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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 222 194
Rank change year-on-year -45 -28 -46
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 391 349 543
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.13% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.27% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 231 370
10th Percentile £337 £281 £285
25th Percentile £409 £325 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £750 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £425 £485
% change year-on-year +14.71% -12.37% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 16
10th Percentile £12.75 £32.87 £10.42
25th Percentile £21.45 £38.68 -
Median hourly rate £32.00 £44.71 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +243.88% -80.81%
75th Percentile £66.50 £50.00 £62.38
90th Percentile £76.00 £52.25 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.18 £52.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year -40.62% +303.85% -80.15%

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 34,545 27,534 38,814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 87.04% 89.45% 87.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,908 16,837 25,471
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £717 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,083 848 2,117
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.78 £21.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -2.99% +2.48%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.38 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.08% -11.20% +8.53%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -25 366 £500 +11.11% 316
London -1 246 £500 +11.11% 117
Work from Home -7 153 £531 +32.81% 185
UK excluding London -52 110 £488 +14.71% 239
North of England -33 37 £513 +2.50% 75
Midlands -42 37 £475 +35.71% 43
West Midlands -40 27 £535 +78.33% 23
Yorkshire -42 19 £613 +20.99% 24
North West -18 18 £513 +7.89% 46
South East -55 18 £513 +49.64% 71
East of England -22 13 £350 -6.67% 13
East Midlands -17 10 £425 -18.47% 20
Scotland +13 4 - - 4
South West -20 4 £450 -5.26% 29

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 (4.60%) CMS
2 9 (2.30%) Confluence
3 6 (1.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.77%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.26%) Kentico
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.26%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.30%) Chatbot
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.51%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 28 (7.16%) Shopify
2 12 (3.07%) Payment Gateway
3 9 (2.30%) Magento
4 4 (1.02%) Endur
5 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.77%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.26%) Eikon
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.26%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.26%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.53%) Azure
2 44 (11.25%) SaaS
3 43 (11.00%) AWS
4 23 (5.88%) Figma
5 22 (5.63%) Serverless
6 15 (3.84%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (3.84%) Commercetools
6 15 (3.84%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (3.84%) GCP
7 14 (3.58%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 13 (3.32%) Contentful
9 12 (3.07%) Algolia
10 10 (2.56%) Datadog
11 7 (1.79%) Contentsquare
11 7 (1.79%) dbt
11 7 (1.79%) Google Analytics
11 7 (1.79%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.53%) BigCommerce
13 5 (1.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 4 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.79%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.26%) Firewall
2 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.26%) Internet
2 1 (0.26%) RFID
2 1 (0.26%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.30%) Redis
3 8 (2.05%) MySQL
3 8 (2.05%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.79%) DynamoDB
4 7 (1.79%) Power BI
5 6 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.53%) Mixpanel
5 6 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.53%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.28%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.28%) Tableau
7 4 (1.02%) Metadata
8 3 (0.77%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.51%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.51%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.51%) Looker
9 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 36 (9.21%) Jenkins
2 17 (4.35%) JIRA
3 11 (2.81%) Git
4 6 (1.53%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 5 (1.28%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.02%) SpecFlow
6 4 (1.02%) Storybook
7 3 (0.77%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.77%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.77%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.77%) GitLab
7 3 (0.77%) Selenium
8 2 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.51%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.26%) NUnit
9 1 (0.26%) Postman
9 1 (0.26%) Vite
9 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 128 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 91 (23.27%) Retail
3 54 (13.81%) Marketing
4 50 (12.79%) Finance
5 43 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (4.86%) Legal
8 13 (3.32%) Electronics
9 12 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.53%) French Language
14 5 (1.28%) Advertising
14 5 (1.28%) Banking
15 4 (1.02%) Front Office
16 3 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 2 (0.51%) Publishing
18 1 (0.26%) Billing
18 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (17.65%) Senior
2 51 (13.04%) Analyst
3 41 (10.49%) Architect
4 37 (9.46%) E-Commerce Manager
5 36 (9.21%) Business Analyst
6 33 (8.44%) Project Manager
7 30 (7.67%) Consultant
8 29 (7.42%) Developer
9 22 (5.63%) Senior Manager
10 19 (4.86%) Designer
10 19 (4.86%) Senior Project Manager
11 18 (4.60%) Lead
12 13 (3.32%) Technical Consultant
12 13 (3.32%) Web Manager
13 12 (3.07%) Senior Consultant
13 12 (3.07%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
13 12 (3.07%) Senior Technical Consultant
13 12 (3.07%) Senior Technical Specialist
13 12 (3.07%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
13 12 (3.07%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (14.83%) Node.js
2 41 (10.49%) GraphQL
3 33 (8.44%) Playwright
3 33 (8.44%) React
4 28 (7.16%) Vitest
5 21 (5.37%) HTML
6 20 (5.12%) CSS
7 19 (4.86%) VML
8 16 (4.09%) YAML
9 15 (3.84%) .NET
10 12 (3.07%) Next.js
11 11 (2.81%) REST
12 9 (2.30%) HTML5
12 9 (2.30%) Middleware
13 8 (2.05%) CSS3
13 8 (2.05%) OpenTelemetry
13 8 (2.05%) RESTful
14 7 (1.79%) Redux
15 6 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
15 6 (1.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.46%) Product Ownership
3 20 (5.12%) Mobile App
4 17 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.07%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
7 10 (2.56%) PMI
8 9 (2.30%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.28%) FMCG
10 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.28%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.28%) Social Media
11 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.02%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.02%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.02%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.77%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.53%) Linux
2 5 (1.28%) Windows
3 4 (1.02%) Android
3 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (35.04%) Agile
2 77 (19.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 67 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (16.11%) CI/CD
5 62 (15.86%) User Experience
6 61 (15.60%) Analytics
7 48 (12.28%) Coaching
8 47 (12.02%) DevOps
9 40 (10.23%) ERP
10 39 (9.97%) Mentoring
11 38 (9.72%) Scrum
12 36 (9.21%) Project Management
13 35 (8.95%) CRM
14 34 (8.70%) Customer Experience
15 33 (8.44%) B2C
15 33 (8.44%) Test Automation
16 32 (8.18%) Roadmaps
17 31 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
18 28 (7.16%) UX Design
19 27 (6.91%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 53 (13.55%) TypeScript
2 43 (11.00%) SQL
3 29 (7.42%) Python
4 28 (7.16%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.35%) C#
6 16 (4.09%) Java
7 10 (2.56%) PHP
8 4 (1.02%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.51%) Go
10 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.26%) Korn
10 1 (0.26%) Perl
10 1 (0.26%) R
10 1 (0.26%) Ruby
10 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (5.88%) Degree
2 13 (3.32%) PMI Certification
3 6 (1.53%) CBAP
4 5 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.02%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.02%) CSPO
5 4 (1.02%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.77%) PMP
7 2 (0.51%) APMG
7 2 (0.51%) MBA
8 1 (0.26%) Analytics IQ
8 1 (0.26%) APMP
8 1 (0.26%) CFA
8 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.14%) QA
2 20 (5.12%) GDPR
3 18 (4.60%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.56%) PERC
5 9 (2.30%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (2.05%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.53%) ISO 8583
7 6 (1.53%) PSD2
8 4 (1.02%) WCAG
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 35 (8.95%) Docker
2 5 (1.28%) Varnish
3 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (9.21%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.30%) Grafana
2 9 (2.30%) Prometheus
3 7 (1.79%) Terraform
4 5 (1.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.51%) Ansible
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (10.23%) Salesforce
2 36 (9.21%) Google
3 32 (8.18%) Adobe
4 26 (6.65%) SAP
5 22 (5.63%) Microsoft
6 11 (2.81%) Oracle
7 10 (2.56%) Tealium
8 9 (2.30%) Databricks
9 8 (2.05%) Optimizely
10 7 (1.79%) OneTrust
10 7 (1.79%) Sitecore
11 6 (1.53%) Amplitude
11 6 (1.53%) Hotjar
12 5 (1.28%) mParticle
12 5 (1.28%) TikTok
13 4 (1.02%) Wind River
14 3 (0.77%) OpenAI
15 2 (0.51%) Facebook
15 2 (0.51%) Rollbar
15 2 (0.51%) Splunk