SAP QM Contracts

SAP Quality Management (QM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP QM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP QM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 531 689
Rank change year-on-year +28 +158 +148
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 17 51 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.12% 0.049%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.71% 1.58% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 37 16
10th Percentile - £600 -
25th Percentile - £663 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £716 £721
Median % change year-on-year -16.14% -0.76% +50.84%
75th Percentile - £746 -
90th Percentile - £765 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £675 £721
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +49.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £92.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £95.00
75th Percentile - - £97.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £95.00

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 2,404 3,235 3,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.21% 7.43% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,348 1,884 2,189
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £529
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.66% +0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 112 56
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £21.25
25th Percentile £38.58 £21.25 £29.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £59.94 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £49.00
% change year-on-year +37.14% -10.71% +108.29%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP QM.

Daily rate trend for SAP QM in the UK

SAP QM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP QM.

Hourly rate trend for SAP QM in the UK

SAP QM
Top 6 Contract 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 1 May 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 +32 14 £600 -11.11% 8
London +40 11 £600 +9.09% 1
Work from Home +35 6 - - 1
UK excluding London +35 1 - - 7
North of England - 1 - - 4
North West - 1 - - 4

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 6 (35.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (23.53%) SAP PM
3 3 (17.65%) SAP PP
4 1 (5.88%) SAP MM
4 1 (5.88%) SAP SRM
4 1 (5.88%) SAP VC
4 1 (5.88%) Teamcenter
4 1 (5.88%) TrackWise
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SAP HANA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Manufacturing
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Automotive
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Consultant
1 6 (35.29%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (29.41%) SAP PM Consultant
3 4 (23.53%) Architect
3 4 (23.53%) SAP Architect
3 4 (23.53%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 4 (23.53%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (17.65%) SAP QM Trainer
4 3 (17.65%) SAP Trainer
4 3 (17.65%) Trainer
5 2 (11.76%) SAP PP Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) SAP QM Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Compliance Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Lead
6 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Project Quality Manager
6 1 (5.88%) SAP MM Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) SAP WM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (5.88%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) IoT
1 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.88%) LIMS
1 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Quality Management
2 5 (29.41%) Validation
3 4 (23.53%) Asset Management
3 4 (23.53%) Batch Management
3 4 (23.53%) EAM
3 4 (23.53%) Release Management
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Order Management
5 1 (5.88%) Agile
5 1 (5.88%) Business Continuity
5 1 (5.88%) Change Management
5 1 (5.88%) Data Security
5 1 (5.88%) FMECA
5 1 (5.88%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (5.88%) PLM
5 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.88%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) ISO 13485
1 1 (5.88%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Ariba
3 1 (5.88%) Siemens