Wan systems administrator vs information technology administrator

The differences between wan systems administrators and information technology 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 wan systems administrator and an information technology administrator. Additionally, a wan systems administrator has an average salary of $74,604, which is higher than the $73,195 average annual salary of an information technology administrator.

The top three skills for a wan systems administrator include switches, customer service and voip. The most important skills for an information technology administrator are customer service, troubleshoot, and linux.

Wan systems administrator vs information technology administrator overview

	WAN Systems Administrator	Information Technology Administrator
Yearly salary	$74,604	$73,195
Hourly rate	$35.87	$35.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	116,935	159,499
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Wan systems administrator vs information technology administrator salary

Wan systems administrators and information technology administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	WAN Systems Administrator	Information Technology Administrator
Average salary	$74,604	$73,195
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $94,000	Between $50,000 And $105,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Databricks
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between wan systems administrator and information technology administrator education

There are a few differences between a wan systems administrator and an information technology administrator in terms of educational background:

	WAN Systems Administrator	Information Technology Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Wan systems administrator vs information technology administrator demographics

Here are the differences between wan systems administrators' and information technology administrators' demographics:

	WAN Systems Administrator	Information Technology Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 88.8% Female, 11.2%	Male, 81.6% Female, 18.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 10.5% White, 62.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 9.8% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between wan systems administrator and information technology administrator duties and responsibilities

Wan systems administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and provide all levels of support for AS/400 and Unix mainframe systems.
Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and personally completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Upgrade all Cisco IOS routers and switches to enhance and ensure system reliability.
Trouble shoot and configure Linux servers.
Install new hardware including PC and laptops.
Repair and replace personal and departmental LAN printers.

Information technology administrator example responsibilities.

Define, document and project manage the implementation and configuration changes to HRIS applications.
Manage the migration from ADP to Lawson software; adapt HRIS to fit organizational needs.
Manage PC trainers and develop high quality internal instructor-le courses.
Manage host peripheral hardware including disk files and space utilization.
Manage and maintain corporate telecommunications and LAN; recommend repairs as needed.
Manage administration for SharePoint websites including account creation or modifying existing user accounts and site settings.

Wan systems administrator vs information technology administrator skills

Common wan systems administrator skills

Switches, 17%
Customer Service, 11%
VoIP, 7%
DNS, 6%
Lan, 6%
Lan Wan, 5%

Common information technology administrator skills

Customer Service, 10%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Linux, 5%
Database, 4%
VMware, 4%
Windows Server, 4%

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