WINDOWS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR / SALARY
SOUTH AFRICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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May 2024
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18.3 ZAR = 1 USD

701,730 ZAR

$38,356 USD

Johannesburg

832,943 ZAR

402,494 ZAR

$22,000 USD

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Average Salary / Windows System Administrator / South Africa

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Average salary for Windows System Administrator / South Africa is 701,730 ZAR per year. The most typical earning is 402,494 ZAR. All data are based on 6 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 669,604 ZAR. Women receive a salary of 1,081,246 ZAR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Some College with salary of 832,431 ZAR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 439,084 ZAR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 12-16 Years of experience receive salary of 1,156,256 ZAR. Employees with 4-8 Years of experience receive 567,151 ZAR.

Levels / Windows System Administrator / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

Salary Levels (ZAR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
54,900 ZAR - 91,499 ZAR	0	n/a
91,500 ZAR - 182,899 ZAR	0	n/a
183,000 ZAR - 274,399 ZAR	0	n/a
274,400 ZAR - 365,899 ZAR	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
365,900 ZAR - 457,399 ZAR	3	100% 50%
457,400 ZAR - 548,799 ZAR	0	n/a
548,900 ZAR - 640,299 ZAR	1	50% 16.67%
640,300 ZAR - 731,799 ZAR	0	n/a
731,800 ZAR - 823,299 ZAR	0	n/a
823,300 ZAR - 914,699 ZAR	0	n/a
914,800 ZAR - 1,006,199 ZAR	0	n/a
1,006,200 ZAR - 1,097,699 ZAR	1	33.33% 16.67%
1,097,700 ZAR - 1,189,199 ZAR	0	n/a
1,189,200 ZAR - 1,280,599 ZAR	1	16.67% 16.67%
1,280,700 ZAR - 1,372,099 ZAR	0	n/a
1,372,100 ZAR - 1,463,599 ZAR	0	n/a
1,463,600 ZAR - 1,555,099 ZAR	0	n/a
1,555,100 ZAR - 1,646,499 ZAR	0	n/a
1,646,600 ZAR - 1,737,999 ZAR	0	n/a
1,738,000 ZAR - 1,829,499 ZAR	0	n/a
1,829,500 ZAR - 1,920,999 ZAR	0	n/a
1,921,000 ZAR - 2,012,499 ZAR	0	n/a
2,012,500 ZAR - 2,103,899 ZAR	0	n/a
2,103,900 ZAR - 2,195,399 ZAR	0	n/a
2,195,400 ZAR - 2,286,899 ZAR	0	n/a
2,286,900 ZAR - 2,378,399 ZAR	0	n/a
2,378,400 ZAR - 2,469,799 ZAR	0	n/a
2,469,900 ZAR - 2,561,299 ZAR	0	n/a
2,561,300 ZAR - 2,652,799 ZAR	0	n/a
2,652,800 ZAR - 2,744,299 ZAR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
2,744,300 ZAR - 2,927,199 ZAR	0	n/a
2,927,200 ZAR - 3,110,199 ZAR	0	n/a
3,110,200 ZAR - 3,293,099 ZAR	0	n/a
3,293,100 ZAR - 3,476,099 ZAR	0	n/a
3,476,100 ZAR - 3,658,999 ZAR	0	n/a
3,659,000 ZAR - 3,841,999 ZAR	0	n/a
3,842,000 ZAR - 4,024,899 ZAR	0	n/a
4,024,900 ZAR - 4,207,899 ZAR	0	n/a
4,207,900 ZAR - 4,390,799 ZAR	0	n/a
4,390,800 ZAR - 4,573,799 ZAR	0	n/a
4,573,800 ZAR - 6,403,299 ZAR	0	n/a

Gender / Windows System Administrator / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Women	1	1,081,246 ZAR
2	Men	4	669,604 ZAR

Education / Windows System Administrator / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Some College	4	832,431 ZAR
2	Bachelors Degree	2	439,084 ZAR

Experience / Windows System Administrator / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	12-16 Years	2	1,156,256 ZAR
2	4-8 Years	1	567,151 ZAR
3	1-2 Years	2	453,720 ZAR
4	2-4 Years	1	426,278 ZAR

Age / Windows System Administrator / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys
1	31-35	1	1,229,437 ZAR
2	36-40	1	1,081,246 ZAR
3	41-45	1	567,151 ZAR
4	n/a	1	453,720 ZAR
5	26-30	2	439,084 ZAR

Work Type / Windows System Administrator / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Contract	1	1,229,437 ZAR
2	Permanent	5	596,423 ZAR

Cities / Windows System Administrator / South Africa (Gross ZAR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Johannesburg	4	832,431 ZAR
2	Cape Town	2	439,084 ZAR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Systems Engineer

Posted 09 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Deploy and patch management of servers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	567,700 ZAR

It Superintendent

Posted 04 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage the day to day IT back office operations in the Alloys And Coal Division. This includes the servers, network, storage, backup, data centers and support team staff. 
Key non-technical duties: Budget, Capacity Planning; Change, Business Continuity, Data Centre/Facilities and Incident Management; Escalation Management; Knowledge Transfer; Mentorship; Performance, Procurement Project and Problem Management; Recruitment; Report Writing; Resource Planning; Team Leadership; Translation and Integration of Business Requirements into IT Solutions; Vendor Management. 
Key technical duties: Backup and Recovery; Disaster Recovery Design and Implementation; End User Computing, Enterprise Services Design, Implementation and Support; Monitoring; Network and Security Design, Implementation and Support; Problem Solving; Root Cause Analysis; Troubleshooting and Solutions Architecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Johannesburg	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	1,229,700 ZAR

Tier 2 Wintel Engineer

Posted 21 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"DHCP, DNS, ACTIVE DIRECTORY, SEP, VMWARE."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	452,800 ZAR

Second Line Wintel Analyst

Posted 18 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage AD, DNS, DHCP, SEP."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cape Town	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	425,800 ZAR

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