The first table below looks at the demand for SAP APO skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP APO 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 Business Applications category for the City of London region.

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 Advanced Planner & Optimizer (APO)
Rank 199 216 243
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +27
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 4 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.063% 0.025% 0.020%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.786% 0.366% 0.269%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £400 £505
% change year-on-year
+18.75% -20.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
509 547 743
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 7.979% 6.955% 7.585%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 373 530
Average daily rate £450 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
Average hourly rate £32.58 £50.00 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.84% +45.98%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £14.75 £19.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.51 £56.25 £48.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP APO
London

SAP APO
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP APO across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

City of London SAP APO Jobs Demand Trend

SAP APO
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAP APO across the City of London region.

City of London SAP APO Daily Rate Trend

SAP APO
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP APO across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London SAP APO Daily Rate Histogram

SAP APO
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SAP APO 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 SAP APO.

1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) SAP BW
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
3 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) FMCG
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical

SAP APO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SAP APO 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 SAP APO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Developer
1 2 (33.33%) SAP BW Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP APO Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP