Domain administrator vs lead administrator

The differences between domain administrators and lead 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 domain administrator and a lead administrator. Additionally, a lead administrator has an average salary of $94,444, which is higher than the $78,593 average annual salary of a domain administrator.

The top three skills for a domain administrator include windows server, DNS and powershell. The most important skills for a lead administrator are payroll, office equipment, and expense reports.

Domain administrator vs lead administrator overview

	Domain Administrator	Lead Administrator
Yearly salary	$78,593	$94,444
Hourly rate	$37.79	$45.41
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	82,346	57,229
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Domain administrator vs lead administrator salary

Domain administrators and lead administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Domain Administrator	Lead Administrator
Average salary	$78,593	$94,444
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $112,000	Between $63,000 And $141,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	Oregon
Best paying company	-	Koch Industries
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between domain administrator and lead administrator education

There are a few differences between a domain administrator and a lead administrator in terms of educational background:

	Domain Administrator	Lead Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stanford University

Domain administrator vs lead administrator demographics

Here are the differences between domain administrators' and lead administrators' demographics:

	Domain Administrator	Lead Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.7% Female, 12.3%	Male, 37.2% Female, 62.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 9.5% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between domain administrator and lead administrator duties and responsibilities

Domain administrator example responsibilities.

Install service packs and patches to client workstations and servers; manage off-peak hour backups.
Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions, VPN and intrusion detection systems.
Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Upgrade and troubleshoot hardware issues.
Support to six data centers for VMware and Microsoft support.
Virtualize all servers using VMWARE, reduce server count 7 to 1.

Lead administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and coordinate office operations and procedures to include payroll preparation, information management/filing systems, and supply requisitions.
Support and troubleshoot all claims questions and provide assistance with more advance issues.
Provide initiatives and suggestions for performance tuning of applications, script auto deployment plans, troubleshoot complex production issues.
Create and implement migration plans to new SharePoint environments.
Provide application training for company's custom provisioning application.
Implement SSO configuration and user provisioning on IDM environments.

Domain administrator vs lead administrator skills

Common domain administrator skills

Windows Server, 14%
DNS, 6%
PowerShell, 6%
VMware, 5%
Linux, 4%
Troubleshoot, 4%

Common lead administrator skills

Payroll, 10%
Office Equipment, 8%
Expense Reports, 6%
Windows, 6%
Data Entry, 5%
PowerPoint, 5%

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