Consultant-senior system administrator vs junior systems administrator

The differences between consultants-senior system administrator and junior systems administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a consultant-senior system administrator and a junior systems administrator. Additionally, a consultant-senior system administrator has an average salary of $97,555, which is higher than the $62,225 average annual salary of a junior systems administrator.

The top three skills for a consultant-senior system administrator include windows server, database backup and infrastructure. The most important skills for a junior systems administrator are windows server, troubleshoot, and technical support.

Consultant-senior system administrator vs junior systems administrator overview

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$97,555	$62,225
Hourly rate	$46.90	$29.92
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	90,166	154,134
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Consultant-senior system administrator vs junior systems administrator salary

Consultants-senior system administrator and junior systems administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Average salary	$97,555	$62,225
Salary range	Between $68,000 And $139,000	Between $51,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Jacobs Engineering Group
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between consultant-senior system administrator and junior systems administrator education

There are a few differences between a consultant-senior system administrator and a junior systems administrator in terms of educational background:

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Consultant-senior system administrator vs junior systems administrator demographics

Here are the differences between consultants-senior system administrator' and junior systems administrators' demographics:

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.3% Female, 8.7%	Male, 88.4% Female, 11.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.7% White, 61.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 12.1% White, 61.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between consultant-senior system administrator and junior systems administrator duties and responsibilities

Consultant-senior system administrator example responsibilities.

Save company many hours of manual testing and developing by engineering Java applications to automate tedious tasks.
Work via VPN remote access.
Experience supporting remote access clients via dial-up and VPN.
Work with UNIX and windows administrators to resolve NetBackup issues.
Develop various system tools using Perl to ease NT server administration.
Configure DNS in the test lab, setting up a fake root.

Junior systems administrator example responsibilities.

Manage Linux servers, running primarily CentOS.
Manage customer accounts and cases in Salesforce.
Load and manage customer provide encryption files.
Create, run and manage server back-ups monthly.
Develop PowerShell scripts to revamp and automate server build process.
Maintain and manage windows 2012 R2 in a virtual environment.

Consultant-senior system administrator vs junior systems administrator skills

Common consultant-senior system administrator skills

Windows Server, 11%
Database Backup, 7%
Infrastructure, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Unix, 5%
Switches, 4%

Common junior systems administrator skills

Windows Server, 7%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Technical Support, 5%
System Administration, 5%
Switches, 5%
OS, 4%

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