Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Install, configure, and maintain an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), data communications network, operating systems, and physical and virtual servers. Perform system monitoring and verify the integrity and availability of hardware, network, and server resources and systems. Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, including system backups. Analyze network and server resource consumption and control user access. Install and upgrade software and maintain software licenses. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and coordination between network and data communications hardware and software.
Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.
What drives the score
Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.
How well your skills transfer
Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.
| Skill | Transferability | Importance in current role |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 63 | 75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 63 | 75 |
| Critical Thinking | 63 | 72 |
| Monitoring | 63 | 72 |
| Speaking | 63 | 56 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 62 | 72 |
| Active Learning | 62 | 53 |
| Coordination | 62 | 50 |
| Reading Comprehension | 61 | 72 |
| Time Management | 61 | 56 |
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| Skill | Transferability | Importance in current role |
|---|---|---|
| Writing | 60 | 50 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 60 | 47 |
| Learning Strategies | 58 | 50 |
| Instructing | 58 | 50 |
| Systems Analysis | 57 | 75 |
| Systems Evaluation | 56 | 75 |
| Service Orientation | 56 | 44 |
| Persuasion | 54 | 38 |
| Mathematics | 53 | 44 |
| Negotiation | 52 | 35 |
| Science | 52 | 28 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 50 | 47 |
| Operations Analysis | 49 | 50 |
| Installation | 48 | 41 |
| Troubleshooting | 47 | 75 |
| Quality Control Analysis | 47 | 60 |
| Equipment Maintenance | 47 | 53 |
| Equipment Selection | 47 | 47 |
| Technology Design | 47 | 44 |
| Management of Material Resources | 47 | 31 |
| Management of Financial Resources | 47 | 19 |
| Operations Monitoring | 46 | 63 |
| Repairing | 46 | 53 |
| Programming | 45 | 63 |
| Operation and Control | 43 | 53 |
Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.
Jobs you could move to
Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.
- Median pay · U.S.
- $129,180
- 10-yr growth
- +21%
- Skill gap
- 3%
- Retraining
- Low
Skills to build: Writing, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning
- Median pay · U.S.
- $135,880
- 10-yr growth
- +21.1%
- Skill gap
- 6%
- Retraining
- Low
Skills to build: Active Learning, Speaking, Service Orientation, Writing
- Median pay · U.S.
- $175,140
- 10-yr growth
- +15.8%
- Skill gap
- 12%
- Retraining
- Low
Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination
- Median pay · U.S.
- $134,050
- 10-yr growth
- +7.7%
- Skill gap
- 4%
- Retraining
- Low
Skills to build: Persuasion, Writing, Coordination, Active Learning
- Median pay · U.S.
- $232,140
- 10-yr growth
- +8.3%
- Skill gap
- 12%
- Retraining
- Low
Skills to build: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Active Learning, Coordination
- Median pay · U.S.
- $134,050
- 10-yr growth
- +7.7%
- Skill gap
- 7%
- Retraining
- Low
Skills to build: Writing, Negotiation, Coordination, Persuasion
A second source of income, before you need it
This page can tell you where Network and Computer Systems Administrators could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.
Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.
Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.