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 8 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 720 | 827 | 865 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +107 | +38 | +368 |
| Permanent jobs citing SAP APO | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.007% | 0.007% | 0.001% |
| As % of the Business Applications category | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.020% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £80,600 | £86,550 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £87,125 | £93,375 | £60,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £98,000 | £108,500 | £61,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.68% | +76.42% | +29.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £111,500 | £127,375 | £62,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £119,600 | £136,450 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £77,500 | £82,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -5.49% | - | - |
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 | 2,831 | 3,978 | 5,056 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 4.65% | 4.66% | 6.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,846 | 2,283 | 3,094 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,500 | £31,250 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,750 | £42,500 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,000 | £95,000 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.66% | -8.70% | +15.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SAP APO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAP APO.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP APO over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.
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Top 7 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 8 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +82 | 4 | £98,000 | +19.51% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +47 | 3 | £111,500 | +2.76% | |
| UK excluding London | +103 | 2 | £77,500 | -5.49% | 11 |
| London | - | 2 | £111,500 | - | |
| North of England | -5 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | -8 | 1 | - | - | |
| South West | - | 1 | £77,500 | - | 7 |
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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: