System Manager
UK
The median System Manager daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 556 | 666 | 769 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +110 | +103 | -134 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager | 35 | 52 | 85 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.081% | 0.088% | 0.096% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.087% | 0.093% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 43 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £299 | £253 | £393 |
| 25th Percentile | £447 | £381 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -4.76% | +13.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £518 | £597 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £624 | £675 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £425 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -22.73% | +18.92% |
| 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 excluding London median hourly rate | £27.00 | - | £23.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -50.54% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 40,021 | 55,966 | 84,699 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,056 | 39,104 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,666 | 1,571 | 2,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.30 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.81 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +89.04% | +5.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.29 | £65.75 | £49.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.26 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.35% | +116.50% | +2.74% |
Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager.
Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.
Systems Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager.
Systems Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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 |
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| England | +92 | 32 | £475 | -5.00% | 87 |
| UK excluding London | +63 | 21 | £475 | +11.76% | 70 |
| Work from Home | +124 | 13 | £500 | -6.98% | 28 |
| London | +88 | 10 | £475 | -2.56% | 22 |
| South East | +20 | 9 | £505 | -3.81% | 23 |
| South West | +27 | 6 | £450 | -12.20% | 7 |
| North of England | +26 | 5 | £385 | -3.75% | 16 |
| North West | - | 5 | £385 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | +26 | 1 | £300 | -7.69% | 18 |
| East Midlands | +23 | 1 | £300 | -50.00% | 7 |
Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 May 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 featuring Systems Manager in the job title.
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Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: