Lan administrator lead vs senior system administrator

The differences between lan administrator leads and senior system 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 lan administrator lead and a senior system administrator. Additionally, a senior system administrator has an average salary of $98,146, which is higher than the $78,761 average annual salary of a lan administrator lead.

The top three skills for a lan administrator lead include switches, windows server and DNS. The most important skills for a senior system administrator are linux, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Lan administrator lead vs senior system administrator overview

	LAN Administrator Lead	Senior System Administrator
Yearly salary	$78,761	$98,146
Hourly rate	$37.87	$47.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	66,277	100,873
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Lan administrator lead vs senior system administrator salary

Lan administrator leads and senior system administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	LAN Administrator Lead	Senior System Administrator
Average salary	$78,761	$98,146
Salary range	Between $53,000 And $115,000	Between $75,000 And $126,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Cambridge Associates
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between lan administrator lead and senior system administrator education

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

	LAN Administrator Lead	Senior System Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lan administrator lead vs senior system administrator demographics

Here are the differences between lan administrator leads' and senior system administrators' demographics:

	LAN Administrator Lead	Senior System Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.9% Female, 12.1%	Male, 89.0% Female, 11.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% Asian, 11.8% White, 62.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 11.8% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between lan administrator lead and senior system administrator duties and responsibilities

Lan administrator lead example responsibilities.

Manage special projects (both desktop and network relate) at the direction of the desktop and infrastructure directors.
Plan and manage technical and operational activities associate with database administration of databases and associate servers.
Serve as primary network support, maintain PC equipment and peripherals.
Install, test, troubleshot and repair PC hardware, software, cabling, and peripheral devices.
Install Ethernet backbone cabling, setup PC/LANs, software installs.
Maintain network servers, hardware, LAN connectivity, and disaster recovery.

Senior system administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and optimize the design and delivery of project associate with AIX arena.
Manage all installs and setup of new servers, and server upgrades to server 2008 R2.
Implement IIS servers for both the internal and external web servers and managing security on all web servers.
Design, implement, and manage a network and domain extension in a remote location via a secure VPN link.
Manage Cisco network equipment including firewalls and switches.
Administer and manage daily backups via Symantec NetBackup.

Lan administrator lead vs senior system administrator skills

Common lan administrator lead skills

Switches, 14%
Windows Server, 12%
DNS, 10%
Network Infrastructure, 10%
PC, 8%
Desktop Support, 6%

Common senior system administrator skills

Linux, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
System Administration, 4%
PowerShell, 4%
SAN, 4%

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