Systems Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

System Manager
England > West Midlands

The median System Manager salary in the West Midlands is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 248 276
Rank change year-on-year +27 +28 -71
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 29 29 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.40% 0.43% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.48% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 22 12 15
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,695 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £62,425 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £79,750 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,800 6,065 6,843
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 90.05% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,148 3,375 4,753
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,313 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in the West Midlands

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Manager in the West Midlands

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Manager in the West Midlands

Systems Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +7 19 £45,000 -43.75% 6
Staffordshire -10 3 £47,500 -36.67%
Warwickshire +40 2 - -
Worcestershire - 1 - - 2
Coventry - 1 - - 1
Wolverhampton - 1 £72,500 -
Systems Manager
England

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 8 (27.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (24.14%) Project Management
2 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
3 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (20.69%) Business Strategy
3 6 (20.69%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (20.69%) ERP
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
3 6 (20.69%) PMP
3 6 (20.69%) PMI Certification
3 6 (20.69%) APMG
3 6 (20.69%) Knowledge Management
4 5 (17.24%) Preventative Maintenance
5 4 (13.79%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (13.79%) Robotic Process Automation
5 4 (13.79%) Target Operating Model
5 4 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Change Management
5 4 (13.79%) ITSM
5 4 (13.79%) Service Management
5 4 (13.79%) Automotive
5 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
5 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
5 4 (13.79%) Configuration Management
5 4 (13.79%) Salesforce
5 4 (13.79%) E-Commerce
5 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Architecture

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (13.79%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) CMS
2 1 (3.45%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
General
1 4 (13.79%) Automotive
1 4 (13.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
2 3 (10.34%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Retail
2 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Marketing
3 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) e-Learning
1 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.90%) Learning Management System
1 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (24.14%) Project Delivery
2 7 (24.14%) Project Management
3 6 (20.69%) Business Strategy
3 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Working
3 6 (20.69%) ERP
3 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 6 (20.69%) Knowledge Management
3 6 (20.69%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
4 5 (17.24%) Preventative Maintenance
5 4 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (13.79%) Change Management
5 4 (13.79%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) E-Commerce
5 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (13.79%) Robotic Process Automation
5 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Target Operating Model
5 4 (13.79%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) APMG
1 6 (20.69%) PMI Certification
1 6 (20.69%) PMP
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
1 4 (13.79%) Salesforce
1 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Sitecore