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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 512 579
Rank change year-on-year -30 +67 +139
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 36 22 17
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.068% 0.040%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.16% 0.90% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 7
10th Percentile £641 £600 £550
25th Percentile £663 £606 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £703 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +17.17% +3.27%
75th Percentile £725 £836 £634
90th Percentile - £875 £693
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 3,113 2,455 3,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.46% 7.58% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,801 1,296 1,905
10th Percentile £358 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £659 £675
90th Percentile £760 £757 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £533 £525
% change year-on-year +3.29% +1.43% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 52 88
10th Percentile £18.69 £22.27 £22.06
25th Percentile £26.37 £28.85 £46.75
Median hourly rate £41.86 £40.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% -29.19% +51.45%
75th Percentile £81.00 £65.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £91.92 £80.75 £86.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.74 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +22.26% -26.54% +51.45%

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 4 January 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 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 4 January 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 -40 26 £700 +2.12% 6
UK excluding London - 16 £700 - 6
Work from Home -1 13 £694 -3.34% 5
London -12 10 £688 +4.13%
North West - 9 £714 - 2
North of England - 9 £714 - 2
South West - 5 £700 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
South East - 1 - - 2
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 27 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (36.11%) SAP PP
3 10 (27.78%) SAP VC
4 7 (19.44%) SAP EWM
4 7 (19.44%) SAP PM
5 4 (11.11%) SAP WM
6 1 (2.78%) SAP CO
6 1 (2.78%) SAP CS
6 1 (2.78%) SAP FI
6 1 (2.78%) SAP MM
6 1 (2.78%) SAP SD
General
1 12 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
3 8 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (13.89%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Finance
5 2 (5.56%) French Language
6 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Automotive
6 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (63.89%) Consultant
1 23 (63.89%) SAP Consultant
2 21 (58.33%) SAP QM Consultant
3 6 (16.67%) Architect
3 6 (16.67%) SAP Architect
3 6 (16.67%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 6 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.56%) SAP PP Consultant
4 2 (5.56%) SAP QM Specialist
4 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
4 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 1 (2.78%) Floorwalker
5 1 (2.78%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.78%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (2.78%) SAP Manager
5 1 (2.78%) SAP PM Consultant
5 1 (2.78%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.78%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) FMCG
2 2 (5.56%) Life Science
2 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.78%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (11.11%) Analytics
3 4 (11.11%) Production Planning
4 3 (8.33%) Functional Testing
4 3 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (8.33%) Logistics
4 3 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (8.33%) Migration
4 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (5.56%) Change Control
5 2 (5.56%) Data Migration
5 2 (5.56%) Document Management
5 2 (5.56%) Inventory Management
5 2 (5.56%) System Testing
5 2 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (5.56%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 12 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.56%) Degree
5 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (5.56%) GMP
2 2 (5.56%) GxP
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (8.33%) Ariba
2 3 (8.33%) IBM
2 3 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) LabVantage