Systems Manager Jobs in the Midlands

System Manager
England > Midlands

The median System Manager salary in the Midlands is £41,250 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 258 275 335
Rank change year-on-year +17 +60 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Manager 85 31 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.61% 0.37% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.41% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 70 12 32
10th Percentile - £46,495 £41,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,000 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £61,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.65% +22.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £51,000 £70,000 £60,076
90th Percentile £62,230 £79,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £51,700 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% -4.35% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 13,212 7,602 10,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.51% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,398 4,488 7,088
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £37,500 £37,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Systems Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Manager in the Midlands

Systems Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Systems Manager in the Midlands

Systems Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Systems Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Systems Manager in the Midlands

Systems Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Manager within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +19 54 £35,000 -46.15% 7
East Midlands -4 31 £42,500 -22.73% 3
Systems Manager
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Systems Manager in the job title.

1 22 (25.88%) Preventative Maintenance
2 18 (21.18%) Project Management
3 16 (18.82%) ERP
3 16 (18.82%) Manufacturing
4 15 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (10.59%) Project Delivery
7 9 (10.59%) Social Skills
7 9 (10.59%) ITIL
8 7 (8.24%) Automotive
8 7 (8.24%) Service Management
8 7 (8.24%) PRINCE2
8 7 (8.24%) SQL
8 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
8 7 (8.24%) PMP
8 7 (8.24%) PMI Certification
8 7 (8.24%) APMG
8 7 (8.24%) Knowledge Management
8 7 (8.24%) Degree
8 7 (8.24%) Knowledge Transfer
8 7 (8.24%) Business Strategy
9 6 (7.06%) JIRA
9 6 (7.06%) Salesforce
9 6 (7.06%) SAP
9 6 (7.06%) Change Management
9 6 (7.06%) Management Information System
9 6 (7.06%) Finance
9 6 (7.06%) Agile

Systems Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.35%) SAP Business One
1 2 (2.35%) Shopify
2 1 (1.18%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (3.53%) Azure
4 2 (2.35%) AWS
4 2 (2.35%) Google Workspace
4 2 (2.35%) Mimecast
4 2 (2.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.53%) Internet
2 2 (2.35%) Firewall
2 2 (2.35%) IP Telephony
2 2 (2.35%) LAN
2 2 (2.35%) NAS
2 2 (2.35%) Network Security
2 2 (2.35%) SSL
2 2 (2.35%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (2.35%) VPN
2 2 (2.35%) WAN
2 2 (2.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.53%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.35%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (7.06%) JIRA
General
1 16 (18.82%) Manufacturing
2 9 (10.59%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.24%) Automotive
4 6 (7.06%) Finance
4 6 (7.06%) Retail
5 5 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.53%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (2.35%) Advertising
7 2 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.35%) Police
7 2 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Aviation
8 1 (1.18%) Marketing
8 1 (1.18%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) .NET
1 1 (1.18%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.35%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.35%) e-Learning
2 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.35%) Learning Management System
2 2 (2.35%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.18%) FMCG
3 1 (1.18%) IoT
3 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.18%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.35%) Android
1 2 (2.35%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
1 2 (2.35%) VMS
1 2 (2.35%) Windows
1 2 (2.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.88%) Preventative Maintenance
2 18 (21.18%) Project Management
3 16 (18.82%) ERP
4 15 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (10.59%) ITIL
7 9 (10.59%) Project Delivery
8 7 (8.24%) Business Strategy
8 7 (8.24%) Knowledge Management
8 7 (8.24%) Knowledge Transfer
8 7 (8.24%) PRINCE2
8 7 (8.24%) Service Management
9 6 (7.06%) Agile
9 6 (7.06%) Change Management
10 5 (5.88%) Configuration Management
10 5 (5.88%) CRM
10 5 (5.88%) Data Security
10 5 (5.88%) ITSM
10 5 (5.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.24%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (8.24%) APMG
1 7 (8.24%) Degree
1 7 (8.24%) PMI Certification
1 7 (8.24%) PMP
2 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.35%) DBS Check
2 2 (2.35%) MCSA
2 2 (2.35%) MCSE
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.53%) GDPR
2 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.18%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) Salesforce
2 6 (7.06%) SAP
3 5 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.53%) SYSPRO
5 2 (2.35%) Apple
5 2 (2.35%) Google
5 2 (2.35%) Meraki
5 2 (2.35%) Sophos
6 1 (1.18%) JDA