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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 189 154
Rank change year-on-year +6 -35 +39
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 297 181 272
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.48% 1.35% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 1.46% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 108 210
10th Percentile £312 £265 £350
25th Percentile £400 £355 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -8.44% +0.40%
75th Percentile £628 £575 £650
90th Percentile £763 £708 £874
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £51.50 - £47.63
25th Percentile £53.75 £30.75 £49.69
Median hourly rate £60.00 £31.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% -41.40% -6.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £32.25 £57.19
90th Percentile £72.50 - £58.88
England median hourly rate £35.91 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +131.68% -3.13% -68.00%

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 17,897 12,384 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.53% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,693 8,242 9,970
10th Percentile £360 £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 £688
90th Percentile £775 £787 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 255 193
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -10.03% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.63 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 38 £525 -1.18% 57
West London -11 18 £480 +42.22% 13
North London -1 2 £456 -49.31% 1
South London - 1 £625 - 5
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 11 (3.70%) CMS
2 7 (2.36%) Confluence
3 4 (1.35%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.67%) Apache
5 2 (0.67%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.67%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.34%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.34%) Mule
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.34%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (6.06%) Shopify
2 15 (5.05%) Magento
3 7 (2.36%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (2.02%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.68%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.67%) ION MarketView
7 2 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.34%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.34%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 1 (0.34%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.34%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.34%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 42 (14.14%) AWS
2 36 (12.12%) Azure
3 14 (4.71%) Figma
4 10 (3.37%) GCP
4 10 (3.37%) GitHub
5 9 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.03%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 8 (2.69%) SaaS
6 8 (2.69%) Serverless
7 7 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.36%) BigCommerce
7 7 (2.36%) Datadog
8 6 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.02%) Snowflake
9 5 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.68%) CloudFront
9 5 (1.68%) dbt
10 4 (1.35%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.35%) WAN
2 3 (1.01%) Firewall
2 3 (1.01%) Internet
3 2 (0.67%) HTTP
3 2 (0.67%) LAN
3 2 (0.67%) Network Security
3 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.67%) VPN
3 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.34%) Wireless
4 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.37%) Looker
1 10 (3.37%) NoSQL
2 9 (3.03%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.69%) BigQuery
3 8 (2.69%) Power BI
4 6 (2.02%) Couchbase
4 6 (2.02%) Redis
5 5 (1.68%) MySQL
5 5 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.68%) Tableau
6 4 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
6 4 (1.35%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.01%) Metadata
7 3 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.67%) KDB
8 2 (0.67%) Power Query
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.34%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 25 (8.42%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.71%) Git
3 11 (3.70%) JIRA
4 8 (2.69%) Subversion
5 7 (2.36%) Cypress.io
6 6 (2.02%) Vite
7 5 (1.68%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.68%) GitLab
7 5 (1.68%) Selenium
8 4 (1.35%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.01%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.67%) Appium
10 2 (0.67%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.67%) Maven
10 2 (0.67%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.34%) Bundler
11 1 (0.34%) MLflow
11 1 (0.34%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.34%) Spock
11 1 (0.34%) TestRail
General
1 139 (46.80%) Retail
2 105 (35.35%) Social Skills
3 53 (17.85%) Marketing
4 49 (16.50%) Finance
5 39 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (11.78%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (4.38%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.03%) Banking
11 7 (2.36%) Advertising
11 7 (2.36%) Legal
12 5 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.35%) Electronics
13 4 (1.35%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.01%) French Language
15 2 (0.67%) Front Office
15 2 (0.67%) German Language
15 2 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 63 (21.21%) Senior
2 38 (12.79%) Developer
3 28 (9.43%) Analyst
4 23 (7.74%) Designer
5 21 (7.07%) Architect
6 19 (6.40%) Lead
6 19 (6.40%) Product Manager
6 19 (6.40%) Project Manager
7 18 (6.06%) Senior Manager
8 17 (5.72%) Business Analyst
9 15 (5.05%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (4.04%) UI Designer
11 10 (3.37%) E-Commerce Manager
12 9 (3.03%) Consultant
12 9 (3.03%) Lead Designer
12 9 (3.03%) Marketing Manager
12 9 (3.03%) Senior Designer
12 9 (3.03%) Senior Developer
12 9 (3.03%) Technical Manager
13 8 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (10.77%) GraphQL
2 23 (7.74%) React
2 23 (7.74%) REST
3 20 (6.73%) Node.js
4 17 (5.72%) VML
5 14 (4.71%) Spring
6 13 (4.38%) Next.js
7 12 (4.04%) Kafka
7 12 (4.04%) Spring Boot
8 11 (3.70%) Middleware
8 11 (3.70%) Terraform
9 10 (3.37%) .NET
10 9 (3.03%) CSS
10 9 (3.03%) HTML
10 9 (3.03%) Playwright
10 9 (3.03%) RESTful
11 7 (2.36%) Jakarta EE
12 6 (2.02%) SOAP
13 5 (1.68%) HTML5
13 5 (1.68%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.44%) Product Ownership
2 18 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.70%) Mobile App
6 9 (3.03%) Graphic Design
7 8 (2.69%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.36%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.36%) FMCG
8 7 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.36%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.68%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (1.01%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.01%) Smart Home
11 3 (1.01%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.03%) Android
1 9 (3.03%) Apple iOS
2 6 (2.02%) Windows
3 3 (1.01%) Linux
3 3 (1.01%) Unix
4 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (30.64%) Agile
2 66 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 57 (19.19%) User Experience
4 52 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (15.49%) CI/CD
6 37 (12.46%) Scrum
7 36 (12.12%) DevOps
8 35 (11.78%) AI
8 35 (11.78%) Time Management
9 34 (11.45%) CRM
10 33 (11.11%) Analytics
10 33 (11.11%) Customer Experience
11 32 (10.77%) Migration
12 31 (10.44%) Roadmaps
13 29 (9.76%) Project Management
14 26 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (8.75%) Release Management
15 23 (7.74%) Mentoring
16 20 (6.73%) Software Engineering
17 19 (6.40%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.44%) SQL
2 24 (8.08%) TypeScript
3 23 (7.74%) Java
4 21 (7.07%) Python
5 19 (6.40%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.37%) C#
7 5 (1.68%) Groovy
7 5 (1.68%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.68%) Swift
8 4 (1.35%) Bash
8 4 (1.35%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.01%) Go
9 3 (1.01%) LookML
10 2 (0.67%) PHP
11 1 (0.34%) ABAP
11 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.34%) Korn
11 1 (0.34%) SOQL
11 1 (0.34%) SOSL
11 1 (0.34%) XPath
Qualifications
1 33 (11.11%) Degree
2 5 (1.68%) CSPO
2 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.01%) MBA
4 2 (0.67%) Security Cleared
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%) PhD
5 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.34%) PMP
5 1 (0.34%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.74%) QA
2 16 (5.39%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.04%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.35%) GDPR
5 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.01%) PMO
5 3 (1.01%) SLA
6 2 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.67%) PSD2
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (5.39%) Docker
2 2 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.34%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 19 (6.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.01%) Grafana
2 3 (1.01%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.67%) Bosun
3 2 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.34%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 30 (10.10%) Salesforce
2 25 (8.42%) Microsoft
3 19 (6.40%) Adobe
4 15 (5.05%) Google
4 15 (5.05%) Oracle
5 14 (4.71%) SAP
6 7 (2.36%) IBM
6 7 (2.36%) New Relic
6 7 (2.36%) Sitecore
7 5 (1.68%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.68%) Splunk
8 4 (1.35%) Apple
8 4 (1.35%) Databricks
8 4 (1.35%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.01%) Braze
10 2 (0.67%) Klarna
10 2 (0.67%) Netlify
10 2 (0.67%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.67%) PayPal
10 2 (0.67%) Screaming Frog