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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 192 163
Rank change year-on-year -1 -29 +26
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 310 195 267
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.53% 1.44% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.56% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 113 206
10th Percentile £313 £265 £350
25th Percentile £400 £371 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £628 £575 £650
90th Percentile £763 £725 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £51.50 - £47.63
25th Percentile £53.75 - £49.69
Median hourly rate £60.00 £24.61 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +143.80% -54.21% -6.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £28.43 £57.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £30.72 £58.88
England median hourly rate £42.96 £15.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +177.13% -67.37% -5.00%

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 requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,076 12,495 14,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.53% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,807 8,257 9,705
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.95% -2.87% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 255 182
10th Percentile £16.75 £17.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.01 £23.29
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.25 £49.63 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.84 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +3 41 £525 -2.33% 52
West London -16 18 £480 +42.22% 9
North London -1 2 £456 -49.31%
South London - 1 £625 - 2
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 15 (4.84%) CMS
2 9 (2.90%) Confluence
3 5 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.29%) Apache
4 4 (1.29%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.97%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.65%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.65%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.32%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.32%) Mule
7 1 (0.32%) nginx
7 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.32%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (5.81%) Shopify
2 17 (5.48%) Magento
3 9 (2.90%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.94%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.94%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.65%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.32%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.32%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.32%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.32%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 46 (14.84%) AWS
2 44 (14.19%) Azure
3 14 (4.52%) Figma
4 13 (4.19%) GCP
4 13 (4.19%) GitHub
5 11 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.55%) Serverless
6 10 (3.23%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.23%) SaaS
6 10 (3.23%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 8 (2.58%) Snowflake
8 7 (2.26%) BigCommerce
8 7 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (1.94%) Azure Functions
9 6 (1.94%) dbt
9 6 (1.94%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.61%) CloudFront
10 5 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.29%) WAN
2 3 (0.97%) Firewall
2 3 (0.97%) Internet
3 2 (0.65%) HTTP
3 2 (0.65%) LAN
3 2 (0.65%) Network Security
3 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.65%) VPN
3 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.32%) Wireless
4 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.55%) NoSQL
2 10 (3.23%) BigQuery
2 10 (3.23%) Looker
3 9 (2.90%) MongoDB
3 9 (2.90%) Power BI
4 6 (1.94%) Couchbase
4 6 (1.94%) Redis
4 6 (1.94%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.61%) Tableau
6 4 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.97%) Metadata
7 3 (0.97%) MySQL
7 3 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.97%) Power Query
8 2 (0.65%) KDB
8 2 (0.65%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.65%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (7.42%) Jenkins
2 16 (5.16%) Git
3 13 (4.19%) JIRA
4 8 (2.58%) Subversion
5 6 (1.94%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.94%) Vite
6 5 (1.61%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.61%) GitLab
7 4 (1.29%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.29%) Selenium
8 3 (0.97%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.65%) Appium
9 2 (0.65%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.32%) Bundler
10 1 (0.32%) MLflow
10 1 (0.32%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.32%) Spock
10 1 (0.32%) TestRail
General
1 147 (47.42%) Retail
2 110 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 58 (18.71%) Marketing
4 53 (17.10%) Finance
5 40 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (11.61%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.52%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.90%) Banking
11 8 (2.58%) Legal
12 6 (1.94%) Advertising
13 5 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.29%) Electronics
14 4 (1.29%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.29%) Publishing
15 3 (0.97%) French Language
15 3 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.65%) Front Office
16 2 (0.65%) German Language
Job Titles
1 64 (20.65%) Senior
2 37 (11.94%) Developer
3 29 (9.35%) Analyst
4 25 (8.06%) Architect
5 23 (7.42%) Designer
6 21 (6.77%) Lead
7 18 (5.81%) Business Analyst
7 18 (5.81%) Product Manager
7 18 (5.81%) Project Manager
7 18 (5.81%) Senior Manager
8 15 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.87%) E-Commerce Manager
9 12 (3.87%) UI Designer
10 10 (3.23%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.90%) Consultant
11 9 (2.90%) Lead Designer
11 9 (2.90%) Marketing Manager
11 9 (2.90%) Senior Designer
11 9 (2.90%) Senior Developer
11 9 (2.90%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.68%) GraphQL
2 25 (8.06%) React
3 23 (7.42%) REST
4 19 (6.13%) Node.js
5 17 (5.48%) VML
6 15 (4.84%) Kafka
6 15 (4.84%) Next.js
7 12 (3.87%) .NET
7 12 (3.87%) Spring
7 12 (3.87%) Spring Boot
8 11 (3.55%) Middleware
8 11 (3.55%) Terraform
9 9 (2.90%) HTML
9 9 (2.90%) RESTful
10 7 (2.26%) CSS
10 7 (2.26%) SOAP
11 5 (1.61%) HTML5
11 5 (1.61%) OAuth
11 5 (1.61%) RxJava
11 5 (1.61%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.32%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.13%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.55%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.90%) Graphic Design
7 8 (2.58%) FMCG
8 7 (2.26%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.26%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.61%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.61%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.97%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.97%) Life Science
11 3 (0.97%) Smart Home
12 2 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.65%) Digital Wallet
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.90%) Android
1 9 (2.90%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.29%) Windows
3 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.32%) Linux
4 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.32%) Agile
2 77 (24.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (18.39%) User Experience
4 50 (16.13%) CI/CD
4 50 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (12.58%) CRM
5 39 (12.58%) Scrum
6 38 (12.26%) AI
6 38 (12.26%) DevOps
7 37 (11.94%) Analytics
8 36 (11.61%) Customer Experience
8 36 (11.61%) Roadmaps
9 34 (10.97%) Migration
10 32 (10.32%) Time Management
11 31 (10.00%) Project Management
12 29 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (7.74%) Release Management
14 21 (6.77%) Mentoring
15 20 (6.45%) Decision-Making
16 19 (6.13%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 34 (10.97%) SQL
2 24 (7.74%) Python
3 23 (7.42%) TypeScript
4 21 (6.77%) Java
5 17 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 12 (3.87%) C#
7 5 (1.61%) Groovy
7 5 (1.61%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.61%) Swift
8 4 (1.29%) Bash
8 4 (1.29%) LookML
8 4 (1.29%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.97%) Go
10 2 (0.65%) ABAP
10 2 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.65%) PHP
10 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.32%) R
11 1 (0.32%) SOQL
11 1 (0.32%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 33 (10.65%) Degree
2 5 (1.61%) CSPO
2 5 (1.61%) Master's Degree
3 3 (0.97%) MBA
3 3 (0.97%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.32%) CISA
4 1 (0.32%) CISSP
4 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.32%) IIBA
4 1 (0.32%) ISEB
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.32%) PhD
4 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.32%) PMP
4 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.74%) QA
2 19 (6.13%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.87%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.61%) GDPR
5 3 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.97%) PMO
6 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.65%) PSD2
7 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (4.19%) Docker
2 3 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 16 (5.16%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.65%) Bosun
2 2 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 33 (10.65%) Salesforce
2 30 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 19 (6.13%) Adobe
4 16 (5.16%) Oracle
5 15 (4.84%) SAP
6 14 (4.52%) Google
7 7 (2.26%) IBM
7 7 (2.26%) New Relic
7 7 (2.26%) Sitecore
8 6 (1.94%) Databricks
8 6 (1.94%) Splunk
9 5 (1.61%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.29%) Apple
10 4 (1.29%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.97%) Adyen
11 3 (0.97%) Aprimo
11 3 (0.97%) Braze
11 3 (0.97%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.97%) Optimizely
12 2 (0.65%) Netlify