Senior lan technician vs noc technician

The differences between senior lan technicians and noc 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 senior lan technician and a noc technician. Additionally, a senior lan technician has an average salary of $54,116, which is higher than the $45,884 average annual salary of a noc technician.

The top three skills for a senior lan technician include switches, lan wan and IP. The most important skills for a noc technician are customer service, troubleshoot, and network operations.

Senior lan technician vs noc technician overview

	Senior LAN Technician	NOC Technician
Yearly salary	$54,116	$45,884
Hourly rate	$26.02	$22.06
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	16,901	48,270
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior lan technician vs noc technician salary

Senior lan technicians and noc technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior LAN Technician	NOC Technician
Average salary	$54,116	$45,884
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $76,000	Between $31,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Maryland
Best paying company	-	Duquesne Light Company
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between senior lan technician and noc technician education

There are a few differences between a senior lan technician and a noc technician in terms of educational background:

	Senior LAN Technician	NOC Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Business	Computer Information Systems
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Senior lan technician vs noc technician demographics

Here are the differences between senior lan technicians' and noc technicians' demographics:

	Senior LAN Technician	NOC Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 86.0% Female, 14.0%	Male, 88.5% Female, 11.5%
Race ratio	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%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% Asian, 8.7% White, 63.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior lan technician and noc technician duties and responsibilities

Senior lan technician example responsibilities.

Manage SCCM for all server and workstation updates.
Install and deploy PC's, printers, peripherals, and applications/software.
Research and create software loads for user PC's to insure compatibility.
Perform backups, system monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades and repairs to LAN hardware and software.
Perform day-to-day LAN administration duties setting up user profiles and security access for a network or internal Intranet application access.
Install and implementation various types of servers/computers, printers, and networking equipment effectively provide quality service and installation for customers.

Noc technician example responsibilities.

Manage troubleshooting for user side computer and Novell problems.
Manage windows server network configuration, disks and storage access requests.
Manage and administer VPNs using PPTP and GRE tunneling with TACLANE and FASTLANE encryption.
Install, setup, configure, manage and maintain desktop, laptop, and server equipment for multiple clients.
Manage core-network including all Cisco infrastructure elements including firewalls and perimeter routers.
Engineer and manage creation of co-registration Java modules for integration with Akamai streaming servers.

Senior lan technician vs noc technician skills

Common senior lan technician skills

Switches, 20%
Lan Wan, 10%
IP, 8%
DNS, 8%
Network Devices, 7%
IIS, 6%

Common noc technician skills

Customer Service, 10%
Troubleshoot, 9%
Network Operations, 5%
Switches, 5%
Technical Support, 4%
Routers, 4%