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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 508 549
Rank change year-on-year -99 +41 +137
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 30 16 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.063% 0.055% 0.12%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.87% 0.66% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 39
10th Percentile £568 - £595
25th Percentile £600 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 £716
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -16.14% -0.76%
75th Percentile £725 - £746
90th Percentile - - £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £638 - £675
% change year-on-year - - -6.38%
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 3,446 2,417 3,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.24% 8.24% 7.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,964 1,363 1,872
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 51 117
10th Percentile £22.52 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £39.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £58.00
90th Percentile £88.23 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.44 £60.00 £40.16
% change year-on-year -5.93% +49.39% -18.04%

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 6 May 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 11 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 6 May 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 -94 21 £688 +14.58% 4
UK excluding London -94 13 £638 - 4
London -49 10 £688 +14.58%
South West - 5 £700 -
Work from Home -38 4 £613 - 2
Midlands - 3 £550 -
West Midlands - 3 £550 -
Wales - 2 £600 -
South East - 2 - - 2
North West -42 1 £675 - 1
North of England -60 1 £675 - 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 19 (63.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (50.00%) SAP PP
3 8 (26.67%) SAP EWM
4 6 (20.00%) SAP PM
5 4 (13.33%) SAP WM
6 3 (10.00%) SAP MM
6 3 (10.00%) SAP VC
7 2 (6.67%) SAP SD
8 1 (3.33%) SAP CO
8 1 (3.33%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (3.33%) Smartsheet
1 1 (3.33%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
General
1 14 (46.67%) Manufacturing
2 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.67%) French Language
6 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Finance
6 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Consultant
1 12 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
2 10 (33.33%) SAP QM Consultant
3 8 (26.67%) Architect
3 8 (26.67%) SAP Architect
4 7 (23.33%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 7 (23.33%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) SAP Manager
5 3 (10.00%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (6.67%) SAP PP Consultant
6 2 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (3.33%) Release Coordinator
7 1 (3.33%) Release Manager
7 1 (3.33%) SAP Release Manager
7 1 (3.33%) SAP Trainer
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Workstream Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) BAPI
1 1 (3.33%) IDoc
1 1 (3.33%) Middleware
1 1 (3.33%) SAP Core Interface
1 1 (3.33%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) FMCG
2 2 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (6.67%) LIMS
3 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Life Science
3 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Quality Management
2 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (20.00%) Production Planning
4 6 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 5 (16.67%) Logistics
5 5 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (13.33%) Functional Testing
7 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (6.67%) ERP
8 2 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.67%) Process Management
8 2 (6.67%) Project Management
8 2 (6.67%) System Integration Testing
9 1 (3.33%) Batch Management
9 1 (3.33%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (13.33%) Ariba
2 4 (13.33%) IBM
2 4 (13.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.33%) LabVantage