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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 249 191
Rank change year-on-year -24 -58 -7
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 430 314 521
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.07% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.18% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 205 371
10th Percentile £325 £286 £300
25th Percentile £413 £355 £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 £656 £683 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £444 £450
% change year-on-year +15.49% -1.39% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 1 18
10th Percentile £22.50 - £10.42
25th Percentile £28.81 - £11.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £29.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.66% +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 39,989 26,597 37,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.62% 90.89% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,206 17,155 24,229
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +0.62% -3.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,387 1,068 2,445
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.65 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.96 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.65
Median % change year-on-year +43.29% -18.65% -4.42%
75th Percentile £66.00 £60.84 £59.95
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.69 £27.76 £37.18
% change year-on-year +57.38% -25.34% +3.28%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -23 399 £500 +5.26% 302
London -11 258 £500 -2.91% 130
Work from Home +5 167 £500 +29.03% 133
UK excluding London -35 132 £513 +15.49% 203
Midlands -39 50 £500 +0.50% 47
North of England -42 36 £513 +2.50% 66
West Midlands -35 35 £638 +34.21% 26
North West -22 26 £513 +13.26% 48
South East -66 25 £525 +50.00% 61
East of England -15 16 £350 -24.32% 19
East Midlands -20 15 £475 -4.52% 21
Yorkshire -45 10 £713 +42.50% 14
South West -30 4 £625 +66.67% 11
Scotland - 2 - - 3

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 (3.95%) CMS
2 10 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 10 (2.33%) 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 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.23%) Kentico
4 1 (0.23%) nginx
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.23%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.09%) Chatbot
2 9 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.47%) Autodesk Smoke
5 2 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 51 (11.86%) Shopify
2 12 (2.79%) Magento
3 8 (1.86%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.93%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.70%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.70%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.47%) Endur
7 2 (0.47%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.23%) Eikon
8 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.23%) SAP CAR
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 37 (8.60%) Azure
2 32 (7.44%) AWS
3 21 (4.88%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 20 (4.65%) SaaS
5 17 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (3.49%) Figma
7 14 (3.26%) Datadog
8 13 (3.02%) BigCommerce
9 12 (2.79%) GCP
10 11 (2.56%) Serverless
11 9 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.09%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.86%) Google Tag Manager
12 8 (1.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 7 (1.63%) Algolia
13 7 (1.63%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.63%) Miro
13 7 (1.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 7 (1.63%) WhatsApp
14 6 (1.40%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.63%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (0.47%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.23%) Internet
3 1 (0.23%) LAN
3 1 (0.23%) Network Security
3 1 (0.23%) RFID
3 1 (0.23%) RTMP
3 1 (0.23%) WAN
3 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.02%) MySQL
2 9 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.86%) Power BI
3 8 (1.86%) Redis
4 7 (1.63%) Metadata
5 6 (1.40%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.16%) Looker
6 5 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.93%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.93%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.93%) Tableau
8 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.47%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.23%) Impala
Development Applications
1 27 (6.28%) Jenkins
2 24 (5.58%) JIRA
3 17 (3.95%) Git
4 10 (2.33%) Selenium
5 8 (1.86%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.63%) GitLab
7 4 (0.93%) Maven
8 3 (0.70%) Appium
8 3 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.70%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.70%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.70%) Vite
8 3 (0.70%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.47%) Hudson
9 2 (0.47%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.23%) NUnit
10 1 (0.23%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 147 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 134 (31.16%) Retail
3 63 (14.65%) Finance
4 55 (12.79%) Marketing
5 39 (9.07%) Organisational Skills
6 34 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (3.72%) Legal
9 13 (3.02%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.79%) Electronics
11 9 (2.09%) Banking
11 9 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.40%) Publishing
14 4 (0.93%) French Language
14 4 (0.93%) Front Office
15 3 (0.70%) Advertising
15 3 (0.70%) Public Sector
16 2 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (20.93%) Senior
2 63 (14.65%) Analyst
3 43 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 42 (9.77%) Developer
4 42 (9.77%) Project Manager
5 40 (9.30%) Architect
6 35 (8.14%) Senior Manager
7 33 (7.67%) E-Commerce Manager
8 27 (6.28%) Senior Project Manager
9 24 (5.58%) Consultant
9 24 (5.58%) Lead
10 21 (4.88%) Designer
11 15 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.26%) Data Engineer
13 13 (3.02%) Senior Designer
14 12 (2.79%) E-Commerce Executive
15 11 (2.56%) Account Executive
15 11 (2.56%) E-Commerce Analyst
15 11 (2.56%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
15 11 (2.56%) Senior E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (11.63%) Node.js
2 40 (9.30%) GraphQL
3 39 (9.07%) React
4 33 (7.67%) REST
5 30 (6.98%) Playwright
6 29 (6.74%) VML
7 27 (6.28%) CSS
8 25 (5.81%) HTML
9 22 (5.12%) Middleware
10 19 (4.42%) Vitest
11 12 (2.79%) YAML
12 11 (2.56%) AngularJS
12 11 (2.56%) Next.js
12 11 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
13 10 (2.33%) HTML5
13 10 (2.33%) SOAP
13 10 (2.33%) Vue
14 9 (2.09%) .NET
14 9 (2.09%) Spring
15 8 (1.86%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.53%) Product Ownership
2 38 (8.84%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.19%) Mobile App
4 15 (3.49%) Virtual Team
5 14 (3.26%) Marketing Technology
6 12 (2.79%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.09%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.63%) FMCG
9 7 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.63%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.40%) PMI
10 6 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.93%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.93%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.93%) EPoS
12 4 (0.93%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.79%) Linux
2 9 (2.09%) Android
2 9 (2.09%) Windows
3 8 (1.86%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (34.42%) Agile
2 87 (20.23%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (16.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 63 (14.65%) CI/CD
5 58 (13.49%) User Experience
6 54 (12.56%) ERP
7 49 (11.40%) Project Management
8 47 (10.93%) Analytics
9 45 (10.47%) Scrum
10 43 (10.00%) DevOps
11 42 (9.77%) Customer Experience
12 37 (8.60%) Mentoring
12 37 (8.60%) Time Management
13 36 (8.37%) B2C
13 36 (8.37%) Coaching
13 36 (8.37%) Roadmaps
14 35 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 33 (7.67%) CRM
16 31 (7.21%) AI
16 31 (7.21%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.16%) TypeScript
2 37 (8.60%) JavaScript
3 27 (6.28%) SQL
4 22 (5.12%) Python
5 17 (3.95%) Java
6 9 (2.09%) C#
7 7 (1.63%) PHP
8 5 (1.16%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.16%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.16%) SOQL
8 5 (1.16%) SOSL
9 3 (0.70%) Go
10 1 (0.23%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.23%) Korn
10 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.23%) Ruby
10 1 (0.23%) Swift
10 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (6.05%) Degree
2 9 (2.09%) CSPO
2 9 (2.09%) PMI Certification
3 3 (0.70%) PMP
4 2 (0.47%) Analytics IQ
4 2 (0.47%) CBAP
4 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.23%) APMP
5 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.23%) CISA
5 1 (0.23%) CISSP
5 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.23%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.67%) QA
2 26 (6.05%) GDPR
3 15 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.26%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.33%) PERC
6 9 (2.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (1.63%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.93%) SLA
8 4 (0.93%) WCAG
9 2 (0.47%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.47%) PSD2
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.23%) NIST
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (6.51%) Docker
2 6 (1.40%) Varnish
3 1 (0.23%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 28 (6.51%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.79%) Grafana
2 12 (2.79%) Prometheus
3 8 (1.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.93%) Terraform
5 2 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) MOM
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 48 (11.16%) Salesforce
2 45 (10.47%) SAP
3 42 (9.77%) Adobe
4 36 (8.37%) Google
5 21 (4.88%) Microsoft
6 16 (3.72%) Oracle
7 14 (3.26%) Databricks
8 13 (3.02%) Sitecore
9 10 (2.33%) Tealium
10 6 (1.40%) OneTrust
11 5 (1.16%) mParticle
12 4 (0.93%) Netlify
13 3 (0.70%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.70%) Splunk
13 3 (0.70%) TikTok
14 2 (0.47%) Infor
14 2 (0.47%) ION Trading
14 2 (0.47%) Optimizely
15 1 (0.23%) Botify