SysAdmin

SysAdmin reduces operational or security risk while keeping systems usable.

AI-assisted summary of published DOU and Djinni analytics

Salary from $1,280 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to $2,409 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs 486 Last 3 months
Applications per job 11.64 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 100 $1976–$3852 DNS 65 $1447–$2448 VPN 63 $1319–$2504 Network Administration 54 $2127–$3650 DHCP 49 $1176–$2166 Windows Server 47 $1480–$2683 System Administration 45 $1605–$2504 TCP/IP 45 $1437–$3061 Active Directory 36 $1461–$2666 Windows 36 $1039–$2189 Jira 31 $1474–$2540 Google Workspace 29 $1233–$1859 Technical Support 29 $1115–$1780 MacOS 28 $1116–$2475 Shell Scripting 28 $2740–$4509 VLAN 28 $1205–$2540 Zabbix 26 $1580–$2500 Mikrotik 25 $1107–$1856 Python 25 $2955–$4687 Firewall 24 $1492–$2596 MS Office 22 $1246–$2212 PowerShell 21 $1462–$3475

Where to hire

Sources

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