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 £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 405 616 699
Rank change year-on-year +211 +83 -120
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 424 112 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.20% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 324 69 124
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £51,500 £55,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.21% -7.50% +4.35%

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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 12 June 2024.

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 12 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +125 141 £50,000 -13.04% 23
South East +62 108 £50,000 -29.82% 18
Midlands +17 85 £41,250 -32.65% 10
North West +53 84 £50,000 -14.89% 15
West Midlands +19 54 £35,000 -46.15% 7
Yorkshire +104 49 £40,000 -33.33% 6
South West -9 43 £58,700 +16.82% 7
East of England +16 41 £54,500 -1.36% 9
East Midlands -4 31 £42,500 -22.73% 3
North East -14 8 £50,000 -4.86% 3
Scotland -69 8 £50,750 -20.08% 7
Wales +14 2 £49,000 -14.78%
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 -
Systems Manager
UK

Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 85 (20.05%) Social Skills
2 77 (18.16%) Project Management
3 66 (15.57%) ERP
4 63 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (11.79%) Microsoft
7 49 (11.56%) Finance
8 46 (10.85%) Manufacturing
9 39 (9.20%) SQL
9 39 (9.20%) Degree
10 38 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (8.73%) Law
12 33 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
13 31 (7.31%) Project Delivery
14 29 (6.84%) Management Information System
14 29 (6.84%) CRM
14 29 (6.84%) QA
15 27 (6.37%) Agile
16 25 (5.90%) Service Delivery
16 25 (5.90%) Risk Management
16 25 (5.90%) QMS
17 24 (5.66%) Mentoring
18 23 (5.42%) Validation
19 22 (5.19%) Azure
19 22 (5.19%) Preventative Maintenance
19 22 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
20 21 (4.95%) Business Strategy
20 21 (4.95%) Oracle
20 21 (4.95%) Salesforce
21 20 (4.72%) CAPA

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 15 (3.54%) Confluence
2 13 (3.07%) Documentum
3 10 (2.36%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.47%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Moodle
6 1 (0.24%) Totara
Applications
1 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) CATIA
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (3.07%) TrackWise
2 12 (2.83%) Oracle Assets
2 12 (2.83%) Oracle EBS
2 12 (2.83%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (2.83%) Oracle General Ledger
2 12 (2.83%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (2.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (1.42%) Sage 200
3 6 (1.42%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.71%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.71%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.71%) Unit4 Business World
6 2 (0.47%) iTrent
6 2 (0.47%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.47%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.47%) Shopify
7 1 (0.24%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 38 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (5.19%) Azure
2 22 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
3 15 (3.54%) Power Platform
4 12 (2.83%) Microsoft Copilot
5 9 (2.12%) SaaS
6 5 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 5 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.71%) Dropbox
7 3 (0.71%) Google Drive
7 3 (0.71%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.47%) AWS
8 2 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.47%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.47%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.47%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.24%) IaaS
9 1 (0.24%) PaaS
9 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.94%) Intranet
2 3 (0.71%) Firewall
2 3 (0.71%) Internet
2 3 (0.71%) LAN
2 3 (0.71%) Network Security
2 3 (0.71%) WAN
3 2 (0.47%) DHCP
3 2 (0.47%) DNS
3 2 (0.47%) IP Telephony
3 2 (0.47%) NAS
3 2 (0.47%) SSL
3 2 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.47%) VPN
3 2 (0.47%) WLAN
4 1 (0.24%) VLAN
4 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.59%) Power BI
3 10 (2.36%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (1.42%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.71%) Tableau
6 2 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (4.01%) JIRA
General
1 85 (20.05%) Social Skills
2 49 (11.56%) Finance
3 46 (10.85%) Manufacturing
4 37 (8.73%) Law
5 33 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (4.01%) Legal
8 13 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.83%) Automotive
10 9 (2.12%) Retail
11 8 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.18%) Electronics
13 4 (0.94%) Marketing
14 3 (0.71%) Agriculture
14 3 (0.71%) Fire and Rescue
14 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.71%) Police
14 3 (0.71%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.77%) HTML
2 13 (3.07%) CSS
2 13 (3.07%) JSON
3 8 (1.89%) XML
4 3 (0.71%) ADO
5 2 (0.47%) .NET
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.24%) ATL
6 1 (0.24%) Blazor
6 1 (0.24%) React
6 1 (0.24%) Vue
6 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.84%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.30%) Life Science
2 14 (3.30%) LIMS
3 8 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (1.65%) Cyberattack
4 7 (1.65%) Security Posture
5 6 (1.42%) Digital Signage
6 5 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (0.94%) Learning Management System
7 4 (0.94%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.71%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.71%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.71%) iPad
8 3 (0.71%) Robotics
8 3 (0.71%) Social Media
8 3 (0.71%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.47%) BYOD
9 2 (0.47%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.65%) Windows
2 5 (1.18%) Linux
3 2 (0.47%) Android
3 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.47%) VMS
3 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (18.16%) Project Management
2 66 (15.57%) ERP
3 63 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (7.31%) Project Delivery
6 29 (6.84%) CRM
7 27 (6.37%) Agile
8 25 (5.90%) QMS
8 25 (5.90%) Risk Management
8 25 (5.90%) Service Delivery
9 24 (5.66%) Mentoring
10 23 (5.42%) Validation
11 22 (5.19%) Preventative Maintenance
12 21 (4.95%) Business Strategy
13 20 (4.72%) CAPA
13 20 (4.72%) Roadmaps
14 19 (4.48%) Change Management
14 19 (4.48%) Collaborative Working
14 19 (4.48%) ITIL
15 18 (4.25%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.20%) SQL
2 11 (2.59%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.71%) C#
3 3 (0.71%) T-SQL
3 3 (0.71%) VBA
4 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.24%) Python
4 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (9.20%) Degree
2 15 (3.54%) PMI Certification
3 14 (3.30%) APMG
3 14 (3.30%) PMP
4 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.18%) MCSA
5 5 (1.18%) MCSE
6 4 (0.94%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.94%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 2 (0.47%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.84%) QA
2 15 (3.54%) GMP
3 14 (3.30%) GxP
4 13 (3.07%) Good Clinical Practice
5 10 (2.36%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.89%) ISO 9001
8 7 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 7 (1.65%) NIST
9 6 (1.42%) IEC 62304
9 6 (1.42%) ISO 13485
10 5 (1.18%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.94%) GDPR
12 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.24%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.24%) Puppet
2 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 50 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.95%) Oracle
2 21 (4.95%) Salesforce
3 16 (3.77%) SAP
4 12 (2.83%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.42%) Google
5 6 (1.42%) Sage
6 5 (1.18%) Adobe
7 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.71%) Reuters
7 3 (0.71%) SYSPRO
8 2 (0.47%) Apple
8 2 (0.47%) Meraki
8 2 (0.47%) Sophos
9 1 (0.24%) Ariba
9 1 (0.24%) BT
9 1 (0.24%) Hyperion
9 1 (0.24%) JDA
9 1 (0.24%) Progress
9 1 (0.24%) VMware