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 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 501 560
Rank change year-on-year -83 +59 +138
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 26 17 42
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.059% 0.058% 0.095%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.80% 0.71% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 1 28
10th Percentile £578 - £550
25th Percentile £631 - £612
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +16.03%
75th Percentile £725 - £746
90th Percentile - - £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 - £695
% change year-on-year - - +10.66%
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 3,250 2,406 3,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.43% 8.14% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,859 1,344 2,014
10th Percentile £359 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £659 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 55 116
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £15.84
25th Percentile £33.75 £39.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.87
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +46.82% -13.97%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.59
90th Percentile £87.85 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -103 18 £688 +14.58% 9
UK excluding London -79 10 £700 - 7
London -46 8 £675 +12.50% 1
Work from Home -27 7 £673 - 8
South West - 5 £700 - 1
North West -24 3 £675 - 1
North of England -64 3 £675 - 1
West Midlands - 2 - -
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 16 (61.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (50.00%) SAP PP
3 8 (30.77%) SAP EWM
4 6 (23.08%) SAP PM
5 4 (15.38%) SAP VC
5 4 (15.38%) SAP WM
6 3 (11.54%) SAP MM
7 2 (7.69%) SAP SD
8 1 (3.85%) SAP CO
8 1 (3.85%) SAP FI
General
1 12 (46.15%) Manufacturing
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.69%) French Language
6 1 (3.85%) Finance
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Consultant
1 11 (42.31%) SAP Consultant
2 10 (38.46%) SAP QM Consultant
3 6 (23.08%) Architect
3 6 (23.08%) SAP Architect
3 6 (23.08%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 6 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Floorwalker
5 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Logistics Trainer
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Manager
5 1 (3.85%) SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (3.85%) SAP Trainer
5 1 (3.85%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) BAPI
1 1 (3.85%) IDoc
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Core Interface
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) FMCG
2 2 (7.69%) LIMS
3 1 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Quality Management
2 5 (19.23%) Production Planning
2 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Logistics
3 4 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (11.54%) Functional Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (11.54%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.85%) Batch Management
6 1 (3.85%) Bill of Materials
6 1 (3.85%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (3.85%) Integration Testing
6 1 (3.85%) Inventory Management
6 1 (3.85%) QMS
6 1 (3.85%) Source to Pay
6 1 (3.85%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (11.54%) Ariba
2 3 (11.54%) IBM
2 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) LabVantage