E-Commerce Contract Job Trends
E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing E-Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 272 | 273 | 189 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | -84 | +18 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 551 | 336 | 495 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.35% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.17% | 1.10% | 1.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 294 | 194 | 350 |
| 10th Percentile | £328 | £325 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | -9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £622 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £719 | £775 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £560 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.89% | +5.56% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 17 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.39 | £14.95 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £13.46 | £15.25 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £54.50 | £15.50 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +251.61% | -69.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £71.00 | £15.75 | £55.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.50 | £27.67 | £58.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £54.50 | £15.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +251.61% | -70.48% | +5.00% |
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 citing process or methodology skills.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 46,934 | 30,446 | 31,516 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.50% | 90.41% | 86.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,187 | 18,947 | 18,943 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £404 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £620 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,575 | 1,954 | 1,140 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.38 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.62 | £17.30 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.13 | £37.39 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.29% | -32.80% | -13.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £42.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £66.35 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £22.27 | £36.58 |
| % change year-on-year | +57.20% | -39.14% | -13.92% |
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 27 October 2026.
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 for jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 27 October 2026.
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 27 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +2 | 511 | £550 | +10.00% | 131 |
| London | +20 | 318 | £525 | +5.00% | 44 |
| UK excluding London | -47 | 184 | £560 | +17.89% | 101 |
| Work from Home | -39 | 148 | £525 | -4.55% | 74 |
| North of England | -38 | 77 | £560 | +16.36% | 29 |
| North West | -4 | 60 | £568 | +19.47% | 19 |
| South East | -73 | 36 | £600 | -4.00% | 36 |
| Midlands | -18 | 33 | £613 | +34.25% | 20 |
| West Midlands | -20 | 24 | £650 | +31.65% | 6 |
| East of England | -15 | 21 | £538 | +13.16% | 8 |
| South West | -41 | 17 | £525 | +31.25% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 15 | £425 | -12.82% | 8 |
| East Midlands | -13 | 8 | £465 | +9.41% | 14 |
| North East | -37 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Scotland | -28 | 1 | - | - |
E-Commerce Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 30.3% | 167 |
| 2 | Stakeholder Management | 24.3% | 134 |
| 3 | Customer Experience | 17.8% | 98 |
| 4 | CI/CD | 16.5% | 91 |
| 5 | CRM | 16.3% | 90 |
| 6 | Problem-Solving | 14.0% | 77 |
| 6 | Roadmaps | 14.0% | 77 |
| 8 | Analytics | 13.4% | 74 |
| 9 | User Experience | 13.2% | 73 |
| 10 | AI | 12.9% | 71 |
| 11 | DevOps | 11.1% | 61 |
| 11 | Event-Driven | 11.1% | 61 |
| 13 | Scrum | 10.7% | 59 |
| 14 | Continuous Improvement | 9.8% | 54 |
| 15 | Migration | 9.3% | 51 |
| 16 | Software Engineering | 8.9% | 49 |
| 17 | Decision-Making | 8.2% | 45 |
| 18 | Event-Driven Architecture | 8.0% | 44 |
| 19 | ERP | 7.4% | 41 |
| 20 | B2C | 7.1% | 39 |