Professional certification from the PMI, IPMA, or other accredited sources, can show your employer or future employers your capabilities in project management. Determining if certification can give you the added skill needed to build a career depends on each person's unique professional situation and personal career goals. Often employers like having their project managers with at least one type of management certification, but many job opportunities will be free of certification requirements. If you want to improve your annual management salary, then certification may be something you would be interested in attaining. According to sites like Payscale, they see a median income increase for those who have completed program management professional certifications.