E-Commerce Contract Job Trends in Southampton

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring E-Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 20 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 2.86% 0.72% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 0.86% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £321
25th Percentile - £663 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £413
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +63.64% -20.48%
75th Percentile £644 £688 £497
90th Percentile £678 - £544
Hampshire median daily rate £625 £600 £563
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -2.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 115 116 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 82.14% 84.06% 67.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 72 73
10th Percentile £170 £170 £200
25th Percentile £319 £308 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £588 £555 £588
90th Percentile £689 £673 £648
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 7 3
10th Percentile £15.39 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £39.63 -
Median hourly rate £37.24 £71.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.55% -11.25% +196.30%
75th Percentile £45.31 £74.00 -
90th Percentile £62.23 £90.40 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £37.24 £22.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +65.51% -67.86% +33.33%

E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing E-Commerce relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

E-Commerce job vacancy trend in Southampton

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing E-Commerce.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing E-Commerce

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing E-Commerce.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing E-Commerce

E-Commerce
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (25.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) API Integration
2 1 (25.00%) B2C
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe