Mis administrator vs senior network administrator

The differences between mis 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 mis administrator and a senior network administrator. Additionally, a senior network administrator has an average salary of $89,169, which is higher than the $63,939 average annual salary of a mis administrator.

The top three skills for a mis administrator include customer service, database systems and PC. The most important skills for a senior network administrator are switches, routers, and troubleshoot.

Mis administrator vs senior network administrator overview

	MIS Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Yearly salary	$63,939	$89,169
Hourly rate	$30.74	$42.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	81,080	110,027
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Mis administrator vs senior network administrator salary

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

	MIS Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Average salary	$63,939	$89,169
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $88,000	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 mis administrator and senior network administrator education

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

	MIS Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mis administrator vs senior network administrator demographics

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

	MIS Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 67.6% Female, 32.4%	Male, 91.7% Female, 8.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.6% White, 63.5% 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 mis administrator and senior network administrator duties and responsibilities

Mis administrator example responsibilities.

Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Create, troubleshoot, and administer user accounts, network passwords.
Monitor EDI transactions, troubleshoot issues with file receipt, and extract data for reports as needed.
Support a 15 server Citrix XenApp 5.0 farm performing updates to the published application as well as patches to operating system.
Steer Citrix network operations supporting business critical financial applications for global investment management firm base in London, UK.
Perform troubleshooting and fault isolation on PCs, or relate system components in simple configurations in order to maintain system availability.

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.

Mis administrator vs senior network administrator skills

Common mis administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Database Systems, 10%
PC, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Desktop Support, 5%
SQL Server, 5%

Common senior network administrator skills

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

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