E-Commerce Manager Contract Job Trends

E-Commerce Manager
UK

The median E-Commerce Manager daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 511 563
Rank change year-on-year -79 +52 +135
Contract jobs requiring an E-Commerce Manager 38 17 28
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.083% 0.058% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.063% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 19
10th Percentile £325 - £285
25th Percentile £500 £375 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -11.11% -19.10%
75th Percentile - £450 £569
90th Percentile £750 £630 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - £423
% change year-on-year - - -30.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £63.85
25th Percentile - £46.25 £64.75
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - -29.63% -
75th Percentile - £48.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,201 27,101 40,725
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 92.74% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,267 17,830 26,650
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,670 965 2,551
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.26 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +25.94% -7.16% -23.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.68 £30.62 £35.00
% change year-on-year +36.14% -12.53% -17.38%

E-Commerce Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'E-Commerce Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

E-Commerce Manager job vacancy trend 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 8 April 2026.

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 11 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 8 April 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
England -92 32 £600 - 25
UK excluding London -79 21 £600 - 15
Midlands -50 13 - - 3
West Midlands - 13 - - 2
London -67 11 £600 - 10
Work from Home -25 8 £500 - 12
North of England - 5 £600 - 6
North West - 4 £600 - 4
South East -43 2 £521 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £825 - 1
South West - 1 £750 - 3

E-Commerce Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, E-Commerce Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring E-Commerce Manager in the job title.

1 38 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 18 (47.37%) Agile
2 18 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (31.58%) B2C
4 11 (28.95%) Project Management
5 6 (15.79%) ERP
5 6 (15.79%) Project Planning
5 6 (15.79%) QA
5 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.79%) Supplier Management
6 5 (13.16%) Degree
6 5 (13.16%) PMI Certification
6 5 (13.16%) Product Management
6 5 (13.16%) Scrum
7 4 (10.53%) Customer Experience
7 4 (10.53%) JIRA
7 4 (10.53%) Logistics
7 4 (10.53%) PRINCE2
7 4 (10.53%) Re-Platforming
7 4 (10.53%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (7.89%) Adobe
8 3 (7.89%) Analytics
8 3 (7.89%) B2B
8 3 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (7.89%) EJB
8 3 (7.89%) PMP
8 3 (7.89%) Programme Management
8 3 (7.89%) Scorecard
8 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement

E-Commerce Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Autodesk Smoke
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.26%) Contentsquare
1 2 (5.26%) Google Analytics
1 2 (5.26%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 13 (34.21%) Retail
2 12 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Marketing
4 5 (13.16%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (10.53%) Finance
5 4 (10.53%) French Language
6 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) EJB
2 2 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) FMCG
2 2 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.26%) EPoS
2 2 (5.26%) PMI
3 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 18 (47.37%) Agile
2 18 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (31.58%) B2C
4 11 (28.95%) Project Management
5 6 (15.79%) ERP
5 6 (15.79%) Project Planning
5 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.79%) Supplier Management
6 5 (13.16%) Product Management
6 5 (13.16%) Scrum
7 4 (10.53%) Customer Experience
7 4 (10.53%) Logistics
7 4 (10.53%) PRINCE2
7 4 (10.53%) Re-Platforming
7 4 (10.53%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (7.89%) Analytics
8 3 (7.89%) Scorecard
8 3 (7.89%) User Experience
8 3 (7.89%) Web Operations
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Degree
1 5 (13.16%) PMI Certification
2 3 (7.89%) PMP
3 1 (2.63%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) Adobe
1 3 (7.89%) TikTok
2 2 (5.26%) Google
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.26%) Oracle
2 2 (5.26%) SAP
3 1 (2.63%) Salesforce