Systems Manager Jobs in Preston

System Manager
Lancashire > Preston

The median System Manager salary in Preston is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 0.42% 1.92% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 2.25% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.82% +4.65% -12.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 226 178 206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 85.58% 83.06%
Number of salaries quoted 186 146 148
10th Percentile - £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,250 £34,465
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £49,500 £44,023
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +12.44% +15.85%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,875 £58,750
90th Percentile £59,471 £70,000 £69,125
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £49,274 £49,748
% change year-on-year +1.58% -0.95% +10.55%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in Preston

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Systems Manager in Preston

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 Preston region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM