SAP QM Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Quality Management (QM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP QM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 - 403
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 16 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.087% - 0.010%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.20% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.27%
75th Percentile £723 - -
90th Percentile £725 - -
UK median daily rate £700 £703 £610
% change year-on-year -0.43% +15.25% +4.99%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP QM 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 1,338 874 1,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.27% 5.93% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 506 790
10th Percentile £363 £341 £375
25th Percentile £460 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £531 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +1.19% -1.41%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £630
90th Percentile £725 £709 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 38 74
10th Percentile £17.27 £22.33 £23.57
25th Percentile £20.45 £35.00 £47.44
Median hourly rate £47.48 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -18.25% +51.45%
75th Percentile £83.50 £61.32 £62.54
90th Percentile £90.09 £70.59 £86.13
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +51.45%

SAP QM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SAP QM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP QM
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP QM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP QM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP QM in the UK excluding London

SAP QM
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP QM
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 QM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
North West - 9 £714 - 1
North of England - 9 £714 - 1
South West - 5 £700 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
South East - 1 - - 3
Midlands - 1 - -
SAP QM
UK

SAP QM
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 14 (87.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (50.00%) SAP VC
3 6 (37.50%) SAP PP
4 3 (18.75%) SAP EWM
4 3 (18.75%) SAP PM
5 2 (12.50%) SAP WM
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Consultant
1 12 (75.00%) SAP Consultant
1 12 (75.00%) SAP QM Consultant
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) SAP Architect
2 3 (18.75%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Floorwalker
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) AI Agents
1 1 (6.25%) FMCG
1 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Quality Management
1 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (18.75%) Production Planning
3 2 (12.50%) Functional Testing
3 2 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (6.25%) AI
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Bill of Materials
4 1 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.25%) Discrete Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Inventory Management
4 1 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Implementation
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) IBM
2 2 (12.50%) Salesforce