Senior network technician vs senior support technician

The differences between senior network technicians and senior support 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 network technician and a senior support technician. Additionally, a senior support technician has an average salary of $74,459, which is higher than the $49,896 average annual salary of a senior network technician.

The top three skills for a senior network technician include switches, troubleshoot and routers. The most important skills for a senior support technician are customer service, technical support, and troubleshoot.

Senior network technician vs senior support technician overview

	Senior Network Technician	Senior Support Technician
Yearly salary	$49,896	$74,459
Hourly rate	$23.99	$35.80
Growth rate	5%	10%
Number of jobs	39,288	113,499
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	43	42
Years of experience	2	2

Senior network technician vs senior support technician salary

Senior network technicians and senior support technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Network Technician	Senior Support Technician
Average salary	$49,896	$74,459
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $78,000	Between $48,000 And $114,000
Highest paying City	Redmond, WA	Durham, NC
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Pennsylvania
Best paying company	Microsoft	Pacira BioSciences
Best paying industry	Technology	Technology

Differences between senior network technician and senior support technician education

There are a few differences between a senior network technician and a senior support technician in terms of educational background:

	Senior Network Technician	Senior Support Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stanford University

Senior network technician vs senior support technician demographics

Here are the differences between senior network technicians' and senior support technicians' demographics:

	Senior Network Technician	Senior Support Technician
Average age	43	42
Gender ratio	Male, 85.5% Female, 14.5%	Male, 78.4% Female, 21.6%
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, 10.7% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 11.1% White, 56.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	11%

Differences between senior network technician and senior support technician duties and responsibilities

Senior network technician example responsibilities.

Manage 10 servers , 2 UNIX , 6 Win2k3 and 2 Win2k.
Set up and manage firewall and content base web filtering.
Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.
Connect and configure LAN and WLAN networks and perform security updates on network devices and routers.
Train customer s employees on network protocols such as TCP/IP EGIRP, BGP, SNA, OSPF.
Implement wide area network solution using VPN and MPLS technologies to interconnect remote offices.

Senior support technician example responsibilities.

Manage the virtual platforms utilize in the office using VMWare.
Serve as a SME and the main point of contact when agents and other leads have questions.
Organize and maintain Linux labs.
Help resolve terminal server and citrix environment issues.
Research Linux server logs to find errors within applications.
Train customers in hardware and software on both the pc and mac.

Senior network technician vs senior support technician skills

Common senior network technician skills

Switches, 9%
Troubleshoot, 8%
Routers, 5%
Network Hardware, 4%
Windows Server, 4%
Network Security, 3%

Common senior support technician skills

Customer Service, 13%
Technical Support, 11%
Troubleshoot, 9%
Desk Support, 4%
Phone Calls, 4%
Mac, 4%

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