System Manager
UK

The median System Manager salary in the UK is £51,700 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 497 799 925
Rank change year-on-year +302 +126 -202
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 441 197 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.21% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 359 122 207
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,562 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,938 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,700 £55,650 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% -7.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,100 £81,125 £74,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.53% +6.36% +1.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in the UK

Systems Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager.

Salary trend for Systems Manager in the UK

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Manager in the UK

Systems Manager
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +277 417 £52,500 -4.55% 83
UK excluding London +180 342 £50,000 -14.53% 66
Work from Home +109 124 £63,000 +9.57% 29
North of England +129 118 £50,000 -4.76% 14
South East +89 88 £50,000 -42.86% 20
London +133 79 £60,000 +13.41% 22
North West +67 74 £50,000 - 1
Midlands +26 58 £45,000 -30.77% 16
East of England +36 39 £54,500 -1.36% 5
Yorkshire +107 37 £47,500 -22.45% 12
West Midlands +16 33 £45,000 -30.77% 10
South West -9 30 £60,500 +4.31% 9
East Midlands +5 25 £42,500 -22.73% 6
North East -1 7 £50,000 +5.02% 1
Scotland -61 7 £50,000 -21.26% 3
Wales +10 2 £49,000 -14.78%

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Systems Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 98 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 93 (21.09%) Project Management
3 80 (18.14%) Finance
4 73 (16.55%) ERP
5 61 (13.83%) Microsoft
5 61 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (10.88%) SQL
8 45 (10.20%) Degree
9 44 (9.98%) Microsoft 365
10 42 (9.52%) Management Information System
11 40 (9.07%) Manufacturing
11 40 (9.07%) Agile
12 37 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
13 36 (8.16%) CRM
14 34 (7.71%) Law
14 34 (7.71%) Project Delivery
15 30 (6.80%) Oracle
16 29 (6.58%) Salesforce
16 29 (6.58%) QA
17 27 (6.12%) Service Delivery
17 27 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
18 26 (5.90%) Dynamics 365
19 25 (5.67%) Line Management
19 25 (5.67%) SAP
19 25 (5.67%) QMS
20 24 (5.44%) Change Management
20 24 (5.44%) Mentoring
21 23 (5.22%) Roadmaps
21 23 (5.22%) ITIL

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.40%) Confluence
2 13 (2.95%) Documentum
3 8 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.91%) CMS
5 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.45%) Drupal
7 1 (0.23%) Moodle
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.23%) Totara
Applications
1 15 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.45%) FileZilla
3 2 (0.45%) InDesign
3 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (4.99%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (4.08%) Oracle Assets
2 18 (4.08%) Oracle EBS R12
2 18 (4.08%) Oracle General Ledger
2 18 (4.08%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (4.08%) Oracle Receivables
3 13 (2.95%) TrackWise
4 9 (2.04%) iTrent
5 8 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (1.81%) Oracle Financials
6 6 (1.36%) NetSuite
6 6 (1.36%) Sage 200
7 5 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.68%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.68%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.45%) HFM
9 2 (0.45%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.45%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 44 (9.98%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (5.90%) Dynamics 365
3 22 (4.99%) Azure
4 17 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.81%) SaaS
6 7 (1.59%) Google Workspace
7 6 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 3 (0.68%) Dropbox
9 3 (0.68%) Google Drive
9 3 (0.68%) OneDrive
9 3 (0.68%) Zapier
10 2 (0.45%) AWS
10 2 (0.45%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.45%) PaaS
10 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.45%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.40%) LAN
1 15 (3.40%) WAN
2 7 (1.59%) DHCP
2 7 (1.59%) DNS
2 7 (1.59%) Firewall
3 6 (1.36%) NAS
3 6 (1.36%) SAN
3 6 (1.36%) Wireless
4 4 (0.91%) Internet
4 4 (0.91%) Intranet
4 4 (0.91%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.91%) VLAN
4 4 (0.91%) WLAN
5 3 (0.68%) Network Security
6 2 (0.45%) FTP
6 2 (0.45%) IP Telephony
6 2 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.45%) VPN
6 2 (0.45%) WinSCP
7 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.95%) Power BI
3 7 (1.59%) Crystal Reports
3 7 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.91%) Metadata
6 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.45%) MS Access
6 2 (0.45%) MySQL
6 2 (0.45%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (3.85%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Toad
General
1 98 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 80 (18.14%) Finance
3 40 (9.07%) Manufacturing
4 37 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (7.71%) Law
6 21 (4.76%) Legal
7 17 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (3.17%) Health Technology
9 13 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.27%) Automotive
10 10 (2.27%) Retail
11 8 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.36%) Back Office
12 6 (1.36%) Marketing
13 5 (1.13%) Electronics
13 5 (1.13%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.91%) Advertising
15 3 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.68%) Police
15 3 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.40%) HTML
2 12 (2.72%) CSS
2 12 (2.72%) JSON
3 8 (1.81%) XML
4 2 (0.45%) .NET
5 1 (0.23%) ADO
5 1 (0.23%) ATL
5 1 (0.23%) Blazor
5 1 (0.23%) React
5 1 (0.23%) Vue
5 1 (0.23%) Web Services
5 1 (0.23%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.17%) Life Science
2 14 (3.17%) LIMS
3 13 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (1.59%) Cyberattack
5 7 (1.59%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.36%) Digital Signage
7 5 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 4 (0.91%) e-Learning
8 4 (0.91%) Learning Management System
8 4 (0.91%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.91%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.68%) Fat Client
9 3 (0.68%) iPad
9 3 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.68%) Social Media
9 3 (0.68%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.31%) Windows
2 11 (2.49%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.45%) Android
3 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.45%) Linux
3 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.45%) VMS
3 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (21.09%) Project Management
2 73 (16.55%) ERP
3 61 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 59 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (9.07%) Agile
6 36 (8.16%) CRM
7 34 (7.71%) Project Delivery
8 27 (6.12%) Service Delivery
8 27 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (5.67%) Line Management
9 25 (5.67%) QMS
10 24 (5.44%) Change Management
10 24 (5.44%) Mentoring
11 23 (5.22%) ITIL
11 23 (5.22%) Roadmaps
12 22 (4.99%) Validation
13 21 (4.76%) Business Strategy
13 21 (4.76%) Risk Management
14 20 (4.54%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (4.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 48 (10.88%) SQL
2 13 (2.95%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.13%) C#
4 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.68%) VBA
5 2 (0.45%) VBScript
6 1 (0.23%) C++
6 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 45 (10.20%) Degree
2 17 (3.85%) DBS Check
3 16 (3.63%) PMI Certification
4 15 (3.40%) PMP
5 14 (3.17%) APMG
6 8 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.13%) MCSA
7 5 (1.13%) MCSE
8 4 (0.91%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.58%) QA
2 15 (3.40%) GMP
3 14 (3.17%) GxP
4 13 (2.95%) Good Clinical Practice
5 11 (2.49%) Accessibility
6 10 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (2.04%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.81%) ISO 9001
9 7 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 7 (1.59%) NIST
10 6 (1.36%) IEC 62304
10 6 (1.36%) ISO 13485
11 4 (0.91%) GDPR
12 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.23%) SLA
13 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (1.59%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.13%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.23%) Puppet
2 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 61 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.80%) Oracle
3 29 (6.58%) Salesforce
4 25 (5.67%) SAP
5 12 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.49%) Google
7 8 (1.81%) Sage
8 7 (1.59%) Adobe
9 6 (1.36%) Concur
10 5 (1.13%) Iron Mountain
10 5 (1.13%) VMware
11 4 (0.91%) Workday
12 3 (0.68%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.68%) Reuters
12 3 (0.68%) SYSPRO
13 2 (0.45%) Apple
13 2 (0.45%) Hyperion
13 2 (0.45%) LexisNexis
13 2 (0.45%) Meraki
13 2 (0.45%) Sophos