VCP annual salary compared to other certifications
VMware Certified Professionals command higher salaries, report shows is SearchServerVirtualization.com blog written by Joe Foran that explores the value of the VCP certification. Joe uses indeed.com to create a graph that compares the average annual salary of today’s popular technical certifications to demonstrate that, as Joe puts it, “the VCP is as hot as ever”. I figured if Joe can do it I can do it too, so I used indeed.com to recreate basically the same salary comparison table for this post.
Certification Annual Salary Comparison
Joe’s post is actually an update to his first post on the VCP salary topic published around 6 months ago, and he plans to continue to monitor the certification salary trends in the future. He also plans to add the new VMware certs and any Citrix Xen certs in future updates. For now, Joe points out trend differences since his last post:
“Since I last covered this topic, the following shifts occured:
- The VCP gained $3,000
- The A+ climbed $6,000
- Network+ declined $1,000
- MCP gained $1,000
- MCSE gained $2,000
- CCA lost $2,000
- CCEA picked up $2,000
- RHCT picked up $3,000
- RHCE picked up$2,000
- RHCA lost $1,000
The big gain in VCP salaries over a period of less than six months shows that this technology is still very much an in-demand skill set and a hot certification to show off. It’s a new year and salaries did jump overall, so this is reflected in the data.”
There were also a few comments on the post that bring up some valid points.
LarryP writes:
“I can recall when the same analysis started to be reported about the “value” of the MCSE certification. What is missing from any of these charts is the average income of the same person before and after they achieve the certification. Any gain in average income could easily be accounted for by highly experienced (and paid) industry veterans gaining the cert.”
Hannah Drake writes:
“I think it ties into staying on top of your career path to remain competitive among other applicants if you apply for a new job - if applicant one has VCP certification, but other than that has the same credentials as applicant two, a company is most likely going to go with applicant one. Joe Foran and I chatted about this when I interviewed him about the value of the VCP- check it out here:
http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid179_gci1277567,00.html#”
I want to also note that the comments from Rich on Joe’s post are not from me!
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