Web systems administrator vs junior systems administrator

The differences between web systems administrators and junior 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 web systems administrator and a junior systems administrator. Additionally, a web systems administrator has an average salary of $79,835, which is higher than the $62,225 average annual salary of a junior systems administrator.

The top three skills for a web systems administrator include web application, windows server and linux. The most important skills for a junior systems administrator are windows server, troubleshoot, and technical support.

Web systems administrator vs junior systems administrator overview

	Web Systems Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$79,835	$62,225
Hourly rate	$38.38	$29.92
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	120,235	154,134
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Web systems administrator vs junior systems administrator salary

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

	Web Systems Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Average salary	$79,835	$62,225
Salary range	Between $62,000 And $101,000	Between $51,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	Palo Alto, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	Washington
Best paying company	Ropes & Gray	Jacobs Engineering Group
Best paying industry	Technology	Finance

Differences between web systems administrator and junior systems administrator education

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

	Web Systems Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	University of Pennsylvania

Web systems administrator vs junior systems administrator demographics

Here are the differences between web systems administrators' and junior systems administrators' demographics:

	Web Systems Administrator	Junior Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.4% Female, 14.6%	Male, 88.4% Female, 11.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.1% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% Asian, 13.5% White, 61.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 12.1% White, 61.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between web systems administrator and junior systems administrator duties and responsibilities

Web systems administrator example responsibilities.

Manage IIS team intranet portal site for tool accessibility.
Manage IIS sever to perform backup, recovery, installation, and configuration of web server and establish software.
Lead enterprise-wide virtualization effort, overseeing and personally completing vendor/hardware qualifications, architecture/design, installation, configuration, migration and documentation.
Integrate HTML/DHTML, CSS, ActiveX, JavaScript programming.
Design and develop the online shopping system using J2EE, JSF, HTML, and CSS.
Deploy and debug primary application build with java and jsp with a mysql backend.

Junior systems administrator example responsibilities.

Manage Linux servers, running primarily CentOS.
Manage customer accounts and cases in Salesforce.
Load and manage customer provide encryption files.
Create, run and manage server back-ups monthly.
Develop PowerShell scripts to revamp and automate server build process.
Maintain and manage windows 2012 R2 in a virtual environment.

Web systems administrator vs junior systems administrator skills

Common web systems administrator skills

Web Application, 11%
Windows Server, 5%
Linux, 5%
PHP, 5%
SQL Server, 5%
HTML, 5%

Common junior systems administrator skills

Windows Server, 7%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Technical Support, 5%
System Administration, 5%
Switches, 5%
OS, 4%

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