SAP QM Contract Job Trends

SAP Quality Management (QM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP QM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 515 573
Rank change year-on-year -50 +58 +132
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 32 17 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.055% 0.043%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.03% 0.71% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 1 8
10th Percentile £641 - £535
25th Percentile £663 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £725 - £608
90th Percentile - - £632
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Business Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,103 2,386 3,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.60% 7.73% 7.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,752 1,294 1,983
10th Percentile £358 £375 £382
25th Percentile £450 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £552 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% +0.32% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 54 118
10th Percentile £19.63 £22.27 £16.00
25th Percentile £33.75 £35.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £55.75 £58.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +23.68% +27.35%
75th Percentile £75.31 £80.75 £60.19
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £58.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -3.83% +23.68% +27.35%

SAP QM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP QM job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP QM
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SAP QM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP QM over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP QM in the UK

SAP QM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SAP QM
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 February 2026. 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 -83 23 £700 +16.67% 10
UK excluding London -61 16 £700 - 7
Work from Home -13 12 £694 - 4
North West -18 9 £714 - 3
North of England -56 9 £714 - 3
London -50 7 £688 +14.58% 3
South West - 5 £700 -
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -

SAP QM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 22 (68.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (40.63%) SAP PP
3 10 (31.25%) SAP VC
4 7 (21.88%) SAP EWM
5 6 (18.75%) SAP PM
6 4 (12.50%) SAP WM
7 2 (6.25%) SAP MM
7 2 (6.25%) SAP SD
8 1 (3.13%) SAP CO
8 1 (3.13%) SAP FI
General
1 11 (34.38%) Manufacturing
2 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) French Language
6 1 (3.13%) Finance
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Consultant
1 19 (59.38%) SAP Consultant
2 18 (56.25%) SAP QM Consultant
3 6 (18.75%) Architect
3 6 (18.75%) SAP Architect
3 6 (18.75%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 6 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Floorwalker
5 1 (3.13%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (3.13%) SAP Logistics Trainer
5 1 (3.13%) SAP Manager
5 1 (3.13%) SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) SAP QM Specialist
5 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) SAP Trainer
5 1 (3.13%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) BAPI
1 1 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) FMCG
2 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.13%) Life Science
2 1 (3.13%) LIMS
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Quality Management
2 5 (15.63%) Production Planning
2 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (9.38%) Functional Testing
4 3 (9.38%) Logistics
4 3 (9.38%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (9.38%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (6.25%) Migration
5 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.13%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (3.13%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.13%) Integration Testing
6 1 (3.13%) QMS
6 1 (3.13%) System Testing
6 1 (3.13%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) Security Cleared
2 12 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (3.13%) GMP
1 1 (3.13%) GxP
1 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (9.38%) Ariba
2 3 (9.38%) IBM
2 3 (9.38%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.13%) LabVantage