The first table below looks at the demand for LSMW skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LSMW over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW)
Rank 363 393 427
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +34
Contract jobs citing LSMW 14 17 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.065% 0.063% 0.025%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.533% 0.662% 0.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 6
Average daily rate £525 £418 £427
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.74% -2.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £212 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £642 £480 £475
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
2629 2568 3609
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.15% 9.535% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1941 1739 2465
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £283 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 38 31
Average hourly rate £41.50 £35.75 £29.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.08% +20.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.72 £22.20 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £45.00 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
LSMW
England

LSMW
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

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 London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +19 2 £464 +1.08%
Brentford - 2 £510 -
LSMW
England

LSMW
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 25 (96.15%) Migration
3 24 (92.31%) Data Migration
4 13 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
5 11 (42.31%) Business Objects
5 11 (42.31%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (26.92%) ABAP
7 5 (19.23%) Finance
7 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
7 5 (19.23%) BAPI
8 4 (15.38%) Project Management
9 3 (11.54%) SAP R/3
9 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (11.54%) QA
9 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
10 2 (7.692%) Project Planning
10 2 (7.692%) Data Conversion
10 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
10 2 (7.692%) CRM
10 2 (7.692%) ERP
10 2 (7.692%) SAP HR
10 2 (7.692%) Data Governance
10 2 (7.692%) SAP ALE
11 1 (3.846%) DataStage
11 1 (3.846%) Middleware
11 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
11 1 (3.846%) ETL
11 1 (3.846%) CCA

LSMW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 5 (19.23%) BAPI
2 2 (7.692%) SAP ALE
3 1 (3.846%) Middleware
3 1 (3.846%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (3.846%) SAP Business Workflow
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) SAP R/3
2 2 (7.692%) SAP HR
3 1 (3.846%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.846%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.846%) SAP PP
3 1 (3.846%) SAP HCM
3 1 (3.846%) SAP CO
3 1 (3.846%) SAP MDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
2 11 (42.31%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.846%) DataStage
3 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.846%) SAP BI
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
1 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.846%) German Language
2 1 (3.846%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Consultant
1 10 (38.46%) Data Manager
2 9 (34.62%) SAP Manager
3 8 (30.77%) Data Consultant
3 8 (30.77%) Data Migration Consultant
3 8 (30.77%) Migration Consultant
3 8 (30.77%) SAP Consultant
4 7 (26.92%) SAP Data Consultant
4 7 (26.92%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
4 7 (26.92%) Data Migration Manager
5 6 (23.08%) SAP Data Migration Manager
6 2 (7.692%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Migration Project Manager
6 2 (7.692%) SAP Integration Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Programme Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Integration Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Data Migration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Data Conversion
1 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.846%) PMI
2 1 (3.846%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Migration
2 24 (92.31%) Data Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Project Management
4 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
5 2 (7.692%) Project Planning
5 2 (7.692%) CRM
5 2 (7.692%) ERP
5 2 (7.692%) Data Governance
6 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.846%) ETL
6 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.846%) Workflow
6 1 (3.846%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (3.846%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.846%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) ABAP
2 1 (3.846%) SAPscript
2 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) CCA
1 1 (3.846%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (42.31%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.846%) Informatica