Systems Manager Jobs in the City of London

System Manager
Central London > City of London

The median System Manager salary in the City of London is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 175 234
Rank change year-on-year +41 +59 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 10 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.49% 0.21% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.22% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £70,125 £50,961 £36,625
25th Percentile £70,313 £51,106 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +7.69% -11.36%
75th Percentile £72,813 £56,750 £50,938
90th Percentile £73,375 £60,200 £52,625
Central London median annual salary £71,250 £52,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +35.71% +7.69% -11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,906 3,218 4,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 95.86% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,453 2,554 3,761
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,075 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in the City of London

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager in the City of London.

Salary trend for Systems Manager in the City of London

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Workday
3 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (40.00%) Law
3 4 (40.00%) Saba
3 4 (40.00%) CRM
3 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Change Management
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (30.00%) Google
4 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
4 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (30.00%) Google Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
4 3 (30.00%) Social Media
4 3 (30.00%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
4 3 (30.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (30.00%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (30.00%) ETL
4 3 (30.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (30.00%) Power Automate

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (30.00%) Fivetran
2 3 (30.00%) Google Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Power Automate
2 3 (30.00%) Snowflake
2 3 (30.00%) Zapier
3 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (30.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Law
2 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (30.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Change Management
2 4 (40.00%) CRM
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (30.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (30.00%) ETL
3 3 (30.00%) Generative AI
3 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Management
3 3 (30.00%) Social Media Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (10.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (10.00%) Proactive Management
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
1 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Workday
2 4 (40.00%) Saba
3 3 (30.00%) Google
3 3 (30.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (30.00%) Xero
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft