E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring E-Commerce skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited E-Commerce over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 251 | 197 | 180 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -54 | -17 | -62 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 312 | 522 | 865 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.07% | 1.20% | 1.45% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.18% | 1.39% | 1.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 205 | 373 | 583 |
| 10th Percentile | £286 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £400 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £683 | £650 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -10.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 18 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £10.42 | £31.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £11.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £13.00 | £65.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +123.08% | -80.15% | +31.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £15.25 | £92.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £66.65 | £98.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £13.00 | £95.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -86.32% | +45.07% |
All Process and 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 | 26,551 | 37,621 | 53,662 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.82% | 86.30% | 89.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,137 | 24,254 | 37,244 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £521 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.86% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £744 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £481 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.80% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,071 | 2,437 | 1,746 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.70 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.50 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.31% | -4.83% | +49.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.00 | £59.95 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.94 | £36.50 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.45% | +1.39% | +80.00% |
E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing E-Commerce as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
E-Commerce
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-Commerce.
E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
E-Commerce
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-Commerce.
E-Commerce
Top 16 Contract 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 30 April 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 | -43 | 278 | £475 | -5.00% | 1,276 |
| London | -10 | 204 | £515 | -6.36% | 772 |
| Work from Home | -19 | 121 | £400 | -17.53% | 546 |
| UK excluding London | -51 | 69 | £450 | - | 506 |
| South East | +24 | 33 | £363 | -21.62% | 65 |
| Midlands | +19 | 14 | £520 | +89.09% | 101 |
| North of England | -30 | 12 | £500 | +11.11% | 245 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 8 | £475 | +2.70% | 63 |
| North West | -39 | 7 | £453 | +0.56% | 163 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 6 | £520 | +131.11% | 37 |
| South West | +42 | 4 | £375 | -30.88% | 37 |
| East of England | +13 | 4 | £463 | +15.63% | 41 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 3 | £500 | +21.21% | 59 |
| North East | -1 | 2 | - | - | 28 |
| Wales | +2 | 1 | £288 | -4.17% | 13 |
| Northern Ireland | -10 | 1 | £450 | -20.00% | 6 |
E-Commerce
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:
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