Consultant-senior system administrator vs senior administrator

The differences between consultants-senior system administrator and senior 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 senior administrator. Additionally, a senior administrator has an average salary of $103,102, which is higher than the $97,555 average annual salary of a consultant-senior system administrator.

The top three skills for a consultant-senior system administrator include windows server, database backup and infrastructure. The most important skills for a senior administrator are customer service, SR, and troubleshoot.

Consultant-senior system administrator vs senior administrator overview

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Senior Administrator
Yearly salary	$97,555	$103,102
Hourly rate	$46.90	$49.57
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	90,166	58,887
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Consultant-senior system administrator vs senior administrator salary

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

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Senior Administrator
Average salary	$97,555	$103,102
Salary range	Between $68,000 And $139,000	Between $73,000 And $145,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	The Walt Disney Company
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between consultant-senior system administrator and senior administrator education

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

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Senior Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Consultant-senior system administrator vs senior administrator demographics

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

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Senior Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.3% Female, 8.7%	Male, 42.6% Female, 57.4%
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, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 10.2% White, 62.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between consultant-senior system administrator and senior 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.

Senior administrator example responsibilities.

Organize and manage all meeting logistics for various conferences and events across the U.S.
Lead and/or participate in adding departments to the DMS, client/server upgrades, DR testing, and end user testing.
Have configured the SharePoint environment and continuously managing both intranet and internet sites used by end users, consumers and stakeholders.
Manage calendar and arrange travel; coordinate meetings and events; create PowerPoint presentations; prepare correspondence and approve expense reports.
Provide remote user support via Citrix remote desktop and Cisco VPN.
Create, maintain and provide issue resolution of complex Linux and Unix scripts.

Consultant-senior system administrator vs senior administrator skills

Common consultant-senior system administrator skills

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

Common senior administrator skills

Customer Service, 10%
SR, 10%
Troubleshoot, 7%
Linux, 5%
Data Entry, 4%
HR, 3%

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