Top IT certifications

Top-paying certifications

The average highest paying certification categories worldwide were AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Professional ($120,136), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Architect ($118,756), and CISSP ($116,573). 
The report also listed the top-paying certification in each region. Here are the top five.
North America
  1. GCP Cloud Architect ($152,129) 
  2. CISM ($132,919)
  3. Certified ScrumMaster ($132,903)
  4. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate ($130,883) 
  5. AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate ($130,610) 
Latin America 
  1. TOGAF 9.1 ($74,646) 
  2. Six Sigma Green Belt ($71,532) 
  3. Project Management Professional ($63,064) 
  4. CCIE Routing and Switching ($57,685) 
  5. CISSP ($57,168)
Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) 
  1. GCP Cloud Architect ($103,448) 
  2. TOGAF 9.1 ($99,402)
  3. GCP Data Engineer ($97,175) 
  4. CISSP ($95,340) 
  5. PRINCE2 Practitioner ($87,987)
Asia-Pacific  
  1. TOGAF 9.1 ($102,503) 
  2. GCP Data Engineer ($98,254) 
  3. CGEIT ($94,147) 
  4. CRISC ($93,582) 
  5. CISSP ($91,688)

Cybersecurity is the most popular certification 

The most popular certifications were in cybersecurity, based on the amount of CISSP, CISA, CISM, and CRISC certifications across regions. With the number of public cybersecurity breaches in 2019, along with mounting rise of malware and ransomware, cybersecurity certifications are lucrative.
Check out the full report from Global Knowledge for a complete list of popular certifications, as well as resources for where to get them.

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