Exchange engineer vs network technician

The differences between exchange engineers and network technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an exchange engineer and a network technician. Additionally, an exchange engineer has an average salary of $100,373, which is higher than the $68,938 average annual salary of a network technician.

The top three skills for an exchange engineer include powershell, O365 and azure. The most important skills for a network technician are customer service, switches, and troubleshoot.

Exchange engineer vs network technician overview

	Exchange Engineer	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$100,373	$68,938
Hourly rate	$48.26	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	52,693	79,712
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Exchange engineer vs network technician salary

Exchange engineers and network technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Exchange Engineer	Network Technician
Average salary	$100,373	$68,938
Salary range	Between $75,000 And $132,000	Between $51,000 And $92,000
Highest paying City	Newark, CA	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	Oregon	Hawaii
Best paying company	Pwc	Apple
Best paying industry	Government	Finance

Differences between exchange engineer and network technician education

There are a few differences between an exchange engineer and a network technician in terms of educational background:

	Exchange Engineer	Network Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	-	University of Pennsylvania

Exchange engineer vs network technician demographics

Here are the differences between exchange engineers' and network technicians' demographics:

	Exchange Engineer	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.6% Female, 12.4%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 10.7% White, 62.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.4% White, 63.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between exchange engineer and network technician duties and responsibilities

Exchange engineer example responsibilities.

Manage sites, trusts, replication and all active directory GPO issues.
Create PowerShell script to automate ActiveSync policy deployment.
Work with Sharepoint department to troubleshoot email issues.
Add new UPN suffix and appropriate DNS records.
Monitor and stabilize the environment in co-existence with SCOM.
Test user functionality from the cloud to on premise resources.

Network technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage DHCP servers including setting up DHCP scopes, enabling DHCP clients, viewing and managing active leases.
Manage city wide IIS deployment.
Manage Virtualization system, using ESX server/client.
Install, configure and manage Symantec Antivirus on all network computers
Use Symantec BackupExec to manage and maintain all server backups and file restorations.
Manage company Cisco series routers, switches, and ASA firewall integrate into MPLS network.

Exchange engineer vs network technician skills

Common exchange engineer skills

PowerShell, 12%
O365, 8%
Azure, 6%
Skype, 6%
Cloud, 6%
Microsoft Exchange, 5%

Common network technician skills

Customer Service, 9%
Switches, 6%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Routers, 4%
Lan Wan, 3%
Lan, 3%