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Rates for System Administrators <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Junior System Administrators<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Technology\/Job Role<\/strong><\/th>Hourly Rate<\/strong><\/th>Daily Rate (8 hours)<\/strong><\/th>Weekly Rate (5 days)<\/strong><\/th>Monthly Rate (20 days)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Windows Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Linux Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
VMware vSphere Administration<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Microsoft Azure Administration<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
AWS Cloud Administration<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Google Cloud Administration<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Network Administration (Cisco)<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Firewall Administration<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Backup and Recovery Administration<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Database Administration (SQL)<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Database Administration (NoSQL)<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Active Directory Administration<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Exchange Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Storage Area Network (SAN) Administration<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Disaster Recovery Planning<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Cybersecurity Administration<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Patch Management<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Monitoring Tools (Nagios, Zabbix)<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Helpdesk Support<\/strong><\/td>$30 – $60<\/td>$240 – $480<\/td>$1,100 – $2,200<\/td>$4,000 – $8,000<\/td><\/tr>
Virtualization (Hyper-V)<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Containerization (Docker)<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Kubernetes Administration<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
DevOps Tools (Jenkins, Ansible)<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Infrastructure Management<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Cloud Migration<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Compliance and Auditing<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
Endpoint Security Administration<\/strong><\/td>$40 – $70<\/td>$300 – $520<\/td>$1,300 – $2,300<\/td>$5,000 – $9,000<\/td><\/tr>
Identity and Access Management (IAM)<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Project Management<\/strong><\/td>$50 – $80<\/td>$360 – $600<\/td>$1,600 – $2,700<\/td>$6,000 – $10,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2. Mid-Level System Administrators<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Technology\/Job Role<\/strong><\/th>Hourly Rate<\/strong><\/th>Daily Rate (8 hours)<\/strong><\/th>Weekly Rate (5 days)<\/strong><\/th>Monthly Rate (20 days)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Windows Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Linux Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
VMware vSphere Administration<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Microsoft Azure Administration<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
AWS Cloud Administration<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Google Cloud Administration<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Network Administration (Cisco)<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Firewall Administration<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Backup and Recovery Administration<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Database Administration (SQL)<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Database Administration (NoSQL)<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Active Directory Administration<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Exchange Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Storage Area Network (SAN) Administration<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Disaster Recovery Planning<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Cybersecurity Administration<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Patch Management<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Monitoring Tools (Nagios, Zabbix)<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Helpdesk Support<\/strong><\/td>$60 – $100<\/td>$480 – $800<\/td>$2,200 – $3,600<\/td>$8,000 – $13,000<\/td><\/tr>
Virtualization (Hyper-V)<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Containerization (Docker)<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Kubernetes Administration<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
DevOps Tools (Jenkins, Ansible)<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Infrastructure Management<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Cloud Migration<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Compliance and Auditing<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
Endpoint Security Administration<\/strong><\/td>$70 – $120<\/td>$520 – $840<\/td>$2,300 – $3,700<\/td>$9,000 – $14,000<\/td><\/tr>
Identity and Access Management (IAM)<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Project Management<\/strong><\/td>$80 – $130<\/td>$600 – $960<\/td>$2,700 – $4,300<\/td>$10,000 – $16,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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3. Senior System Administrators<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Technology\/Job Role<\/strong><\/th>Hourly Rate<\/strong><\/th>Daily Rate (8 hours)<\/strong><\/th>Weekly Rate (5 days)<\/strong><\/th>Monthly Rate (20 days)<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Windows Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Linux Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
VMware vSphere Administration<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Microsoft Azure Administration<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
AWS Cloud Administration<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Google Cloud Administration<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Network Administration (Cisco)<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Firewall Administration<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Backup and Recovery Administration<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Database Administration (SQL)<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Database Administration (NoSQL)<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Active Directory Administration<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Exchange Server Administration<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Storage Area Network (SAN) Administration<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Disaster Recovery Planning<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Cybersecurity Administration<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Patch Management<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Monitoring Tools (Nagios, Zabbix)<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Helpdesk Support<\/strong><\/td>$100 – $160<\/td>$800 – $1,280<\/td>$3,600 – $5,800<\/td>$13,000 – $21,000<\/td><\/tr>
Virtualization (Hyper-V)<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Containerization (Docker)<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Kubernetes Administration<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
DevOps Tools (Jenkins, Ansible)<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Infrastructure Management<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Cloud Migration<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Compliance and Auditing<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
Endpoint Security Administration<\/strong><\/td>$120 – $200<\/td>$840 – $1,400<\/td>$3,700 – $6,200<\/td>$14,000 – $23,000<\/td><\/tr>
Identity and Access Management (IAM)<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr>
IT Project Management<\/strong><\/td>$130 – $220<\/td>$960 – $1,600<\/td>$4,300 – $7,200<\/td>$16,000 – $27,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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