Top-Paying Technology Certifications, from ECIH to CCNA ...

EC-Council Certified Incident Handler (ECIH). Pay Premium: 13 percent of base salary. Market Value Increase: 30 percent in the first six ... Earningacertificationcanincreaseyourtechnicalknowledgeandhelpyougaintherespectofyourpeers…butnotallcertificationsresultinhigherpay.(Andyes,certificationsarestillworthit.) Employersareoftenwillingtopayacashpremiumabovebasesalaryfortechproswithcertificationsinvitaltechnologyareassuchassecurity,explainedDavidFoote,chiefanalystofFootePartnersLLC.They’realsowillingtopaybigfortechproswhoarecertifiedinemergingtechnologies,atleastuntilthesupplyoftalentcatchesupwithdemand.(Andfortunately,employershaveshownawillingnesstopayforemployees’certificationclasses.) Whatarethebestcertificationstoboostyourpay?Here’salookatthecertsthatregisteredthebiggestgainsinmarketvalueduringthefirsthalfoftheyear,basedondatacollectedforFootePartners’ITSkillsandCertificationPayIndex.   EMCSystemAdministrator,DocumentumSpecialist(EMCSyA) PayPremium:8percentofbasesalary. MarketValueIncrease: 33.3percentinthefirstsixmonths.  Withunstructureddatagrowingatarateof62percentperyear,businessesarelookingfortoolsandplatformssuchasDocumentum,aswellascertifiedtalenttomanageunstructureddatasothatitisaccessible,searchable,availableandrelevant. EC-CouncilCertifiedIncidentHandler(ECIH) PayPremium:13percentofbasesalary. MarketValueIncrease: 30percentinthefirstsixmonths. Withtheunemploymentrateincybersecuritybasicallyatzero,it’snotsurprisingthatthevalueoftheECIHcertincreased30percentduringthefirsthalfoftheyear. Whetheryou’relookingtobreakintothecybersecurityfield,orsimplybecomemoreeffectiveinyourcurrentrole,theECIHprovidesthefundamentalskillstohandleandrespondtovarioussecurityincidentssuchasnetworksecuritybreaches,maliciouscodeincidentsandinsiderattackthreats. SASCertifiedBigDataProfessionalUsingSAS9 PayPremium:9percentofbasesalary. MarketValueIncrease: 28.6percentinthefirstsixmonths.  Youdon’tnecessarilyneedabusinessdegreetoscoreagreatpositioninBigDataanalyticsifyoucompletethisnine-coursecurriculumcoveringthefundamentalsofstatisticsandanalytics,reporting,datavisualizationandhowtoworkwithHadoop,Hive,PigandSAS. Bestofall,youcancompletetheentireprogramintwoto12months,dependingonyourtimecommitment. CiscoCertifiedNetworkProfessional–Cloud MarketValueIncrease: 28.6percentinthefirstsixmonths PayPremium: 9percentofbasesalary Withcloudadoptionratesontherise,administrators,designers,architects,engineersanddatacenterprofessionalscanallboosttheirjobsecurityandmarketvaluebyvalidatingtheirproficiencyinhandlingandrespondingtovarioussecurityincidents.Thiscertalsodemonstratesyourknowledgeofcloudadministrationandabilitytodesignandimplementnetwork,storageandcloudinfrastructuresolutions. Gettingthiscertisano-brainer,especiallyifyouremployerwillcovermostofthetrainingandexamcosts.  GIACCertifiedForensicsExaminer(GCFE)   MarketValueIncrease: 25percentinthefirstsixmonths. PayPremium: 10percentofbasesalary. Althoughthevalueofthe92information/cybersecuritycertstrackedbyFootePartnersgrew.05percentduringthefirsthalfoftheyear,thebiggestgainersinvolvedauditing,ethicalhacking,projectmanagementandforensics.TheGCFEcertificationfallsintothiscategory. Yes,eachGCFEcertificationattemptcosts$1,899(andincludestwopracticetests),butthisarticlefromCSOoutlinesthefourreasonswhyforensicswillremainapillarofcybersecuritydespitetheriseofsecurityautomation. FootealsopointedoutthatPMswhocompleteasecuritytrainingandcertificationprogramhaveseentheirmarketvaluerise10percentduring2018. VMwareCertifiedAdvancedProfessional7–CloudManagementandAutomationDeployment MarketValueIncrease: 25percentinthefirstsixmonths. PayPremium: 10percentofbasesalary. Thiscloudcredential(anditslittlebrother,VMwareCertifiedProfessional7–CloudManagementandAutomationDeployment,basedonvSphere6.5 andvRealize)recognizesITprofessionalswhocanextenddatavirtualizationthroughoutthecloud. VMwareCertifiedDesignExpert6–DataCenterVirtualization MarketValueIncrease: 25percentinthefirstsixmonths PayPremium: 10percentofbasesalary. Demandforcertifieddatacenterprofessionalswithvirtualizationskillsisatanall-time-high,withstartingsalariesaveragingbetween$87,000and$99,000,dependingonyourexperiencelevel. Plus,theVCDE6-DCVsitsfirmlybetweentraditionaldatacenternetworkingandcloudmanagement,soitappealstoawidenetworkingaudience,Footesaid. NotethatcandidatesmustthoroughlyunderstandDomainNameSystem(DNS),routinganddatabaseconnectivitytechniques,andknowhowtodeploy,configure,manageandscaleVMwarevSphereenvironmentsandstorageatanadvancedlevel. EC-CouncilComputerHackingForensicInvestigator(CHFI) MarketValueIncrease: 25percentinthefirstsixmonths. PayPremium: 15percentofbasesalary. Ifyouwanttobecomeacomputerhackingforensicinvestigator,theCHFIcoversawiderangeoftopicsandtools,includinganoverviewofdigitalforensicsandtheinvestigationprocess,workingwithdigitalevidence,anti-forensics,databaseandcloudforensics,andinvestigatingnetworktraffic,aswellasmobileandemailforensics.  ClouderaCertifiedDataAnalyst MarketValueIncrease: 22.2percentinthefirstsixmonths. PayPremium: 11percentofbasesalary. Earningthiscertificationshowsthatyoucanprepare,structureandanalyzedatainCloudera’sCDHenvironment.Italsodemonstratescoreanalystskillssuchastheabilitytoload,transformandmodelHadoopdatatodefinerelationshipsandextractmeaningfulresultsfromtherawoutput.  CiscoCertifiedNetworkAdministrator–Cloud MarketValueIncrease: 20.0percentinthefirstsixmonths. PayPremium: 6percentofbasesalary. Anentry-levelcredential,theCCNA-Cloudvalidatesaprofessional’sabilitytosupportcloud-basedCiscosolutionsinanSMBcloudenvironment,andtosupportaseniorcloudengineerinanenterpriseenvironment. Havingthiscertificationcanalsoprovidecareeropportunitiesforemployeesofbusinessandchannelpartnerorganizationswhoaretransitioningfromothertechnicalareassuchasdatacenterornetworking.Furthermore,theCCNA-Cloudwasrecentlynamedoneoffivebestcloudcertsbycloudnews. Postnavigation SteveJobsImaginedThisCriticalAppStoreFeature…in1983IsGoogleAimingDuplexatHelpDeskandCustomerServiceJobs? OneResponseto“Top-PayingTechnologyCertifications,fromECIHtoCCNA-Cloud” Hallo,ineedalearnershiponIT,andI’vegotanITessentialcertificate July12,2018at3:58am Reply Clickheretocancelreply. Name(required) Email(willnotbepublished)(required) Comment Δ RelatedJobs Searchjobsintheserelatedcategories... NetworkSpecialist SecurityEngineer SecurityAnalyst YOURCAREER.YOURPATH.Findoutwhatyou'reworth. Discoverskillstoearnmore. Applyforjobs. 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