The first table below looks at the demand for LSMW skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LSMW over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW)
Rank 207 209 249
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +40
Contract jobs citing LSMW 3 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.044% 0.039% 0.020%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.383% 0.405% 0.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £375 £459 £332
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.25% +38.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £426 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £492 £414
UK excluding London average daily rate £443 £375 £428
% change year-on-year
+18.00% -12.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
783 741 1019
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 11.55% 9.572% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 569 787
Average daily rate £400 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.11% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 6
Average hourly rate £42.50 £34.00 £33.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.99% +2.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £23.80 £17.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.30 £39.20 £81.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
LSMW
London

LSMW
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LSMW across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

City of London LSMW Jobs Demand Trend

LSMW
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LSMW across the City of London region.

City of London LSMW Daily Rate Trend

LSMW
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LSMW across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London LSMW Daily Rate Histogram

LSMW
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing LSMW also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LSMW.

1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) SAP SD
2 2 (40.00%) SAP R/3
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (20.00%) SAP PP

LSMW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing LSMW also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LSMW. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP SD
1 2 (40.00%) SAP R/3
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Data Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Data Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP APO Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Implementation
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP