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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 172 155
Rank change year-on-year -11 -17 -11
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 238 201 277
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.45% 1.57% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.72% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 135 194
10th Percentile £350 £299 £316
25th Percentile £413 £364 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £644 £727 £647
England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £25.93 £31.58 £63.85
25th Percentile £34.25 £35.46 £64.75
Median hourly rate £46.00 £41.91 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% -37.91% -3.57%
75th Percentile £61.19 £45.33 £68.75
90th Percentile £66.50 £47.38 -
England median hourly rate £35.91 £44.71 £13.00
% change year-on-year -19.67% +243.88% -81.75%

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 14,745 11,676 16,083
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.75% 91.09% 88.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,877 7,820 11,502
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 162 343
10th Percentile £18.14 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £49.94
90th Percentile £71.50 £77.25 £69.35
England median hourly rate £31.00 £33.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.37% +1.88% -11.33%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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
West London +5 29 £375 +10.70% 6
Central London -10 18 £475 -14.80% 60
East London - 2 £400 - 6
North London - 1 £538 - 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 8 (3.36%) CMS
2 6 (2.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (2.10%) Confluence
4 3 (1.26%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.42%) Kentico
5 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.42%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (4.20%) Chatbot
2 7 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.10%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.84%) Autodesk Smoke
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.42%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (12.18%) Shopify
2 4 (1.68%) Endur
3 3 (1.26%) Magento
3 3 (1.26%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.42%) Eikon
5 1 (0.42%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.42%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.42%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.42%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.42%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.42%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.08%) SaaS
2 21 (8.82%) AWS
3 18 (7.56%) Azure
4 14 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (5.46%) Datadog
5 13 (5.46%) Figma
6 11 (4.62%) GCP
7 10 (4.20%) Serverless
8 9 (3.78%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (2.94%) BigCommerce
9 7 (2.94%) Google Workspace
9 7 (2.94%) Miro
9 7 (2.94%) WhatsApp
10 6 (2.52%) Contentsquare
10 6 (2.52%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.10%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.68%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 3 (1.26%) Google Tag Manager
13 3 (1.26%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 2 (0.84%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.94%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.42%) Internet
2 1 (0.42%) RFID
2 1 (0.42%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.52%) MySQL
1 6 (2.52%) Power BI
2 5 (2.10%) DynamoDB
2 5 (2.10%) Redis
2 5 (2.10%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.68%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.26%) Looker
4 3 (1.26%) Mixpanel
4 3 (1.26%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.26%) Tableau
5 2 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.84%) CockroachDB
5 2 (0.84%) Couchbase
5 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.84%) Metadata
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.42%) Bigtable
6 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (11.34%) Jenkins
2 9 (3.78%) JIRA
3 7 (2.94%) Git
3 7 (2.94%) Selenium
4 6 (2.52%) GitLab
5 5 (2.10%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.68%) Maven
6 4 (1.68%) SpecFlow
7 3 (1.26%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (1.26%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (1.26%) Fiddler
7 3 (1.26%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.84%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.84%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.42%) Appium
9 1 (0.42%) NUnit
9 1 (0.42%) Spock
9 1 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 86 (36.13%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.69%) Retail
3 48 (20.17%) Finance
4 28 (11.76%) Marketing
5 27 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (9.66%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (6.72%) Legal
8 12 (5.04%) Electronics
9 6 (2.52%) Advertising
9 6 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.10%) Banking
10 5 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.10%) French Language
11 4 (1.68%) Front Office
11 4 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.26%) Publishing
13 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 57 (23.95%) Senior
2 26 (10.92%) Analyst
2 26 (10.92%) Project Manager
3 23 (9.66%) Consultant
3 23 (9.66%) Developer
4 19 (7.98%) Senior Manager
4 19 (7.98%) Senior Project Manager
5 17 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 16 (6.72%) Designer
7 14 (5.88%) Architect
8 13 (5.46%) Lead
9 11 (4.62%) E-Commerce Manager
10 10 (4.20%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (4.20%) Senior Designer
11 9 (3.78%) Technical Consultant
12 8 (3.36%) Senior Consultant
12 8 (3.36%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 8 (3.36%) Senior Technical Consultant
12 8 (3.36%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
12 8 (3.36%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (15.55%) Node.js
2 30 (12.61%) GraphQL
3 29 (12.18%) Playwright
4 21 (8.82%) Vitest
5 18 (7.56%) React
6 17 (7.14%) CSS
7 14 (5.88%) HTML
8 13 (5.46%) YAML
9 12 (5.04%) VML
10 11 (4.62%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (4.62%) REST
11 10 (4.20%) .NET
12 9 (3.78%) Middleware
13 7 (2.94%) AngularJS
13 7 (2.94%) Spring
14 6 (2.52%) Web Services
15 5 (2.10%) Bootstrap
15 5 (2.10%) HTML5
15 5 (2.10%) Next.js
15 5 (2.10%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.18%) Cloud Native
2 24 (10.08%) Product Ownership
3 17 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 13 (5.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.62%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.78%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (2.52%) PMI
8 5 (2.10%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.84%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.84%) FMCG
10 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.84%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.84%) Social Media
10 2 (0.84%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.42%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.52%) Android
1 6 (2.52%) Linux
2 5 (2.10%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.68%) Unix
3 4 (1.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (40.76%) Agile
2 51 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (18.49%) CI/CD
3 44 (18.49%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (18.49%) User Experience
4 38 (15.97%) DevOps
5 35 (14.71%) Analytics
6 32 (13.45%) Project Management
6 32 (13.45%) Test Automation
7 31 (13.03%) Customer Experience
8 26 (10.92%) Coaching
9 25 (10.50%) Mentoring
9 25 (10.50%) Time Management
10 22 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (9.24%) Full-Stack Development
10 22 (9.24%) Release Management
11 21 (8.82%) B2C
11 21 (8.82%) ERP
12 20 (8.40%) Scrum
12 20 (8.40%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.55%) TypeScript
2 25 (10.50%) JavaScript
3 18 (7.56%) SQL
4 14 (5.88%) Java
5 10 (4.20%) Python
6 9 (3.78%) C#
7 3 (1.26%) PHP
8 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.42%) Go
8 1 (0.42%) Korn
8 1 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (4.62%) Degree
2 6 (2.52%) PMI Certification
3 2 (0.84%) AWS Certification
3 2 (0.84%) CBAP
3 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.84%) MBA
4 1 (0.42%) CFA
4 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.98%) QA
2 18 (7.56%) GDPR
3 14 (5.88%) Accessibility
4 10 (4.20%) PERC
5 7 (2.94%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.68%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.68%) SLA
6 4 (1.68%) WCAG
7 2 (0.84%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.84%) PSD2
8 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 28 (11.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.42%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.42%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 29 (12.18%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.04%) Grafana
2 12 (5.04%) Prometheus
3 8 (3.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.26%) Terraform
5 1 (0.42%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (10.92%) Google
2 24 (10.08%) Adobe
3 19 (7.98%) SAP
4 18 (7.56%) Salesforce
5 10 (4.20%) Microsoft
5 10 (4.20%) Tealium
6 7 (2.94%) Sitecore
7 6 (2.52%) OneTrust
8 5 (2.10%) mParticle
8 5 (2.10%) Optimizely
9 4 (1.68%) Wind River
10 3 (1.26%) Amplitude
10 3 (1.26%) Databricks
10 3 (1.26%) Hotjar
10 3 (1.26%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.84%) Netlify
11 2 (0.84%) New Relic
11 2 (0.84%) Rollbar
11 2 (0.84%) Splunk
12 1 (0.42%) Trayport