The first table below looks at the demand for LSMW skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LSMW over the 3 months to 24 May 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 England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW)
Rank 479 520 522
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +2
Contract jobs citing LSMW 34 39 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.082% 0.073% 0.087%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.735% 0.784% 0.815%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 16
Average daily rate £485 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.25% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £230 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £562 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £375 £417
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -10.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4623 4974 6010
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.12% 9.325% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2946 3009 3467
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 205 309
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
LSMW
UK

LSMW
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England LSMW Daily Rate Histogram

LSMW
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LSMW across the England region.

England LSMW Hourly Rate Trend

LSMW
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LSMW within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +35 14 £525 +25.74%
South East +15 5 £475 +8.57%
North West - 4 £381 -
South West - 2 £363 -
East Midlands - 2 £550 -
West Midlands +7 1 - -
LSMW
UK

LSMW
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 56 (83.58%) Migration
3 55 (82.09%) Data Migration
4 33 (49.25%) SAP Data Services
5 23 (34.33%) ABAP
6 20 (29.85%) Business Objects
6 20 (29.85%) BusinessObjects
7 17 (25.37%) BAPI
8 16 (23.88%) Manufacturing
9 13 (19.40%) ETL
10 10 (14.93%) SQL
11 9 (13.43%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (11.94%) Finance
13 7 (10.45%) SQL Server
13 7 (10.45%) SAP Implementation
13 7 (10.45%) Data Analysis
14 6 (8.955%) Validation
14 6 (8.955%) ERP
14 6 (8.955%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (5.970%) SAP BI
15 4 (5.970%) Project Management
15 4 (5.970%) SAP BW
15 4 (5.970%) SAP HR
15 4 (5.970%) SAP R/3
16 3 (4.478%) IBM
16 3 (4.478%) SAP PP
16 3 (4.478%) SAP SD
16 3 (4.478%) MS Access
16 3 (4.478%) CRM
16 3 (4.478%) Data Warehouse

LSMW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 17 (25.37%) BAPI
2 2 (2.985%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.493%) Middleware
3 1 (1.493%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (1.493%) SAP Business Workflow
Applications
1 1 (1.493%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.970%) SAP HR
1 4 (5.970%) SAP R/3
2 3 (4.478%) SAP PP
2 3 (4.478%) SAP SD
3 2 (2.985%) SAP SRM
4 1 (1.493%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.493%) SAP MDM
4 1 (1.493%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.493%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.493%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.493%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.493%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.493%) SAP Retail
4 1 (1.493%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (1.493%) SAP HCM
4 1 (1.493%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.493%) SAP PP-PI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (49.25%) SAP Data Services
2 20 (29.85%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (10.45%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.970%) SAP BI
4 4 (5.970%) SAP BW
5 3 (4.478%) MS Access
5 3 (4.478%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (4.478%) BODI
6 2 (2.985%) DB2
6 2 (2.985%) DataStage
7 1 (1.493%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.493%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.493%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.493%) SAP HANA
7 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (2.985%) eCATT
General
1 16 (23.88%) Manufacturing
2 8 (11.94%) Finance
3 6 (8.955%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (4.478%) Retail
5 2 (2.985%) Finnish Language
5 2 (2.985%) Automotive
5 2 (2.985%) Publishing
6 1 (1.493%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.493%) Banking
6 1 (1.493%) German Language
Job Titles
1 29 (43.28%) Consultant
2 27 (40.30%) SAP Consultant
3 23 (34.33%) Data Consultant
4 22 (32.84%) SAP Data Consultant
5 21 (31.34%) Migration Consultant
5 21 (31.34%) Data Migration Consultant
6 20 (29.85%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
7 14 (20.90%) Data Manager
8 13 (19.40%) SAP Manager
9 10 (14.93%) Data Migration Manager
10 9 (13.43%) SAP Data Migration Manager
11 7 (10.45%) Analyst
12 6 (8.955%) Developer
13 5 (7.463%) SAP Developer
13 5 (7.463%) SAP Analyst
14 4 (5.970%) Data Analyst
15 3 (4.478%) Project Manager
15 3 (4.478%) Business Analyst
15 3 (4.478%) Programme Manager
15 3 (4.478%) SAP PP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.478%) Data Conversion
2 2 (2.985%) FMCG
2 2 (2.985%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.493%) PMI
3 1 (1.493%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.493%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (83.58%) Migration
2 55 (82.09%) Data Migration
3 13 (19.40%) ETL
4 9 (13.43%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (10.45%) SAP Implementation
5 7 (10.45%) Data Analysis
6 6 (8.955%) Validation
6 6 (8.955%) ERP
7 4 (5.970%) Project Management
8 3 (4.478%) CRM
8 3 (4.478%) Workflow
8 3 (4.478%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.478%) Data Management
8 3 (4.478%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (4.478%) Data Validation
8 3 (4.478%) Data Governance
8 3 (4.478%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (2.985%) Test Scripting
9 2 (2.985%) System Testing
9 2 (2.985%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (34.33%) ABAP
2 10 (14.93%) SQL
3 1 (1.493%) SAPscript
3 1 (1.493%) PowerHouse
3 1 (1.493%) C
3 1 (1.493%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.493%) CCA
1 1 (1.493%) PMI Certification
1 1 (1.493%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.493%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.478%) QA
2 2 (2.985%) SLA
3 1 (1.493%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 20 (29.85%) Business Objects
3 3 (4.478%) IBM
3 3 (4.478%) Oracle
4 2 (2.985%) Teradata
5 1 (1.493%) Informatica