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    6 Highest Paying Top IT Certifications And Learning Portfolio 2021

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    Devarpita Pathak | Aug 23, 2018 | 3178 Views | 0 Comments
    6 Highest Paying Top IT Certifications And Learning Portfolio 2021

    Opportunities are changing with every passing year and every technology version upgrade. The minimum shelf-life of IT skills and a tightening labor market is giving rise to IT skills gaps with every passing day. Businesses, these days are fighting hard to stay ahead of the curve and trying to hold onto their best talents and struggling to fill in workforce skill gap and key positions with corporate IT training on various innovative methods. In this age of automation, every IT pros is striving hard to stay abreast in their technology.


    Let us find out which IT certifications among the top certifications – MCSA, MCSE, CCNA, CEH, CISA, CISSP, ITIL, PMP, and others in technologies such as cybersecurity, cloud computing, business management and infrastructure library are the skills that are needed to become more valuable and higher- paid IT professionals.


    So, which IT certifications should you pursue if you want a top IT salary? Let"s take a look on top IT Certifications of 2018 but before moving forward check:- 

    PMP – Project Management Professionals


    why pmp


    This is one of the top paying IT certifications and created and administered by PMI – Project Management Institute and is the most recognized project management certifications getting salary as high as USD 114,473 as per recent survey (Global Knowledge).

     

    There are more than 770,000 active PMPs across 210 countries and territories worldwide. Certification path to certification has five test areas relating to the life cycle of a project – initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and closing. 

     

    PMP Certification validates expertise for any kind of project and is not specialized or limited to an industry. Check out the newly released PMBOKv6 updates.

     

    To get certified, individuals must have 35 hours of PMP training. Also, those who do not have a bachelor’s degree must have 7500 hours of project management experience and those who do need 4500 hours. To become certified, it is required to apply at the PMI website and once the application is approved one can sign up for the actual exam via Prometric.

     

    Also, maintenance of the certification 60 professional development units – PDUs – like CPEs in other certification is required every three years. 

     

    PMP Exam

     

    CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional

     

    Another excellent paying certification and offered by the International Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)² as a vendor-neutral credential, CISSP is designed aptly to validate security expertise of a professional. Upon completion of this certification can expect salaries as high as USD 111,475.

     

    cissp quick facts

     

    The demand is high and is projected to be so for many years. Unlike other security-related certifications, demand is high and can be earned an associate credential while working on the required experience and making this a valuable certification for those who want to get into the security field.

     

    The exam is offered at Pearson Vue Testing Centers and require 5 years of experience in Information Security IS. Continuing education credits are required each year to maintain your certification. In case one doesn’t have the work experience you can still earn an (ISC)² Associate designation by passing the exam while working toward the complete certification.

     

    An individual has up to 6 years to complete the required experience. The exam covers eight areas in computer security, including communications and network security, asset security, security, and risk management, software development security, security architecture and engineering, identity and access management, security operations and security assessment and testing.
     

     

     

    CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker

     

    Created and managed by EC-Council, CEH is aimed at security officers and auditors, site administrators and other professionals related to network and data security profiles. The exam is designed to test a candidates’ ability to find out vulnerabilities and weaknesses in a company’s network defenses using techniques and methods that hackers employ to break in and intrude.

     

     

    One can expect a salary as high as USD 106,375. Considering the relentless security breaches over the last few years, it is no surprises that this certification is back on the list of highly in demand certification. Both on-premise and cloud deployment, myriad of legal liabilities and data risk, the requirement for CEH is quite high hence the salaries reported. CEH exam topics include general background knowledge, security, tools or systems or programs used, procedures and methodology, regulation and policy and ethics.

     

    Check out available batches for CEH batches.

     

    CCP-V - Citrix Certified Professional – Virtualization

     

    CCP-V validates and advocates and deploy applications and virtual desktops using a variety of Citrix technologies, primarily XenApp and XenDesktop 7. The demand for CCP-V certification is fairly high, and supply is low in order to command a premium salary of as high as USD 103,424.

     

    Focused on XenApp and XenDesktop 7, the Citrix Certified Professional – Virtualization (CCA-V) require one to attain Citrix Certified Associate - Virtualization (CCA-V) certification. It is valid for three years. One can take the current version of the exam or attend a Citrix authorized class and forgo the exam as long as the certification has not expired.  

     

     

    Check out the complete list of upcoming training batches in multiple training modes.

     

    MCSE - Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert - Server Infrastructure

     

    This certification has seen significant change over the past years, was replaced by MCSE – Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, now this certification is no longer attainable if previously attained it remains on your transcript in the Active section. In current Microsoft certifications suite, MCSE Cloud Platform is a part of an expert line of Microsoft Certifications.

     

     

    The certification will validate the skills necessary to run an efficient data center using cloud technologies, systems management, identity management, virtualization, storage, and networking. The credential aligns with the roles such as cloud administrator, computer support specialist, cloud architect and information security analyst. The path to attain MCSE requires you to possess one of the four MCSA certifications and pass one of the several elective exams.

     

    Check out available batches for MCSA certification.
     

    CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor

     

    Courses that are usually obtained by those who have responsibilities including monitoring, auditing, controlling and/ assessing IT and business systems, CISA from ISACA one of the oldest certification body date back to 1978 with more than 130,000 people certified, can be expected. One can expect a salary of as high as USD 99,684. The certification is designed to judge the candidate’s ability to manage vulnerabilities and propose controls, processes, and updates to a company’s policies to ensure compliance with accepted business and IT standards.

     

    The certification requires five years of experience in information systems auditing, control or security and passing an exam which is only offered for two weeks windows twice per year. Registration is via the ISACA website and finds out about testing locations as well. Maintaining CISA certification is required and it means professionals education credits in continuation each year. 

     

     

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