Systems Manager Job Trends in London

System Manager
England > London

The median System Manager salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 400 407
Rank change year-on-year +90 +7 +212
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 64 30 45
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.46% 0.19% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.21% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 48 22 44
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,175 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £59,153
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £70,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,675 £106,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £59,059
% change year-on-year +4.35% -2.64% -5.51%

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 12,761 14,282 17,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 92.67% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8,461 8,232 14,026
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £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 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

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 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 2026. 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 +46 13 £76,250 -25.97% 7
West London +7 3 £65,000 -48.00% 2
Systems Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, 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 17 (26.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (18.75%) ERP
2 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (17.19%) Change Management
3 11 (17.19%) Project Delivery
4 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.06%) Project Management
5 9 (14.06%) QA
6 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 6 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (9.38%) Data Management
7 6 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (9.38%) Process Improvement
7 6 (9.38%) SAP
8 5 (7.81%) Azure
8 5 (7.81%) Data Quality
8 5 (7.81%) Logistics
8 5 (7.81%) Mentoring
8 5 (7.81%) NetSuite
8 5 (7.81%) Service Delivery
8 5 (7.81%) Workday
9 4 (6.25%) Decision-Making
9 4 (6.25%) Degree
9 4 (6.25%) DevOps
9 4 (6.25%) Incident Management
9 4 (6.25%) Power BI
9 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
9 4 (6.25%) SQL Server
9 4 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
10 3 (4.69%) Business Case

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:

Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (7.81%) NetSuite
2 2 (3.13%) Workday HCM
3 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.56%) ResourceLink
3 1 (1.56%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (7.81%) Azure
3 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.69%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (3.13%) SaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Power BI
1 4 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.69%) Tableau
3 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Eclipse
1 2 (3.13%) GitLab
2 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 32 (50.00%) Finance
2 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.94%) Law
4 6 (9.38%) Retail
5 5 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Banking
7 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Legal
7 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Advertising
8 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Management Information System
1 6 (9.38%) Virtual Team
2 4 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.13%) PKI
4 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.56%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Linux
1 2 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (18.75%) ERP
2 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (17.19%) Change Management
3 11 (17.19%) Project Delivery
4 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.06%) Project Management
6 6 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (9.38%) Data Management
6 6 (9.38%) Process Improvement
7 5 (7.81%) Logistics
7 5 (7.81%) Mentoring
7 5 (7.81%) Service Delivery
8 4 (6.25%) Decision-Making
8 4 (6.25%) DevOps
8 4 (6.25%) Incident Management
8 4 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (4.69%) Business Case
9 3 (4.69%) Record to Report
9 3 (4.69%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) SQL
1 1 (1.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) Degree
2 2 (3.13%) CCAB
2 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
2 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.56%) PMP
3 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.06%) QA
2 5 (7.81%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.56%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) SAP
3 5 (7.81%) Workday
4 3 (4.69%) Infor
4 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.13%) Oracle
5 2 (3.13%) VMware
6 1 (1.56%) Intapp
6 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft