Which mainstay IT certifications should be in your list of credentials? What’s the next up-and-coming certification? It can all be very confusing. Global Knowledge Group recently published a survey identifying the top paying IT certifications in 2016. 6 of those Top 15 are in IT Security, which is reflective of what we’re seeing in the employment market. Information Technology is hot, and Security is extremely hot.
This article can help you answer these questions by providing a review of the 15 top-paying certifications. They provide a brief description of each, as well as the average salary that each certification commands based on the 2016 IT Skills and Salary Survey that Global Knowledge conducted in the fall of 2015.  Checkout the survey results:

http://blog.globalknowledge.com/2011/05/27/15-top-paying-it-certifications/