SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring LSMW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited LSMW over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 903 960
Rank change year-on-year +204 +57 +279
Permanent jobs citing LSMW 3 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.004% 0.008%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.050% 0.042% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £72,500
75th Percentile - - £73,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £72,500
% change year-on-year - - +7.41%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 6,028 9,520 13,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.79% 9.18% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,562 6,582 8,354
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,117
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £58,700 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% -9.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.65% -4.35% +4.55%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LSMW.

Salary trend for LSMW in the UK

LSMW
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LSMW within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +119 2 - - 10
UK excluding London - 1 - - 9
Midlands - 1 - - 3
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
England - 1 - - 10

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 2 (66.67%) SAP HCM
1 2 (66.67%) SAP HR
2 1 (33.33%) SAP EWM
2 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SuccessFactors
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) ABAP Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SAPUI5 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) BAPI
1 2 (66.67%) SAP ALE
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (66.67%) SAPUI5
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) ABAP
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe