Noc supervisor vs network technician

The differences between noc supervisors 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 supervisor and a network technician. Additionally, a network technician has an average salary of $68,938, which is higher than the $59,292 average annual salary of a noc supervisor.

The top three skills for a noc supervisor include technical support, direct reports and ethernet. The most important skills for a network technician are customer service, switches, and troubleshoot.

Noc supervisor vs network technician overview

	NOC Supervisor	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$59,292	$68,938
Hourly rate	$28.51	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	1,948	79,712
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Noc supervisor vs network technician salary

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

	NOC Supervisor	Network Technician
Average salary	$59,292	$68,938
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $96,000	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 supervisor and network technician education

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

	NOC Supervisor	Network Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Noc supervisor vs network technician demographics

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

	NOC Supervisor	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 78.6% Female, 21.4%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 63.9% 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 supervisor and network technician duties and responsibilities

Noc supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage Unix system administrator team responsible for NOCC alarm applications and infrastructure.
Gather all time constraints and potential SLA breach.
Monitor all store POS functionality, netscreen and voip.
Perform multi-platform testing of alarms in various network switches and signaling transfer points.
Advance knowledge of isolating voice quality & line connectivity issues on a VoIP network.
Utilize UNIX commands, diagnose network problems using common tools like trace-route and pings.

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 supervisor vs network technician skills

Common noc supervisor skills

Technical Support, 9%
Direct Reports, 8%
Ethernet, 5%
TCP/IP, 5%
Switches, 5%
Tcp Ip, 4%

Common network technician skills

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