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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 255 185
Rank change year-on-year -27 -70 +6
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 444 310 567
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.04% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.14% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 182 416
10th Percentile £325 £281 £309
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £580 £600
90th Percentile £700 £724 £709
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +8.95% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 15
10th Percentile £22.50 - £10.42
25th Percentile £28.81 £15.25 £10.71
Median hourly rate £54.75 £15.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +253.23% +19.23% -77.49%
75th Percentile £78.25 £15.75 £32.38
90th Percentile £95.00 £21.05 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 £15.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year +131.68% +40.91% -80.95%

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 43,022 27,229 37,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.89% 91.03% 84.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,821 17,261 23,717
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,270 2,626
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.09 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.07% -32.27% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.63 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -25 408 £500 - 281
London +14 265 £489 -5.10% 123
UK excluding London -74 136 £518 +8.95% 199
Work from Home -29 131 £463 +2.89% 107
Midlands -28 43 £475 -4.52% 39
North of England -61 38 £600 +17.07% 73
North West -27 31 £600 +4.35% 44
West Midlands -34 30 £638 +21.43% 15
South East -87 26 £521 +12.70% 64
East of England -18 21 £350 -27.27% 8
East Midlands -10 13 £465 -2.11% 24
South West -32 7 £625 +66.67% 9
Yorkshire -56 7 £600 +18.52% 13
Scotland -6 1 - - 1

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 17 (3.83%) CMS
2 9 (2.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (2.03%) Confluence
3 3 (0.68%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.45%) Apache
4 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.45%) WordPress
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.23%) Kentico
5 1 (0.23%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.23%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (2.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 10 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.58%) Chatbot
4 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.35%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.35%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.35%) Sketch
6 4 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 41 (9.23%) Shopify
2 20 (4.50%) Magento
3 7 (1.58%) NetSuite
3 7 (1.58%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (1.58%) SAP CRM
3 7 (1.58%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.68%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.45%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
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
8 1 (0.23%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 45 (10.14%) Azure
2 44 (9.91%) AWS
3 24 (5.41%) Figma
4 20 (4.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 15 (3.38%) GCP
6 14 (3.15%) SaaS
7 13 (2.93%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.48%) BigCommerce
9 9 (2.03%) Serverless
10 8 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.80%) dbt
10 8 (1.80%) GitHub
10 8 (1.80%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.58%) Miro
11 7 (1.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 7 (1.58%) WhatsApp
12 6 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.13%) Algolia
13 5 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.13%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.68%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) RFID
2 1 (0.23%) RTMP
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.70%) Power BI
2 11 (2.48%) MySQL
3 8 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.80%) Looker
3 8 (1.80%) Metadata
3 8 (1.80%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.58%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.58%) Tableau
5 6 (1.35%) Redis
6 5 (1.13%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.90%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.90%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.68%) Couchbase
8 3 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.68%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (4.73%) Git
1 21 (4.73%) JIRA
2 18 (4.05%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.25%) Selenium
4 7 (1.58%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.35%) GitLab
5 6 (1.35%) Vite
6 4 (0.90%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.90%) Maven
6 4 (0.90%) Subversion
7 3 (0.68%) Appium
7 3 (0.68%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.68%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.45%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.45%) Hudson
8 2 (0.45%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.23%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.23%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 180 (40.54%) Retail
2 167 (37.61%) Social Skills
3 82 (18.47%) Finance
4 58 (13.06%) Marketing
5 48 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
6 33 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.95%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.70%) Banking
9 11 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.25%) Legal
11 7 (1.58%) French Language
11 7 (1.58%) Publishing
12 6 (1.35%) Advertising
12 6 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.90%) Electronics
13 4 (0.90%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.68%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 93 (20.95%) Senior
2 60 (13.51%) Analyst
3 46 (10.36%) Project Manager
4 39 (8.78%) Developer
4 39 (8.78%) Senior Manager
5 37 (8.33%) Business Analyst
6 36 (8.11%) Designer
7 34 (7.66%) Architect
8 30 (6.76%) Senior Project Manager
9 29 (6.53%) Lead
10 27 (6.08%) E-Commerce Manager
11 20 (4.50%) Product Manager
11 20 (4.50%) Senior Designer
12 16 (3.60%) UI Designer
13 15 (3.38%) E-Commerce Analyst
13 15 (3.38%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
14 14 (3.15%) Data Engineer
15 12 (2.70%) Marketing Manager
15 12 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.56%) React
2 34 (7.66%) REST
3 32 (7.21%) GraphQL
4 29 (6.53%) Node.js
5 25 (5.63%) VML
6 20 (4.50%) CSS
6 20 (4.50%) Middleware
7 19 (4.28%) HTML
8 13 (2.93%) Playwright
8 13 (2.93%) Spring
9 12 (2.70%) Next.js
10 11 (2.48%) AngularJS
10 11 (2.48%) Kafka
10 11 (2.48%) SOAP
11 9 (2.03%) .NET
11 9 (2.03%) Spring Boot
12 8 (1.80%) HTML5
13 7 (1.58%) J2EE
13 7 (1.58%) Sass
13 7 (1.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.88%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.73%) Cloud Native
3 16 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (2.93%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.25%) AI Agents
6 10 (2.25%) Marketing Technology
6 10 (2.25%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.58%) Animation
8 7 (1.58%) FMCG
8 7 (1.58%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.13%) EPoS
9 5 (1.13%) Graphic Design
10 4 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.90%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.93%) Linux
2 11 (2.48%) Android
2 11 (2.48%) Windows
3 10 (2.25%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (29.95%) Agile
2 85 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 82 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (17.79%) User Experience
5 53 (11.94%) Project Management
6 49 (11.04%) CI/CD
7 48 (10.81%) Roadmaps
8 46 (10.36%) B2C
9 45 (10.14%) CRM
10 44 (9.91%) Analytics
10 44 (9.91%) Scrum
11 43 (9.68%) Customer Experience
11 43 (9.68%) Time Management
12 41 (9.23%) AI
13 37 (8.33%) Migration
14 36 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (7.88%) Workshop Facilitation
16 34 (7.66%) ERP
17 33 (7.43%) Release Management
18 31 (6.98%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.66%) JavaScript
2 31 (6.98%) SQL
3 30 (6.76%) TypeScript
4 27 (6.08%) Python
5 22 (4.95%) Java
6 7 (1.58%) C#
7 6 (1.35%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.35%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.13%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.13%) PHP
8 5 (1.13%) SOQL
8 5 (1.13%) SOSL
8 5 (1.13%) Swift
9 3 (0.68%) Groovy
10 2 (0.45%) ABAP
10 2 (0.45%) Go
10 2 (0.45%) Korn
11 1 (0.23%) Bash
11 1 (0.23%) R
11 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 35 (7.88%) Degree
2 5 (1.13%) CSPO
3 2 (0.45%) Analytics IQ
3 2 (0.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.23%) CISA
4 1 (0.23%) CISSP
4 1 (0.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.23%) ISEB
4 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.23%) PMP
4 1 (0.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.53%) QA
2 24 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 19 (4.28%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.48%) GDPR
5 7 (1.58%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.90%) PMO
6 4 (0.90%) SLA
7 2 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.45%) PSD2
7 2 (0.45%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (2.93%) Docker
2 5 (1.13%) Varnish
3 1 (0.23%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 13 (2.93%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.68%) Grafana
3 3 (0.68%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.68%) Terraform
4 2 (0.45%) MOM
5 1 (0.23%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 48 (10.81%) Salesforce
2 43 (9.68%) SAP
3 37 (8.33%) Adobe
4 29 (6.53%) Google
5 24 (5.41%) Oracle
6 23 (5.18%) Microsoft
7 14 (3.15%) Databricks
8 12 (2.70%) Sitecore
9 9 (2.03%) MuleSoft
10 5 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.90%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.90%) IBM
11 4 (0.90%) Netlify
11 4 (0.90%) Splunk
12 3 (0.68%) New Relic
12 3 (0.68%) TikTok
13 2 (0.45%) Braze
13 2 (0.45%) Confluent
13 2 (0.45%) mParticle
13 2 (0.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud