E-Commerce Manager Contract Job Trends

E-Commerce Manager
UK

The median E-Commerce Manager daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 547 641
Rank change year-on-year +21 +94 +122
Contract jobs requiring an E-Commerce Manager 21 22 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.058% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.062% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 17
10th Percentile £375 £270 £358
25th Percentile £400 £329 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -16.67% +2.44%
75th Percentile £568 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £626 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £375 £550
% change year-on-year +40.00% -31.82% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,740 35,350 47,152
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 92.95% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,772 21,777 32,303
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,564 1,687 1,507
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.77
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%
75th Percentile £52.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -44.11% +6.95% +91.26%

E-Commerce Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured E-Commerce Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for E-Commerce Manager in the UK

E-Commerce Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for E-Commerce Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for E-Commerce Manager job vacancies in the UK

E-Commerce Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce Manager over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce Manager in the UK

E-Commerce Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for E-Commerce Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for E-Commerce Manager job vacancies in the UK

E-Commerce Manager
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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 +9 15 £538 +13.16% 53
UK excluding London +2 11 £525 +40.00% 42
Work from Home +31 6 £550 +48.65% 24
South East +20 6 £555 +62.52% 21
London +27 4 £550 - 19
Yorkshire -11 4 £475 - 1
North of England -11 4 £475 -7.32% 12
West Midlands -11 1 £525 - 1
Midlands -11 1 £525 - 5

E-Commerce Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, E-Commerce Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring E-Commerce Manager in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 8 (38.10%) Marketing
4 7 (33.33%) Agile
4 7 (33.33%) Retail
4 7 (33.33%) Project Management
4 7 (33.33%) Analytics
4 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (23.81%) CRM
5 5 (23.81%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (19.05%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (19.05%) Shopify
6 4 (19.05%) User Experience
6 4 (19.05%) Marketing Strategy
6 4 (19.05%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 4 (19.05%) Marketing Analytics
6 4 (19.05%) Data-Driven Marketing
6 4 (19.05%) Customer Acquisition
7 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 3 (14.29%) Product Management
7 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 3 (14.29%) Mobile App
7 3 (14.29%) Channel Management
7 3 (14.29%) CMS
7 3 (14.29%) Electronics
7 3 (14.29%) Automotive
7 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
7 3 (14.29%) Adobe

E-Commerce Manager Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) CMS
2 2 (9.52%) Confluence
2 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Shopify
2 3 (14.29%) Magento
3 1 (4.76%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) BigCommerce
2 1 (4.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) Subversion
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Marketing
3 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (33.33%) Retail
4 3 (14.29%) Automotive
4 3 (14.29%) Electronics
5 1 (4.76%) Finance
5 1 (4.76%) French Language
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (4.76%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) Analytics
2 7 (33.33%) Project Management
3 5 (23.81%) CRM
3 5 (23.81%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (19.05%) Customer Acquisition
4 4 (19.05%) Data-Driven Marketing
4 4 (19.05%) Marketing Analytics
4 4 (19.05%) Marketing Strategy
4 4 (19.05%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (19.05%) User Experience
5 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (14.29%) Channel Management
5 3 (14.29%) Product Management
5 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
6 2 (9.52%) B2B
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
1 2 (9.52%) PMP
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
1 2 (9.52%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Adobe
1 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Optimizely
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Sitecore
2 1 (4.76%) Workday