Systems Manager Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

System Manager
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median System Manager daily rate in Hertfordshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.45% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £469 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £600 - £400
% change year-on-year - - +81.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 589 355 624
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.57% 93.42% 93.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 152 343
10th Percentile £263 £263 £285
25th Percentile £413 £338 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £591 £631
90th Percentile £739 £674 £738
East of England median daily rate £487 £452 £475
% change year-on-year +7.63% -4.84% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 79 151
10th Percentile £17.93 £16.12 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.35 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £67.00 £74.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £89.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.05% +6.74% +117.07%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Systems Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Systems Manager job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Manager job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Systems Manager job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Manager in Hertfordshire

Systems Manager
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Stevenage - 2 £600 - 4
St Albans - 1 £375 - 1
Systems Manager
East of England

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Systems Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Cash Management
1 1 (33.33%) CCAB
1 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Cash Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCAB
1 1 (33.33%) CIPFA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft