SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAP APO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP APO over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 713 902 935
Rank change year-on-year +189 +33 +292
Permanent jobs citing SAP APO 1 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.005% 0.001%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.036% 0.13% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £86,550 -
25th Percentile - £93,375 £60,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £108,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - +76.42% +17.14%
75th Percentile - £127,375 £62,250
90th Percentile - £136,450 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £82,000 -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,755 4,720 5,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.94% 4.31% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,830 3,039 3,356
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £92,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +15.00%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SAP APO in the UK

SAP APO
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP APO within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +186 1 - - 5
England +153 1 - - 7
Work from Home +139 1 - - 6
North of England +62 1 - -
North West +19 1 - -

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 1 (100.00%) SAP IBP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP