In a recent survey conducted by Global Knowledge in partnership with Tech Republic, the following are the top 5 certifications and corresponding average salaries:

PMP® – Project Management Professional $104,253
CCNA – Cisco Certified Network Associate $79,695
MCP – MS Certified Professional $74,438
MCSE – MS Certified Systems Engineer $86,454
ITIL® v3 Foundation $101,185

Global Knowledge reports, “Does the type of training one receives make a difference? Again, the answer is “yes”. After controlling for tenure, respondents who took only IT training had lower average salaries than their counterparts who did not take training in the prior year($74,025 vs. $80,130). However, if the respondent also took some form of project management or business-related training (including ITIL®) in addition to his or her IT training, that deficit reversed ($86,021 vs. $80,130).” To view the complete survey visit http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=3873&tag=nl.e101

We see this as a very positive sign that there is an increase in the value of process skills in the organization.  And for a second year in a row!!!  (See my 2009 blog entry at http://cppit.com/blog/2009/04/22/recent-study-says-economic-counter-trend-in-demand-for-it-process-and-architecture-skills/ )

Still good to be a geek; even better to be a process-oriented geek .