15 top paying certifications of 2016

Lexluethar

Stats like this are a joke. The A+ is not worth anything close to that. Maybe 30k or 35k with a net+.

As others have said these studies are flawed. First off look who conducted the study - a training provider who has a vested interest in you spending money with them to get these certifications.

Secondly, the people with these certificationsites (esp low ones like a+) probable have a ton of other skillets, experience or certifications that actually got them to 70k.

Most of those numbers are laughable.

cyberguypr

^ What this guy says is true. I have some low level certs and "a ton of other skillets"

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Jaydel.Leach wrote: »

Wow! I figured this was the case. I see that you have CCNP. Is the figures here even close to right?

I make quite a bit more than what's listed there. I also have a bunch of entry level certs, and that's one of the reasons why surveys like these have no value. Senior Engineers/Architects with their permanent CompTIA certs from a long time ago would inflate the numbers for CompTIA certs. Then you also have entry-level technicians with professional/expert level certs bringing down those numbers. If you asked me a little over three years ago when I first got my CCNP, I would have told you that I don't even make half the listed salary in that survey.

alias454

mmm country skillets

StevenP2013

thomas_ wrote: »

This is like saying women like guys that are nice, caring, sensitive, etc. However this is in addition to a bunch of other things that get left off the list.

Basically, the people who make those salaries are probably senior people who have collected a lot of certs over the course of their careers. Their entry level certs probably aren't applicable to their current salary, the experience that they gained over the career is the big driver of their salary.

Obviously, I am here to discuss or get information about IT related topics. But, it is nice to see the comparison to women's lists of what they are supposedly looking for in a guy. They conveniently leave out the base info of having to be 6' tall, make over $100K, etc etc.

My two cents worth.. I have 3 certs on that list, and 4 not listed. I do not make what #20 is supposedly making.

danny069

Divide these numbers in half and you get the real salary lol

mog27

I needed a good laugh and this list provided that!

NOC-Ninja

this depends on the location and your experience.
the 160k in san jose wont go a long way compare to a other cheap states.

beads

@NOC-NINJA, et. al. Also keep in mind OP is transitioning from the Ft. Campbell. Southern KY/Norther Tennessee isn't exactly a hotbed of technology. Maybe he could find something in the Nashville are but I would say Memphis might be a better pick. Lots of, and this is wierd to me, healthcare positions there abouts. Toyota has a plant in the area as well. Really need to look much farther out as military tends to want to stay in the area they last serve or head back to where they came. Something about familiarity.

Personally, I couldn't wait to be away from Campbell. Just not my environment - if you get me.

I think it was the radio call-in guy "explainin'" how he couldn't go somewhere 'cause Aunt Ma and Uncle Pa wouldn't like that...

Look to a large city for IT work. A+ is for Best Buy Geek squad. The rest are like training wheels and WGU fodder.

- b/eads

culpano

doctorlexus wrote: »

You helped Bill Gates feed his kids. Be proud.

I've earned over $1m at one company purely on Microsoft certs and technologies so it's helped feed me too thanks.

I got a £500 a month raise back in 1998 purely for passing NT4 Workstation exam.

I'm not even an MCSE, I just passed the desktop exams over the years plus NT4 Server and TCP/IP yonks ago. I had a gap of 5 years doing Service Mgt stuff and after taking voluntary redundancy decided to start doing my Microsoft exams again.

So far I have passed the two configuring exams for Win 7 and Win 8.1 but just the Win 7 configuring exam got me a decent build/rollout job without an interview.

I've never touched Cisco stuff nor mucked about with routers and switches and it never did me any harm.

It's easy to be smart and disrespect Microsoft but it's kept me in a decent career and for me MS stuff is and always has been very interesting.

billDFW

Where does one get a "Six Sigma Green Belt" cert ? Why isn't black belt listed ?

How about "Certified Scrummaster" etc stuff

beads

Question:

billDFW wrote: »

Where does one get a "Six Sigma Green Belt" cert ? Why isn't black belt listed ?

How about "Certified Scrummaster" etc stuff

Answers: Green Belt Certification | International Association for Six Sigma Certification

http://asq.org/cert/six-sigma-black-belt

https://www.scrumalliance.org/certifications/practitioners/certified-scrummaster-csm

beads

@BillDFW;

Six Sigma Black belts are in high demand with ISO 2700x and 3600x certified or want to be certified organizations. They are also as rare as hen's teeth if not moreso. Very difficult course work and real project mastery. I have meet and known a couple. Very sharp people.

I personally watched 'Redz' from this board pass the white belt exam in little less than five minutes but that's not to say the rest of the exams are easy by any means.

Scrum master comes out of the development world and is almost comparable to a form of project management but specialized hands on type of knowledge. Never meet a scrum master in person but then again I rarely deal with dev types during the course of my day. Business, yes. HR absolutely. Devs? Somewhere in a dark corner. Not that I have any problem with dev-types I just don't head to that side of the house very often.

- b/eads

billDFW

Thank you Beads !

Sorry to sound ill informed (hence the questions) but Agile seems the latest catch phrase now also

Any insight on that

beads

Agile is for lack of a better explanation an add on or another layer to scrum cycle adding "inspect-and-adapt" approach to the line of business perspective before thrown back in to the scrum.

The scrum methodology actually goes all the way back to 1971 and is you might guess well understood and practiced. Agile on the other hand is a newer iteration or refinement. All good to know for SDLC and the CISSP exams out there.

- b/eads

billDFW

beads wrote: »

Agile is for lack of a better explanation an add on or another layer to scrum cycle adding "inspect-and-adapt" approach to the line of business perspective before thrown back in to the scrum.

The scrum methodology actually goes all the way back to 1971 and is you might guess well understood and practiced. Agile on the other hand is a newer iteration or refinement. All good to know for SDLC and the CISSP exams out there.

- b/eads

Beads if entry-level cyber experience, and you could ONLY get one or two certs, what would you recommend ? Sec+ and PMP ? Would that combo generate some calls for interviews ?

Thank You

soccarplayer29

BILLDFW, I know this wasn't directed to me...but I feel like answering also.

Kind of a trick question, if you're entry level then you probably don't quality for the most attractive certs like CISSP, CCIE, PMP. So if you're truly entry level cyber then I'd guess the one or two most attractive for HR filters would be Sec+ and C|EH (don't kick me for including that).

If you're talking about which cert path for an entry cyber professional with only one or two certs then maybe Sec+ and wait 4 years for CISSP?

billDFW

soccarplayer29 wrote: »

BILLDFW, I know this wasn't directed to me...but I feel like answering also.

Kind of a trick question, if you're entry level then you probably don't quality for the most attractive certs like CISSP, CCIE, PMP. So if you're truly entry level cyber then I'd guess the one or two most attractive for HR filters would be Sec+ and C|EH (don't kick me for including that).

If you're talking about which cert path for an entry cyber professional with only one or two certs then maybe Sec+ and wait 4 years for CISSP?

Thank you ! I do believe I qualify to test for the PMP due to extensive PM type work (non IT) at my cuurent place (fed govt). That plus I have a Top Secret clearance and not that anyone cares but I am bilingual English/ Spanish

Agree no way I can (presently) do CISSP

MrGood

I'm starting on Sec+ so this is good news. I'm in DC area and I have to laugh about the 1hr commute comment, been doing it over 15yrs. It's not that bad.