Watchguard vs service administrator

The differences between watchguards and service 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 watchguard and a service administrator. Additionally, a watchguard has an average salary of $67,613, which is higher than the $54,573 average annual salary of a service administrator.

The top three skills for a watchguard include firewall, windows server and switches. The most important skills for a service administrator are customer service, patients, and data entry.

Watchguard vs service administrator overview

	Watchguard	Service Administrator
Yearly salary	$67,613	$54,573
Hourly rate	$32.51	$26.24
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	25,897	57,561
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Watchguard vs service administrator salary

Watchguards and service administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Watchguard	Service Administrator
Average salary	$67,613	$54,573
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $99,000	Between $33,000 And $88,000
Highest paying City	-	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	VMware
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between watchguard and service administrator education

There are a few differences between a watchguard and a service administrator in terms of educational background:

	Watchguard	Service Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stanford University

Watchguard vs service administrator demographics

Here are the differences between watchguards' and service administrators' demographics:

	Watchguard	Service Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.1% Female, 12.9%	Male, 32.4% Female, 67.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between watchguard and service administrator duties and responsibilities

Watchguard example responsibilities.

Institute centrally manage Linux configurations for application deployments, disaster recovery.
Monitor and administer firewall (Watchguard).
Install, configure, & troubleshoot 3rd part applications software.
Install and troubleshoot firewalls, Sonicwall, WatchGuard, Cisco.
Full delivery cycle service engineering of local, and hybrid cloud computing.
Conduct location monitoring of clients on home confinement, alcohol monitoring, or GPS reporting.

Service administrator example responsibilities.

Manage Sr. Director's calendar and key staff members to include meetings, events and travel.
Convert complex business logic into SQL store procedures and user-define functions to achieve functionality require by the UI team.
Manage facilities maintenance/upgrades, and systems such as electronic medical records (EMR), billing, transcription and phones.
Manage multi-million dollar DOD contract, establish team goals and manage team deliverables to ensure objectives are consistently meet or exceed.
Manage all accounting functions utilizing QuickBooks of revenues
Assist users with configuring and managing SharePoint servers.

Watchguard vs service administrator skills

Common watchguard skills

Firewall, 11%
Windows Server, 10%
Switches, 8%
VMware, 6%
VPN, 5%
Routers, 4%

Common service administrator skills

Customer Service, 22%
Patients, 7%
Data Entry, 5%
CMS, 5%
Repair Orders, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%