Consultant-senior system administrator vs systems administrator lead

The differences between consultants-senior system administrator and systems administrator leads 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 systems administrator lead. Additionally, a systems administrator lead has an average salary of $99,956, 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 systems administrator lead are linux, project management, and windows server.

Consultant-senior system administrator vs systems administrator lead overview

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Systems Administrator Lead
Yearly salary	$97,555	$99,956
Hourly rate	$46.90	$48.06
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	90,166	132,285
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 systems administrator lead salary

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

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Systems Administrator Lead
Average salary	$97,555	$99,956
Salary range	Between $68,000 And $139,000	Between $77,000 And $129,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Kabam
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

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

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

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

Consultant-senior system administrator vs systems administrator lead demographics

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

	Consultant-Senior System Administrator	Systems Administrator Lead
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.3% Female, 8.7%	Male, 84.6% Female, 15.4%
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, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.7% White, 63.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between consultant-senior system administrator and systems administrator lead 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.

Systems administrator lead example responsibilities.

Manage all Citrix user connections and issues, print network, server environment and supplies.
Manage printers on the print servers and re-serve IP addresses for devices from the DHCP servers.
Manage software development group SharePoint portal.
Save company many hours of manual testing and developing by engineering Java applications to automate tedious tasks.
Manage development, manufacturing, test and delivery of custom broadband RF electronic test systems for military and aerospace customers.
Perform day-to-day management of system applications and services (NTP, DNS, LDAP, etc .).

Consultant-senior system administrator vs systems administrator lead skills

Common consultant-senior system administrator skills

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

Common systems administrator lead skills

Linux, 6%
Project Management, 6%
Windows Server, 5%
System Performance, 5%
Technical Support, 5%
Database, 5%

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