E-business Contract Job Trends in Central London

Electronic Business (eBusiness)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring E-business skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 130 146
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 +55
Contract jobs citing E-business 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.049% 0.043% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.047% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £888 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £925 £625
Median % change year-on-year -37.84% +48.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £588 £963 £638
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £485 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +7.78% -10.00% -31.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

E-business falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,833 2,144 2,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.56% 92.18% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 1,341 1,723
10th Percentile £340 £363 £355
25th Percentile £425 £465 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £670 £676 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
London median daily rate £528 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 27 15
10th Percentile £19.90 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.31 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.84% +34.62% -35.80%
75th Percentile £37.44 £52.50 £55.88
90th Percentile £51.88 £112.00 £70.25
London median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
% change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%

E-business
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing E-business relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

E-business job vacancy trend in Central London

E-business
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing E-business.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing E-business

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing E-business.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing E-business

E-business
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-business within the Central London region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
City of London -9 1 £575 -37.84% 1
E-business
London

E-business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (100.00%) ION MarketView
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading Support
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ION Trading