Certification - December 2008 - (Page 25) FIGURE 2: AVERAGE SALARY BY CERTIFICATION Certification Average Salary (x $1,000) Certification Average Salary (x $1,000) AIS (Accredited Integration Specialist). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.07 APS (Accredited Platform Specialist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.36 ASE (Accredited System Engineer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.94 Brocade Certified Fabric Professional – BCFP. . . . . . . . . . . . 102.22 Brocade Certified SAN Designer – BCSD (also known as Brocade Certified Fabric Designer, or BCFD) . . . . . . . . 120.77 Brocade Certified SAN Manager – BCSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.14 CAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.01 CCA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.76 CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.16 CCDP (Cisco Certified Design Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.96 CCEA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.09 CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician). . . . . . . . . 67.56 CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) Routing & Switching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.33 CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.89 CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.87 CCVP (Cisco Certified Voice Professional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.83 Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.93 Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) . . . . . . . . . . 109.41 Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.43 Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) . . . . . . 100.38 Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE). . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.61 Cisco Firewall Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.06 Cisco IDS Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.32 Cisco Information Security Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.12 Cisco IOS Security Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.73 Cisco IP Communications Express Specialist. . . . . . . . . . . . . 103.56 Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.36 Cisco IPS Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.08 Cisco VPN Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.57 CISSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.87 CIW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.78 CompTIA A+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.19 CompTIA CTT+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.98 CompTIA Linux+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.51 CompTIA Network+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.22 CompTIA Project+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.38 CompTIA Security+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.61 CompTIA Server+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.70 CSA (Certified Systems Administrator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.44 CSE (Certified Systems Engineer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.43 CSP (Cisco Certified Security Professional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.94 CTP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.73 CWNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.17 CWSP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.12 EMC Proven Professional - Customer Engineer (EMCCE) . . . 72.04 EMC Proven Professional - Implementation Engineer (EMCIE) . . . 89.57 EMC Proven Professional - Product/Technology Specific (EMCPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.08 EMC Proven Professional - Storage Administrator (EMCSA) . . . 98.89 EMC Proven Professional - Technology Architect (EMCTA) 109.06 GCFA – GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.63 GCFW – GIAC Certified Firewall Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.53 GCIA – GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.80 GCIH – GIAC Certified Incident Handler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.84 GSEC – GIAC Security Essentials Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.26 GSLC – GIAC Security Leadership Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.69 GSNA – GIAC Systems and Network Auditor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.39 Hitachi Data Systems Certified Professional (Foundations) . . . 101.62 IBM Certified Application Developer / System Administrator – Lotus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.85 IBM Certified Database Administrator / Application Developer - DB2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.11 IBM Certified SOA Associate / Solution Designer. . . . . . . . . . 88.60 IBM Certified Solution Developer / System Administrator – WebSphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.33 IBM Certified Specialist – System x and BladeCenter . . . . . . 79.15 IBM Certified Specialist / Systems Expert Power Systems (System p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.53 IT Architect Certification (ITAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.00 Java Architect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.16 Java Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.49 Java Business Component Developer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.82 Java Developer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.90 Java Programmer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.72 Java Web Component Developer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.67 Master ASE (Accredited System Engineer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.76 Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) . . . . . . 86.02 Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) . . 63.91 Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.72 Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) . . . . . . . . . . 102.45 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) . . . . . . . . 78.23 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.44 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) . . . . . . . . . 76.95 Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.19 Nortel Certified Design Expert (NCDE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.81 Nortel Certified Design Specialist (NCDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.16 Nortel Certified Support Expert (NCSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.67 Nortel Certified Support Specialist (NCSS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.42 Nortel Certified Technology Expert (NCTE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.30 Nortel Certified Technology Specialist (NCTS). . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.91 Oracle DBA Certified Associate (OCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.78 Oracle DBA Certified Professional (OCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.34 Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.03 Red Hat Certified Engineer® (RHCE®) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.02 Red Hat Certified Technician® (RHCT®) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.56 SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.50 SNIA Certified Storage Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.46 Solaris Network Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.44 Solaris System Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.08 SSCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.12 TOGAF™ (The Open Group Architecture Framework) . . . . . 102.35 December 2008 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE 25
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