Systems Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

System Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median System Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 429 633
Rank change year-on-year +96 +204 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 275 377 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.69% 0.50% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.53% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 44 297 72
10th Percentile £41,888 £35,000 £42,775
25th Percentile £49,203 £40,000 £46,693
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -15.61% +7.73%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,625 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.50% -6.36% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in the UK excluding London

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Systems Manager in the UK excluding London

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Manager in the UK excluding London

Systems Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East +165 210 £60,000 +20.00% 26
South West +101 25 - - 14
East of England +26 15 £57,500 +5.50% 8
Midlands +6 15 £57,500 +32.40% 17
West Midlands +22 12 £57,500 +27.78% 5
North of England -78 9 £50,000 - 21
Scotland +122 7 £75,000 +50.00% 4
North West -68 6 £45,910 -8.18% 15
East Midlands +17 2 £47,500 +10.56% 12
Yorkshire +16 2 £73,750 +63.89% 6
Channel Islands - 2 £87,500 - 2
Wales +40 1 £50,000 +2.04% 2
Systems Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 UK excluding London region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 234 (85.09%) Social Skills
2 222 (80.73%) Finance
3 220 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 218 (79.27%) ERP
5 217 (78.91%) Analytics
6 215 (78.18%) Data Management
7 21 (7.64%) Degree
8 14 (5.09%) Management Information System
8 14 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (5.09%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (4.73%) Change Management
9 13 (4.73%) Project Management
10 12 (4.36%) SQL
10 12 (4.36%) Computer Science
11 11 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (3.64%) Microsoft
13 9 (3.27%) Service Delivery
13 9 (3.27%) Data Security
13 9 (3.27%) Azure
13 9 (3.27%) Roadmaps
14 8 (2.91%) Power Platform
14 8 (2.91%) Power BI
14 8 (2.91%) AWS
14 8 (2.91%) PowerShell
14 8 (2.91%) Incident Management
14 8 (2.91%) SLA
14 8 (2.91%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (2.91%) Windows
15 7 (2.55%) CRM
15 7 (2.55%) Customer Service

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.45%) ResourceLink
2 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.73%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.73%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.36%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (3.27%) Azure
3 8 (2.91%) AWS
3 8 (2.91%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.36%) IaaS
5 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.36%) PaaS
5 1 (0.36%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.82%) SSH
1 5 (1.82%) SSL
2 2 (0.73%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.91%) Power BI
2 6 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.82%) NonStop SQL
4 4 (1.45%) Tableau
5 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
General
1 234 (85.09%) Social Skills
2 222 (80.73%) Finance
3 5 (1.82%) Retail
4 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
5 2 (0.73%) Agriculture
5 2 (0.73%) General Ledger
5 2 (0.73%) Law
5 2 (0.73%) Marketing
5 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.36%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.36%) Electronics
6 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.09%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
3 5 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (1.82%) Tandem
4 3 (1.09%) Life Science
5 2 (0.73%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.36%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.36%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.36%) IoT
6 1 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.36%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.91%) Windows
2 5 (1.82%) Linux
2 5 (1.82%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 218 (79.27%) ERP
3 217 (78.91%) Analytics
4 215 (78.18%) Data Management
5 14 (5.09%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (4.73%) Change Management
6 13 (4.73%) Project Management
7 12 (4.36%) Computer Science
8 9 (3.27%) Data Security
8 9 (3.27%) Roadmaps
8 9 (3.27%) Service Delivery
9 8 (2.91%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (2.91%) Incident Management
10 7 (2.55%) CRM
10 7 (2.55%) Customer Service
11 6 (2.18%) DevOps
11 6 (2.18%) Migration
12 5 (1.82%) ITSM
12 5 (1.82%) Patch Management
12 5 (1.82%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.36%) SQL
2 8 (2.91%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.18%) Bash
3 6 (2.18%) Python
4 5 (1.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (7.64%) Degree
2 11 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.73%) MCSA
3 2 (0.73%) MCSE
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.91%) SLA
2 4 (1.45%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.45%) GDPR
3 3 (1.09%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (1.09%) Good Clinical Practice
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.36%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.36%) QA
4 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.73%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 10 (3.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.82%) Oracle
2 5 (1.82%) SAP
3 4 (1.45%) Cognos
4 2 (0.73%) Aderant
5 1 (0.36%) Concur
5 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.36%) Sage