System Manager
UK
The median System Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 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 | 397 | 476 | 777 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +79 | +301 | +194 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager | 331 | 493 | 191 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.59% | 0.48% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.66% | 0.50% | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72 | 408 | 114 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,125 | £35,000 | £44,562 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,313 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £51,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.50% | -6.36% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £63,750 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £79,875 | £70,000 | £83,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £50,000 | £59,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -15.61% | +7.73% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Systems Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Systems Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager.
Systems Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Systems Manager
Top 16 Job Locations
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 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 |
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| England | +37 | 304 | £59,756 | +15.25% | 133 |
| UK excluding London | +96 | 275 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 94 |
| South East | +165 | 210 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 26 |
| Work from Home | +36 | 41 | £60,000 | -4.76% | 68 |
| London | +40 | 31 | £62,500 | +0.07% | 46 |
| 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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 featuring Systems Manager in the job title.
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Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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