Noc operator vs network technician

The differences between noc operators 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 noc operator and a network technician. Additionally, a network technician has an average salary of $68,938, which is higher than the $44,605 average annual salary of a noc operator.

The top three skills for a noc operator include escalate, remedy and network operations. The most important skills for a network technician are customer service, switches, and troubleshoot.

Noc operator vs network technician overview

	NOC Operator	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$44,605	$68,938
Hourly rate	$21.44	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	27,149	79,712
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Noc operator vs network technician salary

Noc operators and network technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	NOC Operator	Network Technician
Average salary	$44,605	$68,938
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $68,000	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 noc operator and network technician education

There are a few differences between a noc operator and a network technician in terms of educational background:

	NOC Operator	Network Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	University of Pennsylvania

Noc operator vs network technician demographics

Here are the differences between noc operators' and network technicians' demographics:

	NOC Operator	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 9.3% White, 63.3% 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 noc operator and network technician duties and responsibilities

Noc operator example responsibilities.

Manage core-network including all Cisco infrastructure elements including firewalls and perimeter routers.
Create trouble tickets via remedy.
Call in trouble tickets to the help desk thru remedy.
Work in the VOIP NOC performing troubleshooting, problem analysis and isolation of network events.
Monitor and analyze the network traffic using Solarwinds event viewer.
Monitor network events using the software SolarWinds.

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.

Noc operator vs network technician skills

Common noc operator skills

Escalate, 11%
Remedy, 7%
Network Operations, 7%
Switches, 6%
Trouble Tickets, 6%
Linux, 5%

Common network technician skills

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