Network supervisor vs network consultant

The differences between network supervisors and network consultants 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 supervisor and a network consultant. Additionally, a network consultant has an average salary of $89,303, which is higher than the $68,487 average annual salary of a network supervisor.

The top three skills for a network supervisor include ladders, performance reviews and customer service. The most important skills for a network consultant are appeals, firewall, and windows server.

Network supervisor vs network consultant overview

	Network Supervisor	Network Consultant
Yearly salary	$68,487	$89,303
Hourly rate	$32.93	$42.93
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	26,515	58,194
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Network supervisor vs network consultant salary

Network supervisors and network consultants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Network Supervisor	Network Consultant
Average salary	$68,487	$89,303
Salary range	Between $50,000 And $93,000	Between $60,000 And $132,000
Highest paying City	-	Mountain View, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Dell
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between network supervisor and network consultant education

There are a few differences between a network supervisor and a network consultant in terms of educational background:

	Network Supervisor	Network Consultant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Network supervisor vs network consultant demographics

Here are the differences between network supervisors' and network consultants' demographics:

	Network Supervisor	Network Consultant
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 79.6% Female, 20.4%	Male, 87.0% Female, 13.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 11.3% White, 61.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between network supervisor and network consultant duties and responsibilities

Network supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage SLAs, RFI, RFPs, OSPF, SONET, BGP, MPLS, Routing/Switching.
Manage the Shoretel VOIP phone system.
Manage seamless migration from FDDI to Ethernet.
Manage Cisco environment for Ethernet and wireless.
Manage software upgrade projects for field devices in close collaboration with the utility and support personnel at the NOC.
Manage maintenance database for telephone switches and peripheral equipment.

Network consultant example responsibilities.

Support and manage Linux base firewalls for client.
Manage FTP servers, AD/DNS, wireless access points and load balancers.
Manage and configure VoIP devices which include gateway and gatekeeper.
Lead architecture and design sessions with customers; initiate technical meetings with customer engineers to further engage and identify additional opportunities.
Create an optimize network to separate voice and data with QOS, MPLS BGP OSPF.
Configure route redistribution to between OSPF and EIGRP.

Network supervisor vs network consultant skills

Common network supervisor skills

Ladders, 10%
Performance Reviews, 9%
Customer Service, 8%
Switches, 6%
Network Infrastructure, 6%
Broadband, 5%

Common network consultant skills

Appeals, 10%
Firewall, 5%
Windows Server, 5%
Switches, 4%
Network Infrastructure, 4%
Network Hardware, 4%

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