Technology
Network and Computer Systems Administrator in the United States
322 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 322 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution12%38 of 322 postingsAccredited institution →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- CEHEC-Council0%
- A+CompTIA0%
- Certified Six Sigma Green BeltAmerican Society for Quality0%
- Network+CompTIA1%
- PMPProject Management Institute1%
- Security+CompTIA2%
- CCNACisco3%
- CCIECisco0%
- CKALinux Foundation / CNCF0%
- CKADLinux Foundation / CNCF0%
- SecurityXCompTIA0%
- OSCPOffSec0%
- CySA+CompTIA1%
- Salesforce Certified AdministratorSalesforce1%
- CISSPISC21%
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution1%3 of 322 postingsAccredited institution →
- CCNPCisco2%
- TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)3%11 of 322 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)4%14 of 322 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- Bachelor’s degree52%
- Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree20%
- Some college, no degree10%
Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
O*NET 15-1244.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
SpaceX · OpenAI · Anduril Industries · Nuro · Anthropic · Applied Intuition · Roblox · Scale AI · Databricks · Stripe · Klaviyo · Idealforce LLC · MongoDB · Relativity Space · SBT Global · Sierra · Skydio · Asana · Coinbase · Collabera · Harvey · Kodiak Robotics · Komodo Health · USM · Affirm · Artech Information System · C3EL · Cursor · Dropbox · Elastic · Figma · Perplexity · Samsara · Saronic · Scout Motors · Skild AI · Vercel · Zoox · Atlas Energy Solutions · Baseten · City of New York · Cognition · Cribl · Decagon · ElevenLabs · GitLab · Headway · HelloFresh · Infojini Inc · Mercor · Nimble Robotics · Notion · Reddit · Robinhood · Abridge · Agility Robotics · Airtable · Antora Energy · Apptronik · Ask IT Consulting · Browserbase · Chime · Cloudflare · Clover Health · Crestwood Behavioral Health · Deegit Inc · Discord · Etched · FanDuel · Farther · Fivetran · Flexport · Knock · Latitude Inc · Lattice · Lucid Motors · Mach Industries · Mercury · Modal · OpenEvidence · Oscar Health · PSI CRO · Redwood Materials · Ridgeline · Stem Xpert · Toast · Turing · Twilio · Ursa Major Technologies · Verkada · WorkOS · Zip
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