E-Commerce Contract Job Trends

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring E-Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 252 183
Rank change year-on-year -24 -69 +23
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 514 355 516
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.09% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.20% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 204 371
10th Percentile £325 £306 £305
25th Percentile £420 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £605
90th Percentile £703 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 3
10th Percentile £13.47 - £22.05
25th Percentile £44.75 £15.25 £31.13
Median hourly rate £62.00 £15.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +300.00% -67.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £71.38 £17.97 £54.38
90th Percentile £73.95 £28.43 £57.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.00 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +300.00% -3.13% -68.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,073 29,551 32,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 90.64% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,867 18,364 19,652
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,200 1,847 1,359
10th Percentile £13.74 £14.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £20.06
Median hourly rate £39.75 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.05% -40.82% -1.16%
75th Percentile £65.88 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £74.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £22.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +79.25% -48.10% +1.18%

E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend

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

E-Commerce job vacancy trend in the UK

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Top 13 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 29 September 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 -33 476 £525 +5.00% 1,495
London 0 301 £500 -2.91% 837
UK excluding London -74 163 £550 +15.79% 705
Work from Home -25 157 £520 +4.00% 559
North of England -54 63 £560 +24.44% 247
North West -21 50 £560 +17.89% 154
Midlands -19 35 £594 +22.42% 128
South East -83 33 £538 -2.27% 150
West Midlands -30 23 £650 +23.81% 65
East of England -24 17 £500 +5.26% 60
South West -37 16 £525 +31.25% 77
Yorkshire -47 13 £425 -5.56% 72
East Midlands -9 11 £475 - 63

E-Commerce
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 26 (5.06%) CMS
2 18 (3.50%) Confluence
3 8 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.56%) WordPress
4 5 (0.97%) Apache
5 4 (0.78%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.58%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.58%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.39%) Mule
7 2 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.19%) Mendix
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 13 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.17%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.17%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.17%) Sketch
6 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 33 (6.42%) Shopify
2 20 (3.89%) Magento
3 13 (2.53%) Payment Gateway
4 12 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (1.95%) SAP CRM
6 8 (1.56%) NetSuite
7 6 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.39%) ION MarketView
8 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.39%) SAP Hybris
9 1 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.19%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG-F
9 1 (0.19%) SAP Retail
9 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (16.93%) AWS
2 83 (16.15%) Azure
3 32 (6.23%) GCP
4 26 (5.06%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 23 (4.47%) Figma
6 22 (4.28%) GitHub
7 18 (3.50%) SaaS
8 17 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (2.72%) dbt
10 14 (2.72%) Power Platform
11 13 (2.53%) Serverless
11 13 (2.53%) Snowflake
12 11 (2.14%) Algolia
13 8 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (1.36%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.36%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.36%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.56%) HTTP
2 4 (0.78%) WAN
3 3 (0.58%) Firewall
3 3 (0.58%) Internet
4 2 (0.39%) LAN
4 2 (0.39%) Network Security
4 2 (0.39%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.39%) VPN
4 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
5 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.72%) Power BI
2 11 (2.14%) Looker
2 11 (2.14%) NoSQL
3 10 (1.95%) BigQuery
3 10 (1.95%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.75%) Tableau
5 8 (1.56%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.56%) SAP HANA
6 7 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.36%) Redis
7 6 (1.17%) Couchbase
7 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.97%) Metadata
8 5 (0.97%) MySQL
9 4 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.78%) SAP BW
9 4 (0.78%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 23 (4.47%) JIRA
3 21 (4.09%) Git
4 8 (1.56%) Subversion
5 6 (1.17%) Claude Code
5 6 (1.17%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.17%) Vite
6 4 (0.78%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.58%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.58%) Hudson
8 2 (0.39%) GitLab
8 2 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.39%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.19%) Appium
9 1 (0.19%) Bundler
9 1 (0.19%) MLflow
9 1 (0.19%) Postman
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 248 (48.25%) Retail
2 174 (33.85%) Social Skills
3 84 (16.34%) Marketing
4 77 (14.98%) Finance
5 56 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (5.06%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.50%) Banking
9 9 (1.75%) Legal
10 8 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.36%) Advertising
11 7 (1.36%) French Language
11 7 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.97%) Publishing
13 4 (0.78%) Billing
13 4 (0.78%) Electronics
14 2 (0.39%) German Language
14 2 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (15.76%) Senior
2 58 (11.28%) Developer
3 57 (11.09%) Architect
4 48 (9.34%) Analyst
5 34 (6.61%) Designer
6 30 (5.84%) Business Analyst
7 28 (5.45%) Project Manager
8 27 (5.25%) Lead
8 27 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
9 26 (5.06%) Product Manager
10 25 (4.86%) E-Commerce Manager
11 20 (3.89%) UI Designer
12 19 (3.70%) Consultant
12 19 (3.70%) Software Engineer
13 16 (3.11%) Senior Designer
14 15 (2.92%) Data Engineer
14 15 (2.92%) Salesforce Developer
14 15 (2.92%) Senior Developer
14 15 (2.92%) Technical Architect
15 13 (2.53%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.14%) REST
2 43 (8.37%) React
3 39 (7.59%) Node.js
4 31 (6.03%) GraphQL
5 30 (5.84%) Kafka
6 21 (4.09%) Next.js
7 20 (3.89%) Spring
7 20 (3.89%) Spring Boot
8 19 (3.70%) Terraform
9 16 (3.11%) SOAP
10 14 (2.72%) .NET
11 13 (2.53%) RESTful
11 13 (2.53%) VML
12 12 (2.33%) HTML
12 12 (2.33%) Middleware
13 9 (1.75%) CSS
14 8 (1.56%) Lightning Web Components
14 8 (1.56%) SAP Fiori
14 8 (1.56%) SAPUI5
15 7 (1.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.95%) Product Ownership
2 37 (7.20%) Cloud Native
3 32 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.67%) Mobile App
5 19 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.72%) Management Information System
9 11 (2.14%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.95%) FMCG
10 10 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.75%) Graphic Design
12 8 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.36%) Animation
14 6 (1.17%) Credit Risk
15 5 (0.97%) Life Science
15 5 (0.97%) Security Posture
15 5 (0.97%) Taxonomies
16 4 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.75%) Android
1 9 (1.75%) Apple iOS
2 7 (1.36%) Windows
3 5 (0.97%) Linux
4 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (29.18%) Agile
2 117 (22.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 87 (16.93%) CI/CD
4 80 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (15.37%) Customer Experience
6 77 (14.98%) CRM
7 72 (14.01%) User Experience
8 67 (13.04%) AI
9 63 (12.26%) Roadmaps
10 61 (11.87%) Analytics
11 57 (11.09%) DevOps
12 56 (10.89%) Scrum
13 53 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (9.92%) Event-Driven
15 48 (9.34%) Migration
16 44 (8.56%) B2C
16 44 (8.56%) Software Engineering
17 38 (7.39%) ERP
18 37 (7.20%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 35 (6.81%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (9.73%) SQL
2 40 (7.78%) Python
3 33 (6.42%) TypeScript
4 31 (6.03%) Java
4 31 (6.03%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.92%) C#
6 9 (1.75%) Kotlin
7 8 (1.56%) Apex Code
8 7 (1.36%) ABAP
9 6 (1.17%) PHP
10 5 (0.97%) Groovy
10 5 (0.97%) SOQL
10 5 (0.97%) SOSL
10 5 (0.97%) Swift
11 4 (0.78%) Bash
11 4 (0.78%) LookML
11 4 (0.78%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.58%) Go
12 3 (0.58%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (8.56%) Degree
2 7 (1.36%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.17%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (0.78%) CSPO
4 4 (0.78%) MBA
5 3 (0.58%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.39%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.19%) CISA
7 1 (0.19%) CISSP
7 1 (0.19%) IIBA
7 1 (0.19%) ISEB
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.19%) PhD
7 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.03%) QA
2 28 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 27 (5.25%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.95%) GDPR
5 6 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.97%) PMO
7 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.39%) PSD2
7 2 (0.39%) SLA
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (4.28%) Docker
2 3 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 30 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.58%) Bosun
3 2 (0.39%) CloudHub
3 2 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (11.48%) Salesforce
2 43 (8.37%) SAP
3 42 (8.17%) Microsoft
4 30 (5.84%) Adobe
5 21 (4.09%) Google
5 21 (4.09%) Oracle
6 18 (3.50%) MuleSoft
7 13 (2.53%) Databricks
8 8 (1.56%) New Relic
8 8 (1.56%) Splunk
9 7 (1.36%) IBM
10 6 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.17%) TikTok
11 5 (0.97%) Braze
11 5 (0.97%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.97%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.97%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.78%) Adyen
12 4 (0.78%) Apple
12 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud