Systems Manager Jobs in the North of England

System Manager
England > North of England

The median System Manager salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 270 406
Rank change year-on-year -67 +136 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 9 127 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.076% 0.67% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.71% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7 97 21
10th Percentile £43,650 £32,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,905 £40,000 £45,512
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -
75th Percentile £71,875 £63,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £67,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £59,878 £51,850 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.48% -5.73% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,754 17,954 14,411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 95.21% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,605 13,712 7,957
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,676
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,315
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.96% +0.53%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in the North of England

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager in the North of England.

Salary trend for Systems Manager in the North of England

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Manager in the North of England

Systems Manager
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West -56 6 £45,910 -8.18% 59
Yorkshire +13 2 £73,750 +73.53% 51
Systems Manager
England

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 2 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 North of England region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 3 (33.33%) ERP
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) CRM
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Data Management
4 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
4 2 (22.22%) Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
5 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Agriculture
5 1 (11.11%) Business Case
5 1 (11.11%) Edge Computing
5 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (11.11%) IoT
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (11.11%) Market Research
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Statistics

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (11.11%) Agriculture
4 1 (11.11%) Electronics
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (11.11%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) CRM
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 2 (22.22%) Data Management
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 1 (11.11%) Edge Computing
4 1 (11.11%) Market Research
4 1 (11.11%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) SAP