LSMW Contracts

SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring LSMW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LSMW over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 674 821
Rank change year-on-year +102 +147 -100
Contract jobs citing LSMW 12 23 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.041% 0.031%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.23% 0.29% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 12
10th Percentile £434 £448 -
25th Percentile £463 £558 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £631 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.76% +26.20% +26.58%
75th Percentile £634 £926 £525
90th Percentile £645 £950 £622
UK excluding London median daily rate £634 £525 £509
% change year-on-year +20.71% +3.14% +20.47%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,289 7,896 15,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.11% 14.22% 17.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,531 5,574 10,996
10th Percentile £355 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 223 200
10th Percentile £31.48 £45.24 £37.85
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £51.10
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +22.31% +6.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.38 £82.90 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +15.79%

LSMW
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LSMW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LSMW in the UK

LSMW
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LSMW.

Daily rate trend for LSMW in the UK

LSMW
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LSMW over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LSMW in the UK

LSMW
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LSMW.

Hourly rate trend for LSMW in the UK

LSMW
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LSMW within the UK over the 6 months to 21 June 2024. 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
England +81 12 £500 -15.97% 1
London +84 7 £475 -49.13%
UK excluding London +24 5 £634 +20.71% 1
Work from Home +105 4 £495 -21.55% 1
North of England +18 3 £623 +522.50%
North West - 3 £623 -
Midlands +14 1 - -
East of England - 1 £645 -

LSMW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 10 (83.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (8.33%) SAP EWM
2 1 (8.33%) SAP PM
2 1 (8.33%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (33.33%) SAP BW
3 3 (25.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Lead
2 6 (50.00%) Data Migration Lead
3 5 (41.67%) SAP Data Migration Lead
4 2 (16.67%) Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) ABAP Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Data Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Data Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Migration Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Data Manager
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Developer
5 1 (8.33%) SAP EWM Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Manager
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Migration Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) BAPI
2 2 (16.67%) SAP ALE
3 1 (8.33%) IDoc
3 1 (8.33%) REST
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Smart Forms
3 1 (8.33%) SAPUI5
3 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Data Migration
1 11 (91.67%) Migration
2 5 (41.67%) Cutover Planning
2 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Data Cleansing
3 4 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (8.33%) Business Process Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Data Flow Diagram
5 1 (8.33%) Data Management
5 1 (8.33%) Data Mapping
5 1 (8.33%) ETL
5 1 (8.33%) Logistics
5 1 (8.33%) OO
5 1 (8.33%) OOP
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Project Planning
5 1 (8.33%) SDLC
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) ABAP
2 1 (8.33%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe