Unix engineer vs linux administrator

The differences between unix engineers and linux 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 unix engineer and a linux administrator. Additionally, a unix engineer has an average salary of $102,160, which is higher than the $79,996 average annual salary of a linux administrator.

The top three skills for a unix engineer include infrastructure, python and solaris. The most important skills for a linux administrator are python, windows, and linux servers.

Unix engineer vs linux administrator overview

	Unix Engineer	Linux Administrator
Yearly salary	$102,160	$79,996
Hourly rate	$49.12	$38.46
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	50,167	56,604
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Unix engineer vs linux administrator salary

Unix engineers and linux administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Unix Engineer	Linux Administrator
Average salary	$102,160	$79,996
Salary range	Between $79,000 And $132,000	Between $62,000 And $101,000
Highest paying City	Rancho Cordova, CA	Palo Alto, CA
Highest paying state	New York	Maryland
Best paying company	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Medline
Best paying industry	Professional	Technology

Differences between unix engineer and linux administrator education

There are a few differences between a unix engineer and a linux administrator in terms of educational background:

	Unix Engineer	Linux Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Unix engineer vs linux administrator demographics

Here are the differences between unix engineers' and linux administrators' demographics:

	Unix Engineer	Linux Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 90.2% Female, 9.8%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 13.7% White, 61.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 13.9% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between unix engineer and linux administrator duties and responsibilities

Unix engineer example responsibilities.

Implement and manage EMC XtremIO flash SAN environment.
Manage NAS mounts for NAS filers configure by storage team.
Configure and manage storage volumes such as LVM and VERITAS on RHEL/centos systems.
Experience managing NFS shares and file systems from NetApp filers and EMC NAS devices.
Manage and utilize EMC storage space for SUN/ORACLE systems as system administrator and storage administrator.
Manage installation and integration of system fixes, updates, and provides configuration and enhancements in support of the OS environments.

Linux administrator example responsibilities.

Manage PGP/GPG encryption in FTP/SFTP scripts.
Manage TCP/IP packets and DHCP servers and resolving TCP/IP network access problems for the clients.
Manage entire network infrastructure, switches, firewalls, servers (configuration/installation), patch management, vendor relations.
Configure and manage splunk forwarders.
Develop bash scripts to automate system/build processing.
Work with Zen virtualization to manage virtual Linux operating systems.

Unix engineer vs linux administrator skills

Common unix engineer skills

Infrastructure, 8%
Python, 6%
Solaris, 5%
Linux Servers, 5%
AWS, 4%
Azure, 4%

Common linux administrator skills

Python, 7%
Windows, 5%
Linux Servers, 4%
Bash, 4%
Red Hat, 4%
OS, 3%