Sharepoint designer vs sharepoint administrator

The differences between sharepoint designers and sharepoint administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a sharepoint designer, becoming a sharepoint administrator takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a sharepoint designer has an average salary of $85,544, which is higher than the $81,739 average annual salary of a sharepoint administrator.

The top three skills for a sharepoint designer include html css, javascript and CSS. The most important skills for a sharepoint administrator are powershell, sql server, and site collections.

Sharepoint designer vs sharepoint administrator overview

	Sharepoint Designer	Sharepoint Administrator
Yearly salary	$85,544	$81,739
Hourly rate	$41.13	$39.30
Growth rate	13%	5%
Number of jobs	45,626	57,036
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	37	43
Years of experience	4	2

Sharepoint designer vs sharepoint administrator salary

Sharepoint designers and sharepoint administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Sharepoint Designer	Sharepoint Administrator
Average salary	$85,544	$81,739
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $109,000	Between $63,000 And $105,000
Highest paying City	-	Fairfield, CA
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	MUFG EMEA
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between sharepoint designer and sharepoint administrator education

There are a few differences between a sharepoint designer and a sharepoint administrator in terms of educational background:

	Sharepoint Designer	Sharepoint Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sharepoint designer vs sharepoint administrator demographics

Here are the differences between sharepoint designers' and sharepoint administrators' demographics:

	Sharepoint Designer	Sharepoint Administrator
Average age	37	43
Gender ratio	Male, 69.7% Female, 30.3%	Male, 67.9% Female, 32.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.5% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 16.0% White, 58.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 8.1% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% Asian, 14.1% White, 60.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between sharepoint designer and sharepoint administrator duties and responsibilities

Sharepoint designer example responsibilities.

Integrate and automate business process within SharePoint utilizing key performance indicators and dashboards.
Manage sites with multiple user departments, apply principles and processes uniquely relate to SharePoint to support intranet and collaboration initiatives.
Design sites using CSS, JavaScript, and importing web parts to be used within site collections.
Design, deploy websites of moderate complexity utilizing HTML, XML, CSS and JSP programming languages.
Involve in editing and updating web sites using multiple languages, including HTML, XML, and CSS.
Implement active navigation and UI features using jQuery and JavaScript to display structure information regarding specific programs.

Sharepoint administrator example responsibilities.

Research, install and manages CCTV over IP camera system increasing security
Maintain and manage test and development environments utilizing internal VMWare infrastructure.
Implement and manage a mature backup solution for bank critical applications to recover within SLA requirements.
Configure and maintain service applications such as search, user profile, manage metadata and business data connectivity services etc.
Manage sites with multiple user departments, apply principles and processes uniquely relate to SharePoint to support intranet and collaboration initiatives.
Involve in developing centralize intranet website for business users and used CSS, XML and HTML.

Sharepoint designer vs sharepoint administrator skills

Common sharepoint designer skills

Html Css, 14%
JavaScript, 9%
CSS, 9%
HTML, 8%
JQuery, 8%
Sharepoint Sites, 8%

Common sharepoint administrator skills

PowerShell, 8%
SQL Server, 6%
Site Collections, 5%
Sharepoint Sites, 4%
Microsoft Sharepoint, 4%
Web Application, 4%

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