E-Commerce Contract Job Trends in the East of England

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring E-Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 71 81
Rank change year-on-year -23 +10 -12
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 13 15 34
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.71% 1.42% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.64% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 23
10th Percentile - £287 £275
25th Percentile £325 £331 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £459 £453 £600
90th Percentile £600 £498 £613
England median daily rate £500 £450 £520
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.46% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £31.18 - £10.42
75th Percentile £33.85 - -
90th Percentile £34.87 - -
England median hourly rate £33.25 £44.71 £13.00
% change year-on-year -25.63% +243.88% -80.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,474 913 1,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 80.50% 86.46% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 448 828
10th Percentile £196 £243 £250
25th Percentile £350 £375 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% -1.00%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £591
90th Percentile £675 £694 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 151 480
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.92 £15.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £45.00 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year -54.78% +24.84% +27.59%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

E-Commerce job vacancy trend in the East of England

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing E-Commerce.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing E-Commerce

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce in the East of England

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing E-Commerce.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing E-Commerce

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing E-Commerce in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the East of England

E-Commerce
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
Cambridgeshire +3 5 £675 +35.00% 6
Hertfordshire -29 5 £350 -6.67% 4
Essex -2 3 - - 4
E-Commerce
England

E-Commerce
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) ChatGPT
1 1 (7.69%) Google Ads
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Metadata
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 7 (53.85%) Marketing
1 7 (53.85%) Retail
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) SEO Specialist
1 4 (30.77%) Support Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Support
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Support Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Web Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Data Integration Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Migration Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) SSIS Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) REST
1 2 (15.38%) XML
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) Blazor
2 1 (7.69%) EDI
2 1 (7.69%) GraphQL
2 1 (7.69%) JSON
2 1 (7.69%) Next.js
2 1 (7.69%) SOAP
2 1 (7.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) AI
2 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
3 4 (30.77%) Inventory Management
3 4 (30.77%) Logistics
3 4 (30.77%) Order Management
3 4 (30.77%) SEO
4 3 (23.08%) Link Building
5 2 (15.38%) CRM
5 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Data Extraction
6 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
6 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
6 1 (7.69%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Mobile Optimisation
6 1 (7.69%) Product Marketing
6 1 (7.69%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Analytics IQ
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Google
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft