Systems Manager Job Trends in London

System Manager
England > London

The median System Manager salary in London is £77,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 407 406
Rank change year-on-year +93 -1 +226
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 65 31 33
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.47% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 50 23 32
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,350 £55,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £59,153
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.20% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £78,125
90th Percentile £100,375 £103,600 £108,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

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

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,433 14,742 16,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 93.00% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,215 8,650 13,551
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Systems Manager job vacancy trend in London

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Systems Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Manager job vacancies in London

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Manager in London

Systems Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +42 13 £76,250 -17.79% 10
West London -1 3 £65,000 -48.00%
Systems Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 December 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 London region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 18 (27.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (18.46%) Change Management
3 11 (16.92%) ERP
3 11 (16.92%) Project Delivery
3 11 (16.92%) QA
3 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (13.85%) Microsoft
6 8 (12.31%) Project Management
7 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (10.77%) Data Management
7 7 (10.77%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (10.77%) SAP
8 6 (9.23%) Incident Management
8 6 (9.23%) Process Improvement
8 6 (9.23%) Service Delivery
9 5 (7.69%) Azure
9 5 (7.69%) Data Quality
9 5 (7.69%) Decision-Making
9 5 (7.69%) Logistics
9 5 (7.69%) Mentoring
9 5 (7.69%) NetSuite
9 5 (7.69%) Power BI
9 5 (7.69%) Power Platform
10 4 (6.15%) Change Control
10 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (6.15%) Degree
10 4 (6.15%) DevOps
10 4 (6.15%) Incident Response
10 4 (6.15%) ITIL

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (7.69%) NetSuite
2 2 (3.08%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.54%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.77%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (7.69%) Azure
2 5 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.62%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (3.08%) SaaS
5 1 (1.54%) Boomi
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.69%) Power BI
2 4 (6.15%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.62%) Tableau
4 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) GitLab
2 1 (1.54%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 34 (52.31%) Finance
2 22 (33.85%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.77%) Law
4 6 (9.23%) Retail
5 5 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.62%) Banking
8 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.08%) Legal
8 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.54%) Advertising
9 1 (1.54%) Automotive
9 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 5 (7.69%) Virtual Team
2 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.08%) PKI
5 1 (1.54%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.15%) Linux
1 4 (6.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (4.62%) Windows
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (18.46%) Change Management
3 11 (16.92%) ERP
3 11 (16.92%) Project Delivery
3 11 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (12.31%) Project Management
6 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (10.77%) Data Management
7 6 (9.23%) Incident Management
7 6 (9.23%) Process Improvement
7 6 (9.23%) Service Delivery
8 5 (7.69%) Decision-Making
8 5 (7.69%) Logistics
8 5 (7.69%) Mentoring
9 4 (6.15%) Incident Response
9 4 (6.15%) Product Strategy
9 4 (6.15%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (6.15%) Resource Allocation
9 4 (6.15%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) SQL
1 1 (1.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (6.15%) Degree
2 2 (3.08%) CCAB
2 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
2 2 (3.08%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.08%) PMP
2 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.54%) MCSE
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.92%) QA
2 5 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.54%) GDPR
4 1 (1.54%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 9 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) SAP
3 4 (6.15%) VMware
4 3 (4.62%) Infor
4 3 (4.62%) Oracle
4 3 (4.62%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.62%) Workday
5 1 (1.54%) Intapp
5 1 (1.54%) MuleSoft