Technology

Network and Computer Systems Administrator in the United States

363 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 91 employers · largest 13% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 363 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
12%
43 of 363 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.

AWS SAAAmazon Web Services
0%
1 of 363 postings$150 exam · fee checked 2026-08~120 hrs prepAmazon Web Services →
CEHEC-Council
0%
1 of 363 postings$1,199 exam · fee checked 2026-08~160 hrs prepEC-Council →
A+CompTIA
0%
1 of 363 postings$506 exam · fee checked 2026-08~120 hrs prepCompTIA →
Certified Six Sigma Green BeltAmerican Society for Quality
0%
1 of 363 postings$548 exam · fee checked 2026-08~120 hrs prepAmerican Society for Quality →
PMPProject Management Institute
1%
3 of 363 postings$555 exam · fee checked 2026-08~200 hrs prepProject Management Institute →
Network+CompTIA
1%
4 of 363 postings$369 exam · fee checked 2026-08~100 hrs prepCompTIA →
Security+CompTIA
1%
5 of 363 postings$404 exam · fee checked 2026-08~110 hrs prepCompTIA →
CCNACisco
2%
9 of 363 postings$300 exam · fee checked 2026-08~150 hrs prepCisco →
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)Microsoft
0%
1 of 363 postings$165 exam · fee checked 2026-08~120 hrs prepMicrosoft →
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)Microsoft
0%
1 of 363 postings$165 exam · fee checked 2026-08~160 hrs prepMicrosoft →
CCIECisco
0%
1 of 363 postings$2,050 exam · fee checked 2026-08~1000 hrs prepCisco →
CKALinux Foundation / CNCF
0%
1 of 363 postings$445 exam · fee checked 2026-08~120 hrs prepLinux Foundation / CNCF →
CKADLinux Foundation / CNCF
0%
1 of 363 postings$445 exam · fee checked 2026-08~100 hrs prepLinux Foundation / CNCF →
CySA+CompTIA
0%
1 of 363 postings$404 exam · fee checked 2026-08~120 hrs prepCompTIA →
Google Cloud Professional Cloud ArchitectGoogle Cloud
0%
1 of 363 postings$200 exam · fee checked 2026-08~200 hrs prepGoogle Cloud →
OSCPOffSec
0%
1 of 363 postings$1,749 exam · fee checked 2026-08~400 hrs prepOffSec →
CISSPISC2
1%
2 of 363 postings$749 exam · fee checked 2026-08~300 hrs prepISC2 →
Salesforce Certified AdministratorSalesforce
1%
3 of 363 postings$200 exam · fee checked 2026-08~100 hrs prepSalesforce →
Master's DegreeAccredited institution
1%
4 of 363 postingsAccredited institution →
CCNPCisco
2%
7 of 363 postings$700 exam · fee checked 2026-08~300 hrs prepCisco →
TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)
4%
16 of 363 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)
5%
17 of 363 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.

Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree30%
Bachelor’s degree27%
Post-secondary certificate20%

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 2026-10-01 · 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.

$62,640

10th percentile

$99,130

median

$155,050

90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

SpaceX · OpenAI · Anduril Industries · Nuro · Anthropic · Applied Intuition · Roblox · Databricks · Stripe · Coinbase · Scale AI · Zoox · C3EL · Idealforce LLC · MongoDB · Relativity Space · SBT Global · Skydio · Asana · Collabera · Harvey · Klaviyo · Kodiak Robotics · Notion · Perplexity · Robinhood · Saronic · Sierra · USM · Artech Information System · City of New York · Cursor · Dropbox · ElevenLabs · Figma · GitLab · Headway · Samsara · Scout Motors · Skild AI · Affirm · Agility Robotics · Atlas Energy Solutions · Baseten · Cloudflare · Cognition · Decagon · HelloFresh · Infojini Inc · Mercor · Mercury · Nimble Robotics · Pinterest · Vercel · WorkOS · Alloy · Antora Energy · Apptronik · Ask IT Consulting · Browserbase · Chime · Crestwood Behavioral Health · Deegit Inc · Discord · Elastic · Etched · FanDuel · Fivetran · Harbinger Motors · Hut 8 · Kairos Power · Knock · Komodo Health · Latitude Inc · Lucid Motors · Modal · OpenEvidence · Oscar Health · Path Robotics · PSI CRO · Redwood Materials · Ridgeline · Rocket Money · Stem Xpert · Toast · Twilio · Verkada · Wiz · Zip · Zocdoc · Zum Services