The first table below looks at the demand for SAP APO skills in IT contracts advertised for the South 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 22 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 South 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Advanced Planner & Optimizer (APO)
Rank 227 241 235
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -6
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 2 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.025% 0.048% 0.068%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.323% 0.543% 0.782%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £470 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.47%
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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
620 921 895
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.826% 8.904% 8.720%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 479 371
Average daily rate £435 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.24% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £549
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 14
Average hourly rate £23.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.39% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £8.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £53.00 £35.50
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East SAP APO Daily Rate Trend

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Middlesex +5 1 - -
Hampshire -2 1 - -
SAP APO
England

SAP APO
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 22 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (27.27%) SAP SCM
3 5 (22.73%) SAP BW
4 4 (18.18%) MS Office
5 3 (13.64%) Finance
6 2 (9.091%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (9.091%) PRINCE
6 2 (9.091%) PRINCE2
6 2 (9.091%) PMI
6 2 (9.091%) PMI Certification
7 1 (4.545%) ERP
7 1 (4.545%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.545%) Network Planning
7 1 (4.545%) Data Integration
7 1 (4.545%) FMCG

SAP APO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) SAP SCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Consultant
2 12 (54.55%) SAP Consultant
3 10 (45.45%) SAP APO Consultant
4 7 (31.82%) SAP Trainer
4 7 (31.82%) Trainer
5 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
5 3 (13.64%) SAP Manager
5 3 (13.64%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (9.091%) Deployment Project Manager
7 1 (4.545%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 1 (4.545%) SAP SCM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) PMI
2 1 (4.545%) Data Integration
2 1 (4.545%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.091%) Supply Chain Management
1 2 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (9.091%) PRINCE
1 2 (9.091%) PRINCE2
2 1 (4.545%) ERP
2 1 (4.545%) Network Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) SAP