Senior server administrator vs service administrator

The differences between senior server administrators and service 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 senior server administrator and a service administrator. Additionally, a senior server administrator has an average salary of $86,797, which is higher than the $54,573 average annual salary of a service administrator.

The top three skills for a senior server administrator include powershell, linux and troubleshoot. The most important skills for a service administrator are customer service, patients, and data entry.

Senior server administrator vs service administrator overview

	Senior Server Administrator	Service Administrator
Yearly salary	$86,797	$54,573
Hourly rate	$41.73	$26.24
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	129,738	57,561
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior server administrator vs service administrator salary

Senior server administrators and service administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Server Administrator	Service Administrator
Average salary	$86,797	$54,573
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $135,000	Between $33,000 And $88,000
Highest paying City	Santa Clara, CA	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	Hawaii	California
Best paying company	Unisys	VMware
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior server administrator and service administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior server administrator and a service administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Server Administrator	Service Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Senior server administrator vs service administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior server administrators' and service administrators' demographics:

	Senior Server Administrator	Service Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.8% Female, 10.2%	Male, 32.4% Female, 67.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 14.0% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior server administrator and service administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior server administrator example responsibilities.

Manage all backup, Citrix and remote systems.
Manage several internal URLs host under IIS across multiple servers.
Manage L2/L3 switches, as well as routers and the company firewall.
Assist in managing and creating GPO's to be deploy to enterprise systems.
Manage and configure Cisco network equipment including switches and routers.
Manage virtual machine snapshots as requested by application management personnel.

Service administrator example responsibilities.

Manage Sr. Director's calendar and key staff members to include meetings, events and travel.
Convert complex business logic into SQL store procedures and user-define functions to achieve functionality require by the UI team.
Manage facilities maintenance/upgrades, and systems such as electronic medical records (EMR), billing, transcription and phones.
Manage multi-million dollar DOD contract, establish team goals and manage team deliverables to ensure objectives are consistently meet or exceed.
Manage all accounting functions utilizing QuickBooks of revenues
Assist users with configuring and managing SharePoint servers.

Senior server administrator vs service administrator skills

Common senior server administrator skills

PowerShell, 7%
Linux, 5%
Troubleshoot, 4%
DNS, 4%
Microsoft Windows Server, 4%
DHCP, 4%

Common service administrator skills

Customer Service, 22%
Patients, 7%
Data Entry, 5%
CMS, 5%
Repair Orders, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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