Saw this advert for Top 5 IT Certs

[citizensmith]

Saw this Univerity advert http://www.wgu.edu/blogpost/top-5-it-certifications-2014-infographic for the top 5 IT certs with there potentiel average earnings

CCNA $83k
MCSA $83k
Sec+ $80k
CCENT $75k
Net+ $71k

Is that for real? In Blighty a CCNA from college might get you in the door on £21k. Iv'e got most of these plus school of life etc and make around £35k with the local tax breaks. Is this just a con to get student fees?

 

[Nerm]

Location, location, location. Those statements normally base off the highest paying metro area they can find. £35k/year would be about $48k/year in U.S. currency and would be about right for CCNA entry level salary for my area, but two hours north in a much larger city entry level salary for a CCNA is about $70k.

 

[BrentfromZulu]

I see a lot of crap like this. Like, some articles show network administrator at 120k, desktop support at 85k, etc, whereas in real life is 60-90k / 45-65k or something along those lines.

 

[mraikes]

Saw this Univerity advert http://www.wgu.edu/blogpost/top-5-it-certifications-2014-infographic for the top 5 IT certs with there potentiel average earnings

CCNA $83k
MCSA $83k
Sec+ $80k
CCENT $75k
Net+ $71k

Is that for real? In Blighty a CCNA from college might get you in the door on £21k. Iv'e got most of these plus school of life etc and make around £35k with the local tax breaks. Is this just a con to get student fees?

Check out their sources in fine print under the infographic. The average salaries are not as cut and dried as the graphic implies, nor always without conflict of interest.

For example, the last "source" (indeed.com) lists Security Administrator at $70k without clarifying what that title means or what is required (in experience or education) to be a Security Administrator. So how does that precisely translate into the exact certifications listed on the graphic? It doesn't.

That Top 5 certifications list is a marketing piece from WGU- not a research report.

 

[Encrypted Existence]

Saw this Univerity advert http://www.wgu.edu/blogpost/top-5-it-certifications-2014-infographic for the top 5 IT certs with there potentiel average earnings

CCNA $83k
MCSA $83k
Sec+ $80k
CCENT $75k
Net+ $71k

Is that for real? In Blighty a CCNA from college might get you in the door on £21k. Iv'e got most of these plus school of life etc and make around £35k with the local tax breaks. Is this just a con to get student fees?

Those numbers are meant to sell you on their (WGU's) services. The bottom two certs in that list are entry-level certs. You'd (not you specifically) be well off to get a job making $30 k with a Network +. The real money comes with a balance of certs and experience (not saying that you can't make a decent living with experience alone). Also, I work with several networking professionals (CCNA and even CCNP certified) that I know for a fact do not make that much. With that being said, a CCNP with 5+ years of experience making $80 k + is not at all far fetched. I'm currently headed in that direction

 

[Nerm]

Those numbers are meant to sell you on their (WGU's) services. The bottom two certs in that list are entry-level certs. You'd (not you specifically) be well off to get a job making $30 k with a Network +. The real money comes with a balance of certs and experience (not saying that you can't make a decent living with experience alone). Also, I work with several networking professionals (CCNA and even CCNP certified) that I know for a fact do not make that much. With that being said, a CCNP with 5+ years of experience making $80 k + is not at all far fetched. I'm currently headed in that direction

Again location is key. For example where I live help desk tech's with only an A+ make more than $30k/year and a tech with Network+ can easily start in the $40k/year range with little to real world experience. Still no tech with only a Network+ is going to make $80-$100k/year regardless of location or experience as that site seems to suggest.

 

[AdamsAPlus]

Before I started my own business I worked in the corporate world for many years. I saw different studies all the time like the one you mentioned. Since I have a lot of certs I would always check out these studies. I have no idea how they get their data. Yes Certs will help you get a job. I'm a strong believer in Certs if you don't use braindumps to get them. But when it comes to getting a job and figuring out the pay, there is a lot more to it than suggested on the study. They don't ever say how many of these work for the government and require a top secret clearance. (that will add a lot to your salary). They don't mention how many people have to do a lot of traveling. There is a lot to a job that can affect the salary, and that is never mentioned in these studies.

I believe those are the top 5 certs. And I believe people with those certs that have worked hard to advance their careers and have worked for 20+ years are making that kind of money. Not to mention getting certs are addictive. So no telling what other certs those people may carry.