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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 251 187
Rank change year-on-year -16 -64 +1
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 424 305 521
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.04% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.14% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 200 372
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £646 £653 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +12.89% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 1 18
10th Percentile £22.50 - £10.42
25th Percentile £28.81 - £11.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £29.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.72% +123.08% -80.15%
75th Percentile £76.00 - £15.25
90th Percentile £95.00 - £66.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 - £13.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 40,197 26,741 37,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.41% 90.94% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,242 17,210 23,886
10th Percentile £320 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £745 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.30% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,094 2,440
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.44 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.87 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.13 £28.75 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.52% -21.23% +0.69%
75th Percentile £67.25 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -28.95% +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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -34 393 £500 +5.26% 398
London -3 254 £500 -2.91% 188
Work from Home +7 164 £500 +25.00% 188
UK excluding London -31 133 £508 +12.89% 239
Midlands -28 50 £475 -4.52% 58
North of England -46 35 £513 +2.50% 79
West Midlands -34 34 £638 +34.21% 35
North West -24 26 £513 +13.26% 54
South East -68 24 £525 +44.83% 58
East of England -18 17 £350 -23.33% 21
East Midlands -22 16 £475 -4.52% 23
Yorkshire -46 9 £600 +20.00% 21
South West -33 5 £625 +66.67% 15
Scotland - 2 - - 6

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 (4.25%) CMS
2 9 (2.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (2.12%) Confluence
3 2 (0.47%) Apache
3 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.47%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.47%) WordPress
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.24%) Kentico
4 1 (0.24%) nginx
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.24%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.89%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
6 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 49 (11.56%) Shopify
2 13 (3.07%) Magento
3 6 (1.42%) SAP CRM
4 5 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.71%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (0.71%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.47%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.24%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.24%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 36 (8.49%) Azure
2 33 (7.78%) AWS
3 22 (5.19%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 16 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
4 16 (3.77%) SaaS
5 14 (3.30%) Figma
6 13 (3.07%) BigCommerce
6 13 (3.07%) Datadog
7 12 (2.83%) GCP
8 11 (2.59%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.59%) Serverless
9 9 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (1.65%) Google Tag Manager
10 7 (1.65%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.65%) Miro
10 7 (1.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 7 (1.65%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 7 (1.65%) WhatsApp
11 6 (1.42%) dbt
12 4 (0.94%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Cisco IPT
1 2 (0.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) RFID
2 1 (0.24%) RTMP
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
2 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.83%) MySQL
2 10 (2.36%) Power BI
3 9 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.89%) Redis
5 7 (1.65%) Metadata
6 6 (1.42%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.18%) Looker
7 5 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.94%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.94%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.94%) Tableau
9 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.47%) CockroachDB
10 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 24 (5.66%) Jenkins
2 22 (5.19%) JIRA
3 17 (4.01%) Git
4 10 (2.36%) Selenium
5 8 (1.89%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.65%) GitLab
6 7 (1.65%) Vite
7 4 (0.94%) Maven
8 3 (0.71%) Appium
8 3 (0.71%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.47%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.47%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.47%) Hudson
9 2 (0.47%) Subversion
9 2 (0.47%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.24%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 145 (34.20%) Retail
2 144 (33.96%) Social Skills
3 67 (15.80%) Finance
4 54 (12.74%) Marketing
5 41 (9.67%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.30%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.59%) Legal
11 10 (2.36%) Banking
11 10 (2.36%) Electronics
12 9 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.42%) Publishing
14 5 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.94%) French Language
15 4 (0.94%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.71%) Advertising
16 3 (0.71%) Retail Banking
17 2 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (21.23%) Senior
2 61 (14.39%) Analyst
3 46 (10.85%) Developer
4 44 (10.38%) Project Manager
5 42 (9.91%) Business Analyst
6 37 (8.73%) Senior Manager
7 35 (8.25%) Architect
8 33 (7.78%) E-Commerce Manager
9 28 (6.60%) Senior Project Manager
10 23 (5.42%) Lead
11 20 (4.72%) Consultant
11 20 (4.72%) Designer
12 14 (3.30%) Data Engineer
13 12 (2.83%) E-Commerce Analyst
13 12 (2.83%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
13 12 (2.83%) E-Commerce Project Manager
13 12 (2.83%) Senior Designer
13 12 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.83%) Technical Analyst
14 11 (2.59%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (11.32%) Node.js
2 44 (10.38%) GraphQL
2 44 (10.38%) React
3 32 (7.55%) REST
4 30 (7.08%) VML
5 27 (6.37%) Playwright
6 26 (6.13%) CSS
7 24 (5.66%) HTML
8 21 (4.95%) Middleware
9 16 (3.77%) Vitest
10 15 (3.54%) Next.js
11 11 (2.59%) AngularJS
12 10 (2.36%) HTML5
12 10 (2.36%) OpenTelemetry
12 10 (2.36%) Vue
12 10 (2.36%) YAML
13 9 (2.12%) .NET
13 9 (2.12%) SOAP
13 9 (2.12%) Spring
14 8 (1.89%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.49%) Product Ownership
2 34 (8.02%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.01%) Mobile App
4 13 (3.07%) Marketing Technology
4 13 (3.07%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.12%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.65%) FMCG
7 7 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.42%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.18%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.94%) e-Learning
10 4 (0.94%) EPoS
10 4 (0.94%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.07%) Linux
2 10 (2.36%) Android
2 10 (2.36%) Windows
3 9 (2.12%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (33.49%) Agile
2 85 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (16.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 62 (14.62%) User Experience
5 58 (13.68%) CI/CD
6 52 (12.26%) ERP
7 51 (12.03%) Project Management
8 48 (11.32%) Analytics
9 43 (10.14%) Scrum
10 41 (9.67%) DevOps
11 38 (8.96%) Customer Experience
11 38 (8.96%) Time Management
12 36 (8.49%) Roadmaps
13 35 (8.25%) B2C
13 35 (8.25%) Mentoring
14 34 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
15 32 (7.55%) CRM
16 31 (7.31%) AI
17 29 (6.84%) Migration
18 28 (6.60%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 47 (11.08%) TypeScript
2 38 (8.96%) JavaScript
3 26 (6.13%) SQL
4 21 (4.95%) Python
5 16 (3.77%) Java
6 9 (2.12%) C#
7 7 (1.65%) PHP
8 6 (1.42%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.18%) Apex Code
9 5 (1.18%) SOQL
9 5 (1.18%) SOSL
10 3 (0.71%) Go
10 3 (0.71%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.71%) Swift
11 1 (0.24%) Bash
11 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.24%) Korn
11 1 (0.24%) Ruby
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (5.42%) Degree
2 9 (2.12%) CSPO
3 5 (1.18%) PMI Certification
4 3 (0.71%) PMP
5 2 (0.47%) Analytics IQ
6 1 (0.24%) APMP
6 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.24%) CISA
6 1 (0.24%) CISSP
6 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.60%) QA
2 18 (4.25%) GDPR
3 16 (3.77%) Data Quality
4 13 (3.07%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.42%) PERC
6 5 (1.18%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.94%) SLA
8 3 (0.71%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) PMO
10 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (5.90%) Docker
2 6 (1.42%) Varnish
3 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 25 (5.90%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.59%) Grafana
2 11 (2.59%) Prometheus
3 7 (1.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.94%) Terraform
5 2 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) MOM
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 48 (11.32%) Salesforce
2 44 (10.38%) SAP
3 39 (9.20%) Adobe
4 33 (7.78%) Google
5 22 (5.19%) Microsoft
6 17 (4.01%) Oracle
7 14 (3.30%) Databricks
7 14 (3.30%) Sitecore
8 9 (2.12%) Tealium
9 5 (1.18%) mParticle
10 4 (0.94%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.94%) Netlify
10 4 (0.94%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.71%) Splunk
11 3 (0.71%) TikTok
12 2 (0.47%) Infor
13 1 (0.24%) Aderant
13 1 (0.24%) iManage
13 1 (0.24%) Solace