8. Cisco Certified Network Associate Data Center
Holders of the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Data Center bring in an average salary of $107,045, according to Global Knowledge’s survey, up from $94,803 last year.
Cisco’s data center certification track was introduced in 2012 and focuses on technologies such as networking, storage, compute, virtualization and network services.
Achieving CCNA data center certification requires passing two exams, the first of which focuses on networking aspects such as configuring and verifying Nexus technologies, VLANs and coming up with an IP address scheme. The second exam primarily covers unified computing, virtualization and storage networking.
CCNA Data Center is a great place to begin certification, according to Global Knowledge, due to the breadth of the exam and widespread use of Cisco technologies.
