Network operations project manager vs network technician

The differences between network operations project managers 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 a network operations project manager and a network technician. Additionally, a network operations project manager has an average salary of $74,746, which is higher than the $68,938 average annual salary of a network technician.

The top three skills for a network operations project manager include network operations, project management and switches. The most important skills for a network technician are customer service, switches, and troubleshoot.

Network operations project manager vs network technician overview

	Network Operations Project Manager	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$74,746	$68,938
Hourly rate	$35.94	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	134,530	79,712
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Network operations project manager vs network technician salary

Network operations project managers and network technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Network Operations Project Manager	Network Technician
Average salary	$74,746	$68,938
Salary range	Between $52,000 And $106,000	Between $51,000 And $92,000
Highest paying City	-	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between network operations project manager and network technician education

There are a few differences between a network operations project manager and a network technician in terms of educational background:

	Network Operations Project Manager	Network Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Network operations project manager vs network technician demographics

Here are the differences between network operations project managers' and network technicians' demographics:

	Network Operations Project Manager	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 61.1% Female, 38.9%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.6% White, 63.6% 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 network operations project manager and network technician duties and responsibilities

Network operations project manager example responsibilities.

Manage and align short- and long-term operational strategy and initiatives in carrier transport and IP applications.
Define processes and procedures for the NOC like change management, incidence management and problem management.
Develop and implement SAN fabric solution for in-house secondary storage.
Provide technical documentation and configuration changes for firewall rules and network schema.
Design and implement an upgrade infrastructure topology in order to support a Cisco VoIP deployment.
Provide technical consulting in design, development, testing and implementation of initiatives involving or impacting desktop services.

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.

Network operations project manager vs network technician skills

Common network operations project manager skills

Network Operations, 21%
Project Management, 11%
Switches, 8%
Network Infrastructure, 8%
Compliance Issues, 6%
VoIP, 5%

Common network technician skills

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

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