"CertCities.com, a leading Web site for IT certifications, this week unveiled its annual predictions for 2005's hottest certifications.

To no one's surprise, Cisco's high-level CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) garnered the most interest from IT certification seekers for 2005. Microsoft's MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) with a sub-specialization in security came in a close second.

CertCities.com put this list together from a recent reader survey. In it, the organization asked both which certification titles IT professionals hold and which ones they plan to get within the next 12 months. The difference between these two statistics is turned into a "reader interest score" for each title."

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