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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 169 155
Rank change year-on-year -9 -14 0
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 257 203 279
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.45% 1.62% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.75% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 129 204
10th Percentile £315 £313 £350
25th Percentile £409 £370 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% -3.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £775
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £27.27 - £63.85
25th Percentile £40.50 - £64.75
Median hourly rate £58.25 £29.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.86% -57.04% +92.86%
75th Percentile £68.25 - £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 - -
England median hourly rate £46.00 £29.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year +58.62% +123.08% -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 15,622 11,589 15,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.42% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,456 7,858 11,248
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -2.97%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -4 27 £375 +10.70% 10
Central London -7 23 £475 -16.67% 74
East London - 1 £400 - 5
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 8 (3.11%) CMS
2 6 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 6 (2.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) Apache
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.39%) Kentico
3 1 (0.39%) nginx
3 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Sitefinity
3 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.11%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.78%) Autodesk Smoke
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.39%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 38 (14.79%) Shopify
2 5 (1.95%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (1.56%) Magento
4 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) Endur
4 2 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.39%) Eikon
5 1 (0.39%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.39%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.39%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.39%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.00%) AWS
1 18 (7.00%) SaaS
2 15 (5.84%) Azure
2 15 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
3 14 (5.45%) Datadog
3 14 (5.45%) Figma
4 13 (5.06%) BigCommerce
5 10 (3.89%) GCP
6 7 (2.72%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.72%) Miro
6 7 (2.72%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.72%) Serverless
6 7 (2.72%) WhatsApp
7 6 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.95%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 4 (1.56%) Contentsquare
9 4 (1.56%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 3 (1.17%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.78%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.17%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.39%) Firewall
2 1 (0.39%) Internet
2 1 (0.39%) LAN
2 1 (0.39%) Network Security
2 1 (0.39%) RFID
2 1 (0.39%) RTMP
2 1 (0.39%) WAN
2 1 (0.39%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.11%) MySQL
2 6 (2.33%) Power BI
3 5 (1.95%) Looker
3 5 (1.95%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.56%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.56%) Redis
5 3 (1.17%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.17%) Metadata
5 3 (1.17%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.17%) Tableau
6 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.78%) CockroachDB
6 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.39%) Big Data
7 1 (0.39%) Bigtable
7 1 (0.39%) KDB
7 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (10.12%) Jenkins
2 12 (4.67%) JIRA
3 10 (3.89%) Selenium
4 8 (3.11%) Git
5 7 (2.72%) Cypress.io
5 7 (2.72%) GitLab
6 4 (1.56%) Maven
7 3 (1.17%) Appium
7 3 (1.17%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.78%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.78%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.78%) Vite
8 2 (0.78%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.39%) NUnit
9 1 (0.39%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 93 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 79 (30.74%) Retail
3 53 (20.62%) Finance
4 33 (12.84%) Marketing
4 33 (12.84%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.67%) Legal
6 12 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.11%) Electronics
7 8 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.72%) Banking
9 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.56%) French Language
10 4 (1.56%) Front Office
10 4 (1.56%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.17%) Advertising
11 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.39%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 72 (28.02%) Senior
2 36 (14.01%) Analyst
3 29 (11.28%) Project Manager
4 28 (10.89%) Developer
4 28 (10.89%) Senior Manager
5 26 (10.12%) Business Analyst
6 22 (8.56%) Senior Project Manager
7 20 (7.78%) Designer
8 18 (7.00%) Consultant
9 15 (5.84%) Lead
10 13 (5.06%) Architect
10 13 (5.06%) Senior Designer
11 10 (3.89%) E-Commerce Analyst
11 10 (3.89%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
11 10 (3.89%) E-Commerce Manager
12 9 (3.50%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (3.50%) UX Designer
13 8 (3.11%) Product Designer
13 8 (3.11%) Technical Consultant
14 7 (2.72%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.23%) GraphQL
1 34 (13.23%) Node.js
2 29 (11.28%) Playwright
3 21 (8.17%) React
3 21 (8.17%) VML
4 19 (7.39%) CSS
4 19 (7.39%) Vitest
5 17 (6.61%) REST
6 16 (6.23%) HTML
7 12 (4.67%) Middleware
7 12 (4.67%) YAML
8 11 (4.28%) OpenTelemetry
9 9 (3.50%) Spring
10 8 (3.11%) Next.js
11 7 (2.72%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.72%) HTML5
11 7 (2.72%) Web Services
12 6 (2.33%) .NET
12 6 (2.33%) jQuery
13 5 (1.95%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.28%) Cloud Native
2 26 (10.12%) Product Ownership
3 18 (7.00%) Mobile App
4 11 (4.28%) Virtual Team
5 10 (3.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.89%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.50%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (2.33%) PMI
8 5 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.56%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.56%) FMCG
10 3 (1.17%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.78%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.78%) Fixed Income
11 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.78%) Mobile Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.11%) Android
2 7 (2.72%) Apple iOS
2 7 (2.72%) Linux
3 4 (1.56%) Unix
3 4 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (42.02%) Agile
2 59 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (18.68%) User Experience
4 45 (17.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (16.34%) CI/CD
6 39 (15.18%) Project Management
7 33 (12.84%) Customer Experience
7 33 (12.84%) Time Management
8 32 (12.45%) Analytics
9 31 (12.06%) DevOps
10 27 (10.51%) Workshop Facilitation
11 26 (10.12%) Mentoring
11 26 (10.12%) Release Management
12 25 (9.73%) Scrum
12 25 (9.73%) Test Automation
13 24 (9.34%) B2B
14 23 (8.95%) B2C
15 22 (8.56%) Coaching
15 22 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (8.56%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 35 (13.62%) TypeScript
2 26 (10.12%) JavaScript
3 18 (7.00%) SQL
4 17 (6.61%) Java
5 10 (3.89%) Python
6 5 (1.95%) C#
7 3 (1.17%) PHP
8 2 (0.78%) Go
9 1 (0.39%) Bash
9 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.39%) Korn
9 1 (0.39%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.39%) Ruby
9 1 (0.39%) Swift
9 1 (0.39%) XPath
Qualifications
1 14 (5.45%) Degree
2 6 (2.33%) PMI Certification
3 5 (1.95%) CSPO
4 2 (0.78%) CBAP
5 1 (0.39%) CISA
5 1 (0.39%) CISSP
5 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.56%) QA
2 15 (5.84%) GDPR
3 14 (5.45%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.72%) PERC
5 6 (2.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (2.33%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.56%) SLA
6 4 (1.56%) WCAG
7 3 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.78%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.78%) PSD2
9 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (10.12%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) Varnish
3 1 (0.39%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 27 (10.51%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.67%) Grafana
2 12 (4.67%) Prometheus
3 8 (3.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.17%) Terraform
5 1 (0.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (11.28%) Adobe
2 27 (10.51%) Salesforce
3 25 (9.73%) SAP
4 19 (7.39%) Google
5 12 (4.67%) Microsoft
5 12 (4.67%) Sitecore
6 9 (3.50%) Tealium
7 5 (1.95%) mParticle
7 5 (1.95%) OneTrust
8 4 (1.56%) Databricks
8 4 (1.56%) Netlify
9 3 (1.17%) Oracle
9 3 (1.17%) Splunk
10 2 (0.78%) ION Trading
10 2 (0.78%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.39%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.39%) Botify
11 1 (0.39%) Cisco
11 1 (0.39%) Instagram
11 1 (0.39%) Omniture