IT Certifications

For It professionals anywhere, IT certifications can help in gaining skills that are proven and valuable. They help experienced and budding tech enthusiasts to be proficient in their respective domains.  To show the employers your expertise, certification gives you the proper validation and experience of your skills in Information Technology. These top IT certifications are enabling the professionals to capture a six-figure salary job even during the pandemic era of COVID-19

Top 10 IT certifications in demand for 2021

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Certification


This certification teaches how to design, scale and plan implementations over AWS using over 70 cloud computing services. This AWS certification is lined up with the AWS exam featured by Amazon, offering the best practices. The key feature of the course includes 16 live demonstrations of AWS services, 3 simulation exams with 60 questions each, 3 real-time industry projects with lab integrated, 60+ hours of applied learning. AWS solution planning, AWS architecture best practice, designing resilient AWS implementations, AWS cost estimation, AWS implementation optimization, AWS data IO. All these skills are covered in the course. According to the pay scale, the average annual salary can be up to US$113,000.

Certified Cloud Security Professional

The CCSP certification is a proven way to lift up your career. Earning the CCSP certificate shows that you have advanced technical skills to design, direct and secure data and applications in the cloud using the best procedures. This certification exam includes cloud concepts, design, security, systems engineers, security architects, systems architects or consultants, engineers or managers, and risk and complaisance. The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification is offered through the International Information System Security Certification Consortium. According to the pay scale Average annual salary can be up to US$118,559

Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE)
The CDPSE focuses on the validation of technical skills and knowledge that is required for assessing, building, and implementing privacy solutions. The holder of CDPSE gets to fill the gap in technical privacy skills. To qualify for the exam the candidate requires at least 5 years of experience in privacy governance and architecture and 2 years of experience for those holding CISA, CRISC, CISM, CGEIT, or CSX-P certification.

Certified Data Professional (CDP)

The CDP is an updated certification of the Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP). The Certified Data Professional course enables the candidate to choose over a range of domains that includes business analytics, data analytics, and design, data governance, data integration, and interoperability, data management, data warehousing, enterprise data architecture, information systems, or IT management, and more. The average annual salary can be up to US$45,000

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

This course entails the latest commercial-grade hacking tools and techniques as well as methodologies that are used by a hacker, and also teaches the information security professionals to lawfully hack an organization. The responsibility of an ethical hacker stands in finding weaknesses in an organization’s networks and systems and using that knowledge to secure and protect the company against any potential threat. The average annual salary can be up to US$81,000

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

For the CISM certification exam, the candidates are required to have a minimum of 5 years of experience in information security management. Those candidates having experience in the fields of information security governance, risk management, compliance, and incident management are also preferred. This certification is aimed at those working in IT, having an eye on the management track. The average annual salary can be up to US$126,525

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
It is one of the globally recognized certifications in the market of information security. The information security professional gets certification to deep technical and managerial knowledge and skills, effective designing, and manage the overall security of an organization. Successful candidates are competent in the following 8 domains:

  • Security and Risk Management
  • Asset Security
  • Security Architecture and Engineering
  • Communication and Network Security
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Security Assessment and Testing
  •  Security Operations
  • Software Development Security
    Candidates require at least five years of cumulative, paid work experience in two or more of the eight domains included in the (ISC)² CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). The average annual salary can be up to US$114,293.

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
It is the technical certification offered by Cisco Systems. This certification is accepted worldwide as the most reputable networking certification in the industry. Once passing the CCIE exam, the candidate has to reach the highest level of Cisco certification currently available.  The average annual salary is up to US$126,000.

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
This examination is a 120-minute exam. This tests candidate’s knowledge and skills that are related to fundamentals, IP connectivity, and services, security and network fundamentals, automation, and programmability. The course, Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA), helps candidates prepare for this exam. The average annual salary is up to US$78,000.

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
The next step for CCNA is CCNP. With CCNP the candidate can choose to be certified in data centre, CyberOps, collaboration, DevNet, service provider, and security. It is recommended to have at least 5 years of experience for any certification.