Will AI take my network administrator job?

Technology · SOC 15-1244
78
/ 100
AI-Proof Score · tech

Network Administrator

In 1 year
75
↓ 3 pts
In 3 years
71
↓ 7 pts
In 5 years
67
↓ 11 pts

Tasks at risk

  • Drafting runbooks and incident reports
  • Standard configuration-template generation
  • First-pass log analysis

AI-resistant skills to build

  • Hands-on physical infrastructure work
  • Real-time incident response
  • Vendor and budget management

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What this score means for Network Administrator.

The Network Administrator role is durable. AI is squeezing the documentation surface and some routine knowledge work, but the value-creating core remains squarely human. The right move is to use AI to take the paperwork off your plate so you can spend more time on what AI cannot do. Over the next 5 years the score is projected to drift down by 11 points based on the technology vertical's drift rate. Quarterly recomputes track the actual change.

The four signals.

Eloundou α
7%
Tasks an LLM can do directly.
Eloundou β
36%
Tasks reachable via LLM-powered software.
Index intensity
24/100
How heavily real users deploy AI on this work today.
Automation share
20%
Of that usage, the share that is replacement vs assistance.

All four are weighted into the composite. See the formula →

What to do this quarter.

The single highest-leverage move for someone in this role this quarter:

Cursor or comparable AI pair-programmer in your daily workflow.

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