E-business Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Electronic Business (eBusiness)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring E-business skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 121 135
Rank change year-on-year -3 +14 +58
Contract jobs citing E-business 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% 0.048% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.052% 0.045%
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 - - -
Central London median daily rate £575 £925 £625
% change year-on-year -37.84% +48.00% +9.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,658 1,907 2,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 92.21% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,165 1,592
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £421 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £761 £789 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 10
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -24.84% +30.84% -35.93%

E-business
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

E-business job vacancy trend in the City of London

E-business
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing E-business.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing E-business

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing E-business.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing E-business

E-business
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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