SAP QM Job Trends

SAP Quality Management (QM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP QM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 692 685
Rank change year-on-year +53 -7 +305
Permanent jobs citing SAP QM 8 16 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.029% 0.043%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.31% 0.50% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £52,225
25th Percentile - - £53,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £105,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +83.41% -18.21%
75th Percentile - - £60,688
90th Percentile - - £62,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -19.23%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,578 3,192 2,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.31% 5.88% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,441 1,537 2,007
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,033 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% -3.28% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

SAP QM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP QM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP QM job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP QM
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP QM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP QM

SAP QM
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP QM within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +64 8 £60,000 -42.86% 5
UK excluding London +47 5 £60,000 - 5
London +57 3 - -
East Midlands - 2 £60,000 -
Midlands - 2 £60,000 -
South East - 2 - - 1
South West - 1 £60,000 - 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 5 (62.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (25.00%) SAP PLM
2 2 (25.00%) SAP PP
2 2 (25.00%) Teamcenter
3 1 (12.50%) SAP MDG
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) TETRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Data Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Architect
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) SAP QM Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Trainer
2 2 (25.00%) Trainer
3 1 (12.50%) SAP MM Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (12.50%) OLE
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Contingency Planning
1 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) Data Management
1 3 (37.50%) Data Strategy
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) PLM
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
3 1 (12.50%) Production Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Source to Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle