E-Commerce Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

E-Commerce Engineer
UK > England

The median E-Commerce Engineer daily rate in England is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 471 546
Rank change year-on-year -98 +75 +107
Contract jobs requiring an E-Commerce Engineer 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.008% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.009% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile - - £426
25th Percentile £300 - £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £575 £543
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +5.99% -22.50%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile £460 - £670
UK median daily rate £325 £575 £543
% change year-on-year -43.48% +5.99% -22.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 35,400 22,518 34,832
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.89% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,310 15,068 23,250
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,333 829 2,302
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.87
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.64 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.00 £33.40 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% +2.77% -24.42%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.90 £76.44 £71.70
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -1.52% -25.00%

E-Commerce Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'E-Commerce Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

E-Commerce Engineer job vacancy trend in England

E-Commerce Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for E-Commerce Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for E-Commerce Engineer job vacancies in England

E-Commerce Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce Engineer in England

E-Commerce Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for E-Commerce Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for E-Commerce Engineer job vacancies in England

E-Commerce Engineer
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-Commerce Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
London -61 5 £325 -43.48% 4
E-Commerce Engineer
UK

E-Commerce Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 April 2026, E-Commerce Engineer contract job roles required 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 England region featuring E-Commerce Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (80.00%) Cypress.io
2 4 (80.00%) Playwright
2 4 (80.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) QA Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Selenium
2 4 (80.00%) Shopify
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript

E-Commerce Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Shopify
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (80.00%) QA Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA