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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 265 192
Rank change year-on-year -10 -73 -8
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 432 282 521
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 0.99% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.08% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 181 373
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £408 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £644 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 17
10th Percentile £22.50 - £10.42
25th Percentile £28.81 £15.25 £11.00
Median hourly rate £54.75 £15.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +253.23% +19.23% -82.72%
75th Percentile £78.25 £22.38 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £26.35 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +131.68% +19.23% -86.32%

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 41,015 26,042 36,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.42% 91.03% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,698 16,721 23,544
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £497 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +4.59% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,419 1,056 2,449
10th Percentile £14.79 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year +51.98% -22.42% -2.58%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.70 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £38.00
% change year-on-year +76.94% -33.82% +8.57%

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 23 May 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 23 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Top 14 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 23 May 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 -9 399 £500 +5.26% 465
London -9 253 £500 -2.91% 242
Work from Home +1 152 £500 +25.00% 200
UK excluding London -40 140 £504 +12.00% 258
Midlands -33 50 £475 -8.65% 54
North of England -55 38 £513 +2.50% 79
West Midlands -36 34 £638 +21.43% 35
North West -23 28 £513 +36.67% 49
South East -76 25 £518 +42.76% 78
East of England -18 19 £350 -24.32% 22
East Midlands -19 16 £465 -6.53% 19
Yorkshire -55 10 £600 +18.52% 26
South West -33 6 £625 +66.67% 13
Scotland - 2 - - 7

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 18 (4.17%) CMS
2 9 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (1.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.46%) Apache
4 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.46%) WordPress
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.23%) Kentico
5 1 (0.23%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.23%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 14 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.85%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.69%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.46%) Final Cut Pro
6 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.46%) Sketch
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (11.34%) Shopify
2 17 (3.94%) Magento
3 7 (1.62%) SAP CRM
4 6 (1.39%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.16%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.69%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.69%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.46%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.23%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.23%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.23%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 37 (8.56%) Azure
2 32 (7.41%) AWS
3 22 (5.09%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 18 (4.17%) Figma
5 16 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (3.47%) SaaS
7 12 (2.78%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.55%) BigCommerce
9 10 (2.31%) Serverless
10 9 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (2.08%) Datadog
10 9 (2.08%) GCP
11 7 (1.62%) dbt
11 7 (1.62%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.62%) Miro
11 7 (1.62%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 7 (1.62%) WhatsApp
12 6 (1.39%) Google Tag Manager
12 6 (1.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 5 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.23%) Firewall
1 1 (0.23%) Internet
1 1 (0.23%) LAN
1 1 (0.23%) Network Security
1 1 (0.23%) RFID
1 1 (0.23%) RTMP
1 1 (0.23%) WAN
1 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.55%) MySQL
1 11 (2.55%) Power BI
2 8 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.62%) Metadata
4 6 (1.39%) Redis
4 6 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.16%) Looker
5 5 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.93%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.93%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.93%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.93%) Tableau
7 3 (0.69%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.69%) Semantic Layer
8 2 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.46%) CockroachDB
8 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.09%) Jenkins
2 21 (4.86%) Git
2 21 (4.86%) JIRA
3 10 (2.31%) Selenium
4 8 (1.85%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.62%) Vite
6 6 (1.39%) GitLab
7 4 (0.93%) Maven
7 4 (0.93%) Subversion
8 3 (0.69%) Appium
8 3 (0.69%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.46%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.46%) Hudson
9 2 (0.46%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.23%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.23%) NUnit
10 1 (0.23%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 156 (36.11%) Retail
2 150 (34.72%) Social Skills
3 72 (16.67%) Finance
4 59 (13.66%) Marketing
5 44 (10.19%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.70%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.31%) Banking
10 10 (2.31%) Legal
11 9 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.85%) Electronics
13 7 (1.62%) Publishing
14 5 (1.16%) French Language
15 4 (0.93%) Advertising
15 4 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.93%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.69%) Retail Banking
17 2 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 93 (21.53%) Senior
2 62 (14.35%) Analyst
3 45 (10.42%) Project Manager
4 44 (10.19%) Developer
5 42 (9.72%) Business Analyst
6 39 (9.03%) Senior Manager
7 33 (7.64%) E-Commerce Manager
8 30 (6.94%) Architect
8 30 (6.94%) Senior Project Manager
9 26 (6.02%) Lead
10 25 (5.79%) Designer
11 16 (3.70%) Consultant
12 14 (3.24%) Data Engineer
12 14 (3.24%) Senior Designer
13 13 (3.01%) E-Commerce Analyst
13 13 (3.01%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
13 13 (3.01%) Product Manager
13 13 (3.01%) Technical Analyst
14 12 (2.78%) Digital Analyst
15 11 (2.55%) Senior E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (9.72%) React
2 41 (9.49%) Node.js
3 40 (9.26%) GraphQL
4 32 (7.41%) REST
5 29 (6.71%) VML
6 23 (5.32%) CSS
7 22 (5.09%) Playwright
8 21 (4.86%) HTML
9 20 (4.63%) Middleware
10 14 (3.24%) Next.js
11 11 (2.55%) AngularJS
11 11 (2.55%) Spring
11 11 (2.55%) Vitest
12 9 (2.08%) SOAP
13 8 (1.85%) .NET
13 8 (1.85%) HTML5
13 8 (1.85%) Vue
14 7 (1.62%) PySpark
14 7 (1.62%) Sass
14 7 (1.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.10%) Product Ownership
2 26 (6.02%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.47%) Mobile App
4 12 (2.78%) Marketing Technology
4 12 (2.78%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.08%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.39%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.39%) FMCG
9 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.93%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.93%) EPoS
11 3 (0.69%) e-Learning
11 3 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.69%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.01%) Linux
2 10 (2.31%) Android
2 10 (2.31%) Windows
3 9 (2.08%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (31.94%) Agile
2 88 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (16.44%) User Experience
4 70 (16.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (12.04%) CI/CD
5 52 (12.04%) ERP
5 52 (12.04%) Project Management
6 45 (10.42%) Analytics
6 45 (10.42%) Scrum
7 40 (9.26%) Customer Experience
7 40 (9.26%) Time Management
8 39 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (8.80%) B2C
9 38 (8.80%) Roadmaps
10 37 (8.56%) CRM
10 37 (8.56%) DevOps
11 31 (7.18%) AI
12 30 (6.94%) Migration
13 29 (6.71%) Mentoring
13 29 (6.71%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (9.26%) TypeScript
2 37 (8.56%) JavaScript
3 26 (6.02%) SQL
4 21 (4.86%) Python
5 17 (3.94%) Java
6 7 (1.62%) C#
7 6 (1.39%) PHP
7 6 (1.39%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.16%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.16%) SOQL
8 5 (1.16%) SOSL
9 4 (0.93%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.93%) Swift
10 3 (0.69%) Go
11 2 (0.46%) Korn
12 1 (0.23%) Bash
12 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 27 (6.25%) Degree
2 8 (1.85%) CSPO
3 4 (0.93%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.46%) Analytics IQ
4 2 (0.46%) PMP
4 2 (0.46%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.23%) APMP
5 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.23%) CISA
5 1 (0.23%) CISSP
5 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.48%) QA
2 18 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.47%) GDPR
4 5 (1.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (1.16%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.93%) SLA
6 3 (0.69%) PERC
6 3 (0.69%) WCAG
7 2 (0.46%) PMO
8 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (4.63%) Docker
2 5 (1.16%) Varnish
3 1 (0.23%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 18 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.62%) Grafana
2 7 (1.62%) Prometheus
2 7 (1.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.46%) MOM
4 1 (0.23%) Ansible
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Ranger
4 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (10.65%) Salesforce
2 43 (9.95%) SAP
3 37 (8.56%) Adobe
4 30 (6.94%) Google
5 23 (5.32%) Microsoft
6 21 (4.86%) Oracle
7 14 (3.24%) Databricks
8 12 (2.78%) Sitecore
9 6 (1.39%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.39%) Tealium
10 4 (0.93%) Netlify
10 4 (0.93%) Splunk
11 3 (0.69%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.69%) IBM
11 3 (0.69%) mParticle
11 3 (0.69%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.69%) TikTok
12 2 (0.46%) Infor
12 2 (0.46%) New Relic