E-business Contracts in England

Electronic Business (eBusiness)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring E-business skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited E-business over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 441 513 627
Rank change year-on-year +72 +114 +116
Contract jobs citing E-business 27 23 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.062% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.072% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 22
10th Percentile £404 £520 £513
25th Percentile £513 £608 £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £605
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +3.31% +16.35%
75th Percentile £638 £676 £697
90th Percentile £650 £688 £746
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,228 32,110 45,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 86.56% 90.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,553 21,055 31,791
10th Percentile £309 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 924 2,255 1,587
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.95 £10.94
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

E-business
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing E-business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for E-business in England

E-business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-business in England.

Daily rate trend for E-business in England

E-business
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-business in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for E-business in England

E-business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-business in England.

Hourly rate trend for E-business in England

E-business
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South East +39 19 £601 -3.92% 1
London +48 5 £408 -40.60% 7
South West - 2 - -
North of England - 1 £600 - 2
North West - 1 £600 - 2
E-business
UK

E-business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) SAS
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (3.70%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 21 (77.78%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (62.96%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (14.81%) Maximo
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle ASCP
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (14.81%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (7.41%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
1 2 (7.41%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (44.44%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Banking
3 4 (14.81%) General Ledger
4 3 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Consultant
1 17 (62.96%) Oracle Consultant
2 14 (51.85%) Functional Consultant
2 14 (51.85%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 4 (14.81%) Procurement Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Logistics Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Procurement Officer
5 2 (7.41%) Database Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) HR Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Migration Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Oracle HRMS Functional Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Applications Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Business Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Developer
6 1 (3.70%) E-Business Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Logistics Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Oracle Applications Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (3.70%) Procurement Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) Middleware
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
1 3 (11.11%) Unix
2 2 (7.41%) AIX
3 1 (3.70%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Project Delivery
2 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (22.22%) Logistics
4 4 (14.81%) Accounts Payable
4 4 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (14.81%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
4 4 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (14.81%) Validation
5 3 (11.11%) Performance Management
6 2 (7.41%) Database Migration
6 2 (7.41%) Database Security
6 2 (7.41%) Migration
6 2 (7.41%) Project Management
6 2 (7.41%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.70%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (3.70%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (3.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Oracle