System Manager
UK
The median System Manager daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.
The table below provides contractor rate 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 | 544 | 644 | 758 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +100 | +114 | -87 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Systems Manager | 40 | 53 | 90 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.092% | 0.095% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.099% | 0.10% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 41 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £359 | £263 | £394 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £375 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £559 | £650 | £614 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £675 | £656 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £519 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.43% | -5.68% | +22.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £22.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.17 | - | £23.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £29.17 | - | £23.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -66.67% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 40,557 | 52,491 | 83,111 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.86% | 94.51% | 95.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,070 | 36,644 | 58,616 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £318 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £538 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.42% | +2.48% | +6.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,936 | 1,486 | 1,938 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.42 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +80.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.81 | £65.75 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £77.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.08 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.94% | +110.39% | +7.82% |
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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager.
Systems Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.
Systems Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Systems Manager.
Systems Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations
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 UK 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +73 | 39 | £475 | -5.00% | 92 |
| UK excluding London | +36 | 29 | £475 | -8.43% | 74 |
| Work from Home | +102 | 11 | £432 | -21.55% | 38 |
| London | +65 | 9 | £488 | +2.63% | 23 |
| East of England | - | 8 | - | - | 9 |
| South West | +7 | 7 | £450 | -12.20% | 7 |
| North of England | +17 | 6 | £475 | -13.64% | 25 |
| West Midlands | +20 | 5 | £600 | +118.18% | 7 |
| Midlands | +19 | 5 | £600 | +118.18% | 10 |
| North West | +19 | 5 | £385 | -30.00% | 16 |
| South East | +7 | 3 | £478 | -13.18% | 18 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 1 | £475 | -24.00% | 7 |
Systems Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 June 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 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: