The first table below looks at the demand for SAP APO skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP APO over the 3 months to 17 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 England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Advanced Planner & Optimizer (APO)
Rank 471 527 503
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -24
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 39 31 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.094% 0.058% 0.122%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.121% 0.681% 1.402%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 31
Average daily rate £433 £493 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.18% -1.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £388 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £538 £583
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £400 £500
% change year-on-year
+18.75% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3479 4553 4922
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.369% 8.534% 8.723%
Number of daily rates quoted 1863 2339 2543
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 55 90
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £19.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +71.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.60 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
SAP APO
UK

SAP APO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England SAP APO Daily Rate Histogram

SAP APO
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAP APO across the England region.

England SAP APO Hourly Rate Trend

SAP APO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP APO within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +23 20 £433 -13.50%
West Midlands +11 6 £450 -
North West +16 4 £425 +6.25%
South East +21 2 - -
North East - 1 - -
SAP APO
UK

SAP APO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 96 (100.00%) SAP
2 17 (17.71%) SAP BW
3 16 (16.67%) SAP SCM
4 11 (11.46%) Finance
4 11 (11.46%) Manufacturing
5 9 (9.375%) SAP Implementation
6 7 (7.292%) FMCG
6 7 (7.292%) SAP PP
6 7 (7.292%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (6.250%) ERP
7 6 (6.250%) MS Office
7 6 (6.250%) Supply Chain Management
7 6 (6.250%) Network Planning
8 5 (5.208%) Logistics
8 5 (5.208%) Business Analysis
9 4 (4.167%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (3.125%) Automotive
10 3 (3.125%) SAP BI
10 3 (3.125%) PRINCE2
10 3 (3.125%) ABAP
11 2 (2.083%) SAP ERP
11 2 (2.083%) Test Scripting
11 2 (2.083%) Capacity Planning
11 2 (2.083%) PMI
11 2 (2.083%) PMI Certification
11 2 (2.083%) PRINCE
11 2 (2.083%) Project Management
11 2 (2.083%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (2.083%) SAP MM
11 2 (2.083%) SAP WM

SAP APO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Applications
1 6 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 16 (16.67%) SAP SCM
2 7 (7.292%) SAP PP
3 2 (2.083%) SAP WM
3 2 (2.083%) SAP ERP
3 2 (2.083%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.042%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.042%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (17.71%) SAP BW
2 3 (3.125%) SAP BI
3 1 (1.042%) DTS
General
1 11 (11.46%) Finance
1 11 (11.46%) Manufacturing
2 3 (3.125%) Automotive
3 2 (2.083%) French Language
3 2 (2.083%) German Language
3 2 (2.083%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.042%) Serbian Language
4 1 (1.042%) Swedish Language
4 1 (1.042%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 61 (63.54%) Consultant
2 58 (60.42%) SAP Consultant
3 46 (47.92%) SAP APO Consultant
4 14 (14.58%) SAP Trainer
4 14 (14.58%) Trainer
5 5 (5.208%) Project Manager
5 5 (5.208%) Functional Consultant
5 5 (5.208%) SAP Project Manager
5 5 (5.208%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 5 (5.208%) SAP Manager
6 4 (4.167%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 4 (4.167%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (3.125%) Analyst
7 3 (3.125%) Business Consultant
7 3 (3.125%) SAP PP Consultant
7 3 (3.125%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 3 (3.125%) SAP BI Consultant
7 3 (3.125%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (2.083%) Process Consultant
8 2 (2.083%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.292%) FMCG
2 2 (2.083%) PMI
3 1 (1.042%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (9.375%) SAP Implementation
2 7 (7.292%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (6.250%) ERP
3 6 (6.250%) Network Planning
3 6 (6.250%) Supply Chain Management
4 5 (5.208%) Business Analysis
4 5 (5.208%) Logistics
5 4 (4.167%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (3.125%) PRINCE2
7 2 (2.083%) Test Scripting
7 2 (2.083%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (2.083%) PRINCE
7 2 (2.083%) Project Management
8 1 (1.042%) Change Management
8 1 (1.042%) Workflow
8 1 (1.042%) Information Management
8 1 (1.042%) Data Modelling
8 1 (1.042%) ETL
8 1 (1.042%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.042%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.125%) ABAP
2 1 (1.042%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.083%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.042%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.042%) GxP
Systems Management
1 1 (1.042%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 96 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (1.042%) Pegasus
2 1 (1.042%) PTC
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