Wide area network administrator vs senior network administrator

The differences between wide area network administrators and senior network 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 wide area network administrator and a senior network administrator. Additionally, a senior network administrator has an average salary of $89,169, which is higher than the $61,805 average annual salary of a wide area network administrator.

The top three skills for a wide area network administrator include switches, PC and tcp ip. The most important skills for a senior network administrator are switches, routers, and troubleshoot.

Wide area network administrator vs senior network administrator overview

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Yearly salary	$61,805	$89,169
Hourly rate	$29.71	$42.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	83,700	110,027
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Wide area network administrator vs senior network administrator salary

Wide area network administrators and senior network administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Average salary	$61,805	$89,169
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $90,000	Between $68,000 And $115,000
Highest paying City	-	San Mateo, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Tesoro
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between wide area network administrator and senior network administrator education

There are a few differences between a wide area network administrator and a senior network administrator in terms of educational background:

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wide area network administrator vs senior network administrator demographics

Here are the differences between wide area network administrators' and senior network administrators' demographics:

	Wide Area Network Administrator	Senior Network Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.5% Female, 10.5%	Male, 91.7% Female, 8.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 9.6% White, 70.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 10.1% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between wide area network administrator and senior network administrator duties and responsibilities

Wide area network administrator example responsibilities.

Manage and support corporate Linux Production/Development servers.
Coordinate marketing brainstorming meetings, prepare minutes, manage project follow-up, and create summary PowerPoint presentations.
Maintain and update Novell, Microsoft, and Linux servers.
Create a macro driven pc base budget preparation system.
Administer and install Cisco switches, routers, firewalls and VPNs.
Participate in projects requiring installation, configuration and support for network routers and switches, firewalls and effective application load balancing.

Senior network administrator example responsibilities.

Lead IP management specialist and assist with management of DHCP scopes and reservations.
Establish and manage SharePoint base intranet for departmental and interdepartmental support.
Configure and manage SQL database archival requests for automate timely data submissions.
Configure and manage multiple data and application servers and maintain SQL relational databases.
Prioritize and manage servicing of customer trouble calls in locally develop tracking database.
Configure and manage company routers and switches in addition to VPN configuration and policy enforcement.

Wide area network administrator vs senior network administrator skills

Common wide area network administrator skills

Switches, 42%
PC, 31%
Tcp Ip, 28%

Common senior network administrator skills

Switches, 8%
Routers, 5%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Windows Server, 4%
Network Infrastructure, 4%
Lan Wan, 4%

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