Systems Manager Contracts in the South East

System Manager
England > South East

The median System Manager daily rate in the South East is £505 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 210 245
Rank change year-on-year +18 +35 -36
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager 9 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.16% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 13
10th Percentile £462 £356 £347
25th Percentile £485 £400 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -10.64% +45.96%
75th Percentile £763 £750 £625
90th Percentile £950 - £685
England median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.00 - -
England median hourly rate £31.67 - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,108 5,493 7,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.56% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,830 5,033
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 240 336
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.04 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.16 £43.56
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in the South East

Systems Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Systems Manager in the South East

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Manager in the South East

Systems Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Manager in the South East

Systems Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +6 7 £550 +15.79% 12
Berkshire -6 3 £900 +89.47% 4
Buckinghamshire - 3 £505 - 3
Surrey +13 1 £470 -37.33% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £550 - 5
Systems Manager
England

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 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 South East region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) SAP
1 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 2 (22.22%) Data Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
3 2 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (22.22%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (22.22%) Order to Cash
3 2 (22.22%) Record to Report
3 2 (22.22%) GDPR
3 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) SAP FI
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) SAP CO
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Quality Management

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP CO
1 2 (22.22%) SAP FI
1 2 (22.22%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (22.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (11.11%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) LIMS
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Data Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) ETL
3 2 (22.22%) Order to Cash
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
3 2 (22.22%) Record to Report
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMP
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
1 2 (22.22%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle