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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 195 157
Rank change year-on-year +15 -38 +27
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 296 184 289
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.49% 1.36% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.47% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 109 220
10th Percentile £316 £294 £361
25th Percentile £400 £333 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% -9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £650
90th Percentile £763 £705 £874
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £39.65 £29.18 £50.38
25th Percentile £44.75 £29.44 £56.56
Median hourly rate £54.50 £30.25 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +80.17% -52.55% +6.25%
75th Percentile £65.38 £31.44 £68.75
90th Percentile £71.15 £31.93 -
England median hourly rate £54.50 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +251.61% +19.23% -74.00%

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 17,703 12,488 15,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.09% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,731 8,359 10,820
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 238 265
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.25 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -3.22% -21.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.40 £69.20
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 +1 28 £500 -6.98% 11
West London -3 16 £480 +41.18% 8
North London - 2 £456 -
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 9 (3.04%) CMS
2 6 (2.03%) Confluence
3 4 (1.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.35%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.68%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Kentico
5 1 (0.34%) Mule
5 1 (0.34%) nginx
5 1 (0.34%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (5.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (3.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (2.36%) Chatbot
5 4 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (6.76%) Shopify
2 15 (5.07%) Magento
3 6 (2.03%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.68%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.34%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.34%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.34%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.34%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.34%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.34%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.34%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 34 (11.49%) AWS
2 31 (10.47%) Azure
3 22 (7.43%) Figma
4 10 (3.38%) GCP
5 9 (3.04%) SaaS
6 8 (2.70%) GitHub
6 8 (2.70%) Google Workspace
6 8 (2.70%) Miro
6 8 (2.70%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.36%) BigCommerce
7 7 (2.36%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 7 (2.36%) Serverless
7 7 (2.36%) WhatsApp
8 6 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.35%) CloudFront
9 4 (1.35%) Datadog
10 3 (1.01%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.01%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.35%) Internet
2 2 (0.68%) HTTP
2 2 (0.68%) LAN
2 2 (0.68%) WAN
3 1 (0.34%) Firewall
3 1 (0.34%) Network Security
3 1 (0.34%) RFID
3 1 (0.34%) Wireless
3 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.72%) NoSQL
2 8 (2.70%) MySQL
3 7 (2.36%) Power BI
4 6 (2.03%) BigQuery
4 6 (2.03%) Couchbase
4 6 (2.03%) Looker
4 6 (2.03%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.69%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
6 4 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.35%) Tableau
7 3 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.01%) Metadata
7 3 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.68%) Power Query
8 2 (0.68%) Redis
9 1 (0.34%) Big Data
9 1 (0.34%) Db2
Development Applications
1 28 (9.46%) Jenkins
2 18 (6.08%) Git
3 9 (3.04%) Cypress.io
3 9 (3.04%) JIRA
3 9 (3.04%) Selenium
4 8 (2.70%) Subversion
5 7 (2.36%) GitLab
6 6 (2.03%) Vite
7 5 (1.69%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.35%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.35%) Maven
9 3 (1.01%) Appium
9 3 (1.01%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.68%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.68%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.34%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.34%) Spock
11 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 135 (45.61%) Retail
2 119 (40.20%) Social Skills
3 63 (21.28%) Finance
4 48 (16.22%) Marketing
5 37 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 34 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.05%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.38%) Banking
9 10 (3.38%) Legal
9 10 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.36%) Advertising
11 4 (1.35%) Electronics
11 4 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.35%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.01%) French Language
12 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 65 (21.96%) Senior
2 33 (11.15%) Designer
3 29 (9.80%) Developer
4 26 (8.78%) Project Manager
5 25 (8.45%) Analyst
5 25 (8.45%) Senior Manager
6 24 (8.11%) Lead
7 18 (6.08%) Product Manager
8 17 (5.74%) Business Analyst
9 16 (5.41%) Senior Project Manager
10 15 (5.07%) Architect
11 14 (4.73%) E-Commerce Manager
11 14 (4.73%) Senior Designer
12 13 (4.39%) UI Designer
13 11 (3.72%) Marketing Manager
14 10 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
15 9 (3.04%) Lead Designer
15 9 (3.04%) UX Designer
16 8 (2.70%) Product Designer
16 8 (2.70%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.81%) GraphQL
2 24 (8.11%) React
3 20 (6.76%) REST
4 17 (5.74%) VML
5 16 (5.41%) Node.js
6 14 (4.73%) CSS
6 14 (4.73%) Playwright
7 13 (4.39%) Middleware
7 13 (4.39%) Spring
8 12 (4.05%) HTML
8 12 (4.05%) Next.js
9 10 (3.38%) Kafka
10 9 (3.04%) J2EE
10 9 (3.04%) RESTful
10 9 (3.04%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.36%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.03%) HTML5
12 6 (2.03%) jQuery
12 6 (2.03%) Web Services
13 5 (1.69%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.78%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (4.39%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.72%) Mobile App
6 9 (3.04%) Graphic Design
6 9 (3.04%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.03%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.03%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.35%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.01%) FMCG
10 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (1.01%) Smart Home
10 3 (1.01%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.68%) Mobile Banking
11 2 (0.68%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.72%) Android
2 10 (3.38%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.36%) Linux
4 6 (2.03%) Windows
5 5 (1.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (32.09%) Agile
2 69 (23.31%) User Experience
3 59 (19.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (13.51%) Time Management
6 38 (12.84%) CI/CD
6 38 (12.84%) Project Management
7 35 (11.82%) Customer Experience
8 34 (11.49%) Analytics
8 34 (11.49%) Scrum
9 33 (11.15%) Roadmaps
10 32 (10.81%) CRM
11 30 (10.14%) AI
11 30 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (10.14%) Release Management
12 29 (9.80%) DevOps
13 24 (8.11%) Migration
13 24 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
14 22 (7.43%) B2C
14 22 (7.43%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.11%) Java
2 23 (7.77%) JavaScript
2 23 (7.77%) SQL
3 20 (6.76%) TypeScript
4 12 (4.05%) Python
5 5 (1.69%) Groovy
5 5 (1.69%) Kotlin
5 5 (1.69%) Swift
6 4 (1.35%) C#
7 3 (1.01%) Go
8 2 (0.68%) Bash
8 2 (0.68%) Korn
8 2 (0.68%) PHP
8 2 (0.68%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.34%) ABAP
9 1 (0.34%) DataWeave
9 1 (0.34%) R
9 1 (0.34%) Scala
9 1 (0.34%) XPath
Qualifications
1 34 (11.49%) Degree
2 5 (1.69%) CSPO
3 4 (1.35%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.01%) MBA
5 1 (0.34%) CISA
5 1 (0.34%) CISSP
5 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.34%) IIBA
5 1 (0.34%) ISEB
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.34%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.34%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.77%) QA
2 17 (5.74%) Accessibility
3 11 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.69%) SLA
5 4 (1.35%) GDPR
6 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.01%) PMO
7 2 (0.68%) PSD2
7 2 (0.68%) WCAG
8 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (4.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.34%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 14 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 6 (2.03%) Terraform
4 3 (1.01%) Grafana
4 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.34%) Ansible
5 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 24 (8.11%) Salesforce
2 21 (7.09%) Adobe
3 19 (6.42%) Google
3 19 (6.42%) Microsoft
4 17 (5.74%) SAP
5 13 (4.39%) Oracle
6 6 (2.03%) IBM
6 6 (2.03%) Sitecore
7 5 (1.69%) Databricks
7 5 (1.69%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.69%) New Relic
7 5 (1.69%) Splunk
8 4 (1.35%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.35%) Netlify
9 2 (0.68%) Apple
9 2 (0.68%) Braze
9 2 (0.68%) Klarna
9 2 (0.68%) PayPal
9 2 (0.68%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.34%) Optimizely