Do You Have a Top-Paying IT Certification?
Still thinking about whether to go and get the latest certification this year? Well, Global Knowledge has recently released a review of the 15 top-paying certifications for 2014 that might help you make up your mind.
Top 15:
- Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) by ISACA – $118,253
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) by ISACA – $114,844
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) by ISACA – $112,040
- Six Sigma Green Belt – $109,165 [not exactly IT specific, but it made the list]
- Project Management Professional (PMP®) by PMI – $108,525
- Certified Scrum Master by Scrum Alliance – $107,396
- Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer (CCEE) – $104,240
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix NetScaler – $103,904 [as this cert has been discontinued, IT pros will need to transition to the Citrix Certified Professional – Networking (CCP-N)]
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) by International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) – $103,822
- ITIL v3 Foundation by AXELOS – $97,682
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix XenServer – $97,578
- ITIL Expert Certification – $96,194
- Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) – $95,602
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) – $95,276
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix XenDesktop – $95,094
Honorable Mentions:
- CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional – $114,287
- RHCSA: Red Hat Certified System Administrator – $94,802
- VCP-DCV: VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization – $94,515
- JNCIA: Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate – $94,492
- CCNP: Cisco Certified Network Professional -$90,833
- CCNA R&S: Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching – $81,308
ITtechExec: Protecting Tech Careers Since 2001 
I’m confused. How does one that scores in dollars, higher than numbers 3 through 15 only get an honorable mention? Or am I mis-reading what the point was, I thought the topic was top paying IT certifications… maybe it was by volume of people holding it as well… I’ll have to go read the original article…
monty3038
January 29, 2014
I thought that too, Ken, when I first read the honorable mention list. They do state that those on the honorable mention list they only had a small sampling for.
@Rezlady & @ITtechExec: Career Pros for Technical Candidates
January 29, 2014