Systems Manager Job Trends in Fife

System Manager
Scotland > Fife

The median System Manager salary in Fife is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Fife 30.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 31.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Scotland median annual salary £47,950 £58,033 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.37% -3.28% +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Fife

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Fife. 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 Fife with a recognized job title 22 64 21
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.65% 95.52% 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 8 29 17
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,600 £37,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £30,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% +2.15%
75th Percentile £75,900 £45,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - £47,000 £57,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -9.09%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Systems Manager job vacancy trend in Fife

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in Fife

Salary distribution trend for Systems Manager job vacancies in Fife.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Manager job vacancies in Fife

Systems Manager
Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the Fife region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glenrothes - 4 - -
Inverkeithing - 3 £75,900 - 1
Systems Manager
Scotland

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fife

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Systems Manager 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 permanent job ads across the Fife region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
1 4 (57.14%) NonStop SQL
1 4 (57.14%) Patch Management
1 4 (57.14%) Security Management
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
1 4 (57.14%) SSH
1 4 (57.14%) SSL
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) IBM
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 3 (42.86%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Thinking
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall

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

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) SSH
1 4 (57.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
1 3 (42.86%) Rational DOORS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (57.14%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
1 4 (57.14%) Patch Management
1 4 (57.14%) Security Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Thinking
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) IBM