SAP APO Contracts

SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 570 657
Rank change year-on-year +46 +87 +186
Contract jobs citing SAP APO 14 7 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.016% 0.058%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.57% 0.22% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £553 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £719 - £738
90th Percentile £816 - £888
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £475
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

All Business Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,454 3,182 3,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.16% 7.32% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,385 1,870 2,185
10th Percentile £388 £363 £365
25th Percentile £463 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £673 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.29% - +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 118 57
10th Percentile £20.47 £14.71 £22.79
25th Percentile £32.25 £21.63 £39.00
Median hourly rate £58.75 £40.16 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.28% -18.04% +40.00%
75th Percentile £73.13 £57.12 £62.50
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £73.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year +50.00% -25.46% +89.81%

SAP APO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP APO in the UK

SAP APO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP APO in the UK

SAP APO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP APO over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP APO in the UK

SAP APO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP APO in the UK

SAP APO
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 June 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
England +66 10 £555 - 12
UK excluding London +52 6 - - 4
Work from Home +35 6 £555 - 10
North of England +31 6 - - 1
North West +12 6 - - 1
London +57 4 £555 - 11

SAP APO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (7.14%) SAP IBP
2 1 (7.14%) SAP MM
2 1 (7.14%) SAP PP
2 1 (7.14%) SAP SCM
2 1 (7.14%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SAP HANA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.14%) Automotive
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Consultant
1 10 (71.43%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) SAP APO Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) SAP APO Expert
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Architect
3 1 (7.14%) SAP SCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Supply Chain Planning
2 3 (21.43%) Change Management
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) Smart Manufacturing
2 3 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) Logistics
3 2 (14.29%) Network Planning
3 2 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.14%) Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.14%) SDLC
4 1 (7.14%) Security Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (7.14%) Supply Chain Model
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) TOWER Software