The first table below looks at the demand for LSMW skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 493 539 520
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -19
Contract jobs citing LSMW 36 45 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.078% 0.077% 0.105%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.707% 0.847% 0.994%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 16
Average daily rate £485 £409 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.65% -2.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £245 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £562 £473 £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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5093 5313 6437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.98% 9.110% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3197 3137 3627
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 217 316
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.33 £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
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

LSMW Daily Rate Trend

LSMW
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LSMW within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

LSMW Hourly Rate Trend

LSMW
Top 21 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 UK 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
England +41 34 £485 +21.25%
London +35 14 £525 +25.74%
South East +15 5 £475 +8.57%
North West - 4 £381 -
City of London +14 2 £464 +1.08%
South West - 2 £363 -
Wiltshire - 2 £363 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £463 -
East Midlands - 2 £550 -
Brentford - 2 £510 -
Swindon - 2 £363 -
Berkshire +15 1 - -
West Midlands +7 1 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
Leicestershire - 1 £550 -
Kent - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Warrington - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 £413 -
Leicester - 1 £550 -
Abingdon - 1 £425 -

LSMW
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 77 (98.72%) SAP
2 64 (82.05%) Migration
3 63 (80.77%) Data Migration
4 37 (47.44%) SAP Data Services
5 27 (34.62%) ABAP
6 21 (26.92%) Business Objects
6 21 (26.92%) BusinessObjects
7 18 (23.08%) BAPI
8 16 (20.51%) Manufacturing
9 15 (19.23%) ETL
10 10 (12.82%) SQL
11 9 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (11.54%) Finance
11 9 (11.54%) Data Analysis
12 8 (10.26%) SQL Server
13 7 (8.974%) SAP Implementation
14 6 (7.692%) ERP
14 6 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (7.692%) Validation
15 5 (6.410%) SAP BW
16 4 (5.128%) SAP R/3
16 4 (5.128%) SAP HR
16 4 (5.128%) IBM
16 4 (5.128%) CRM
16 4 (5.128%) Oracle
16 4 (5.128%) Management Information System
16 4 (5.128%) SAP PP
16 4 (5.128%) SAP BI
16 4 (5.128%) Project Management
17 3 (3.846%) Workflow

LSMW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 18 (23.08%) BAPI
2 2 (2.564%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.282%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (1.282%) Middleware
3 1 (1.282%) SAP Business Workflow
Applications
1 1 (1.282%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.128%) SAP R/3
1 4 (5.128%) SAP HR
1 4 (5.128%) SAP PP
2 3 (3.846%) SAP SD
2 3 (3.846%) SAP HCM
3 2 (2.564%) SAP SRM
4 1 (1.282%) SAP MDM
4 1 (1.282%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.282%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.282%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.282%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.282%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (1.282%) SAP PP-PI
4 1 (1.282%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.282%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.282%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.282%) SAP Retail
4 1 (1.282%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (47.44%) SAP Data Services
2 21 (26.92%) BusinessObjects
3 8 (10.26%) SQL Server
4 5 (6.410%) SAP BW
5 4 (5.128%) SAP BI
6 3 (3.846%) DB2
6 3 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (3.846%) MS Access
6 3 (3.846%) BODI
7 2 (2.564%) DataStage
8 1 (1.282%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (1.282%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.564%) eCATT
General
1 16 (20.51%) Manufacturing
2 9 (11.54%) Finance
3 6 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (3.846%) Retail
4 3 (3.846%) Dutch Language
5 2 (2.564%) Finnish Language
5 2 (2.564%) Publishing
5 2 (2.564%) Automotive
6 1 (1.282%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.282%) French Language
6 1 (1.282%) German Language
6 1 (1.282%) Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (47.44%) Consultant
2 34 (43.59%) SAP Consultant
3 28 (35.90%) Data Consultant
4 26 (33.33%) Migration Consultant
4 26 (33.33%) SAP Data Consultant
4 26 (33.33%) Data Migration Consultant
5 24 (30.77%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
6 14 (17.95%) Data Manager
7 13 (16.67%) SAP Manager
8 10 (12.82%) Data Migration Manager
9 9 (11.54%) SAP Data Migration Manager
10 8 (10.26%) Analyst
11 6 (7.692%) Developer
11 6 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
12 5 (6.410%) SAP Developer
12 5 (6.410%) Data Analyst
13 4 (5.128%) SAP Data Analyst
14 3 (3.846%) Project Manager
14 3 (3.846%) Business Analyst
14 3 (3.846%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.128%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.846%) Data Conversion
3 2 (2.564%) FMCG
4 1 (1.282%) PMI
4 1 (1.282%) Data Integration
4 1 (1.282%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (82.05%) Migration
2 63 (80.77%) Data Migration
3 15 (19.23%) ETL
4 9 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (11.54%) Data Analysis
5 7 (8.974%) SAP Implementation
6 6 (7.692%) ERP
6 6 (7.692%) Validation
7 4 (5.128%) CRM
7 4 (5.128%) Project Management
8 3 (3.846%) Workflow
8 3 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (3.846%) Data Management
8 3 (3.846%) Data Validation
8 3 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (3.846%) Data Governance
9 2 (2.564%) Data Mapping
9 2 (2.564%) Business Analysis
9 2 (2.564%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 27 (34.62%) ABAP
2 10 (12.82%) SQL
3 1 (1.282%) C
3 1 (1.282%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.282%) PowerHouse
3 1 (1.282%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 1 (1.282%) CCA
1 1 (1.282%) PMI Certification
1 1 (1.282%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.282%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.846%) QA
2 2 (2.564%) SLA
3 1 (1.282%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 77 (98.72%) SAP
2 21 (26.92%) Business Objects
3 4 (5.128%) IBM
3 4 (5.128%) Oracle
4 2 (2.564%) Teradata
5 1 (1.282%) Informatica