Systems Manager Jobs in the Midlands

System Manager
England > Midlands

The median System Manager salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 254 285
Rank change year-on-year +21 +31 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 16 61 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.23% 0.51% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.54% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 16 50 18
10th Percentile £37,500 - £47,940
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -30.77% +40.54%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,050 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £78,250
England median annual salary £59,756 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.91% -5.45% -2.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,457 11,206 8,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.36% 89.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 8,325 4,631
10th Percentile £27,025 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,125 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in the Midlands

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Manager in the Midlands

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Manager in the Midlands

Systems Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
West Midlands +33 13 £57,500 +27.78% 12
East Midlands +15 2 £47,500 +11.76% 10
Systems Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 Midlands region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
1 9 (56.25%) Service Delivery
2 8 (50.00%) Change Management
2 8 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (50.00%) SLA
2 8 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (12.50%) CRM
4 2 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 2 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (12.50%) Scrum
4 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Azure
4 2 (12.50%) AWS
4 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (12.50%) High Availability
4 2 (12.50%) Agriculture
5 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (6.25%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Market Research
5 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (6.25%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (12.50%) Agriculture
2 2 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (6.25%) CMDB
3 1 (6.25%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Service Delivery
2 8 (50.00%) Change Management
2 8 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) CRM
3 2 (12.50%) High Availability
3 2 (12.50%) Scrum
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.25%) Configuration Management
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) ERP
4 1 (6.25%) ITIL
4 1 (6.25%) ITSM
4 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
4 1 (6.25%) Project Management
4 1 (6.25%) Project Planning
4 1 (6.25%) Service Management
4 1 (6.25%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) APMG
1 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.25%) CITP
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
1 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.25%) PMP
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
1 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow