15. Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – Windows Server 2012

Holders of the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) – Windows Server 2012 certifications bring in an average salary of $93,718, up from $76,988 last year, according to the Global Knowledge survey.

Microsoft has been working hard for years to be at the center of the data center, according to Global Knowledge, and thus demand for the MCSA – Windows Server 2012 has been and still is quite strong.

The MCSA – Windows Server 2012 demonstrates competency with server administration tasks such as file and storage configuration, configuring and managing high availability, group policy and virtualization, as well as configuring both network and Active Directory infrastructure.

This is one of the foundational certifications required to obtain the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Cloud Platform and Infrastructure.