Systems Manager Jobs in London

System Manager
England > London

The median System Manager salary in London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 425 529
Rank change year-on-year +57 +104 +302
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 32 106 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.43% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.46% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 17 103 36
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,000 £44,562
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,000 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,457 £52,907
Median % change year-on-year +0.07% +18.05% -11.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £61,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,000 £93,750
England median annual salary £59,756 £51,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.81% -6.18% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,645 23,154 29,840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.46% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,940 17,040 22,416
10th Percentile £40,500 £37,500 £41,597
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,331
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.98% +0.55%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in London

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Systems Manager in London

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in London over the 6 months to 10 June 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 10 June 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 +21 9 £70,000 +14.75% 4
South London - 2 £59,756 - 1
West London +16 1 £72,500 +37.37% 9
East London - 1 £85,000 -
Systems Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 London region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 10 (31.25%) Degree
1 10 (31.25%) Finance
1 10 (31.25%) Power Platform
2 8 (25.00%) Change Management
2 8 (25.00%) CRM
2 8 (25.00%) Retail
3 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (18.75%) Salesforce
3 6 (18.75%) Project Management
3 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.63%) Workday
4 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
4 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (15.63%) Agile
4 5 (15.63%) Saba
5 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
5 4 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (12.50%) ERP
5 4 (12.50%) SQL
5 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 4 (12.50%) Law
5 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
5 4 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (12.50%) Analytics
5 4 (12.50%) Power BI
5 4 (12.50%) GDPR

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) NetSuite
1 3 (9.38%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (6.25%) NEC Housing
2 2 (6.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Power Platform
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.38%) Fivetran
3 3 (9.38%) Google Analytics
3 3 (9.38%) Power Automate
3 3 (9.38%) PowerApps
3 3 (9.38%) Snowflake
3 3 (9.38%) Zapier
4 2 (6.25%) Azure
4 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Power BI
2 3 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (31.25%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Retail
3 4 (12.50%) Law
4 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (9.38%) Publishing
5 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Local Government
5 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.38%) Reinsurance
2 3 (9.38%) Social Media
3 2 (6.25%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.13%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Change Management
1 8 (25.00%) CRM
2 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (18.75%) Decision-Making
2 6 (18.75%) Project Management
3 5 (15.63%) Agile
3 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
4 4 (12.50%) Analytics
4 4 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (12.50%) ERP
4 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
4 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (9.38%) Generative AI
5 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
5 3 (9.38%) Scrum
5 3 (9.38%) Social Media Analytics
5 3 (9.38%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) SQL
2 3 (9.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) GDPR
2 3 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Salesforce
2 5 (15.63%) Saba
2 5 (15.63%) Workday
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.38%) Google
4 3 (9.38%) Xero
5 2 (6.25%) NEC
6 1 (3.13%) Oracle
6 1 (3.13%) SAP