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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 547 598
Rank change year-on-year 0 +51 +149
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 32 17 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.089% 0.047% 0.043%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.03% 0.64% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 10
10th Percentile £661 £610 £546
25th Percentile £663 £625 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £721 £623
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% +15.74% +7.14%
75th Percentile £723 £875 £794
90th Percentile £725 - £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £700 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +3.27%

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 3,095 2,670 3,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.63% 7.32% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,781 1,423 2,080
10th Percentile £358 £350 £368
25th Percentile £450 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £655 £665
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 65 85
10th Percentile £17.11 £24.70 £30.96
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £41.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -26.54% +26.94%
75th Percentile £78.94 £64.10 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £80.75 £89.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.67 £40.33 £56.49
% change year-on-year +10.76% -28.62% +41.23%

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 21 November 2025.

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 10 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 21 November 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
England +2 25 £700 -0.43% 15
UK excluding London - 14 £700 - 11
Work from Home +8 12 £694 -3.34% 12
London -5 11 £673 -6.59% 3
North West - 9 £714 -
North of England - 9 £714 -
South West - 3 £700 - 4
Midlands - 1 - -
South East - 1 - - 6
West Midlands - 1 - -

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 30 (93.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (31.25%) SAP VC
3 7 (21.88%) SAP PP
4 5 (15.63%) SAP PM
5 4 (12.50%) SAP EWM
6 3 (9.38%) SAP WM
7 2 (6.25%) SAP CS
General
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Manufacturing
3 6 (18.75%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (15.63%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Automotive
5 2 (6.25%) Finance
6 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (75.00%) Consultant
1 24 (75.00%) SAP Consultant
2 22 (68.75%) SAP QM Consultant
3 4 (12.50%) Architect
3 4 (12.50%) SAP Architect
3 4 (12.50%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 4 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.25%) SAP PP Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) SAP QM Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
4 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Floorwalker
5 1 (3.13%) SAP PM Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) SAP PP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) FMCG
1 2 (6.25%) Life Science
1 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) AI Agents
2 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Quality Management
2 5 (15.63%) Analytics
3 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (9.38%) Functional Testing
4 3 (9.38%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (9.38%) System Testing
4 3 (9.38%) Validation
5 2 (6.25%) Batch Management
5 2 (6.25%) Change Control
5 2 (6.25%) Data Migration
5 2 (6.25%) Document Management
5 2 (6.25%) Inventory Management
5 2 (6.25%) Logistics
5 2 (6.25%) Migration
5 2 (6.25%) Order Management
5 2 (6.25%) Production Planning
6 1 (3.13%) AI
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 10 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.25%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) QA
2 2 (6.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (6.25%) GMP
2 2 (6.25%) GxP
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (9.38%) IBM
2 3 (9.38%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.13%) Ariba