Electronic Business (eBusiness)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring E-business skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited E-business over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 490 | 564 | 677 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +74 | +113 | +129 |
| Contract jobs citing E-business | 29 | 36 | 36 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.099% | 0.083% | 0.060% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.11% | 0.096% | 0.067% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 27 | 32 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £404 | £509 | £498 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £544 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £625 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +4.17% | +14.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £681 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £728 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £619 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.03% | +3.13% | +27.66% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £18.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £18.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £18.50 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
E-business 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 26,551 | 37,621 | 53,662 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.82% | 86.30% | 89.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,137 | 24,254 | 37,244 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £521 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.86% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £744 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £481 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.80% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,071 | 2,437 | 1,746 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.70 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.50 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.31% | -4.83% | +49.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.00 | £59.95 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.94 | £36.50 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.45% | +1.39% | +80.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing E-business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-business.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-business over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-business.
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Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-business within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +67 | 27 | £600 | -4.00% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +56 | 23 | £600 | -3.03% | 6 |
| South East | +46 | 19 | £601 | -3.92% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +43 | 11 | £625 | +2.04% | 11 |
| London | +38 | 5 | £408 | -40.60% | 9 |
| South West | - | 2 | - | - | |
| North West | - | 1 | £600 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | £525 | - | |
| North of England | - | 1 | £600 | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: