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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 202 158
Rank change year-on-year +15 -44 +11
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 273 164 288
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.42% 1.29% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.39% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 99 217
10th Percentile £325 £305 £350
25th Percentile £400 £365 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.88% -6.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £588 £581 £631
90th Percentile £685 £688 £860
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £39.65 - £50.38
25th Percentile £44.75 - £56.56
Median hourly rate £54.50 £29.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +87.93% -54.51% +6.25%
75th Percentile £65.38 - £68.75
90th Percentile £71.15 - -
England median hourly rate £46.00 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +196.77% +19.23% -74.00%

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 17,053 11,769 15,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.41% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,360 7,875 11,093
10th Percentile £360 £336 £340
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - -6.34%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 221 300
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £59.36 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £68.08
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.87%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -8 25 £500 -9.30% 12
West London -15 14 £480 +41.18% 10
North London - 2 £456 -
South London - 1 £625 - 2
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 (2.56%) CMS
2 6 (2.20%) Confluence
3 4 (1.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 4 (1.47%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.37%) Kentico
5 1 (0.37%) nginx
5 1 (0.37%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (2.56%) Chatbot
3 6 (2.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (8.42%) Shopify
2 12 (4.40%) Magento
3 6 (2.20%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.47%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.37%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.37%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.37%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.37%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.37%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.37%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.37%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.37%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.37%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.52%) AWS
2 25 (9.16%) Azure
3 19 (6.96%) Figma
4 11 (4.03%) SaaS
5 10 (3.66%) BigCommerce
6 8 (2.93%) Google Workspace
6 8 (2.93%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.56%) GCP
7 7 (2.56%) GitHub
7 7 (2.56%) Miro
7 7 (2.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 7 (2.56%) WhatsApp
8 5 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (1.83%) Serverless
9 4 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.47%) Datadog
10 3 (1.10%) CloudFront
11 2 (0.73%) Adobe Analytics
11 2 (0.73%) Boomi
11 2 (0.73%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.47%) Internet
2 1 (0.37%) Firewall
2 1 (0.37%) LAN
2 1 (0.37%) Network Security
2 1 (0.37%) RFID
2 1 (0.37%) RTMP
2 1 (0.37%) WAN
2 1 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.66%) NoSQL
2 7 (2.56%) Looker
2 7 (2.56%) MySQL
2 7 (2.56%) Power BI
3 5 (1.83%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.83%) Couchbase
3 5 (1.83%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.47%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.47%) Semantic Layer
4 4 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.47%) Tableau
5 3 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.73%) Metadata
6 2 (0.73%) Redis
7 1 (0.37%) Big Data
7 1 (0.37%) KDB
7 1 (0.37%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 22 (8.06%) Jenkins
2 15 (5.49%) Git
3 10 (3.66%) Selenium
4 9 (3.30%) JIRA
5 8 (2.93%) Cypress.io
6 6 (2.20%) GitLab
6 6 (2.20%) Vite
7 5 (1.83%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.83%) Subversion
8 4 (1.47%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.47%) Maven
9 3 (1.10%) Appium
9 3 (1.10%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.73%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.73%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.37%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.37%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.37%) Spock
11 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 117 (42.86%) Retail
2 105 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 66 (24.18%) Finance
4 41 (15.02%) Organisational Skills
5 39 (14.29%) Marketing
6 29 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (5.13%) Manufacturing
9 10 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (3.30%) Banking
10 9 (3.30%) Legal
11 5 (1.83%) Advertising
12 4 (1.47%) Electronics
12 4 (1.47%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.10%) French Language
14 2 (0.73%) Front Office
14 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.37%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 72 (26.37%) Senior
2 31 (11.36%) Project Manager
3 30 (10.99%) Analyst
3 30 (10.99%) Designer
3 30 (10.99%) Senior Manager
4 27 (9.89%) Developer
5 23 (8.42%) Senior Project Manager
6 22 (8.06%) Lead
7 20 (7.33%) Business Analyst
8 17 (6.23%) Product Manager
9 14 (5.13%) Senior Designer
10 12 (4.40%) E-Commerce Manager
11 10 (3.66%) Marketing Manager
11 10 (3.66%) UI Designer
12 9 (3.30%) E-Commerce Analyst
12 9 (3.30%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
12 9 (3.30%) UX Designer
13 8 (2.93%) Architect
13 8 (2.93%) Product Designer
14 7 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.99%) GraphQL
2 21 (7.69%) React
3 20 (7.33%) VML
4 16 (5.86%) REST
5 14 (5.13%) Playwright
6 13 (4.76%) CSS
6 13 (4.76%) Middleware
6 13 (4.76%) Node.js
6 13 (4.76%) Spring
7 11 (4.03%) Next.js
8 10 (3.66%) HTML
9 9 (3.30%) Kafka
9 9 (3.30%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.93%) J2EE
11 7 (2.56%) AngularJS
11 7 (2.56%) RESTful
12 6 (2.20%) jQuery
12 6 (2.20%) Web Services
13 5 (1.83%) .NET
13 5 (1.83%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.66%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.30%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.20%) AI Agents
6 6 (2.20%) Graphic Design
6 6 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.47%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.10%) FMCG
8 3 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (1.10%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.10%) Smart Home
8 3 (1.10%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.73%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.03%) Android
2 10 (3.66%) Apple iOS
3 7 (2.56%) Linux
4 5 (1.83%) Windows
5 4 (1.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (35.53%) Agile
2 65 (23.81%) User Experience
3 57 (20.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 54 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (15.75%) Time Management
6 42 (15.38%) Project Management
7 33 (12.09%) Release Management
7 33 (12.09%) Scrum
8 32 (11.72%) CI/CD
8 32 (11.72%) Customer Experience
9 30 (10.99%) Analytics
10 29 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (9.89%) AI
12 26 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
13 25 (9.16%) Roadmaps
14 24 (8.79%) B2C
14 24 (8.79%) CRM
15 23 (8.42%) DevOps
15 23 (8.42%) SDLC
16 21 (7.69%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.79%) Java
2 22 (8.06%) JavaScript
3 20 (7.33%) SQL
3 20 (7.33%) TypeScript
4 12 (4.40%) Python
5 5 (1.83%) Groovy
5 5 (1.83%) Kotlin
5 5 (1.83%) Swift
6 4 (1.47%) C#
7 3 (1.10%) Go
8 2 (0.73%) Bash
8 2 (0.73%) Korn
8 2 (0.73%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.37%) PHP
9 1 (0.37%) R
9 1 (0.37%) Scala
9 1 (0.37%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (8.42%) Degree
2 5 (1.83%) CSPO
3 2 (0.73%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.37%) CISA
4 1 (0.37%) CISSP
4 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.37%) ISEB
4 1 (0.37%) MBA
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.37%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.33%) QA
2 16 (5.86%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.30%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.47%) GDPR
4 4 (1.47%) SLA
5 3 (1.10%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.10%) PMO
6 2 (0.73%) PSD2
6 2 (0.73%) WCAG
7 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (4.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.37%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.37%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 14 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 6 (2.20%) Terraform
4 3 (1.10%) Grafana
4 3 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (10.26%) Salesforce
2 21 (7.69%) Adobe
3 19 (6.96%) SAP
4 17 (6.23%) Google
5 14 (5.13%) Microsoft
6 12 (4.40%) Oracle
7 9 (3.30%) Sitecore
8 5 (1.83%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.83%) IBM
8 5 (1.83%) Splunk
9 4 (1.47%) Databricks
9 4 (1.47%) Netlify
9 4 (1.47%) New Relic
10 2 (0.73%) Apple
10 2 (0.73%) Klarna
10 2 (0.73%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.73%) PayPal
11 1 (0.37%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.37%) Infor
11 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow