Senior noc technician vs network technician

The differences between senior noc technicians and network 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 noc technician and a network technician. Additionally, a senior noc technician has an average salary of $77,518, which is higher than the $68,938 average annual salary of a network technician.

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

Senior noc technician vs network technician overview

	Senior NOC Technician	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$77,518	$68,938
Hourly rate	$37.27	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	12,979	79,712
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior noc technician vs network technician salary

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Network Technician
Average salary	$77,518	$68,938
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $130,000	Between $51,000 And $92,000
Highest paying City	-	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior noc technician and network technician education

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Network Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Pennsylvania

Senior noc technician vs network technician demographics

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.7% Female, 14.3%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
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, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.4% White, 63.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior noc technician and network technician 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 technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage DHCP servers including setting up DHCP scopes, enabling DHCP clients, viewing and managing active leases.
Manage city wide IIS deployment.
Manage Virtualization system, using ESX server/client.
Install, configure and manage Symantec Antivirus on all network computers
Use Symantec BackupExec to manage and maintain all server backups and file restorations.
Manage company Cisco series routers, switches, and ASA firewall integrate into MPLS network.

Senior noc technician vs network technician skills

Common senior noc technician skills

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

Common network technician skills

Customer Service, 9%
Switches, 6%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Routers, 4%
Lan Wan, 3%
Lan, 3%

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