SAP APO Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 376 359 420
Rank change year-on-year -17 +61 +89
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 7 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.024% 0.005%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.58% 0.41% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £850 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £950 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £728 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,209 968 1,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.18% 5.82% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 759 562 862
10th Percentile £358 £326 £363
25th Percentile £450 £445 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £640 £638 £626
90th Percentile £716 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 51 66
10th Percentile £12.82 £30.00 £31.20
25th Percentile £18.78 £35.36 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.86 £40.33 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% -28.62% +41.23%
75th Percentile £82.00 £59.98 £63.10
90th Percentile £90.09 £66.00 £88.75
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 the UK excluding London

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

SAP APO job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP APO
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP APO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP APO

SAP APO
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP APO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP APO

SAP APO
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East - 4 £900 - 1
North West -23 3 - -
North of England -42 3 - -
SAP APO
UK

SAP APO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (28.57%) SAP IBP
1 2 (28.57%) SAP MM
2 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Electronics
1 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Consultant
2 4 (57.14%) Solutions Consultant
3 3 (42.86%) SAP APO Consultant
3 3 (42.86%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Logistics
1 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Model
1 2 (28.57%) Supply Chain Planning
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) TOWER Software