The first table below looks at the demand for SAP APO skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Advanced Planner & Optimizer (APO)
Rank 369 387 406
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +19
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 20 18 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.091% 0.067% 0.078%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.115% 0.819% 0.917%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 6
Average daily rate £433 £500 £437
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.50% +14.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £476 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £513 £525
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1793 2199 2618
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 8.139% 8.150% 8.535%
Number of daily rates quoted 1056 1197 1570
Average daily rate £463 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 23
Average hourly rate £32.58 £40.00 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.55% +36.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £87.50 £52.50 £62.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
SAP APO
England

SAP APO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

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 London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London +16 4 £350 -
SAP APO
England

SAP APO
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 37 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (21.62%) SAP BW
3 6 (16.22%) SAP SCM
3 6 (16.22%) SAP Implementation
4 5 (13.51%) FMCG
5 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (10.81%) Finance
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.108%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (8.108%) Network Planning
7 2 (5.405%) MS Office
7 2 (5.405%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (5.405%) Business Analysis
8 1 (2.703%) Degree
8 1 (2.703%) French Language
8 1 (2.703%) SAP ERP
8 1 (2.703%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.703%) Test Scripting
8 1 (2.703%) ABAP
8 1 (2.703%) SAP SD
8 1 (2.703%) SAP PP
8 1 (2.703%) SAP WM
8 1 (2.703%) Project Management
8 1 (2.703%) DTS
8 1 (2.703%) ERP
8 1 (2.703%) GxP
8 1 (2.703%) PTC
8 1 (2.703%) Logistics
8 1 (2.703%) Supply Chain Management

SAP APO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Applications
1 2 (5.405%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (16.22%) SAP SCM
2 1 (2.703%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.703%) SAP SD
2 1 (2.703%) SAP PP
2 1 (2.703%) SAP WM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.703%) DTS
General
1 4 (10.81%) Finance
1 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.405%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.703%) French Language
Job Titles
1 22 (59.46%) Consultant
2 20 (54.05%) SAP Consultant
3 16 (43.24%) SAP APO Consultant
4 7 (18.92%) Trainer
4 7 (18.92%) SAP Trainer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (8.108%) Business Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) SAP Developer
7 2 (5.405%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Functional Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.405%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (5.405%) Business Process Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Process Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) SAP BW Developer
7 2 (5.405%) SAP Manager
8 1 (2.703%) SAP Business Consultant
8 1 (2.703%) SAP Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (16.22%) SAP Implementation
2 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (8.108%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (8.108%) Network Planning
4 2 (5.405%) Business Analysis
5 1 (2.703%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.703%) Test Scripting
5 1 (2.703%) Project Management
5 1 (2.703%) ERP
5 1 (2.703%) Logistics
5 1 (2.703%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.703%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (2.703%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.703%) GxP
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (2.703%) PTC