LSMW Contract Job Trends in South Wales

SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring LSMW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing LSMW 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.42% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 13.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £68.15 - -
25th Percentile £69.13 - -
Median hourly rate £72.00 - -
75th Percentile £73.63 - -
90th Percentile £73.85 - -
Wales median hourly rate £72.00 - -

All Development Application Skills
South Wales

LSMW falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 15 34 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 3.13% 12.14% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 22 30
10th Percentile £419 £228 £162
25th Percentile £425 £256 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £341 £496
Median % change year-on-year +31.87% -31.23% -5.48%
75th Percentile £475 £443 £542
90th Percentile £481 £523 £550
Wales median daily rate £450 £435 £500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -13.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £54.50 - -
25th Percentile £59.38 - £15.20
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £20.24
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.17%
75th Percentile £73.25 - £20.35
90th Percentile £73.70 - -
Wales median hourly rate £52.50 £30.50 £20.24
% change year-on-year +72.13% +50.73% -22.17%

LSMW
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LSMW relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

LSMW job vacancy trend in South Wales

LSMW
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing LSMW.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing LSMW

LSMW
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LSMW within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 October 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff - 1 - - 1
Newport - 1 - - 5
LSMW
Wales

LSMW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (50.00%) SAP MM
1 1 (50.00%) SAP SD
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Migration Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Migration Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Conversion
1 2 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Data Reconciliation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP