ISACA certifications attracting solid pay premiums

ISACA certifications are rapidly gaining in market value as employees scramble to find qualified technology professionals.

Combined, ISACA certifications have gained 15.3% in cash market value over the past six months, nearly doubling the average 8% growth across all security-related certifications, data from Foote Partners’ latest IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index show.

ISACA’s certified in risk information systems control (CRISC) certification, for example, commanded a median pay premium equivalent to 13% of base salary in the third quarter. This premium grew 18.2% in market value over the period.

Market value growth for ISACA’s certified information security manager (CISM) and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) also recorded substantial increases in pay premiums.

Security certifications overall had the highest gains among all certification categories covered in the latest report, which is based on data from US and Canadian employers.

Foote recently named ISACA’s vendor-neutral, performance-based CSX Practitioner (CSXP) cybersecurity certification as the top professional certification program in the 2016 SC Magazine Awards.

“ISACA certifications are doing extremely well right now,” Foote Partners Chief Analyst David Foote said.

“ISACA’s CSXP certification just appeared for the first time in our research results, earning between 9% and 14% of base salary in cash premium — very strong numbers for a relatively new certification.”

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