The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Systems Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Manager
Rank 443 457 498
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager 91 129 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.193% 0.218% 0.146%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.209% 0.235% 0.158%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 69 37
Average daily rate £388 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £319 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £391 £390 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.25% +11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
Average hourly rate £21.34 £35.00 £26.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.04% +33.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £35.00 £26.13
% change year-on-year
- +33.97%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Systems Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Systems Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Systems Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Systems Manager within the UK.

Systems Manager Daily Rate Trend

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Systems Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Systems Manager within the UK.

Systems Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Manager
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +18 85 £388 -11.42%
London +30 53 £388 -13.88%
City of London +13 16 £255 -43.17%
South West +35 13 £275 -27.63%
South East +9 13 £513 +22.02%
Berkshire +13 4 - -
Hampshire -2 4 £550 +46.66%
Basingstoke - 3 £550 -
Bristol +12 2 £359 -
Reading +10 2 - -
East of England +4 2 £325 -
East Midlands 0 2 £459 +162.14%
Scotland -17 2 - -
Nottingham - 2 £459 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £415 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £459 -
Middlesex - 2 £450 -
Surrey +16 1 £475 +7.95%
Cambridgeshire +12 1 - -
Manchester +11 1 £150 -
Woking +2 1 £475 +7.95%
Edinburgh +2 1 - -
Yorkshire +1 1 - -
Canary Wharf -2 1 £525 -
North West -12 1 £150 -56.98%
Glasgow -17 1 - -
North Yorkshire - 1 - -
Devon - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £325 -
Witney - 1 - -

Systems Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Systems Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Manager in their job title.

1 39 (23.78%) Microsoft
2 38 (23.17%) Project Management
3 35 (21.34%) Finance
4 28 (17.07%) Management Information System
4 28 (17.07%) Security Cleared
5 24 (14.63%) Windows
6 21 (12.80%) PRINCE2
7 20 (12.20%) SC Cleared
8 19 (11.59%) ITIL
8 19 (11.59%) Active Directory
9 17 (10.37%) MS Exchange
9 17 (10.37%) Oracle
10 16 (9.756%) Degree
11 14 (8.537%) MS Excel
11 14 (8.537%) ERP
11 14 (8.537%) NHS
11 14 (8.537%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (7.927%) SAN
12 13 (7.927%) CRM
12 13 (7.927%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (7.927%) Exchange Server 2010
13 12 (7.317%) SQL Server
13 12 (7.317%) Cisco
13 12 (7.317%) Change Management
14 11 (6.707%) Business Continuity
14 11 (6.707%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (6.098%) Blackberry
15 10 (6.098%) VMware
15 10 (6.098%) Wireless
15 10 (6.098%) SCCM

Systems Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Systems Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Systems Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (2.439%) .NET
2 2 (1.220%) Velocity
3 1 (0.610%) COM
Application Platforms
1 17 (10.37%) MS Exchange
2 13 (7.927%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (5.488%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.659%) CMS
4 6 (3.659%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.220%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.610%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (0.610%) IIS
7 1 (0.610%) Apache
7 1 (0.610%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.610%) Lotus Domino
7 1 (0.610%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.610%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.610%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 14 (8.537%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.659%) MS Project
3 2 (1.220%) Windchill
4 1 (0.610%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.610%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.610%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.610%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.829%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.220%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.220%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.220%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.610%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.610%) Endur
3 1 (0.610%) Agresso
3 1 (0.610%) Lawson
3 1 (0.610%) CODA-Financials
3 1 (0.610%) Movex
3 1 (0.610%) Summit
3 1 (0.610%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.610%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.610%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.927%) SAN
2 10 (6.098%) Wireless
3 6 (3.659%) WAN
4 5 (3.049%) LAN
5 4 (2.439%) Firewall
5 4 (2.439%) VoIP
5 4 (2.439%) VPN
6 3 (1.829%) LDAP
6 3 (1.829%) DNS
6 3 (1.829%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.829%) DHCP
6 3 (1.829%) SMTP
7 2 (1.220%) BSS
7 2 (1.220%) Internet
7 2 (1.220%) 802.11
8 1 (0.610%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.610%) LTE
8 1 (0.610%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (0.610%) Network Security
8 1 (0.610%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.317%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.049%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.220%) Essbase
4 2 (1.220%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.220%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.220%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.610%) MySQL
5 1 (0.610%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.829%) InstallShield
2 1 (0.610%) Trac
2 1 (0.610%) MSI
2 1 (0.610%) Subversion
General
1 35 (21.34%) Finance
2 9 (5.488%) Legal
3 6 (3.659%) Telecoms
4 5 (3.049%) Banking
4 5 (3.049%) Retail
5 4 (2.439%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.829%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.829%) Front Office
6 3 (1.829%) Billing
7 2 (1.220%) Local Government
7 2 (1.220%) Back Office
7 2 (1.220%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.610%) French Language
8 1 (0.610%) Law
8 1 (0.610%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (17.07%) Management Information System
2 14 (8.537%) NHS
3 10 (6.098%) Blackberry
4 9 (5.488%) Mobile Computing
5 6 (3.659%) Smartphone
6 3 (1.829%) Data Integration
6 3 (1.829%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.829%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.829%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.829%) E-Learning
7 2 (1.220%) CESG
7 2 (1.220%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.220%) EPoS
7 2 (1.220%) PMI
7 2 (1.220%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.220%) Social Media
7 2 (1.220%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.220%) Informatics
8 1 (0.610%) FMCG
8 1 (0.610%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 24 (14.63%) Windows
2 13 (7.927%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (5.488%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.220%) UNIX
4 2 (1.220%) Windows XP
4 2 (1.220%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.220%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.610%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (0.610%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.610%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.610%) AIX
5 1 (0.610%) Solaris
5 1 (0.610%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (23.17%) Project Management
2 21 (12.80%) PRINCE2
3 19 (11.59%) ITIL
4 14 (8.537%) ERP
4 14 (8.537%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (7.927%) CRM
6 12 (7.317%) Change Management
7 11 (6.707%) Business Continuity
8 9 (5.488%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (4.878%) Configuration Management
9 8 (4.878%) Digital Forensics
10 7 (4.268%) Time Management
10 7 (4.268%) Data Protection
10 7 (4.268%) Change Control
10 7 (4.268%) Programme Management
10 7 (4.268%) Workflow
10 7 (4.268%) Strategic Planning
10 7 (4.268%) Document Management
11 6 (3.659%) Service Delivery
11 6 (3.659%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.659%) SQL
2 2 (1.220%) VBScript
3 1 (0.610%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.610%) Bash shell
3 1 (0.610%) VB.NET
3 1 (0.610%) C#
3 1 (0.610%) Java
3 1 (0.610%) Perl
3 1 (0.610%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.610%) Korn
Qualifications
1 28 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 20 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.756%) Degree
4 11 (6.707%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.878%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (3.049%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.439%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.439%) ISEB
7 4 (2.439%) HNC
7 4 (2.439%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.829%) MCSE
8 3 (1.829%) MCITP
9 2 (1.220%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.220%) PMP
9 2 (1.220%) CCNA
9 2 (1.220%) APMP
9 2 (1.220%) MCTS
9 2 (1.220%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.610%) NCDA
10 1 (0.610%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.439%) QA
2 3 (1.829%) SLA
3 2 (1.220%) GMP
4 1 (0.610%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.610%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.610%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.610%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.610%) GAMP
4 1 (0.610%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 19 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.268%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.439%) XenApp
4 3 (1.829%) XenServer
4 3 (1.829%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.610%) Xen
5 1 (0.610%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (6.098%) SCCM
2 5 (3.049%) SCOM
3 3 (1.829%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.220%) Sysprep
4 2 (1.220%) Business Desktop Deployment
5 1 (0.610%) WSUS
5 1 (0.610%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.610%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.610%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.610%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 39 (23.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.37%) Oracle
3 12 (7.317%) Cisco
4 10 (6.098%) VMware
5 8 (4.878%) Citrix
5 8 (4.878%) Symantec
6 7 (4.268%) SAP
7 4 (2.439%) Northgate
7 4 (2.439%) Hyperion
7 4 (2.439%) Business Objects
8 3 (1.829%) Remedy
8 3 (1.829%) Informatica
8 3 (1.829%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (1.220%) Sage
9 2 (1.220%) Epicor
9 2 (1.220%) Apple
9 2 (1.220%) JD Edwards
9 2 (1.220%) IBM
9 2 (1.220%) HP
9 2 (1.220%) Temenos
London
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a fast paced NHS organisation based in London. As a competent Project Manager, you will already have demonstrable experience of working...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £375.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
South Wales
We currentlly require the services of a Business Systems Manager to work for a well respected client based in South Wales. The succesful Businewss Ssyems Manager must have: -...
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Powys
Prince2 Qualified *ITIL Qualified - Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management, Configuration Management, Capacity management, Availability management , Financial (ITIL) management, Service Level Management, Service Catalogue Work , Setup...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Skills/ Experience Required Must hold valid SC clearance. Experience of DE&S Corporate Management Information System (CMIS), Experience of Assumptions Management Information systems (ADMIS) Full membership of Association...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £321.00 - £322 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Skills/ Experience Required Must hold valid SC clearance. Experience of DE&S Corporate Management Information System (CMIS), Experience of Assumptions Management Information systems (ADMIS) Full membership of Association...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £321.00 - £322 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Report Writer, Screen Design or Security Management-Prince/ITIL/ISEB Application Management Foundation certificate or other relevant professional qualification-Information Governance knowledge-A good knowledge of IT Systems...
Sand Resources
Rate: £250 - £260 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
I am looking for an IT systems manager to work within a large NHS organisation in London... Work with business and service managers to ensure that downtime and...
Experis IT
Rate: £200 - £210 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Interim Hyperion Systems Manager - London. A large scale financial services business in London is seeking a specialist Hyperion Systems Manager on a six month contract. The Hyperion Systems...
Sanderson
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Programme Manager will ideally have come from a developmental background originally and have sinced worked on large-scale programmes managing 50+ minimum. The successful Billing Systems Programme Manager...
Square One Resources
Rate: Unspecified
Posted: 20 May 2013