SAP APO Contract Job Trends in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP APO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 532 508 581
Rank change year-on-year -24 +73 +177
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 12 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.041% 0.016% 0.003%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.48% 0.23% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £541 - -
25th Percentile £553 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £728 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.89%
75th Percentile £950 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £728 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

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 2,526 2,192 2,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.60% 7.09% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,510 1,224 1,732
10th Percentile £351 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 64 79
10th Percentile £12.82 £26.78 £34.08
25th Percentile £23.83 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.86 £40.91 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -27.58% +41.23%
75th Percentile £81.00 £61.64 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.75 £80.15 £89.00
UK median hourly rate £40.50 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.42% -26.54% +25.53%

SAP APO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP APO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SAP APO job vacancy trend in England

SAP APO
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP APO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP APO

SAP APO
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP APO in England over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP APO in England

SAP APO
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP APO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP APO

SAP APO
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 4 November 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
London +1 5 £555 -
South East - 4 £900 - 1
North West -23 3 - -
North of England -42 3 - -
SAP APO
UK

SAP APO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (41.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (16.67%) SAP IBP
2 2 (16.67%) SAP MM
3 1 (8.33%) SAP PP
General
1 9 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Consultant
2 7 (58.33%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Solutions Consultant
4 3 (25.00%) SAP APO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) FMCG
1 1 (8.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Change Management
1 5 (41.67%) Production Planning
1 5 (41.67%) Smart Manufacturing
1 5 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (16.67%) Logistics
3 2 (16.67%) Supply Chain Model
3 2 (16.67%) Supply Chain Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) TOWER Software