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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 157 153
Rank change year-on-year -25 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 249 218 277
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.44% 1.72% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.87% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 138 200
10th Percentile £325 £312 £324
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -4.44%
75th Percentile £579 £609 £588
90th Percentile £644 £691 £721
England median daily rate £513 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £27.27 £30.29 £63.85
25th Percentile £40.50 £32.23 £64.75
Median hourly rate £58.25 £35.46 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -47.47% +82.43%
75th Percentile £68.25 £38.68 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £40.62 -
England median hourly rate £35.91 £41.91 £13.00
% change year-on-year -14.32% +222.38% -80.15%

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 15,407 11,629 15,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 91.83% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 7,876 11,244
10th Percentile £353 £349 £338
25th Percentile £426 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £686 £675
90th Percentile £754 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 166 331
10th Percentile £18.28 £16.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.87 £23.80 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.23 £50.69 £48.92
90th Percentile £73.00 £63.50 £66.75
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.00
% change year-on-year +30.84% -6.59% -9.33%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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% 4
Central London -11 19 £475 -17.39% 23
East London - 1 £400 - 4
North London - 1 £538 -
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 (2.81%) CMS
2 6 (2.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (2.01%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.40%) Kentico
4 1 (0.40%) nginx
4 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.40%) Sitefinity
4 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.21%) Chatbot
2 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.01%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.80%) Autodesk Smoke
6 1 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 36 (14.46%) Shopify
2 4 (1.61%) Endur
2 4 (1.61%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.20%) Magento
4 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.40%) Eikon
5 1 (0.40%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.40%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.40%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.40%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.40%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.43%) SaaS
2 18 (7.23%) AWS
3 15 (6.02%) Dynamics 365
4 14 (5.62%) Azure
5 13 (5.22%) Datadog
5 13 (5.22%) Figma
6 11 (4.42%) BigCommerce
7 9 (3.61%) GCP
8 7 (2.81%) Google Workspace
8 7 (2.81%) Miro
8 7 (2.81%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.81%) Serverless
8 7 (2.81%) WhatsApp
9 6 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.41%) Contentsquare
10 5 (2.01%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.61%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 3 (1.20%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (1.20%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.20%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.81%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.40%) Firewall
2 1 (0.40%) Internet
2 1 (0.40%) LAN
2 1 (0.40%) Network Security
2 1 (0.40%) RFID
2 1 (0.40%) RTMP
2 1 (0.40%) WAN
2 1 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.21%) MySQL
2 6 (2.41%) Power BI
3 5 (2.01%) Looker
3 5 (2.01%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.61%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.61%) Redis
5 3 (1.20%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.20%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.20%) Tableau
6 2 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.80%) CockroachDB
6 2 (0.80%) Metadata
6 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.40%) Bigtable
7 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 27 (10.84%) Jenkins
2 10 (4.02%) JIRA
2 10 (4.02%) Selenium
3 8 (3.21%) Git
4 7 (2.81%) Cypress.io
5 6 (2.41%) GitLab
6 4 (1.61%) Maven
7 3 (1.20%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (1.20%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (1.20%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.80%) Appium
8 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.80%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.80%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.40%) NUnit
9 1 (0.40%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.40%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.40%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.40%) Spock
General
1 91 (36.55%) Social Skills
2 66 (26.51%) Retail
3 51 (20.48%) Finance
4 32 (12.85%) Marketing
5 30 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (12.05%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.43%) Legal
7 12 (4.82%) Electronics
8 11 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.41%) Advertising
9 6 (2.41%) Banking
9 6 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.01%) French Language
11 4 (1.61%) Front Office
11 4 (1.61%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Publishing
13 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.80%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (27.31%) Senior
2 32 (12.85%) Analyst
3 27 (10.84%) Project Manager
4 25 (10.04%) Senior Manager
5 23 (9.24%) Business Analyst
5 23 (9.24%) Developer
6 21 (8.43%) Senior Project Manager
7 20 (8.03%) Consultant
8 18 (7.23%) Designer
9 15 (6.02%) Architect
10 14 (5.62%) Lead
11 12 (4.82%) E-Commerce Manager
12 11 (4.42%) Senior Designer
13 9 (3.61%) Technical Consultant
13 9 (3.61%) UX Designer
14 8 (3.21%) Senior Consultant
14 8 (3.21%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 8 (3.21%) Senior Technical Consultant
14 8 (3.21%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
14 8 (3.21%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.25%) Node.js
2 31 (12.45%) GraphQL
2 31 (12.45%) Playwright
3 21 (8.43%) Vitest
4 19 (7.63%) VML
5 18 (7.23%) CSS
6 17 (6.83%) React
7 15 (6.02%) HTML
8 14 (5.62%) REST
9 13 (5.22%) YAML
10 12 (4.82%) Middleware
11 11 (4.42%) OpenTelemetry
12 9 (3.61%) Spring
13 7 (2.81%) .NET
13 7 (2.81%) AngularJS
14 6 (2.41%) Next.js
14 6 (2.41%) Web Services
15 5 (2.01%) jQuery
15 5 (2.01%) Kafka
15 5 (2.01%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.05%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.04%) Product Ownership
3 17 (6.83%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.82%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (4.42%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.42%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.61%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (2.41%) PMI
8 5 (2.01%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.61%) FMCG
10 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.80%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.80%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.80%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.80%) Social Media
10 2 (0.80%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.40%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.81%) Android
1 7 (2.81%) Linux
2 6 (2.41%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.61%) Unix
3 4 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (40.96%) Agile
2 57 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (18.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 44 (17.67%) User Experience
5 43 (17.27%) CI/CD
6 38 (15.26%) Project Management
7 34 (13.65%) Analytics
7 34 (13.65%) DevOps
8 32 (12.85%) Test Automation
9 31 (12.45%) Time Management
10 30 (12.05%) Customer Experience
11 26 (10.44%) Mentoring
12 25 (10.04%) Coaching
12 25 (10.04%) Release Management
13 23 (9.24%) B2B
13 23 (9.24%) Scrum
13 23 (9.24%) Workshop Facilitation
14 22 (8.84%) B2C
14 22 (8.84%) SDLC
15 21 (8.43%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 35 (14.06%) TypeScript
2 22 (8.84%) JavaScript
3 18 (7.23%) SQL
4 14 (5.62%) Java
5 8 (3.21%) Python
6 6 (2.41%) C#
7 4 (1.61%) PHP
8 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.40%) Go
8 1 (0.40%) Korn
8 1 (0.40%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (4.02%) Degree
2 6 (2.41%) PMI Certification
3 4 (1.61%) CSPO
4 2 (0.80%) CBAP
5 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.40%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.84%) QA
2 17 (6.83%) GDPR
3 14 (5.62%) Accessibility
4 10 (4.02%) PERC
5 7 (2.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (2.01%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.61%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.61%) SLA
7 4 (1.61%) WCAG
8 2 (0.80%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.80%) PSD2
9 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (10.84%) Docker
2 2 (0.80%) Varnish
3 1 (0.40%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 28 (11.24%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.82%) Grafana
2 12 (4.82%) Prometheus
3 8 (3.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.20%) Terraform
5 1 (0.40%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (11.65%) Adobe
2 26 (10.44%) Salesforce
3 23 (9.24%) SAP
4 21 (8.43%) Google
5 11 (4.42%) Microsoft
5 11 (4.42%) Sitecore
6 10 (4.02%) Tealium
7 6 (2.41%) OneTrust
8 5 (2.01%) mParticle
9 4 (1.61%) Databricks
9 4 (1.61%) Netlify
10 2 (0.80%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.80%) Splunk
11 1 (0.40%) Calypso
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco
11 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.40%) IBM
11 1 (0.40%) Murex
11 1 (0.40%) OpenLink
11 1 (0.40%) Solace