The Top-Paying IT Certifications for 2020 are based on the Global Knowledge 2020 IT Skills and Salary Survey, a report that will be released in the spring. The survey results are based on the average certification holder:
Current certifications they own, which other certification they’re likely to have, their age and most likely job role.
Other pertinent certification holder characteristics include their relevant skills, job role, tenure and hard work.
Top-paying IT certifications:
Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect — $175,761
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate — $149,446
CISM – Certified Information Security Manager — $148,622
CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control — $146,480
PMP® – Project Management Professional — $143,493
CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional — $141,452
CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor — $132,278
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — $131,465
VCP6-DCV: VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization — $130,226
ITIL® Foundation — $129,402
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals — $126,653
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate — $125,993
CCA-N: Citrix Certified Associate – Networking — $125,264
CCNP Routing and Switching — $119,178
CCP-V: Citrix Certified Professional – Virtualization — $117,069