Systems Support Manager Jobs

Systems Support Manager
UK

The median Systems Support Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 683 887 948
Rank change year-on-year +204 +61 +252
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support Manager 29 14 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.014% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.015% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 9
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,230 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +42.86% -14.95%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £56,500
90th Percentile - - £60,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -11.54% +29.35% -6.07%

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 50,162 93,945 92,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,234 67,289 58,554
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%

Systems Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support Manager in the UK

Systems Support Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Systems Support Manager in the UK

Systems Support Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Support Manager over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Systems Support Manager in the UK

Systems Support Manager
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +162 24 £57,500 -11.54%
London +110 13 £62,500 +22.64%
UK excluding London +184 11 £57,500 -11.54%
Midlands +80 10 £57,500 -
Work from Home - 10 £62,500 -
West Midlands +55 8 £57,500 -
East Midlands - 2 £47,500 -
South East +97 1 £42,500 -29.17%

Systems Support Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Systems Support 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 Support Manager in the job title.

1 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 12 (41.38%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (41.38%) Change Management
3 10 (34.48%) Power Platform
4 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (27.59%) Management Information System
4 8 (27.59%) SLA
4 8 (27.59%) Service Delivery
4 8 (27.59%) Incident Management
5 6 (20.69%) PowerApps
5 6 (20.69%) Reinsurance
5 6 (20.69%) Azure
6 5 (17.24%) Time Management
6 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
6 5 (17.24%) Data Analysis
6 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
6 5 (17.24%) Scrum
6 5 (17.24%) Electronics
6 5 (17.24%) HNC
6 5 (17.24%) Project Management
7 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
7 4 (13.79%) DevOps
7 4 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
8 3 (10.34%) Salesforce
8 3 (10.34%) Workflow
8 3 (10.34%) CRM
8 3 (10.34%) Publishing
8 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management

Systems Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (34.48%) Power Platform
3 6 (20.69%) Azure
3 6 (20.69%) PowerApps
4 4 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (6.90%) AWS
General
1 14 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Electronics
2 5 (17.24%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Publishing
4 2 (6.90%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.69%) Reinsurance
3 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Change Management
2 8 (27.59%) Incident Management
2 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (27.59%) Service Delivery
3 5 (17.24%) Data Analysis
3 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
3 5 (17.24%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) Scrum
3 5 (17.24%) Time Management
4 4 (13.79%) DevOps
5 3 (10.34%) Agile
5 3 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (10.34%) CRM
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.34%) Workflow
6 2 (6.90%) High Availability
7 1 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.45%) Line Management
7 1 (3.45%) Problem Management
7 1 (3.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) HNC
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle