How to become a network or Server or Applications or Computer systems administrator

Official title: Network/Server/Applications/Computer systems administrator

Also called: Applications administrator, Applications support engineer, Computer systems administrator, Network administrator, Server administrator, Associate Applications Support Engineer, Associate Systems Support Engineer, Ÿ Applications support engineer

Network/Server/Applications/Computer systems administrator controls, maintains and supports the optimal performance and security of information technology systems including computer networks, systems software and applications software. He/she monitors, diagnoses, resolves and documents issues with network, systems or applications problems. He/she supports user onboarding and may also provide support to software testing and transition processes.

Main tasks

• Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environments including systems software, applications software and all configurations
• Recommending changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determining hardware or software requirements related to such changes
• Diagnosing network and system problems
• Performing data backups and disaster recovery operations
• Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use

Ways in

• University: Computing & IT degrees, Offered by 5 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $57,180 a year. The middle half earn $44,256 to $83,040 a year.
• Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Data/Database administrator
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Questions people ask

How do I become a network or Server or Applications or Computer systems administrator?

Ways in include: Computing & IT degrees.

How much does a network or Server or Applications or Computer systems administrator earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $57,180 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $44,256 to $83,040.

Will AI change the work of a network or Server or Applications or Computer systems administrator?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026