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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 518 637
Rank change year-on-year -27 +119 +161
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 23 41 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.11% 0.028%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.80% 1.45% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 26 9
10th Percentile £661 £618 -
25th Percentile £673 £663 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £714 £716 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% +30.09% -5.34%
75th Percentile £718 £765 £800
90th Percentile £721 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £715 £746 -
% change year-on-year -4.16% - -

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 2,867 2,826 3,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.70% 7.34% 7.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,632 1,526 1,981
10th Percentile £360 £351 £358
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £775 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +0.47% +2.38% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 80 68
10th Percentile £14.17 £24.95 £22.06
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.27 £46.75
Median hourly rate £36.48 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £64.06
90th Percentile £77.00 £66.15 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £45.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +5.50% -20.34% +61.40%

SAP QM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP QM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP QM 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
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 18 September 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 +6 17 £714 -0.94% 53
London +21 9 £670 -7.01% 2
UK excluding London -14 8 £715 -4.16% 56
Work from Home +27 7 £714 -0.56% 60
North of England - 6 £715 - 9
North West - 6 £715 - 5
South East +7 1 - - 10
West Midlands - 1 - - 8
Midlands - 1 - - 15

SAP QM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 22 (95.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (26.09%) SAP VC
3 4 (17.39%) SAP PP
4 2 (8.70%) SAP CS
5 1 (4.35%) SAP PM
General
1 7 (30.43%) Manufacturing
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (8.70%) Automotive
3 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) Consultant
1 19 (82.61%) SAP Consultant
2 16 (69.57%) SAP QM Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) SAP PP Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) SAP PP Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) SAP QM Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Floorwalker
5 1 (4.35%) SAP PM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Life Science
1 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) AI Agents
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Quality Management
2 5 (21.74%) Analytics
3 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (17.39%) System Testing
3 4 (17.39%) Validation
4 2 (8.70%) Batch Management
4 2 (8.70%) Change Control
4 2 (8.70%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (8.70%) Document Management
4 2 (8.70%) Logistics
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Order Management
4 2 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (4.35%) Bill of Materials
5 1 (4.35%) Discrete Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Inventory Management
5 1 (4.35%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (4.35%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (8.70%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
2 2 (8.70%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (8.70%) GMP
2 2 (8.70%) GxP
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) SAP