Senior server administrator vs systems administrator lead

The differences between senior server administrators and systems administrator leads 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 systems administrator lead. Additionally, a systems administrator lead has an average salary of $99,956, which is higher than the $86,797 average annual salary of a senior server administrator.

The top three skills for a senior server administrator include powershell, linux and troubleshoot. The most important skills for a systems administrator lead are linux, project management, and windows server.

Senior server administrator vs systems administrator lead overview

	Senior Server Administrator	Systems Administrator Lead
Yearly salary	$86,797	$99,956
Hourly rate	$41.73	$48.06
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	129,738	132,285
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior server administrator vs systems administrator lead salary

Senior server administrators and systems administrator leads have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Server Administrator	Systems Administrator Lead
Average salary	$86,797	$99,956
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $135,000	Between $77,000 And $129,000
Highest paying City	Santa Clara, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Hawaii	California
Best paying company	Unisys	Kabam
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between senior server administrator and systems administrator lead education

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

	Senior Server Administrator	Systems Administrator Lead
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Senior server administrator vs systems administrator lead demographics

Here are the differences between senior server administrators' and systems administrator leads' demographics:

	Senior Server Administrator	Systems Administrator Lead
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.8% Female, 10.2%	Male, 84.6% Female, 15.4%
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, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.7% White, 63.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior server administrator and systems administrator lead 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.

Systems administrator lead example responsibilities.

Manage all Citrix user connections and issues, print network, server environment and supplies.
Manage printers on the print servers and re-serve IP addresses for devices from the DHCP servers.
Manage software development group SharePoint portal.
Save company many hours of manual testing and developing by engineering Java applications to automate tedious tasks.
Manage development, manufacturing, test and delivery of custom broadband RF electronic test systems for military and aerospace customers.
Perform day-to-day management of system applications and services (NTP, DNS, LDAP, etc .).

Senior server administrator vs systems administrator lead skills

Common senior server administrator skills

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

Common systems administrator lead skills

Linux, 6%
Project Management, 6%
Windows Server, 5%
System Performance, 5%
Technical Support, 5%
Database, 5%

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