Once deemed as the ticket to higher pay, tech certificates are now essential to avoid the unemployment line. Here are some tips on which certifications are worth pursuing
They're not dead. They're not completely useless. But some skills are well on their way to being a thing of the past, and so are the high pay rates they once commanded
Companies are paying higher bonuses to IT staff who are certified in security, database management and project management than to IT staff with standalone skills, according to a survey conducted by New Canaan, Conn.-based research and advisory company Foote Partners LLC.
Salary increases for security professionals have dropped over the past 18 months, despite the renewed focus on security since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a survey released yesterday by the SANS Institute Inc.
Demand and pay for IT security professionals continue to rise, while those of professionals in other IT positions, such as database administration and e-commerce, remain the same, according to two surveys released Dec. 4.