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Systems Administrator
OFO Code: 252201
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 252201
- Occupation
- Systems Administrator
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 2522 · Systems Administrators
Official description
Systems administrators develop, control ,maintain and support the optimal performance and security of information technology systems.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Content Product Manager, IT Information Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, Systems Administrator (Computers), Network / Computer System Coordinator, Computerised Registry Manager, Advisor Systems Management, Ecommerce Project Manager, Systems Manager
- Diagnosing hardware and software problems
- Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use
- Recommending changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determining hardware or software requirements related to such changes
- Performing data backups and disaster recovery operations;
- Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software and all configurations
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned