Senior noc technician vs network administrator

The differences between senior noc technicians and network 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 a network administrator. Additionally, a senior noc technician has an average salary of $77,518, which is higher than the $71,357 average annual salary of a network administrator.

The top three skills for a senior noc technician include linux, network operations and tcp ip. The most important skills for a network administrator are switches, windows server, and troubleshoot.

Senior noc technician vs network administrator overview

	Senior NOC Technician	Network Administrator
Yearly salary	$77,518	$71,357
Hourly rate	$37.27	$34.31
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	12,979	106,886
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior noc technician vs network administrator salary

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Network Administrator
Average salary	$77,518	$71,357
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $130,000	Between $56,000 And $90,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Google
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior noc technician and network administrator education

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Network Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 55%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Southern California	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior noc technician vs network administrator demographics

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Network Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.7% Female, 14.3%	Male, 88.6% Female, 11.4%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 9.6% White, 63.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior noc technician and network 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.

Network administrator example responsibilities.

Lead and manage desktop standards project.
Manage backups using EMC Networker and Avamar.
Manage Solarwinds to monitor servers and networks for all locations.
Manage all provisioning and technical issues for new customer IP blocks.
Deploy and manage storage (windows file servers and NetApp NAS).
Manage all technology: Novell, Microsoft, Cisco, email, library, labs, dorms, programs

Senior noc technician vs network administrator skills

Common senior noc technician skills

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

Common network administrator skills

Switches, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%
Network Hardware, 5%
Routers, 4%
Lan Wan, 4%

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