Senior noc technician vs information technology administrator

The differences between senior noc technicians and information technology administrators 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 noc technician and an information technology administrator. Additionally, a senior noc technician has an average salary of $77,518, which is higher than the $73,195 average annual salary of an information technology administrator.

The top three skills for a senior noc technician include linux, network operations and tcp ip. The most important skills for an information technology administrator are customer service, troubleshoot, and linux.

Senior noc technician vs information technology administrator overview

	Senior NOC Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Yearly salary	$77,518	$73,195
Hourly rate	$37.27	$35.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	12,979	159,499
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior noc technician vs information technology administrator salary

Senior noc technicians and information technology administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior NOC Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Average salary	$77,518	$73,195
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $130,000	Between $50,000 And $105,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Databricks
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior noc technician and information technology administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior noc technician and an information technology administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior NOC Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Southern California	Stanford University

Senior noc technician vs information technology administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior noc technicians' and information technology administrators' demographics:

	Senior NOC Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.7% Female, 14.3%	Male, 81.6% Female, 18.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 9.8% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior noc technician and information technology administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior noc technician example responsibilities.

Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.
Rack and stack network equipment (routers, servers, switches and any other equipment).
Provide customer support on internet, email, webhosting and VoIP.
Receive calls and tickets for connectivity issues ranging from basic broadband to fiber connections.
Serve as the hands and ears of technicians dispatch to hotels to replace faulty servers, switches, and routers.
Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.

Information technology administrator example responsibilities.

Define, document and project manage the implementation and configuration changes to HRIS applications.
Manage the migration from ADP to Lawson software; adapt HRIS to fit organizational needs.
Manage PC trainers and develop high quality internal instructor-le courses.
Manage host peripheral hardware including disk files and space utilization.
Manage and maintain corporate telecommunications and LAN; recommend repairs as needed.
Manage administration for SharePoint websites including account creation or modifying existing user accounts and site settings.

Senior noc technician vs information technology administrator skills

Common senior noc technician skills

Linux, 8%
Network Operations, 8%
Tcp Ip, 7%
SolarWinds, 6%
Switches, 6%
Escalate, 6%

Common information technology administrator skills

Customer Service, 10%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Linux, 5%
Database, 4%
VMware, 4%
Windows Server, 4%

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