Jobs / DevOps, SRE, and IT operations / 15-1299.01
Web Administrators
Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Perform testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.
- US jobs
- 435,370 (SOC 15-1299 group, "Computer Occupations, All Other")
- Median wage
- $116,580 a year
- Job family
- DevOps, SRE, and IT operations
Can agents do the work of web administrators?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, DevOps, SRE, and IT operations: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SREGym, 72.2% of tasks completed.
11% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 15-1299 group).
- 8%Develop operational or technical procedures or standardsNot measured
- 6%Advise others on the design or use of technologiesNot measured
- 5%Direct scientific or technical activitiesNot measured
- 4%Present research or technical informationNot measured
- 4%Test performance of computer or information systemsNot measured
- 4%Analyze performance of systems or equipmentNot measured
- 4%Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologiesNot measured
- 4%Design computer or information systems or applicationsNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in devops, sre, and it operations, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
- 36.7%GPT-4 with retrieval-augmented generation · 2024Emerging
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- OSWorld-Verifiedby HKU, Salesforce AI Research, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Waterloo90.2%Intelligence-Indeed Agent · 25 Jul 2026Saturated
- 64.8%Claude Code + Opus 5.5 (max) · 6 Oct 2026Strong
Retired
Their maintainers or a major evaluator stopped using them as a frontier measure. They do not count.
- 84.7%NexAU-AHE + GPT-5.5 · 23 Apr 2026Retired
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel.
- Identify or document backup or recovery plans.
- Back up or modify applications and related data to provide for disaster recovery.
- Correct testing-identified problems, or recommend actions for their resolution.
- Identify, standardize, and communicate levels of access and security.
- Determine sources of Web page or server problems, and take action to correct such problems.
- Implement updates, upgrades, and patches in a timely manner to limit loss of service.
- Implement Web site security measures, such as firewalls or message encryption.
- Collaborate with development teams to discuss, analyze, or resolve usability issues.
- Test issues such as system integration, performance, and system security on a regular schedule or after any major program modifications.
- Perform user testing or usage analyses to determine Web sites' effectiveness or usability.
- Document application and Web site changes or change procedures.
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