Systems Manager Jobs in England

System Manager
UK > England

The median System Manager salary in England is £52,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 753 862
Rank change year-on-year +301 +109 -160
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 422 184 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.22% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 347 111 185
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,562 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,125 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £56,485
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -2.63% +2.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £76,500
UK median annual salary £51,500 £55,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.21% -4.31% +5.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,982 82,462 128,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,404 52,476 75,206
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
North of England +139 119 £50,000 -4.76% 28
South East +84 88 £50,000 -42.86% 22
London +123 80 £60,000 +13.41% 26
North West +65 74 £50,000 - 9
Midlands +23 60 £45,000 -30.77% 13
East of England +41 39 £54,500 -1.36% 3
Yorkshire +111 38 £45,000 -26.53% 18
West Midlands +23 35 £45,000 -30.77% 8
South West +2 31 £60,000 +19.40% 7
East Midlands +12 25 £42,500 -22.73% 5
North East -3 7 £50,000 +5.02% 1
Systems Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 across the England region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 93 (22.04%) Social Skills
2 81 (19.19%) Project Management
3 76 (18.01%) Finance
4 73 (17.30%) ERP
5 59 (13.98%) Microsoft
6 58 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (11.37%) SQL
9 43 (10.19%) Degree
10 42 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
11 39 (9.24%) Manufacturing
12 37 (8.77%) Management Information System
13 36 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
14 35 (8.29%) CRM
15 34 (8.06%) Law
16 32 (7.58%) Agile
17 29 (6.87%) QA
17 29 (6.87%) Project Delivery
18 27 (6.40%) Salesforce
19 26 (6.16%) Dynamics 365
20 25 (5.92%) QMS
21 24 (5.69%) Service Delivery
21 24 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
21 24 (5.69%) Oracle
22 23 (5.45%) SAP
22 23 (5.45%) Line Management
22 23 (5.45%) Mentoring
22 23 (5.45%) Roadmaps
23 22 (5.21%) Azure
23 22 (5.21%) ITIL

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.55%) Confluence
2 13 (3.08%) Documentum
3 7 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.47%) CMS
5 2 (0.47%) Drupal
6 1 (0.24%) Moodle
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.24%) Totara
Applications
1 14 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.47%) FileZilla
4 1 (0.24%) InDesign
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (4.27%) Oracle Assets
1 18 (4.27%) Oracle EBS
1 18 (4.27%) Oracle EBS R12
1 18 (4.27%) Oracle General Ledger
1 18 (4.27%) Oracle Payables
1 18 (4.27%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (3.08%) TrackWise
3 8 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.90%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.42%) Sage 200
5 5 (1.18%) iTrent
5 5 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.95%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.71%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.71%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.47%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 42 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (6.16%) Dynamics 365
3 22 (5.21%) Azure
4 14 (3.32%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.90%) SaaS
6 6 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 5 (1.18%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.71%) Dropbox
8 3 (0.71%) Google Drive
8 3 (0.71%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.71%) Zapier
9 2 (0.47%) AWS
9 2 (0.47%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.47%) PaaS
9 2 (0.47%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.47%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.24%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.55%) LAN
1 15 (3.55%) WAN
2 7 (1.66%) DHCP
2 7 (1.66%) DNS
2 7 (1.66%) Firewall
3 6 (1.42%) NAS
3 6 (1.42%) SAN
3 6 (1.42%) Wireless
4 4 (0.95%) Internet
4 4 (0.95%) Intranet
4 4 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.95%) VLAN
4 4 (0.95%) WLAN
5 3 (0.71%) Network Security
6 2 (0.47%) FTP
6 2 (0.47%) IP Telephony
6 2 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.47%) VPN
6 2 (0.47%) WinSCP
7 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.37%) Power BI
3 7 (1.66%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.18%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.47%) MS Access
6 2 (0.47%) MySQL
6 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 16 (3.79%) JIRA
2 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.24%) Toad
General
1 93 (22.04%) Social Skills
2 76 (18.01%) Finance
3 39 (9.24%) Manufacturing
4 36 (8.53%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (8.06%) Law
6 20 (4.74%) Legal
7 17 (4.03%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (3.32%) Health Technology
9 13 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.37%) Automotive
10 10 (2.37%) Retail
11 8 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.42%) Back Office
13 5 (1.18%) Electronics
13 5 (1.18%) Marketing
14 3 (0.71%) Advertising
14 3 (0.71%) Agriculture
14 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.71%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.55%) HTML
2 12 (2.84%) CSS
2 12 (2.84%) JSON
3 8 (1.90%) XML
4 2 (0.47%) .NET
5 1 (0.24%) ADO
5 1 (0.24%) ATL
5 1 (0.24%) Blazor
5 1 (0.24%) React
5 1 (0.24%) Vue
5 1 (0.24%) Web Services
5 1 (0.24%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.77%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.32%) Life Science
2 14 (3.32%) LIMS
3 8 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (1.66%) Cyberattack
4 7 (1.66%) Security Posture
4 7 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.42%) Digital Signage
6 5 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (0.95%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.95%) e-Learning
7 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
8 3 (0.71%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.71%) iPad
8 3 (0.71%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.71%) Robotics
8 3 (0.71%) Social Media
8 3 (0.71%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.03%) Windows
2 11 (2.61%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.47%) Android
3 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.47%) Linux
3 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.47%) VMS
3 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (19.19%) Project Management
2 73 (17.30%) ERP
3 58 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (8.29%) CRM
6 32 (7.58%) Agile
7 29 (6.87%) Project Delivery
8 25 (5.92%) QMS
9 24 (5.69%) Service Delivery
9 24 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (5.45%) Line Management
10 23 (5.45%) Mentoring
10 23 (5.45%) Roadmaps
11 22 (5.21%) ITIL
11 22 (5.21%) Validation
12 21 (4.98%) Business Strategy
12 21 (4.98%) Risk Management
13 20 (4.74%) CAPA
13 20 (4.74%) Change Management
13 20 (4.74%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.37%) SQL
2 13 (3.08%) JavaScript
3 5 (1.18%) C#
4 3 (0.71%) T-SQL
4 3 (0.71%) VBA
5 2 (0.47%) VBScript
6 1 (0.24%) C++
6 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.24%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (10.19%) Degree
2 17 (4.03%) DBS Check
3 16 (3.79%) PMI Certification
4 15 (3.55%) PMP
5 14 (3.32%) APMG
6 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.18%) MCSA
7 5 (1.18%) MCSE
8 4 (0.95%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.87%) QA
2 15 (3.55%) GMP
3 14 (3.32%) GxP
4 13 (3.08%) Good Clinical Practice
5 10 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.90%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 7 (1.66%) NIST
8 6 (1.42%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.42%) IEC 62304
8 6 (1.42%) ISO 13485
9 4 (0.95%) GDPR
10 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.24%) SLA
11 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (1.66%) Hyper-V
2 5 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.24%) Puppet
2 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.40%) Salesforce
3 24 (5.69%) Oracle
4 23 (5.45%) SAP
5 12 (2.84%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.13%) Google
7 8 (1.90%) Sage
8 6 (1.42%) Adobe
9 5 (1.18%) Iron Mountain
9 5 (1.18%) VMware
10 4 (0.95%) Concur
10 4 (0.95%) Workday
11 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.71%) Reuters
11 3 (0.71%) SYSPRO
12 2 (0.47%) Apple
12 2 (0.47%) Hyperion
12 2 (0.47%) LexisNexis
12 2 (0.47%) Meraki
12 2 (0.47%) Sophos