FIGURE 1
Source: Foote Partners, IT Skills and Certifications Pay IndexTM (88,200 IT professionals) www.footepartners.com   
FIGURE 2
(surveyed through July 2009 - 88,200  IT professionals,) Security Skills/Certs Premium Pay
RISING PAY: IT SECURITY CERTIFICATIONS % change in value Jan '09 to July '09 % change in value Dec '07 to July '09
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) 25.0% 42.9%
EC-Council/Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) 25.0% 25.0%
GIAC Certified Incident Manager (GCIM) 22.2% na
Check Point Certified Master Architect (CCMA) 20.0% na
GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA) 20.0% 20.0%
GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA) 20.0% 20.0%
Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) 12.5% -10.0%
GIAC Secure Software Programmer - .Net  9.1% na
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CSP) 9.1% 9.1%
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) 9.1% -7.7%
GIAC Security Expert(GSE)/Security Leadership(GSLC) 7.1% 25.0%
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) 0.0% 40.0%
InfoSys Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP/CISSP)   0.0% 16.7%
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) 0.0% 15.4%
CWNP/Planet3 Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP) 0.0% 11.1%
InfoSys Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP/CISSP) 0.0% 7.7%
RISING PAY: NONCERTIFIED IT SKILLS    
ITIL 0.0% 14.3%
Network security management 0.0% 14.3%
OVERALL PERFORMANCE (SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS)    
ALL 190 SECURiTY CERTIFICATIONS SURVEYED 0.6% 2.5%
ALL 190 CERTIFICATIONS SURVEYED -2.0% -6.5%
ALL 195 NONCERTIFIED SKILLS SURVEYED -1.1% -1.0%
Source: Foote Partners, IT Skills and Certifications Pay IndexTM (88,200 IT professionals) www.footepartners.com