Noc supervisor vs system technician

The differences between noc supervisors and system 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 system technician. Additionally, a noc supervisor has an average salary of $59,292, which is higher than the $43,410 average annual salary of a system technician.

The top three skills for a noc supervisor include technical support, direct reports and ethernet. The most important skills for a system technician are customer service, hand tools, and preventative maintenance.

Noc supervisor vs system technician overview

	NOC Supervisor	System Technician
Yearly salary	$59,292	$43,410
Hourly rate	$28.51	$20.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	1,948	137,121
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Associate Degree, 40%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Noc supervisor vs system technician salary

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

	NOC Supervisor	System Technician
Average salary	$59,292	$43,410
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $96,000	Between $27,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between noc supervisor and system technician education

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

	NOC Supervisor	System Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Associate Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Noc supervisor vs system technician demographics

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

	NOC Supervisor	System Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 78.6% Female, 21.4%	Male, 90.0% Female, 10.0%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between noc supervisor and system 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.

System technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage approve software distributions using Microsoft SCCM.
Manage, support and maintain modern EMC SAN storage platform.
Manage 185 virtualize desktops running in a cluster VMware ESX environment.
Provide on-site construction support and lead system testing, debugging, and startup.
Develop and implement a weekly schedule on SQL databases to automate the execution of maintenance plans.
Plan and lead training programs on new software development essential to the movement to a paperless travel department for DoD.

Noc supervisor vs system technician skills

Common noc supervisor skills

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

Common system technician skills

Customer Service, 10%
Hand Tools, 7%
Preventative Maintenance, 6%
Technical Support, 5%
Control Systems, 4%
Security Systems, 4%