and other solutions other than standard websites. Acquia has a detailed certification program for Drupal for example - https://www.acquia.com/customer-success/learning-services/acquia-certification-program-overview - and most of the frameworks/platforms used for building web solutions rely on technical background in order to be able to produce an adequate solution.

Again, we're aiming for unifying some job positions for the sake of everyone - clients, employers and contractors. People configuring WordPress installs can keep doing it, SEO and marketing folks can still use WordPress and make the rest of the magic, but hiding the people with the technical background behind the ocean of self-named experts, developers, professionals, gurus, ninjas and so on does not help the ongoing development of the WordPress Core and the entire plugin and theme ecosystem.