Domain administrator vs senior network administrator

The differences between domain administrators and senior network 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 senior network administrator. Additionally, a senior network administrator has an average salary of $89,169, 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 senior network administrator are switches, routers, and troubleshoot.

Domain administrator vs senior network administrator overview

	Domain Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Yearly salary	$78,593	$89,169
Hourly rate	$37.79	$42.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	82,346	110,027
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Domain administrator vs senior network administrator salary

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

	Domain Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Average salary	$78,593	$89,169
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $112,000	Between $68,000 And $115,000
Highest paying City	-	San Mateo, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Tesoro
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between domain administrator and senior network administrator education

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

	Domain Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Domain administrator vs senior network administrator demographics

Here are the differences between domain administrators' and senior network administrators' demographics:

	Domain Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.7% Female, 12.3%	Male, 91.7% Female, 8.3%
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, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 10.1% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between domain administrator and senior network 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.

Senior network administrator example responsibilities.

Lead IP management specialist and assist with management of DHCP scopes and reservations.
Establish and manage SharePoint base intranet for departmental and interdepartmental support.
Configure and manage SQL database archival requests for automate timely data submissions.
Configure and manage multiple data and application servers and maintain SQL relational databases.
Prioritize and manage servicing of customer trouble calls in locally develop tracking database.
Configure and manage company routers and switches in addition to VPN configuration and policy enforcement.

Domain administrator vs senior network administrator skills

Common domain administrator skills

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

Common senior network administrator skills

Switches, 8%
Routers, 5%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Windows Server, 4%
Network Infrastructure, 4%
Lan Wan, 4%

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