E-Commerce Contract Job Trends in London

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring E-Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 199 153
Rank change year-on-year +5 -46 +12
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 254 162 296
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.34% 1.31% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.42% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 98 220
10th Percentile £314 £304 £350
25th Percentile £400 £355 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £629
90th Percentile £663 £679 £852
England median daily rate £500 £500 £523
% change year-on-year - -4.31% -2.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £39.65 - £50.38
25th Percentile £44.75 - £56.56
Median hourly rate £54.50 £29.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +87.93% -54.51% +6.25%
75th Percentile £65.38 - £68.75
90th Percentile £71.15 - -
England median hourly rate £46.00 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +196.77% +19.23% -77.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,795 11,414 15,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.28% 88.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,181 7,654 11,105
10th Percentile £360 £343 £343
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 205 313
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.56% +13.33% -24.84%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.80
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
% change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%

E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

E-Commerce job vacancy trend in London

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing E-Commerce.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing E-Commerce

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce in London

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing E-Commerce.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing E-Commerce

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing E-Commerce in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in London

E-Commerce
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Central London -5 27 £475 -4.04% 19
West London -13 13 £480 +41.18% 7
North London - 2 £456 -
South London - 1 £625 - 3
E-Commerce
England

E-Commerce
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.76%) CMS
2 6 (2.36%) Confluence
3 4 (1.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.18%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.39%) Kentico
6 1 (0.39%) nginx
6 1 (0.39%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.76%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.39%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (9.45%) Shopify
2 11 (4.33%) Magento
3 6 (2.36%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.97%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.57%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.39%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.39%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.39%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.39%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.27%) AWS
2 20 (7.87%) Azure
3 15 (5.91%) Figma
4 11 (4.33%) BigCommerce
5 10 (3.94%) SaaS
6 8 (3.15%) Google Workspace
6 8 (3.15%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.76%) Miro
7 7 (2.76%) WhatsApp
8 6 (2.36%) GCP
8 6 (2.36%) Serverless
9 5 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.97%) GitHub
9 5 (1.97%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 4 (1.57%) Datadog
11 3 (1.18%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.79%) AWS Step Functions
12 2 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.18%) Internet
2 1 (0.39%) Firewall
2 1 (0.39%) LAN
2 1 (0.39%) Network Security
2 1 (0.39%) RFID
2 1 (0.39%) RTMP
2 1 (0.39%) WAN
2 1 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.76%) MySQL
1 7 (2.76%) NoSQL
1 7 (2.76%) Power BI
2 6 (2.36%) Looker
3 4 (1.57%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.57%) Metadata
3 4 (1.57%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.57%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.57%) Tableau
4 3 (1.18%) Couchbase
4 3 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.18%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.18%) Semantic Layer
5 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.79%) CockroachDB
5 2 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.79%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (6.30%) Jenkins
2 13 (5.12%) Git
3 10 (3.94%) Selenium
4 9 (3.54%) JIRA
5 7 (2.76%) Cypress.io
6 6 (2.36%) GitLab
6 6 (2.36%) Vite
7 4 (1.57%) Maven
7 4 (1.57%) Subversion
8 3 (1.18%) Appium
8 3 (1.18%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.18%) Eclipse
8 3 (1.18%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.79%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.39%) NUnit
10 1 (0.39%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.39%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.39%) Spock
10 1 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 107 (42.13%) Retail
2 96 (37.80%) Social Skills
3 64 (25.20%) Finance
4 41 (16.14%) Organisational Skills
5 35 (13.78%) Marketing
6 27 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (8.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.72%) Manufacturing
9 11 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.15%) Banking
10 8 (3.15%) Legal
11 4 (1.57%) Advertising
11 4 (1.57%) Electronics
11 4 (1.57%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.18%) French Language
12 3 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Front Office
13 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.39%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 67 (26.38%) Senior
2 33 (12.99%) Project Manager
3 31 (12.20%) Senior Manager
4 28 (11.02%) Analyst
5 25 (9.84%) Designer
5 25 (9.84%) Developer
5 25 (9.84%) Senior Project Manager
6 20 (7.87%) Business Analyst
7 19 (7.48%) Lead
8 16 (6.30%) Product Manager
9 12 (4.72%) Senior Designer
10 11 (4.33%) E-Commerce Manager
11 10 (3.94%) Marketing Manager
12 8 (3.15%) E-Commerce Analyst
12 8 (3.15%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
12 8 (3.15%) UI Designer
12 8 (3.15%) UX Designer
13 7 (2.76%) QA Engineer
13 7 (2.76%) Senior Developer
13 7 (2.76%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.63%) GraphQL
2 21 (8.27%) VML
3 19 (7.48%) React
4 17 (6.69%) REST
5 14 (5.51%) CSS
6 13 (5.12%) Playwright
7 12 (4.72%) HTML
7 12 (4.72%) Spring
8 11 (4.33%) Middleware
8 11 (4.33%) Node.js
9 9 (3.54%) Next.js
10 8 (3.15%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.76%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.76%) J2EE
11 7 (2.76%) Kafka
12 6 (2.36%) jQuery
12 6 (2.36%) RESTful
12 6 (2.36%) Web Services
13 5 (1.97%) .NET
13 5 (1.97%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.06%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.72%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.33%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.94%) Virtual Team
5 9 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.97%) AI Agents
6 5 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.57%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.18%) FMCG
8 3 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.18%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.79%) Digital Wallet
9 2 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.79%) Mobile Banking
9 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.94%) Android
2 9 (3.54%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.76%) Linux
4 4 (1.57%) Unix
4 4 (1.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (35.04%) Agile
2 61 (24.02%) User Experience
3 51 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (20.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (16.54%) Project Management
5 41 (16.14%) Time Management
6 32 (12.60%) Release Management
7 30 (11.81%) Analytics
7 30 (11.81%) Customer Experience
8 29 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (11.42%) Scrum
9 28 (11.02%) CI/CD
10 25 (9.84%) Workshop Facilitation
11 24 (9.45%) Roadmaps
12 23 (9.06%) SDLC
13 22 (8.66%) AI
13 22 (8.66%) B2C
14 21 (8.27%) B2B
14 21 (8.27%) Decision-Making
15 20 (7.87%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.66%) JavaScript
2 21 (8.27%) Java
3 19 (7.48%) SQL
4 17 (6.69%) TypeScript
5 11 (4.33%) Python
6 5 (1.97%) Kotlin
6 5 (1.97%) Swift
7 4 (1.57%) C#
8 3 (1.18%) Groovy
9 2 (0.79%) Go
9 2 (0.79%) Korn
10 1 (0.39%) Bash
10 1 (0.39%) PHP
10 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.39%) R
10 1 (0.39%) Scala
10 1 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 18 (7.09%) Degree
2 5 (1.97%) CSPO
3 1 (0.39%) CISA
3 1 (0.39%) CISSP
3 1 (0.39%) ISEB
3 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.69%) QA
2 14 (5.51%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.33%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.57%) SLA
5 3 (1.18%) GDPR
5 3 (1.18%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.79%) PMO
6 2 (0.79%) PSD2
6 2 (0.79%) WCAG
7 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (3.94%) Docker
2 1 (0.39%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.39%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 11 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (1.18%) Grafana
3 3 (1.18%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.18%) Terraform
4 1 (0.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (10.24%) Salesforce
2 22 (8.66%) SAP
3 20 (7.87%) Adobe
4 18 (7.09%) Google
5 13 (5.12%) Microsoft
6 11 (4.33%) Oracle
7 10 (3.94%) Sitecore
8 4 (1.57%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.57%) IBM
8 4 (1.57%) Netlify
8 4 (1.57%) Splunk
9 3 (1.18%) Databricks
9 3 (1.18%) New Relic
10 2 (0.79%) Apple
10 2 (0.79%) Klarna
10 2 (0.79%) PayPal
11 1 (0.39%) ATG
11 1 (0.39%) Cisco
11 1 (0.39%) Omniture
11 1 (0.39%) Sony