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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 509 | 544 | 660 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +35 | +116 | +140 |
| Contract jobs citing E-business | 20 | 43 | 35 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.069% | 0.10% | 0.062% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.076% | 0.12% | 0.069% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 38 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £475 | £513 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £510 | £550 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £625 | £605 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +3.31% | +16.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £703 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £688 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £619 | £603 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.70% | +0.42% | +29.73% |
| 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 | 26,331 | 36,749 | 50,370 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 91.02% | 85.64% | 89.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16,815 | 23,629 | 34,859 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -4.55% | +2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +2.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,103 | 2,511 | 1,675 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.75 | £10.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £16.00 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £36.50 | £37.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.66% | -1.35% | +44.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.88 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £38.12 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.02% | +8.91% | +75.00% |
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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 May 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 8 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 May 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 | +51 | 18 | £600 | -4.00% | 75 |
| UK excluding London | +37 | 11 | £619 | +2.70% | 78 |
| South East | +48 | 9 | £625 | - | 17 |
| London | +52 | 8 | £408 | -35.01% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +41 | 6 | £650 | +18.18% | 10 |
| Scotland | +5 | 1 | £525 | +13.51% | 3 |
| North West | - | 1 | £600 | - | 12 |
| North of England | - | 1 | £600 | - | 21 |
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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: