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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 269 | 185 | 208 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -84 | +23 | -97 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 334 | 509 | 582 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.00% | 1.35% | 1.22% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.11% | 1.57% | 1.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 194 | 364 | 401 |
| 10th Percentile | £321 | £300 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £400 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.71% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £600 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £713 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £425 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -19.05% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 16 | 4 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £38.98 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.25 | £46.25 | £49.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.50 | £50.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -69.00% | - | -28.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £17.97 | £55.31 | £54.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £28.43 | £58.13 | £62.73 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £15.50 | £52.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -70.48% | +5.00% | +376.19% |
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 | 30,120 | 32,351 | 42,343 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.53% | 86.01% | 88.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,720 | 19,487 | 28,729 |
| 10th Percentile | £296 | £308 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.42% | -2.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,911 | 1,239 | 1,585 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.38 | £15.00 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £20.12 | £18.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £44.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -10.11% | +36.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.79 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.00 | £73.75 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.27 | £40.00 | £43.90 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.34% | -8.88% | +65.99% |
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
Daily Rate Trend
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 16 October 2025.
E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend
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 16 October 2025.
E-Commerce
Top 15 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 16 October 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 | -54 | 305 | £500 | - | 740 |
| London | -51 | 169 | £515 | -6.36% | 357 |
| UK excluding London | -43 | 132 | £475 | +11.76% | 545 |
| Work from Home | -71 | 109 | £515 | -4.63% | 376 |
| South East | +2 | 47 | £550 | +33.33% | 247 |
| North of England | -22 | 42 | £475 | +11.76% | 150 |
| North West | -23 | 21 | £475 | +8.57% | 90 |
| Yorkshire | -20 | 20 | £450 | +5.88% | 55 |
| East of England | -8 | 14 | £475 | +26.67% | 21 |
| South West | +16 | 13 | £400 | -27.27% | 31 |
| Midlands | -35 | 12 | £450 | +12.50% | 61 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 6 | £425 | - | 21 |
| West Midlands | -36 | 6 | £463 | +15.63% | 39 |
| Scotland | +4 | 4 | £563 | +15.38% | 25 |
| North East | -8 | 1 | £900 | - | 5 |
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:
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