Watchguard vs systems administrator

The differences between watchguards and systems 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 systems administrator. Additionally, a systems administrator has an average salary of $77,156, which is higher than the $67,613 average annual salary of a watchguard.

The top three skills for a watchguard include firewall, windows server and switches. The most important skills for a systems administrator are linux, troubleshoot, and windows server.

Watchguard vs systems administrator overview

	Watchguard	Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$67,613	$77,156
Hourly rate	$32.51	$37.09
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	25,897	134,500
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Watchguard vs systems administrator salary

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

	Watchguard	Systems Administrator
Average salary	$67,613	$77,156
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $99,000	Between $59,000 And $100,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between watchguard and systems administrator education

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

	Watchguard	Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Watchguard vs systems administrator demographics

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

	Watchguard	Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.1% Female, 12.9%	Male, 83.9% Female, 16.1%
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, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 11.5% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between watchguard and systems 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.

Systems administrator example responsibilities.

Used Jenkins to automate most of the build relate tasks.
Manage windows file servers, messaging, and SQL databases.
Lead the project which integrate internal DNS into the corporate LDAP infrastructure for end user host management prior to deployment.
Lead business-critical information security initiatives involving encryption of customer data.
Authore and maintain shell and Perl scripts to automate administration tasks for infrastructure management.
Configure & manage all switches and servers responsible for providing WLAN connectivity and authentication services.

Watchguard vs systems administrator skills

Common watchguard skills

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

Common systems administrator skills

Linux, 7%
Troubleshoot, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Database, 5%
Technical Support, 4%
PowerShell, 3%