Storage consultant vs system technician

The differences between storage consultants and system 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 storage consultant and a system technician. Additionally, a storage consultant has an average salary of $96,461, which is higher than the $43,410 average annual salary of a system technician.

The top three skills for a storage consultant include storage facility, collection calls and customer service. The most important skills for a system technician are customer service, hand tools, and preventative maintenance.

Storage consultant vs system technician overview

	Storage Consultant	System Technician
Yearly salary	$96,461	$43,410
Hourly rate	$46.38	$20.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	14,247	137,121
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Associate Degree, 40%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Storage consultant vs system technician salary

Storage consultants and system technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Storage Consultant	System Technician
Average salary	$96,461	$43,410
Salary range	Between $71,000 And $129,000	Between $27,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	New Hampshire	Washington
Best paying company	Technology Service Professionals	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Government

Differences between storage consultant and system technician education

There are a few differences between a storage consultant and a system technician in terms of educational background:

	Storage Consultant	System Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Associate Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Storage consultant vs system technician demographics

Here are the differences between storage consultants' and system technicians' demographics:

	Storage Consultant	System Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 70.4% Female, 29.6%	Male, 90.0% Female, 10.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.5% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% Asian, 13.0% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	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%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between storage consultant and system technician duties and responsibilities

Storage consultant example responsibilities.

Lead team defining new manage desktop environment and Y2K strategies for faster, cheaper adoption.
Develop PowerShell scripts and spreadsheets to help automate and batch process the troubleshooting of servers and network devices.
Lead a desktop operating system migration in a highly regulate pharmaceutical environment.
Script uses Korn shell, awk and Perl.
Perform extensive research and troubleshooting on Unix and Linux systems.
Gain a much great level of experience with PowerShell and SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 for both administration and deployment.

System technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage approve software distributions using Microsoft SCCM.
Manage, support and maintain modern EMC SAN storage platform.
Manage 185 virtualize desktops running in a cluster VMware ESX environment.
Provide on-site construction support and lead system testing, debugging, and startup.
Develop and implement a weekly schedule on SQL databases to automate the execution of maintenance plans.
Plan and lead training programs on new software development essential to the movement to a paperless travel department for DoD.

Storage consultant vs system technician skills

Common storage consultant skills

Storage Facility, 10%
Collection Calls, 9%
Customer Service, 6%
SAN, 5%
Storage Systems, 4%
Switches, 4%

Common system technician skills

Customer Service, 10%
Hand Tools, 7%
Preventative Maintenance, 6%
Technical Support, 5%
Control Systems, 4%
Security Systems, 4%