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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 180 160
Rank change year-on-year -8 -20 +33
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 303 188 268
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.51% 1.42% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.54% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 111 205
10th Percentile £312 £265 £350
25th Percentile £400 £378 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -0.72%
75th Percentile £634 £588 £650
90th Percentile £763 £725 £864
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £51.50 £25.22 £47.63
25th Percentile £53.75 £26.15 £49.69
Median hourly rate £60.00 £28.06 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +113.87% -47.80% -16.99%
75th Percentile £68.75 £30.34 £57.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £31.49 £58.88
England median hourly rate £42.96 £15.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +177.13% -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 17,884 12,219 14,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.13% 92.48% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,701 8,101 9,738
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 186
10th Percentile £17.18 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.98 £25.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.69 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 40 £525 -2.33% 57
West London -17 15 £480 +42.22% 9
North London +2 2 £456 -49.31% 1
South London - 1 £625 - 3
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 15 (4.95%) CMS
2 9 (2.97%) Confluence
3 5 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.32%) Apache
4 4 (1.32%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.99%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.66%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.66%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.33%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.33%) Mule
7 1 (0.33%) nginx
7 1 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (2.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.33%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.33%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.27%) Shopify
2 16 (5.28%) Magento
3 9 (2.97%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.98%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.66%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.33%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 1 (0.33%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.33%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 44 (14.52%) AWS
2 43 (14.19%) Azure
3 14 (4.62%) Figma
4 12 (3.96%) GCP
4 12 (3.96%) GitHub
5 11 (3.63%) Serverless
6 10 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (3.30%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.30%) SaaS
6 10 (3.30%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 8 (2.64%) Snowflake
8 7 (2.31%) BigCommerce
9 6 (1.98%) Azure Functions
9 6 (1.98%) dbt
9 6 (1.98%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.65%) CloudFront
10 5 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.32%) WAN
2 3 (0.99%) Firewall
2 3 (0.99%) Internet
3 2 (0.66%) HTTP
3 2 (0.66%) LAN
3 2 (0.66%) Network Security
3 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.66%) VPN
3 2 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.33%) Wireless
4 1 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.63%) NoSQL
2 10 (3.30%) BigQuery
2 10 (3.30%) Looker
3 9 (2.97%) MongoDB
3 9 (2.97%) Power BI
4 6 (1.98%) Couchbase
4 6 (1.98%) Redis
4 6 (1.98%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.65%) Tableau
6 4 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
7 3 (0.99%) Metadata
7 3 (0.99%) MySQL
7 3 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.99%) Power Query
8 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.66%) KDB
8 2 (0.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (7.26%) Jenkins
2 16 (5.28%) Git
3 13 (4.29%) JIRA
4 8 (2.64%) Subversion
5 7 (2.31%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.98%) Vite
7 5 (1.65%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.65%) GitLab
7 5 (1.65%) Selenium
8 4 (1.32%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.99%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.66%) Appium
10 2 (0.66%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.66%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.33%) Bundler
11 1 (0.33%) MLflow
11 1 (0.33%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.33%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.33%) Spock
11 1 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 144 (47.52%) Retail
2 108 (35.64%) Social Skills
3 56 (18.48%) Marketing
4 48 (15.84%) Finance
5 39 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (11.55%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (4.29%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.97%) Banking
11 7 (2.31%) Legal
12 6 (1.98%) Advertising
13 5 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.32%) Electronics
14 4 (1.32%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.32%) Publishing
15 3 (0.99%) French Language
16 2 (0.66%) Front Office
16 2 (0.66%) German Language
16 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (20.79%) Senior
2 37 (12.21%) Developer
3 29 (9.57%) Analyst
4 23 (7.59%) Architect
4 23 (7.59%) Designer
5 20 (6.60%) Lead
6 18 (5.94%) Business Analyst
6 18 (5.94%) Product Manager
6 18 (5.94%) Project Manager
7 17 (5.61%) Senior Manager
8 15 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (3.96%) UI Designer
10 11 (3.63%) E-Commerce Manager
11 10 (3.30%) Consultant
11 10 (3.30%) Data Engineer
12 9 (2.97%) Lead Designer
12 9 (2.97%) Marketing Manager
12 9 (2.97%) Senior Designer
12 9 (2.97%) Senior Developer
12 9 (2.97%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.57%) GraphQL
2 24 (7.92%) React
3 22 (7.26%) REST
4 18 (5.94%) Node.js
5 17 (5.61%) VML
6 14 (4.62%) Kafka
6 14 (4.62%) Next.js
7 12 (3.96%) .NET
7 12 (3.96%) Spring
7 12 (3.96%) Spring Boot
8 11 (3.63%) Middleware
8 11 (3.63%) Terraform
9 9 (2.97%) HTML
9 9 (2.97%) RESTful
10 7 (2.31%) CSS
11 6 (1.98%) Playwright
11 6 (1.98%) SOAP
12 5 (1.65%) ASP.NET
12 5 (1.65%) Jakarta EE
12 5 (1.65%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.56%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.94%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.63%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.97%) Graphic Design
7 8 (2.64%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.31%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.31%) FMCG
8 7 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.99%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.99%) Life Science
11 3 (0.99%) Smart Home
12 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.66%) Digital Wallet
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.97%) Android
1 9 (2.97%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.32%) Windows
3 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.33%) Linux
4 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (30.36%) Agile
2 72 (23.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (18.81%) User Experience
4 51 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
5 49 (16.17%) CI/CD
6 38 (12.54%) Scrum
7 37 (12.21%) AI
7 37 (12.21%) CRM
7 37 (12.21%) DevOps
8 35 (11.55%) Analytics
8 35 (11.55%) Customer Experience
8 35 (11.55%) Migration
9 33 (10.89%) Roadmaps
10 32 (10.56%) Time Management
11 31 (10.23%) Project Management
12 28 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (7.92%) Release Management
14 21 (6.93%) Mentoring
15 19 (6.27%) ERP
15 19 (6.27%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.22%) SQL
2 24 (7.92%) Python
3 22 (7.26%) TypeScript
4 21 (6.93%) Java
5 16 (5.28%) JavaScript
6 12 (3.96%) C#
7 5 (1.65%) Groovy
7 5 (1.65%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.65%) Swift
8 4 (1.32%) Bash
8 4 (1.32%) LookML
8 4 (1.32%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.99%) Go
10 2 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.66%) PHP
10 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.33%) ABAP
11 1 (0.33%) Korn
11 1 (0.33%) SOQL
11 1 (0.33%) XPath
Qualifications
1 33 (10.89%) Degree
2 5 (1.65%) CSPO
2 5 (1.65%) Master's Degree
3 3 (0.99%) MBA
3 3 (0.99%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.33%) CISA
4 1 (0.33%) CISSP
4 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.33%) IIBA
4 1 (0.33%) ISEB
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.33%) PhD
4 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.33%) PMP
4 1 (0.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.25%) QA
2 19 (6.27%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.96%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.65%) GDPR
5 3 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.99%) PMO
6 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.66%) PSD2
7 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.33%) NIST
7 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (4.29%) Docker
2 3 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.33%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 16 (5.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.66%) Bosun
2 2 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.33%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 31 (10.23%) Salesforce
2 30 (9.90%) Microsoft
3 19 (6.27%) Adobe
4 15 (4.95%) Oracle
5 14 (4.62%) Google
5 14 (4.62%) SAP
6 7 (2.31%) IBM
6 7 (2.31%) New Relic
6 7 (2.31%) Sitecore
7 6 (1.98%) Databricks
7 6 (1.98%) Splunk
8 5 (1.65%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.32%) Apple
9 4 (1.32%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.99%) Adyen
10 3 (0.99%) Aprimo
10 3 (0.99%) Braze
10 3 (0.99%) OneTrust
10 3 (0.99%) Optimizely
11 2 (0.66%) Screaming Frog