SAP APO Contracts in England

SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SAP APO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP APO over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 541 638
Rank change year-on-year +63 +97 +134
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 7 1 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.003% 0.030%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.36% 0.039% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £454
25th Percentile - - £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £880 - £638
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.91%
75th Percentile - - £856
90th Percentile - - £944
UK median daily rate £610 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +23.81%

All Business Application Skills
England

SAP APO falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,949 2,595 3,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.00% 6.98% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 1,610 1,923
10th Percentile £400 £363 £376
25th Percentile £475 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £669 £688 £688
90th Percentile £788 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 101 50
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £22.40
25th Percentile £40.00 £21.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £41.23 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -13.20% +40.75%
75th Percentile £77.50 £58.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £62.50 £70.75
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%

SAP APO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SAP APO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SAP APO in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP APO in England.

Daily rate trend for SAP APO in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP APO in England.

Hourly rate trend for SAP APO in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP APO within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 6 - - 1
North of England - 6 - - 1
London +38 1 £880 - 1
SAP APO
UK

SAP APO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP IBP
1 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (14.29%) SAP SCM
1 1 (14.29%) SAP SD
General
1 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) SAP APO Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) SAP APO Expert
3 1 (14.29%) SAP SCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Supply Chain Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics
2 2 (28.57%) Network Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Batch Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Order Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Model
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) TOWER Software