Senior noc technician vs technician

The differences between senior noc technicians and 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 technician. Additionally, a senior noc technician has an average salary of $77,518, which is higher than the $38,045 average annual salary of a technician.

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

Senior noc technician vs technician overview

	Senior NOC Technician	Technician
Yearly salary	$77,518	$38,045
Hourly rate	$37.27	$18.29
Growth rate	5%	1%
Number of jobs	12,979	596,842
Job satisfaction	-	2
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Average age	43	40
Years of experience	2	2

Senior noc technician vs technician salary

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Technician
Average salary	$77,518	$38,045
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $130,000	Between $24,000 And $58,000
Highest paying City	-	San Jose, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between senior noc technician and technician education

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Most common major	Computer Information Systems	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	-

Senior noc technician vs technician demographics

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

	Senior NOC Technician	Technician
Average age	43	40
Gender ratio	Male, 85.7% Female, 14.3%	Male, 75.2% Female, 24.8%
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, 9.4% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 4.9% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	9%	2%

Differences between senior noc technician and 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.

Technician example responsibilities.

Achieve multiple ASE certifications within first year of employment.
Implement and manage UHF radio base stations, repeaters, and command network, effectively linking all regional headquarters.
Manage telecommunications installation and repair for hospital Nortel network.
Maintain numerous automate scripts to assist in managing Linux systems.
Manage, troubleshot and repair multiple wireless technologies including fiber optic transmission switches.
Install peripherals including printers, fax machines, scanners, and smartphones.

Senior noc technician vs technician skills

Common senior noc technician skills

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

Common technician skills

Patients, 16%
Customer Service, 14%
Patient Care, 8%
Hand Tools, 6%
Diagnosis, 5%
Preventative Maintenance, 4%