E-Commerce Contract Job Trends in Central London

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring E-Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	107	106	108
Rank change year-on-year	-1	+2	+24
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce	42	22	28
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	1.76%	1.15%	1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.92%	1.23%	1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted	28	19	21
10^th Percentile	£345	£402	£263
25^th Percentile	£438	£475	£348
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.55%	-10.57%
75^th Percentile	£600	£669	£700
90^th Percentile	£668	£745	£792
London median daily rate	£520	£515	£550
% change year-on-year	+0.97%	-6.36%	-2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£44.75	-	-
Median hourly rate	£54.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£64.25	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
London median hourly rate	£54.50	£28.06	£47.50
% change year-on-year	+94.26%	-40.94%	-12.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

E-Commerce 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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,189	1,793	2,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London	91.55%	94.07%	92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,511	1,230	1,375
10^th Percentile	£363	£325	£363
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-2.13%
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£686
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£782
London median daily rate	£550	£540	£550
% change year-on-year	+1.85%	-1.82%	-4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted	34	23	26
10^th Percentile	£15.15	£17.43	£19.50
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£21.09	£28.06
Median hourly rate	£24.50	£27.50	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-10.91%	-21.43%	+27.27%
75^th Percentile	£42.56	£35.75	£74.38
90^th Percentile	£64.10	£62.35	£124.75
London median hourly rate	£32.50	£31.49	£37.50
% change year-on-year	+3.21%	-16.03%	-6.25%

E-Commerce Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

E-Commerce Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

E-Commerce Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce in Central London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce in Central London

E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

E-Commerce 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-Commerce within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
City of London	-4	34	£525	+5.00%	37
City of Westminster	-	5	£525	-	8
West End of London	-	3	£475	-
Southwark	-	1	£650	-
E-Commerce London

E-Commerce Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing E-Commerce also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region with a requirement for E-Commerce.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	28.6%	12
2	Agile	26.2%	11
3	AI	21.4%	9
3	Migration	21.4%	9
5	AWS	19.0%	8
5	Customer Experience	19.0%	8
7	CI/CD	16.7%	7
7	Microsoft	16.7%	7
9	Analytics	14.3%	6
9	Azure	14.3%	6
9	JavaScript	14.3%	6
12	CRM	11.9%	5
12	Decision-Making	11.9%	5
12	Google	11.9%	5
12	Microservices	11.9%	5
12	Performance Optimisation	11.9%	5
12	Problem-Solving	11.9%	5
12	Project Management	11.9%	5
12	React	11.9%	5
12	TypeScript	11.9%	5
12	User Acceptance Testing	11.9%	5
12	User Experience	11.9%	5
12	Workshop Facilitation	11.9%	5
24	.NET	9.5%	4
24	Architectural Patterns	9.5%	4
24	Business Intelligence	9.5%	4
24	C#	9.5%	4
24	CMS	9.5%	4
24	Confluence	9.5%	4
24	Degree	9.5%	4

E-Commerce Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	28.6%	12
2	Agile	26.2%	11
3	AI	21.4%	9
3	Migration	21.4%	9
5	Customer Experience	19.0%	8
6	CI/CD	16.7%	7
7	Analytics	14.3%	6
8	CRM	11.9%	5
8	Decision-Making	11.9%	5
8	Microservices	11.9%	5
8	Performance Optimisation	11.9%	5
8	Problem-Solving	11.9%	5
8	Project Management	11.9%	5
8	User Acceptance Testing	11.9%	5
8	User Experience	11.9%	5
8	Workshop Facilitation	11.9%	5
17	Architectural Patterns	9.5%	4
17	Business Intelligence	9.5%	4
17	Digital Transformation Programme	9.5%	4
17	Event-Driven	9.5%	4