October 12, 2011 at 13:40Salary Overview for System Administrators Part 1 (Windows)
Having discussed the salaries of Designers and "Mobile" programmers , it's time to talk about dear and beloved bearded lovers of bashorg - System administrators .
Just in case, we are still called IT-Dominant and, in addition to recruiting, we are engaged in researching the salaries of IT-company employees in order to keep abreast of the slightest market changes.
The following posts will be reviewed in the review:
We will be guided by the following data:
To analyze the labor market for the necessary positions, data were collected on the number of vacancies and resumes on August 29, 2011 .
Data for St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and the Russian Federation as a whole were collected with HeadHunter , and for Yekaterinburg with E1 .
The numbers speak for themselves. The demand for system administrators in our time is comparable to the demand for lawyers and economists in the early 2000s.
Many may wonder what “younger" means. We put in this concept:
Most often, the junior system administrator does not have work experience, which explains his modest salary by the standards of IT specialists.
A typical, average system administrator with some work experience. Responsibilities include:
It can be seen that the salary is 30% higher than the junior administrator. Moreover, the transition from the youngest one level higher takes about 1 year.
Experienced system administrator with work experience from 3 to 5 years. Compared to its smaller brothers, the lead system administrator performs an order of magnitude more various tasks, including:
Despite the fact that the average salary of a leading system administrator takes on a more pleasant shape, the fact that you need to strive for it on average for 4 years will not please many. In most companies, such a specialist is not required at all.
After a review of the salaries of system administrators, we consider the basic and desirable requirements indicated in the vacancies. And here is what collective image we eventually got:
The position of the system administrator is one of the most popular, not only in the IT field, but also in the labor market as a whole, and there are a couple of objective reasons for this:
Just in case, we are still called IT-Dominant and, in addition to recruiting, we are engaged in researching the salaries of IT-company employees in order to keep abreast of the slightest market changes.
The following posts will be reviewed in the review:
- Junior System Administrator
- Windows System Administrator
- Leading Windows System Administrator
We will be guided by the following data:
| Source # 1 : data provided by IT companies | ||||
| St. Petersburg | Moscow | Nizhny Novgorod | Ekaterinburg | |
| Data slice | 05.2011 | 06.2011 | 06.2011 | - |
| Number of participating companies | 23 | 16 | 10 | - |
| Data format | on hand (to the card, NET ), total income ( salary + all bonuses ) | |||
| Details (pdf) | Details (pdf) | Details (pdf) | - | |
| Sources No. 2 and 3 : data collected on Job portals (vacancies and resumes) | ||||
| Job Portals | hh.ru | e1.ru | ||
| Data slice | September 4, 2011 - October 4, 2011 | |||
| Research Areas | Jobs and resumes were investigated separately. | |||
Labor market situation
To analyze the labor market for the necessary positions, data were collected on the number of vacancies and resumes on August 29, 2011 .
Data for St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and the Russian Federation as a whole were collected with HeadHunter , and for Yekaterinburg with E1 .
| Number of vacancies / Number of resumes | |||||
| RF | Peter | Moscow | Nizhny Novgorod | Ekaterinburg | |
| All system administrators | 833/7162 | 81/1402 | 457/2737 | 33/152 | 16/87 |
 Junior System Administrator | 41/714 | 6/141 | 27/436 | 19 | 1/7 |
 Windows System Administrator | 760/4388 | 77/1173 | 357/2570 | 47/157 | 18/75 |
 Leading Windows System Administrator | 66/220 | 5/44 | 39/160 | 0/5 | 4/8 |
Junior System Administrator
Many may wonder what “younger" means. We put in this concept:
- Self-administration of a small network (about 10 machines) or assistance in administering a large network (more than 100 machines).
- Hardware maintenance (printers, mice, keyboards, etc.)
- Advising users on simple issues.
| Moscow | St. Petersburg | Nizhny Novgorod | Ekaterinburg | |
| Data from job sites jobs / resumes , rub. | ||||
| Min (10 per) | 23,000 / 20,000 | 15,000 / 15,000 | - / 5400 | - / 15 000 |
| Med (50 per) | 30,000 / 25,000 | 22 500/20 000 | - / 15 000 | - / 15 000 |
| Max (90 per) | 40,000 / 35,000 | 46 000/30 000 | - / 20,000 | - / 15 000 |
Most often, the junior system administrator does not have work experience, which explains his modest salary by the standards of IT specialists.
Windows System Administrator
A typical, average system administrator with some work experience. Responsibilities include:
- Maintenance and support of the fleet of machines (more than 30 machines) running the Windows operating system.
- Maintenance and support of server systems (up to 10 servers) running Windows Server.
- The ability to deploy, administer, restore one or more DBMSs: MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgresSQL, etc.
| Moscow | St. Petersburg | Nizhny Novgorod | Ekaterinburg | |
| Data of IT companies , rub. | ||||
| Min (10 per) | 40,000 | 10,000 | - | - |
| Med (50 per) | 48,000 | 35,000 | - | - |
| Max (90 per) | 70,000 | 47,000 | - | - |
| Data from job sites jobs / resumes , rub. | ||||
| Min (10 per) | 30,000 / 30,000 | 25,000 / 25,000 | 14,500 / 15,000 | 23,000 / 18,000 |
| Med (50 per) | 45,000 / 45,000 | 35,000 / 32,000 | 20 500/25 000 | 26,000 / 30,000 |
| Max (90 per) | 70,000 / 70,000 | 50,000 / 50,000 | 31 500/35 000 | 33 500/60 000 |
Leading Windows System Administrator
Experienced system administrator with work experience from 3 to 5 years. Compared to its smaller brothers, the lead system administrator performs an order of magnitude more various tasks, including:
- Maintenance and support of server systems (over 10 servers) running Windows Server and * nix.
- Deployment, administration, backup, restoration of one or several DBMSs (MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL ...).
- Creation, management and support of cluster, highly loaded and fault-tolerant systems.
| Moscow | St. Petersburg | Nizhny Novgorod | Ekaterinburg | |
| Data of IT companies , rub. | ||||
| Min (10 per) | - | 47,000 | - | - |
| Med (50 per) | - | 60,000 | - | - |
| Max (90 per) | - | 65,000 | - | - |
| Data from Job Sites Jobs / Resumes | ||||
| Min (10 per) | 50,000 / 50,000 | - / 40,000 | - / 32,000 | - / - |
| Med (50 per) | 60,000 / 70,000 | - / 50,000 | - / 35,000 | - / - |
| Max (90 per) | 80 000/100 000 | - / 50,000 | - / 35,000 | - / - |
Job requirements
After a review of the salaries of system administrators, we consider the basic and desirable requirements indicated in the vacancies. And here is what collective image we eventually got:
| Primary requirements | Desired Knowledge | |
| Junior System Administrator |
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| Windows System Administrator |
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| Leading Windows System Administrator | Similar to the system administrator + deeper knowledge and more experience working with servers | |
Summary
The position of the system administrator is one of the most popular, not only in the IT field, but also in the labor market as a whole, and there are a couple of objective reasons for this:
- The threshold for entering the profession is extremely low: it’s enough to be able to set up a workstation (PC), a little understanding of the theory of building a LAN and you can safely begin to look for a job.
- Now there is not a single company in which there would be no computer, and the level of PC users is quite low. It is logical that the equipment needs administration and there is nowhere without admins.