Top 5 Highest Paying IT Certification in 2019

XiaoTong Hu
3 min readJul 24, 2019

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These IT certifications are considered to be a crucial stepping stone toward landing a great job in the technology sector and help you out to increase your expected starting salary, as listed in the Salary Guide 2019 Robert Half Technology.

So let’s take an in-depth look at the top 5 highest-paying IT certifications:

1. Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr)

Achieving this certification would grant you the Job Title of Network Architect, with an average salary of $137,500. Network architects are considered to be responsible for all aspects of creating data networks, from deciding about where cables would be laid to aligning projects with high-level of business objectives. The CCAr is considered amongst one of the most valuable certifications so as to have in the field of network architecture, but also it is difficult to attain.

This architect-level accreditation rests at the pinnacle of Cisco’s certification pyramid and is a Cisco Certified Design Expert is considered to be a prerequisite. Even applying for the CCAr program could be quite a challenge. The end result, however, could be quite worth every bit effort if it is going to help you land a high-paying network architect position.

2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Achieving this certification would grant you the Job Title of Applications architect, with an average salary of $135,750. Application architects are considered responsible for all elements of the applications they work with, from design and testing to technical support. The qualifications for this role are going to depend on the nature of the application itself, but there’s currently a strong demand for certified architects in Amazon’s cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Candidates for the associate level of this certification are required to have at least one year of hands-on AWS experience.

3. Project Management Professional (PMP)

Achieving this certification would grant you the Job Title of IT project manager/senior consultant, with an average salary of $115,500. PMP is considered to be a general certification that would be provided according to the Project Management Institute, which could help you out to land a salary increase of about up to 20 percent. PMP candidates would have at least 4,500 hours of project management experience and about 35 hours of project management education before they could apply. While the certificate is not specific to technology, many employers seek consultants and candidates who demonstrate leadership and proficiency in both IT and project management.

4. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Achieving this certification would grant you the Job Title of IT Data security analyst, with an average salary of $125,250. Information Security is considered to be vital to a company’s reputation and bottom line. Employers are having the desire to hire security analysts and network architects with a security-related certification because that credential is shorthand for expertise in this field. Several organizations are offering the Information Security certifications, with the most popular being the CISSP that is issued by (ISC)2.

5. Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

This certification is considered as one of the top-paying certifications in Linux arena with an average an annual salary of $90,000. The salary of certified engineers would be varying according to their job role, the organizations they are working with, and experience. If a certified engineer has about less than a 1 year of experience then the median annual salary would be $75,000 and this would be the increase exponentially with an experience of 10 to 15 years with the median salary being $97,194.

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