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 23 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 759 | 761 | 1013 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | +252 | +59 |
| Permanent jobs citing LSMW | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.015% | 0.007% | 0.001% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.15% | 0.066% | 0.006% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,250 | £66,400 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £56,875 | £71,500 | £93,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £80,000 | £97,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.88% | -17.95% | +14.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,875 | - | £101,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,750 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £80,000 | £97,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.88% | -17.95% | +27.87% |
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 | 6,736 | 7,623 | 17,333 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 10.31% | 11.42% | 16.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,686 | 5,806 | 10,908 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,574 | £37,500 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,628 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -3.85% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £81,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.83% | +4.55% | +4.76% |
LSMW
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing LSMW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LSMW.
LSMW
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing LSMW over the 6 months to 23 January 2025.
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Top 9 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 23 January 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +28 | 10 | £62,500 | -21.88% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +5 | 9 | £62,500 | -21.88% | 1 |
| Midlands | +4 | 8 | £70,000 | -12.50% | 1 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 7 | - | - | |
| Work from Home | +53 | 5 | £55,000 | -31.25% | 2 |
| London | +27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £70,000 | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 1 | £55,000 | - |
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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: