Systems Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

System Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median System Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 473 582
Rank change year-on-year +47 +109 +169
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 40 123 82
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.36% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.38% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19 100 58
10th Percentile £41,200 £45,000 £44,562
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,588 £46,318
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +9.57% -6.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,350 £79,125 £80,000
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
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 17,064 32,497 38,796
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 96.06% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9,941 24,882 27,616
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,024 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Systems Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Systems Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Systems Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Systems Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Systems Manager.

Systems Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Systems Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Systems Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 14 (35.00%) Project Management
2 13 (32.50%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (30.00%) Degree
3 12 (30.00%) CRM
4 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (27.50%) Finance
4 11 (27.50%) Data Quality
4 11 (27.50%) Decision-Making
5 10 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 10 (25.00%) Agile
5 10 (25.00%) SQL
6 9 (22.50%) Roadmaps
7 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 8 (20.00%) Salesforce
8 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
8 7 (17.50%) Analytics
8 7 (17.50%) Power BI
8 7 (17.50%) Waterfall
8 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (17.50%) Project Governance
8 7 (17.50%) Customer Service
8 7 (17.50%) Project Delivery
8 7 (17.50%) Acceptance Criteria
8 7 (17.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 6 (15.00%) Azure
9 6 (15.00%) Change Management
9 6 (15.00%) ERP
9 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
10 5 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (12.50%) Scrum

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.00%) ResourceLink
2 2 (5.00%) Workday HCM
3 1 (2.50%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 6 (15.00%) Azure
4 5 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 4 (10.00%) Fivetran
5 4 (10.00%) Google Analytics
5 4 (10.00%) Snowflake
5 4 (10.00%) Zapier
6 3 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (5.00%) AWS
8 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) SSH
1 3 (7.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) Power BI
2 5 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (7.50%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (5.00%) Tableau
5 1 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
General
1 11 (27.50%) Finance
2 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (10.00%) Retail
4 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Publishing
5 2 (5.00%) Law
5 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.00%) Marketing
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) Middleware
1 1 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.00%) Social Media
3 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.50%) Tandem
4 2 (5.00%) FMCG
5 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) Project Management
2 12 (30.00%) CRM
3 11 (27.50%) Decision-Making
4 10 (25.00%) Agile
5 9 (22.50%) Roadmaps
6 7 (17.50%) Acceptance Criteria
6 7 (17.50%) Analytics
6 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.50%) Customer Service
6 7 (17.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 7 (17.50%) Project Delivery
6 7 (17.50%) Project Governance
6 7 (17.50%) Waterfall
7 6 (15.00%) Change Management
7 6 (15.00%) ERP
8 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (12.50%) Scrum
9 4 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (7.50%) Java
4 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (27.50%) Data Quality
2 5 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (10.00%) GDPR
4 1 (2.50%) ISO 22301
4 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.00%) Google
3 4 (10.00%) Xero
4 3 (7.50%) Oracle
4 3 (7.50%) Workday
5 2 (5.00%) Cognos
6 1 (2.50%) Concur
6 1 (2.50%) HubSpot
6 1 (2.50%) Sage