The first table below looks at the demand for SAP APO skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP APO over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Advanced Planner & Optimizer (APO)
Rank 192 157 171
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +14
Permanent jobs citing SAP APO 12 29 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.243% 0.642% 0.024%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.376% 7.379% 0.244%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 1
Average salary £57,500 £65,000 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.53% -7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +20.00%
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
505 393 409
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.24% 8.706% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 386 325 350
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £33,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SAP APO
England

SAP APO
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT 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
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SAP APO across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SAP APO Salary Trend

SAP APO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP APO across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands SAP APO Salary Histogram

SAP APO
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP APO within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -26 10 £57,500 -13.20%
Warwickshire - 2 £42,500 -
SAP APO
England

SAP APO
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SAP APO.

1 18 (100.00%) SAP
2 17 (94.44%) SAP PP
3 16 (88.89%) Manufacturing
4 14 (77.78%) ABAP
5 11 (61.11%) SAP MM
5 11 (61.11%) Finance
5 11 (61.11%) SAP QM
6 9 (50.00%) SAP WM
6 9 (50.00%) SAP SD
6 9 (50.00%) Publishing
6 9 (50.00%) Retail
6 9 (50.00%) Logistics
6 9 (50.00%) SAP LE
7 6 (33.33%) Automotive
8 5 (27.78%) Workflow
8 5 (27.78%) Project Management
8 5 (27.78%) SAP R/3
8 5 (27.78%) ITIL
8 5 (27.78%) SAP Business Workflow
8 5 (27.78%) German Language
8 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
9 3 (16.67%) SAP SCM
9 3 (16.67%) Change Management
10 2 (11.11%) Configuration Management
10 2 (11.11%) QA
10 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 1 (5.556%) FMCG

SAP APO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SAP APO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (27.78%) SAP Business Workflow
Business Applications
1 17 (94.44%) SAP PP
2 11 (61.11%) SAP QM
2 11 (61.11%) SAP MM
3 9 (50.00%) SAP LE
3 9 (50.00%) SAP WM
3 9 (50.00%) SAP SD
4 5 (27.78%) SAP R/3
5 3 (16.67%) SAP SCM
General
1 16 (88.89%) Manufacturing
2 11 (61.11%) Finance
3 9 (50.00%) Publishing
3 9 (50.00%) Retail
4 6 (33.33%) Automotive
5 5 (27.78%) German Language
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Consultant
1 10 (55.56%) SAP Consultant
1 10 (55.56%) SAP PP Consultant
2 5 (27.78%) SAP Business Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Business Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) SAP APO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Logistics
2 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
2 5 (27.78%) Workflow
2 5 (27.78%) ITIL
2 5 (27.78%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) SAP