IT certification pay surges as noncertified skills slump
Cash pay premiums for 663 IT certifications jumped sharply, posting their strongest quarterly jump in roughly a decade, according to new data from Foote Partners’ IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index. Conversely pay for 746 noncertified IT skills dropped 2.2% in Q1 2026, representing the steepest single-quarter decline since 2002, the data revealed. “The upheaval we’ve been seeing in bonuses …