Automation index

How much of a Systems administrator’s job can AI already do?

A playbook and a disk graph come earlier. Bringing a server up at 4 a.m. and talking to the user do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

27%

AI can already do 27% of this job.

#132 / 763

Systems administrator

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Automate accounts, backups and patches. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	20%	45%	+9
Document, inventory and alerts. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	40%	+7.2
Incidents, outages and on-call. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Install, cable and touch hardware. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	15%	+2.4
Permissions, security and difficult users. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	18%	+2.5
Decide what patches and what waits. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	16%	+2.2
Total	100%		26%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

IS WORK OVER?

27%

#175 / 763

Cloud engineer

Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.

The time saving for each task is estimated separately.

Task	Share	AI	Points
Terraform, the state and the module. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Account, the limit and the one that spikes. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Bucket, the public one and closing it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Network, the jump and not leaving SSH open to the world. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
FinOps, the bill and not hiding the waste. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
That it does not fall over, and not leaving the bucket public. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		27%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low