Top 10 Certification Groups By Annual Salary

Cloud, Cybersecurity Dominate Certifications

What certifications carry the most cache – and highest salaries – among technology professionals in the U.S. and Canada?

Respondents to a survey by Cary, N.C.-based business training and certification provider Global Knowledge ranked cloud computing and cybersecurity at the top of the list of technology areas they expect their organizations to focus on in the coming year (37 percent for each), with virtualization a distant third (27 percent).

Click through to read the top 10 certification groups by average annual salary, based on a minimum of 105 respondents to the Global Knowledge survey who hold those certifications.