Systems Manager Contract Job Trends in London

System Manager
England > London

The median System Manager daily rate in London is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 354 383
Rank change year-on-year +7 +29 +152
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager 22 15 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.100% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 12
10th Percentile - £375 £388
25th Percentile £375 £403 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 £581
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% -18.28% +5.68%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £650
90th Percentile £588 £623 £656
England median daily rate £448 £475 £600
% change year-on-year -5.79% -20.83% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36.33
Median hourly rate - - £36.34
75th Percentile - - £36.34
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £75.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +13.33% +177.78% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,187 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,735 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £759 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.38 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £57.13 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Systems Manager job vacancy trend in London

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Manager in London

Systems Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Manager job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Systems Manager job vacancies in London

Systems Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London -2 2 £450 -33.33% 4
South London - 1 £700 -
Systems Manager
England

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 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 London region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 5 (22.73%) Change Management
1 5 (22.73%) DV Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Network Management
1 5 (22.73%) Network Security
1 5 (22.73%) Project Management
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Patching
1 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 4 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
2 4 (18.18%) Data Management
3 3 (13.64%) PMP
3 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
3 3 (13.64%) ResourceLink
3 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.09%) AI
4 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 2 (9.09%) Data Security
4 2 (9.09%) ERP
4 2 (9.09%) ITIL
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle
4 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
4 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 2 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 2 (9.09%) Service Management
5 1 (4.55%) ACCA
5 1 (4.55%) Adaptive Insights
5 1 (4.55%) Agile
5 1 (4.55%) Analytics

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) ResourceLink
2 1 (4.55%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (4.55%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (4.55%) NEC Housing
2 1 (4.55%) NetSuite
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Receivables
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Network Security
General
1 5 (22.73%) Local Government
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) PKI
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) LIMS
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Change Management
1 5 (22.73%) Network Management
1 5 (22.73%) Project Management
1 5 (22.73%) Security Patching
1 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 4 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
2 4 (18.18%) Data Management
3 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
3 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.09%) AI
4 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 2 (9.09%) Data Security
4 2 (9.09%) ERP
4 2 (9.09%) ITIL
4 2 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 2 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 2 (9.09%) Service Management
5 1 (4.55%) Agile
5 1 (4.55%) Information Management
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) DV Cleared
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) PMP
3 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) ACCA
4 1 (4.55%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (4.55%) Adaptive Insights
2 1 (4.55%) Ariba
2 1 (4.55%) Cognos
2 1 (4.55%) IBM
2 1 (4.55%) NEC
2 1 (4.55%) SAP
2 1 (4.55%) Workday