Systems Manager Contracts in England

System Manager
UK > England

The median System Manager daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 603 711
Rank change year-on-year +95 +108 -128
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager 34 50 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.091% 0.099% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.10% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 42 56
10th Percentile £300 £251 £394
25th Percentile £438 £378 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -3.90% +7.89%
75th Percentile £508 £598 £625
90th Percentile £588 £675 £706
UK median daily rate £475 £485 £525
% change year-on-year -2.06% -7.62% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £29.33 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £31.67 - £23.00
75th Percentile £34.00 - £24.00
90th Percentile £35.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £31.67 - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,483 47,741 67,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,890 33,903 48,246
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,432 1,409 1,905
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.31 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.32% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.60 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.07% +91.49% +3.14%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Systems Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +91 12 £457 -5.88% 26
South East +13 9 £505 -3.81% 26
South West +14 6 £450 -12.20% 3
North of England +35 5 £385 -3.75% 15
North West - 5 £385 - 3
Midlands +31 1 £300 -7.69% 12
East Midlands +19 1 £300 -50.00% 5
Systems Manager
UK

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Systems Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 11 (32.35%) Project Management
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
3 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
4 6 (17.65%) Change Management
4 6 (17.65%) Oracle
4 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 5 (14.71%) SAP
6 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
6 4 (11.76%) Legal
6 4 (11.76%) Migration
6 4 (11.76%) ERP
6 4 (11.76%) Data Migration
6 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
6 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 4 (11.76%) OCI
7 3 (8.82%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (8.82%) Data Analytics
7 3 (8.82%) Analytics
7 3 (8.82%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (8.82%) Local Government
7 3 (8.82%) Agile
7 3 (8.82%) Data Analysis
7 3 (8.82%) PRINCE2
7 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.82%) Validation
7 3 (8.82%) GAP Analysis

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (5.88%) SAP CO
2 2 (5.88%) SAP FI
2 2 (5.88%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.94%) Sage X3
3 1 (2.94%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) OCI
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (2.94%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) Azure
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) DHCP
1 1 (2.94%) DNS
1 1 (2.94%) Firewall
1 1 (2.94%) Internet
1 1 (2.94%) Intranet
1 1 (2.94%) LAN
1 1 (2.94%) WAN
1 1 (2.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Toad
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Legal
3 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.82%) Local Government
5 2 (5.88%) Billing
5 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Publishing
6 1 (2.94%) Banking
6 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.94%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.94%) LIMS
3 1 (2.94%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.94%) NHS
3 1 (2.94%) PKI
3 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Project Management
2 6 (17.65%) Change Management
3 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (11.76%) Data Migration
3 4 (11.76%) ERP
3 4 (11.76%) Migration
3 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
3 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
4 3 (8.82%) Agile
4 3 (8.82%) Analytics
4 3 (8.82%) Data Analysis
4 3 (8.82%) Data Analytics
4 3 (8.82%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (8.82%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.82%) Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (8.82%) Validation
5 2 (5.88%) Data Strategy
5 2 (5.88%) Order to Cash
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.94%) PMP
3 1 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) ISO 20022
2 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Oracle
3 5 (14.71%) SAP
4 2 (5.88%) Civica
5 1 (2.94%) Ceridian
5 1 (2.94%) Sage
5 1 (2.94%) VMware