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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 446 637
Rank change year-on-year +113 +191 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 271 346 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.49% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.52% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 39 271 77
10th Percentile £41,550 £35,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -14.53% +6.36%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,750 £70,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £51,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year +16.50% -7.21% -4.31%

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 35,324 67,152 53,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.79% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18,511 47,504 30,595
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -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 14 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 14 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 +184 207 £60,000 +20.00% 67
South West +103 27 - - 18
Midlands +17 16 £57,500 +27.78% 25
East of England +21 14 £58,750 +7.80% 20
West Midlands +32 13 £57,500 +27.78% 14
North of England -56 10 £48,750 -2.50% 33
North West -61 7 £46,820 -6.36% 21
Scotland +116 4 £75,000 +50.00% 8
Yorkshire +39 2 £73,750 +63.89% 10
East Midlands +10 2 £47,500 +11.76% 9
Wales +40 1 £50,000 +2.04% 4
Channel Islands - 1 £87,500 - 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 14 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.

1 236 (87.08%) Social Skills
2 221 (81.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 220 (81.18%) ERP
3 220 (81.18%) Finance
4 215 (79.34%) Analytics
5 214 (78.97%) Data Management
6 16 (5.90%) Degree
6 16 (5.90%) Project Management
6 16 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (5.90%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (5.17%) Management Information System
8 13 (4.80%) Change Management
9 11 (4.06%) Computer Science
10 10 (3.69%) Service Delivery
10 10 (3.69%) SLA
10 10 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.32%) Roadmaps
12 8 (2.95%) Microsoft
12 8 (2.95%) Windows
12 8 (2.95%) Incident Management
12 8 (2.95%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.95%) Azure
13 7 (2.58%) Project Delivery
13 7 (2.58%) Data Security
14 6 (2.21%) CRM
14 6 (2.21%) ITIL
14 6 (2.21%) Python
14 6 (2.21%) Decision-Making
14 6 (2.21%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 6 (2.21%) AWS

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 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.74%) ResourceLink
1 2 (0.74%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.74%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.90%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (2.95%) Azure
3 6 (2.21%) AWS
4 3 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.11%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.37%) IaaS
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.37%) PaaS
6 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.74%) DHCP
1 2 (0.74%) DNS
1 2 (0.74%) Network Security
1 2 (0.74%) SSH
1 2 (0.74%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.11%) Power BI
2 3 (1.11%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.74%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (0.74%) Tableau
4 1 (0.37%) GIS
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.37%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) JIRA
General
1 236 (87.08%) Social Skills
2 220 (81.18%) Finance
3 4 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (1.48%) Retail
4 3 (1.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
5 2 (0.74%) Agriculture
5 2 (0.74%) General Ledger
5 2 (0.74%) Law
5 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.74%) Marketing
5 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (0.74%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.37%) Electronics
6 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.37%) EDI
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 4 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (1.11%) Life Science
3 3 (1.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.11%) Tandem
4 2 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (0.74%) Data Centre
4 2 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (0.74%) Operational Technology
4 2 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.37%) CMDB
5 1 (0.37%) IoT
5 1 (0.37%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.37%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.95%) Windows
2 5 (1.85%) Linux
3 4 (1.48%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (81.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 220 (81.18%) ERP
3 215 (79.34%) Analytics
4 214 (78.97%) Data Management
5 16 (5.90%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (5.90%) Project Management
6 13 (4.80%) Change Management
7 11 (4.06%) Computer Science
8 10 (3.69%) Service Delivery
9 9 (3.32%) Roadmaps
10 8 (2.95%) Incident Management
11 7 (2.58%) Data Security
11 7 (2.58%) Project Delivery
12 6 (2.21%) CRM
12 6 (2.21%) Decision-Making
12 6 (2.21%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 6 (2.21%) ITIL
13 5 (1.85%) Agile
13 5 (1.85%) Project Governance
13 5 (1.85%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.95%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.21%) Bash
2 6 (2.21%) Python
3 5 (1.85%) SQL
4 2 (0.74%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (5.90%) Degree
2 10 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.11%) PMI Certification
3 3 (1.11%) PMP
4 2 (0.74%) MCSA
4 2 (0.74%) MCSE
4 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.37%) APMG
5 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.37%) CITP
5 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.37%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.69%) SLA
2 6 (2.21%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.21%) GDPR
3 3 (1.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (1.11%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.37%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.37%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.37%) QA
5 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (2.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.85%) Oracle
2 5 (1.85%) SAP
3 2 (0.74%) Cognos
3 2 (0.74%) Nimble Storage
3 2 (0.74%) SolarWinds
3 2 (0.74%) Splunk
3 2 (0.74%) Veeam
3 2 (0.74%) Zscaler
4 1 (0.37%) Aderant
4 1 (0.37%) JDA
4 1 (0.37%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow