How to become a website administrator or Webmaster

Official title: Website administrator/Webmaster

Also called: LAN systems administrator, Local area network systems administrator, WAN systems administrator, Web designer and developer, Webmaster, Website administrator, Website technician, Wide area network systems administrator, Ÿ LAN systems administrator, Ÿ WAN systems administrator

Website administrator/Webmaster maintains, monitors and supports the optimal functioning of internet and intranet website and web server hardware and software.

Main tasks

• Installing, monitoring and supporting the reliability and usability of internet and intranet websites or web server hardware or software
• Developing and maintaining documentation, policies and instructions, recording operational procedures and system logs
• Developing, coordinating, implementing and monitoring security measures
• Analysing and making recommendations to enhance performance, including upgrading and acquiring new systems
• Liaising with, and providing guidance to clients and users
• Modifying web pages
• Performing web server backup and recovery operations

Ways in

• Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Business Administration. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $54,000 a year. The middle half earn $38,400 to $97,992 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.

Related jobs

• Computer systems operator
• IT infrastructure technician
• IT security technician
• IT support technician

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Questions people ask

How do I become a website administrator or Webmaster?

Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec).

How much does a website administrator or Webmaster earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $54,000 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $38,400 to $97,992.

Will AI change the work of a website administrator or Webmaster?

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