15 Top-Paying IT Certifications for 2018

2018 Top 15 Paying IT Certifications:

1. Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) – $121,363
2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate – $121,292
3. Project Management Professional (PMP®) – $114,473
4. AWS Certified Developer – Associate – $114,148
5. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – $111,475
6. Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) – $111,049
7. Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) – $108,043
8. Certified ScrumMaster – $106,938
9. Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) – $106,375
10. Six Sigma Green Belt – $104,099
11. Citrix Certified Professional – Virtualization (CCP-V) – $103,424
12. Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) – Server Infrastructure – $100,656
13. Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) – $99,684
14. Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching – $99,402
15. Citrix Certified Associate – Networking (CCA-N) – $99,217

Notable Trends:

• All but three of the top 15 certifications pay $100,000 or more.
• Six are in security (1, 5, 6, 9, and 13), up from four last year.
• Four are from ISACA (1, 6, 7, and 13), the most from any vendor, and up from three last year.
• Three are in virtualization and cloud computing (2, 4, and 11), down from four last year.
• Three are in business (3, 8, and 10), up from two last year.
• Two are in networking (14 and 15).
• One is based on Windows knowledge (12), down from three last year.
• All of the top seven certifications were also in last year’s top 10