Web site administrator vs domain administrator

The differences between web site administrators and domain 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 web site administrator, becoming a domain administrator takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a domain administrator has an average salary of $78,593, which is higher than the $66,015 average annual salary of a web site administrator.

The top three skills for a web site administrator include HTML, web site and drupal. The most important skills for a domain administrator are windows server, DNS, and powershell.

Web site administrator vs domain administrator overview

	Web Site Administrator	Domain Administrator
Yearly salary	$66,015	$78,593
Hourly rate	$31.74	$37.79
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	63,644	82,346
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	44	43
Years of experience	4	2

Web site administrator vs domain administrator salary

Web site administrators and domain administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Web Site Administrator	Domain Administrator
Average salary	$66,015	$78,593
Salary range	Between $49,000 And $88,000	Between $55,000 And $112,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between web site administrator and domain administrator education

There are a few differences between a web site administrator and a domain administrator in terms of educational background:

	Web Site Administrator	Domain Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Web site administrator vs domain administrator demographics

Here are the differences between web site administrators' and domain administrators' demographics:

	Web Site Administrator	Domain Administrator
Average age	44	43
Gender ratio	Male, 60.3% Female, 39.7%	Male, 87.7% Female, 12.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	11%	9%

Differences between web site administrator and domain administrator duties and responsibilities

Web site administrator example responsibilities.

Key role in managing content and organizational structure for several company websites and internal Intranet website, distribution of electronic communications.
Utilize HTML coding and begin exposure to SQL platforms.
Produce PHP applications for content development and for web-base surveys.
Use of HTML, PERL scripts and JavaScript as needed - assignment of programming projects - supervision of programmers.
Modernize website with table-less CSS.
Used JavaScript to enhance user interface experience.

Domain administrator example responsibilities.

Install service packs and patches to client workstations and servers; manage off-peak hour backups.
Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions, VPN and intrusion detection systems.
Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Upgrade and troubleshoot hardware issues.
Support to six data centers for VMware and Microsoft support.
Virtualize all servers using VMWARE, reduce server count 7 to 1.

Web site administrator vs domain administrator skills

Common web site administrator skills

HTML, 14%
Web Site, 13%
Drupal, 10%
Access Database, 10%
SQL, 7%
JavaScript, 6%

Common domain administrator skills

Windows Server, 14%
DNS, 6%
PowerShell, 6%
VMware, 5%
Linux, 4%
Troubleshoot, 4%

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