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 citing E-Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 207 159
Rank change year-on-year +20 -48 +17
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 321 170 265
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.57% 1.26% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.36% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 99 199
10th Percentile £329 £290 £300
25th Percentile £419 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £634
90th Percentile £753 £755 £713
England median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.75 £24.61 £46.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £28.06 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.26% -40.94% -12.04%
75th Percentile £64.25 £33.04 £54.38
90th Percentile - £34.46 £57.75
England median hourly rate £54.50 £15.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +251.61% -69.00% -

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

6 months to
28 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 18,273 12,516 13,965
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 89.64% 92.47% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,022 8,231 9,001
10th Percentile £359 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £667 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 249 168
10th Percentile £15.55 £17.98 £17.43
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.01 £24.42
Median hourly rate £31.35 £31.49 £37.79
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -16.66% -4.64%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.50 £57.81
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £79.13
England median hourly rate £36.38 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +44.65% -37.13% -10.11%

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 28 October 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 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 28 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +3 42 £525 - 7
West London -11 19 £480 +32.41% 4
North London -4 1 £375 -58.33%
South London - 1 £625 - 3
E-Commerce
England

E-Commerce Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile30.8%99
2Stakeholder Management27.1%87
3CI/CD18.1%58
4CRM17.4%56
5Analytics16.8%54
5Customer Experience16.8%54
7User Experience16.5%53
8Roadmaps15.9%51
9Problem-Solving13.7%44
10DevOps13.4%43
11AI12.5%40
12Scrum11.8%38
13Migration11.5%37
14Continuous Improvement9.3%30
14Decision-Making9.3%30
16Event-Driven9.0%29
17Project Management8.7%28
18ERP7.8%25
19Time Management7.5%24
19User Acceptance Testing7.5%24