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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 194 151
Rank change year-on-year +6 -43 +31
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 314 183 270
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.55% 1.37% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.49% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 109 209
10th Percentile £313 £290 £300
25th Percentile £405 £438 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -6.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £650
90th Percentile £751 £728 £767
England median daily rate £531 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile - - £47.63
25th Percentile £44.75 £24.61 £49.69
Median hourly rate £54.50 £28.06 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +94.26% -47.80% -0.46%
75th Percentile £66.94 £33.04 £57.19
90th Percentile £71.78 £34.46 £58.88
England median hourly rate £69.00 £15.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +345.16% -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 17,988 12,322 14,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.57% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,771 8,124 9,349
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 £663 £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 337 241 182
10th Percentile £16.03 £17.98 £17.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.01 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -18.14% -5.32%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.75 £78.72
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 6 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing E-Commerce in London over the 6 months to 6 October 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 6 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +2 43 £525 - 73
West London -16 20 £480 +32.41% 24
North London 0 1 £375 -58.33%
South London - 1 £625 - 10
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 18 (5.73%) CMS
2 9 (2.87%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.87%) Confluence
3 4 (1.27%) Sitecore CMS
3 4 (1.27%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.96%) Apache
4 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.64%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.64%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.32%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.32%) Mule
6 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (6.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.32%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (4.78%) Magento
2 14 (4.46%) Shopify
3 8 (2.55%) Payment Gateway
4 7 (2.23%) NetSuite
5 6 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.91%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.64%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.32%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.32%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.32%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 54 (17.20%) AWS
2 53 (16.88%) Azure
3 19 (6.05%) GCP
4 14 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (4.46%) Figma
4 14 (4.46%) GitHub
5 13 (4.14%) SaaS
6 12 (3.82%) Serverless
7 10 (3.18%) dbt
7 10 (3.18%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 9 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (2.87%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.87%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (1.91%) Azure Functions
9 6 (1.91%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.59%) CloudFront
11 4 (1.27%) BigCommerce
11 4 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.27%) WAN
2 3 (0.96%) Firewall
2 3 (0.96%) Internet
3 2 (0.64%) HTTP
3 2 (0.64%) LAN
3 2 (0.64%) Network Security
3 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.64%) VPN
3 2 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.32%) SMS
4 1 (0.32%) Wireless
4 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.50%) NoSQL
2 10 (3.18%) BigQuery
3 9 (2.87%) MongoDB
3 9 (2.87%) Power BI
4 8 (2.55%) Looker
4 8 (2.55%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.23%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.91%) Couchbase
7 5 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.59%) Redis
7 5 (1.59%) Semantic Layer
7 5 (1.59%) Tableau
8 4 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.27%) MySQL
8 4 (1.27%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.96%) Metadata
9 3 (0.96%) Power Query
9 3 (0.96%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 23 (7.32%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.46%) Git
3 13 (4.14%) JIRA
4 8 (2.55%) Subversion
5 6 (1.91%) Vite
6 4 (1.27%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.27%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.96%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.64%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.64%) GitLab
8 2 (0.64%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.64%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.32%) Appium
9 1 (0.32%) Bundler
9 1 (0.32%) MLflow
9 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.32%) Postman
9 1 (0.32%) Selenium
9 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.32%) TestRail
General
1 157 (50.00%) Retail
2 99 (31.53%) Social Skills
3 65 (20.70%) Marketing
4 56 (17.83%) Finance
5 42 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (9.87%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (5.10%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.55%) Banking
9 8 (2.55%) Legal
10 7 (2.23%) Advertising
10 7 (2.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.27%) Electronics
12 4 (1.27%) Publishing
13 3 (0.96%) French Language
14 2 (0.64%) Front Office
14 2 (0.64%) German Language
14 2 (0.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 57 (18.15%) Senior
2 36 (11.46%) Developer
3 29 (9.24%) Architect
4 23 (7.32%) Analyst
4 23 (7.32%) Lead
5 22 (7.01%) Designer
6 18 (5.73%) Product Manager
6 18 (5.73%) Project Manager
7 14 (4.46%) E-Commerce Manager
7 14 (4.46%) Senior Manager
7 14 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (4.14%) Business Analyst
9 11 (3.50%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.50%) UI Designer
10 9 (2.87%) Consultant
10 9 (2.87%) Lead Designer
10 9 (2.87%) Marketing Manager
10 9 (2.87%) Senior Designer
10 9 (2.87%) Senior Developer
11 8 (2.55%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.55%) GraphQL
2 29 (9.24%) React
3 22 (7.01%) REST
4 21 (6.69%) Next.js
4 21 (6.69%) Node.js
5 17 (5.41%) Kafka
6 16 (5.10%) .NET
7 12 (3.82%) VML
8 11 (3.50%) RESTful
8 11 (3.50%) Spring
8 11 (3.50%) Spring Boot
8 11 (3.50%) Terraform
9 9 (2.87%) HTML
9 9 (2.87%) Middleware
10 7 (2.23%) CSS
10 7 (2.23%) SOAP
11 5 (1.59%) ASP.NET
11 5 (1.59%) HTML5
11 5 (1.59%) Jakarta EE
11 5 (1.59%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.24%) Product Ownership
2 20 (6.37%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.37%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.87%) FMCG
5 9 (2.87%) Graphic Design
5 9 (2.87%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.23%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.59%) Life Science
8 5 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
8 5 (1.59%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.27%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.96%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.96%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.55%) Android
1 8 (2.55%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.27%) Windows
3 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.32%) Linux
4 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (30.89%) Agile
2 78 (24.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (18.15%) CI/CD
4 55 (17.52%) User Experience
5 49 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (15.29%) Analytics
6 48 (15.29%) CRM
7 44 (14.01%) Customer Experience
7 44 (14.01%) Roadmaps
8 43 (13.69%) AI
8 43 (13.69%) DevOps
9 37 (11.78%) Scrum
10 36 (11.46%) Migration
11 29 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (9.24%) Project Management
12 27 (8.60%) Decision-Making
13 26 (8.28%) Time Management
14 22 (7.01%) Event-Driven
15 21 (6.69%) ERP
16 20 (6.37%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.10%) SQL
2 30 (9.55%) Python
3 26 (8.28%) TypeScript
4 20 (6.37%) Java
5 19 (6.05%) JavaScript
6 12 (3.82%) C#
7 5 (1.59%) Groovy
7 5 (1.59%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.59%) Swift
8 4 (1.27%) Bash
8 4 (1.27%) LookML
8 4 (1.27%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.96%) ABAP
9 3 (0.96%) Go
10 2 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.64%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.32%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.32%) Korn
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 38 (12.10%) Degree
2 5 (1.59%) Master's Degree
3 4 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.96%) MBA
5 2 (0.64%) CSPO
5 2 (0.64%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.64%) PMP
5 2 (0.64%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.32%) CISA
6 1 (0.32%) CISSP
6 1 (0.32%) IIBA
6 1 (0.32%) ISEB
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.32%) PhD
6 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.64%) Data Quality
2 23 (7.32%) QA
3 12 (3.82%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.55%) GDPR
5 6 (1.91%) PMO
6 3 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.64%) PSD2
8 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.32%) NIST
8 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (3.82%) Docker
2 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.64%) Bosun
2 2 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.32%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 30 (9.55%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.92%) Salesforce
3 19 (6.05%) Adobe
4 17 (5.41%) Oracle
5 15 (4.78%) SAP
6 14 (4.46%) Google
7 8 (2.55%) Sitecore
8 7 (2.23%) IBM
8 7 (2.23%) New Relic
9 6 (1.91%) Splunk
10 5 (1.59%) Databricks
10 5 (1.59%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.59%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.27%) Apple
12 3 (0.96%) Adyen
12 3 (0.96%) Aprimo
12 3 (0.96%) Braze
12 3 (0.96%) OneTrust
12 3 (0.96%) Optimizely
13 2 (0.64%) PayPal