Systems Manager Contracts in England

System Manager
UK > England

The median System Manager daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 585 688
Rank change year-on-year +81 +103 -95
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager 33 52 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 41 58
10th Percentile £430 £250 £396
25th Percentile £450 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £511 £594 £625
90th Percentile £591 £675 £704
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £27.65 - -
25th Percentile £28.63 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £29.17 - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £24.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £29.17 - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,105 44,948 67,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.59% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,534 31,954 48,043
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.91%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,538 1,319 1,809
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +91.49% +9.30%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Systems Manager in England

Systems Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 29 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +67 8 £488 +2.63% 26
North of England +32 6 £475 +18.75% 20
South East 0 6 £485 -9.77% 22
South West +11 5 £450 -12.20% 7
North West - 5 £385 - 10
East of England +11 4 - - 2
Midlands +20 3 £600 +118.18% 15
West Midlands +15 3 £600 +118.18% 12
Yorkshire +14 1 £475 - 9
Systems Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Systems Manager contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Project Management
3 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
4 6 (18.18%) Oracle
4 6 (18.18%) Change Management
5 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
5 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (15.15%) Management Information System
6 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
6 4 (12.12%) Sage
6 4 (12.12%) Legal
6 4 (12.12%) Agile
6 4 (12.12%) OCI
6 4 (12.12%) Housing Management
7 3 (9.09%) Analytics
7 3 (9.09%) Business Case
7 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
7 3 (9.09%) Data Analytics
7 3 (9.09%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (9.09%) Migration
7 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (9.09%) SAP
7 3 (9.09%) ERP
7 3 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (6.06%) Process Management
8 2 (6.06%) PRINCE2
8 2 (6.06%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (6.06%) Publishing
8 2 (6.06%) Local Government
8 2 (6.06%) Civica

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (3.03%) NEC Housing
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (3.03%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) OCI
2 2 (6.06%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Internet
1 1 (3.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Toad
General
1 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Legal
3 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Billing
4 2 (6.06%) Local Government
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Publishing
5 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Law
5 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.03%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.03%) LIMS
3 1 (3.03%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Project Management
2 6 (18.18%) Change Management
3 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
4 4 (12.12%) Agile
4 4 (12.12%) Housing Management
4 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
5 3 (9.09%) Analytics
5 3 (9.09%) Business Case
5 3 (9.09%) Data Analytics
5 3 (9.09%) ERP
5 3 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (9.09%) Migration
5 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.06%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (6.06%) Change Control
6 2 (6.06%) Coaching
6 2 (6.06%) Data Migration
6 2 (6.06%) Mentoring
6 2 (6.06%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.03%) PMP
2 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.03%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Oracle
3 4 (12.12%) Sage
4 3 (9.09%) SAP
5 2 (6.06%) Civica
6 1 (3.03%) Ceridian
6 1 (3.03%) NEC