E-Commerce Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

E-Commerce Engineer
England > London

The median E-Commerce Engineer daily rate in London 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 410 349 392
Rank change year-on-year -61 +43 +98
Contract jobs requiring an E-Commerce Engineer 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.029% 0.016% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.017% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - - £430
25th Percentile £300 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +4.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile £460 - £670
England median daily rate £325 £575 £543
% change year-on-year -43.48% +5.99% -22.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 15,721 11,785 16,815
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 93.58% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,525 8,063 12,128
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £428 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 146 338
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.11 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -22.75%
75th Percentile £60.25 £50.75 £46.77
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £63.98
England median hourly rate £42.00 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year +25.75% +2.77% -24.42%

E-Commerce Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

E-Commerce Engineer job vacancy trend in London

E-Commerce Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

E-Commerce Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce Engineer in London

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

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 London 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 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 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