Senior server administrator vs windows system administrator

The differences between senior server administrators and windows 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 senior server administrator and a windows system administrator. Additionally, a senior server administrator has an average salary of $86,797, which is higher than the $79,845 average annual salary of a windows system administrator.

The top three skills for a senior server administrator include powershell, linux and troubleshoot. The most important skills for a windows system administrator are windows server, infrastructure, and powershell.

Senior server administrator vs windows system administrator overview

	Senior Server Administrator	Windows System Administrator
Yearly salary	$86,797	$79,845
Hourly rate	$41.73	$38.39
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	129,738	94,648
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior server administrator vs windows system administrator salary

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

	Senior Server Administrator	Windows System Administrator
Average salary	$86,797	$79,845
Salary range	Between $55,000 And $135,000	Between $60,000 And $104,000
Highest paying City	Santa Clara, CA	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	Hawaii	California
Best paying company	Unisys	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior server administrator and windows system administrator education

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

	Senior Server Administrator	Windows System Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior server administrator vs windows system administrator demographics

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

	Senior Server Administrator	Windows System Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.8% Female, 10.2%	Male, 88.3% Female, 11.7%
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, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.7% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior server administrator and windows system 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.

Windows system administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and configure VPN connections for the users.
Deploy and manage Panasonic PBX and VOIP phone systems and network connectivity.
Manage exchange stores, mailbox provisioning, active sync and monitoring the mailboxes.
Manage data usage, space, security and archival over servers, workstations and NAS machines.
Manage issues with server hardware, networking, web services, database, DNS, clustering, and e-mail.
Manage all OU's under domain at multiple sites across the country through a constant VPN tunnel per client rules.

Senior server administrator vs windows system administrator skills

Common senior server administrator skills

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

Common windows system administrator skills

Windows Server, 9%
Infrastructure, 7%
PowerShell, 7%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Linux, 5%
SCCM, 4%

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