Shopify Contract Job Trends in England

Shopify
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Shopify skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 486 475
Rank change year-on-year -106 -11 +56
Contract jobs citing Shopify 43 25 43
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.093% 0.089% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.34% 1.04% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 17
10th Percentile £256 £261 £163
25th Percentile £378 £300 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £300
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +50.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £375
90th Percentile £528 £563 £488
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £313
% change year-on-year +11.11% +44.00% -13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.71 - -
UK median hourly rate £12.71 - -

All Business Application Skills
England

Shopify falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,206 2,395 2,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.93% 8.54% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,812 1,445 1,267
10th Percentile £371 £358 £373
25th Percentile £464 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £758 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 38 69
10th Percentile £15.10 £12.82 £24.90
25th Percentile £19.49 £23.16 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.75 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +6.01% -28.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £88.37 £69.37
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year +23.08% -21.69% -26.12%

Shopify
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Shopify relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Shopify job vacancy trend in England

Shopify
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Shopify.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Shopify

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Shopify in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Shopify in England

Shopify
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Shopify.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Shopify

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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 Shopify within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London -79 24 £400 +23.08% 168
East of England - 7 £500 - 6
North of England -77 4 £500 +11.11% 38
Midlands - 4 - - 22
North West - 4 £500 - 22
South East - 4 - - 23
West Midlands - 4 - - 17
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UK

Shopify
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (18.60%) CMS
2 4 (9.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (9.30%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (2.33%) Confluence
3 1 (2.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) Adobe Analytics
2 5 (11.63%) Google Analytics
3 4 (9.30%) Siteimprove
4 3 (6.98%) AWS
5 2 (4.65%) BigCommerce
5 2 (4.65%) Boomi
5 2 (4.65%) iPaaS
5 2 (4.65%) Workato
6 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.33%) Figma
6 1 (2.33%) Google Ads
6 1 (2.33%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (2.33%) SaaS
6 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.33%) Twilio
6 1 (2.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) DHCP
1 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Visual Website Optimizer
2 2 (4.65%) JIRA
3 1 (2.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.33%) Git
3 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.33%) Selenium
3 1 (2.33%) Subversion
3 1 (2.33%) TestRail
3 1 (2.33%) Zephyr
General
1 27 (62.79%) Retail
2 13 (30.23%) Marketing
3 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.30%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.30%) Publishing
6 1 (2.33%) Finance
6 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.95%) Product Manager
1 6 (13.95%) Senior
2 5 (11.63%) Coordinator
2 5 (11.63%) Mobile Product Manager
3 4 (9.30%) Developer
3 4 (9.30%) Head of IT
4 3 (6.98%) Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) E-Commerce Executive
4 3 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (6.98%) Senior Developer
4 3 (6.98%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Integration Specialist
5 2 (4.65%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Administrator
6 1 (2.33%) Applications Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Architect
6 1 (2.33%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.33%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) React
2 5 (11.63%) .NET
2 5 (11.63%) CSS
2 5 (11.63%) HTML
2 5 (11.63%) REST
3 3 (6.98%) Middleware
4 2 (4.65%) VML
5 1 (2.33%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.33%) Django
5 1 (2.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (2.33%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (74.42%) E-Commerce
2 13 (30.23%) Agile
2 13 (30.23%) Customer Experience
3 10 (23.26%) Roadmaps
4 8 (18.60%) AI
4 8 (18.60%) Analytics
4 8 (18.60%) CRM
5 7 (16.28%) Backlog Management
5 7 (16.28%) Content Management
6 6 (13.95%) CI/CD
6 6 (13.95%) Customer Service
6 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (11.63%) Logistics
7 5 (11.63%) Product Backlog
7 5 (11.63%) Product Strategy
7 5 (11.63%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (11.63%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) TypeScript
2 5 (11.63%) C#
2 5 (11.63%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.65%) SQL
4 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.26%) QA
2 5 (11.63%) Data Quality
3 4 (9.30%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Adobe
2 6 (13.95%) Google
2 6 (13.95%) Sitecore
3 5 (11.63%) Amplitude
3 5 (11.63%) Salesforce
4 4 (9.30%) Optimizely
4 4 (9.30%) Tealium
5 3 (6.98%) MuleSoft
5 3 (6.98%) SAP
6 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.33%) Apple
7 1 (2.33%) HubSpot
7 1 (2.33%) OpenAI
7 1 (2.33%) VMware
7 1 (2.33%) WooCommerce
7 1 (2.33%) Zoho