The first table below looks at the demand for SAP APO skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP APO over the 3 months to 23 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 North East 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Advanced Planner & Optimizer (APO)
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.360% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 5.263% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
19 52 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 6.835% 10.51% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 28 19
Average daily rate £300 £450 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

North East SAP APO Jobs Demand Trend

SAP APO
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Implementation

SAP APO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Supply Chain Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP