The first table below looks at the demand for SAP APO skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP APO over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Advanced Planner & Optimizer (APO)
Rank 93 96 88
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -8
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 4 7 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.238% 0.308% 0.518%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.299% 3.111% 4.367%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
Average daily rate £375 £438 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +65.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
174 225 229
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.37% 9.908% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 98 100
Average daily rate £450 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £307 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £502 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 13
Average hourly rate £37.80 £32.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.12% +20.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Birmingham +10 4 £375 -11.76%
Warwickshire - - - -
SAP APO
England

SAP APO
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) Supply Chain Management
2 3 (27.27%) SAP SCM
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) SAP BW
3 2 (18.18%) SAP PP
3 2 (18.18%) SAP BI
3 2 (18.18%) ABAP
4 1 (9.091%) Automotive
4 1 (9.091%) Logistics
4 1 (9.091%) FMCG

SAP APO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 3 (27.27%) SAP SCM
2 2 (18.18%) SAP PP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SAP BW
1 2 (18.18%) SAP BI
General
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Consultant
1 9 (81.82%) SAP Consultant
2 7 (63.64%) SAP APO Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP BI Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP BW Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Planning Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Supply Chain Management
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) ABAP
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
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