SysAdmin

SysAdmin reduces operational or security risk while keeping systems usable.

AI-assisted summary of published DOU and Djinni analytics

Salary from $1,271 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to $2,430 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs 497 Last 3 months
Applications per job 12.46 JobNote category match
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Published signal

SysAdmin + Exact category
$1,300 SysAdmin median
$2,200 upper quartile
6.5 applications per SysAdmin job

Hiring Use realistic incidents and trade-offs; verify hands-on depth behind policy language.

Candidate Show prevented loss, faster recovery, or safer delivery with evidence.

Data Net monthly DOU survey figures for system administrators. Djinni platform figure for Q1 2026.

Independent salary benchmark

DOU salary survey

Source data
June 2026 · 164 respondents
Exact match
Lower quartile$1000
Median$1500
Upper quartile$2500
Year over year +25.0%

Salary range history

Lower quartile Median Upper quartile

System administrators · monthly net base salary in USD; bonuses excluded; all locations in the published CSV.

Derived from the shortened public salary-survey data published by DOU. Jobnote and DOU vacancy salaries are separate datasets.

Most wanted skills

Counts of active jobs now and salaries.

Linux 109 $1972–$3830 VPN 70 $1273–$2468 DNS 69 $1380–$2428 Network Administration 61 $2117–$3665 System Administration 53 $1592–$2528 TCP/IP 53 $1459–$3048 DHCP 52 $1104–$2104 Windows Server 49 $1442–$2723 Windows 46 $1061–$2232 Active Directory 38 $1371–$2631 Jira 36 $1432–$2559 Technical Support 34 $1062–$1801 MacOS 33 $1110–$2545 Google Workspace 32 $1258–$1893 Python 31 $2949–$4669 Shell Scripting 31 $2719–$4486 Zabbix 29 $1547–$2481 MS Office 28 $1244–$2212 VLAN 28 $1181–$2448 Mikrotik 26 $1102–$1914 PowerShell 25 $1466–$3416 Firewall 22 $1457–$2530

Where to hire

Sources

  1. DevOps, SRE, Security, and SysAdmin salaries — summer 2026 Published signal ·
  2. Djinni market analytics — Q1 2026 Published signal ·