TOP 10 IT CERTIFICATIONS FOR FUTURE

In this post I have tried to cover the 10 top most IT certifications which could help you to boost your  career and could gain you a very good hike in your salary.

10)Programming Languages:

A programming language is the prime and soul of any technology. Wikipedia defines “A programming language is a formal language that specifies a set of instructions that can be used to produce various kinds of output. Programming languages generally consists of instructions for a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that implement specific algorithms"

We have Python ,java, C#, Swift, Scala R, SAS, JavaScript and TypeScript which are the most hottest languages to upscale yourself. All the above certifications cost somewhere around 100$- $250 per exam. So stop thinking so much, up skill yourself  and go ahead .

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9)DevOps Certifications;

Next we are going to talk about the Devops. Devops is not about one single tool. It is not owned by one single organization. Since it is a practice and involves multiple tools ,there are certifications for each and every tools .

The most valued certifications are those of Jenkins ,Docker ,Puppet ,Chef and Kubernetes.

Certified Jenkins engineer certifications offered by cloudbees costs around $200

Docker certified associate level certification costs around 1$95.

 Puppet-System Administration costs around 200$

The certification cost for the certified SAP developer is $175 and finally the certification cost for kubernetes certified administrator exam is 300 US Dollars.

Before going for any certification you should have atleast two to three years of experience working with that tool while also having strong IT administration skills.

8)Web Development Certifications:

 As we know there always has been a high demand for good web developers and many of you would have learned the fundamental web development on your own through your curriculum or some other mediums. But the best thing would be to get certified in this as this will really boost your career and will eventually leave you to earn more money.

The most popular web development certifications are Adobe certified expert certification, Microsoft developer certification namely Microsoft Technology associate and Microsoft certified solution developer

Google developer certification for web development and zend certified PHP engineer.

 All the certifications cost around 100$ to $200 per exam. All of them requires good knowledge of fundamentals that is HTML and JavaScript and also a work experience of 1 to 3 years will surely be a big help for you as you would already be familiar with the best code practices after clearing the certification exam you can for sure expect hike of 20% to 30%

7) Business Intelligence and Extract Transform Load ETL tools Certifications:

So the next we have in pur list is  Business Intelligence and Extract Transform load ETL tools. With the amount of data stored by companies growing exponentially it is no surprise that finding the right data management solution continuously show up on the priority list of every companies and the need of the hour for them is to translate data into information to plan for future business strategies. A BI solution helps in producing accurate reports by extracting data directly from your data source which also reduces the scope of area by providing managers with accurate data to make better decisions on what is happening now and the forecast for the future getting all that data into one place is a great challenge. Using the extract out of the ETL will solve that problem. This would help get your data, different data sources into homgenous format.

There are many BI and ETL tools in the market but the prominent ones are power BI, Pentaho BI, SAS, Tableau ,Informatica ,IBM Cognos,qlikview ,Microsoft BI, Teradata .They have their individual certifications ,but to clear those certifications you need a structured training , and I feel it’s worth your effort to acquire one such certificate as it would help you a lot to progress in your career.

6)BigData Certifications:

Next we are going to talk about big data certifications. So according to Folks, big data and Hadoop market is expected to reach 99.3 1 billions by 2022 and Mckenzie predict that by 2018 there will be a shortage of 1.5 million big data experts. If you have a big data Hadoop certification you are recognised in the industry as a capable qualified big data Expert. Theree are two measure Hadoop certifications namely cloudera and hortonworks.

 There are five Hadoop certification provided by Hortonworks: HDP certified developer,HDB certified Apache Spark developer, HDB certified Java developer, HDB certified administrator and Hortonworks certified associate.

BigData is the most trending and sought after technology of these days and near future.

5)Project Management Certifications:

So behind every successful IT project ,there will be highly skilled project manager working from behind the scenes. PMI( Project Management Institute) avails wide range of certifications in the field of project management of which the most popular ones are PMP that is professional management professional certifications ,ACP that is Agile certified practitioner , CAMP that is certified associate in project management and so on. The fees or cost of each of the certifications values from certificate to certificate and would cost you around $200 to $1400.

In order to apply for the certifications, all you need is to have a proper education and experience in the domain of applied certification.

4)Networking Certifications:

One of the largest categories of IT certifications and it careers have to be networking. There a different certifications available of different levels of expertise in networking that is whether you are someone who is looking to make a career in networking or you are already in the networking domain and looking to update your skills, there is certification available for each of your requirements. Some of the most popular certifications in networking a Cisco Certified internet work expert CCIE , Cisco Certified network profession CCNP, Network + wireshark certified network analyst WCNA. These certifications comes in the range of  around $300 to $400 and will require you to have good knowledge in topics such as routing and switching network security to pass the certifications exam.

3) Security Certifications:

Security certifications are more popularly known as information security certifications .The most sought after security certifications are CISSP certified Information System Security professional ,CISM certified information security manager, CISA certified Information Systems auditor and CEH certified ethical hacker.

The cost of these certifications may vary but most of the certifications would come under the range of $600 to $800.Iit is mandatory that you have at least 5 years of experience to get this certifications and at least 1 to 2 years of experience that is domain specific to the certification one opts for.

Some certification also requires you to have domain specific bachelor degree as well.

2) Data science Certifications:

Data science is very huge to make one skill evaluated by one or two data science certifications . However a data scientist certificate gives you that extra edge over the talented pool ensuring big data recruiters that you have real time competence to do DataScience in smarter, faster and optimised way.

There are no standard industry recognisable data scientist certification programs however below is the list of  best DataScience and Data Analytics certification that one can choose from:

First one is cloudera certified professional data scientist [CCP:DS], few other certifications are Cloudera Johns Hopkins Data Sciences Certification, EMC data science associate ,INFORMS certified analytics professional(CAP).

1)Cloud Certifications:

Talking about the cloud certification, as we know that most of the companies are moving their infrastructure on cloud, so there is a requirement in the industry for cloud computing experts as we know that most of the companies are moving their infrastructure on cloud and there are a lot of certifications out there in the market provided by various vendors.

 Let's talk about AWS first i.e; Amazon Web Services- Amazon Web Services provide AWS certified solution architect associate level, AWS certified solution architect professional level, AWS certified developer associate level, AWS certified SysOps administrator associate level and AWS certified devops engineer professional level.

We also have something from Microsoft to offer, Microsoft Azure : Microsoft certified solution expert MCSE Private Cloud, Microsoft Specialist Certification in Office 365, Microsoft Certified Specialist Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, ,Microsoft Certified Sub Specialist Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions, Microsoft Certified Sub Specialist Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions.

Also there are certifications provided by Google cloud platform, there are Cloud Architect, Data Engineering, G-Suite admin and G-Suite certification. All the certifications will range around 100$ to $250 and the kind of skill sets you required depends on the kind of certifications you are applying for. If you are applying for a solution architect you should have some admin background if you are applying for developer certifications you should have good coding skills so based on the kind of certifications you are applying skill sets will vary accordingly.

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