{"id":28917,"date":"2017-04-20T15:42:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T15:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2017\/apr\/20\/15-top-paying-it-certifications-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-04-20T15:42:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T15:42:21","slug":"the-15-highest-paying-it-certifications-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/the-15-highest-paying-it-certifications-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The 15 highest paying IT certifications in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/media\/iStock-508410428.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Security-related certifications pay on average over $17,000 per year more than the median IT certification salary.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tweet_quote\">Citrix certifications have annual salaries that range from $99,411 to $105,086 with a median salary of $102,365.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect &ndash; Associate is paying a median salary of $125,091.<\/li>\n<li>Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications are the most pervasive, with 730,000 active PMPs in 210 countries and territories worldwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These and many other insights about the highest-paying certifications this year are from Global Knowledge&rsquo;s latest research on the salary levels and market conditions for IT certifications. Their recent survey is summarized in the article,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalknowledge.com\/us-en\/content\/articles\/top-paying-certifications\/\" > 15 Top Paying Certifications for 2017<\/a>. This year Global Knowledge distributed the survey globally, providing the 15 top paying IT certifications for the United States recently. A certification had to have at least 115 survey responses to ensure that the data was statistically valid, and the certification exam had to be currently available.<\/p>\n<p>Key insights on the 15 top paying IT certifications in 2017 include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strong demand continues for IT professionals with Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) certifications. <\/strong>Global Knowledge estimates than more than 20,000 people worldwide have earned this credential. Ninety-six percent of those who have earned it keep it current. Demand for this certification is outstripping supply, driving up salaries in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>All five AWS certifications available pay above market with the average salary being $125,591.<\/strong> Global Knowledge found that each of the five available AWS certifications pays above $100,000 a year. There&rsquo;s clearly a shortage of certified AWS architects available today, as IT organizations often compete to hire IT professionals with this and more AWS certifications. Please see the Global Knowledge post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalknowledge.com\/us-en\/content\/articles\/what-it-takes-to-earn-a-top-paying-aws-certification\/\" >What It Takes To Earn a Top-Paying AWS Certification<\/a> for additional details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Honourable mentions include Cisco and CompTIA certifications, including CompTIA+ Security which pays an average salary of $89,147. <\/strong>CompTIA A+ certifications pay $79,877, CompTIA Network+ certifications pay $81,601, and Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching, $83,945.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Average income across all 15 certifications is $109,721.<\/strong> Certifications that specialize in security pay an average salary of $127,061 a year, over $17,000 more than the median salary across the top 15 certifications.&nbsp; The three Microsoft certifications range in salary from a high of $101,150 to a low of $93,718, with a median salary of $98,142. Citrix certifications have annual salaries that range from $105,086 to $99,411, with a median salary of $102,365. The following table provides a breakout of the top 15 IT certifications in 2016 according to Global Knowledge&rsquo;s salary study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12160\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blogs.forbes.com\/louiscolumbus\/files\/2017\/03\/most-valuable-certifications.jpg\" alt=\"Most Valuable IT Certifications, 2017 \" width=\"883\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2017\/apr\/12\/key-cloud-certifications-needed-boost-your-career-2017\/\">Read more: The key cloud certifications needed to boost your career in 2017<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security-related certifications pay on average over $17,000 per year more than the median IT certification salary.<br \/>\nCitrix certifications have annual salaries that range from $99,411 to $105,086 with a median salary of $102,365.<br \/>\nAWS Certified Solutions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28917"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29212,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28917\/revisions\/29212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}