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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 238 196
Rank change year-on-year -40 -42 -25
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 419 319 529
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.09% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.20% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 204 377
10th Percentile £325 £296 £295
25th Percentile £408 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £581
90th Percentile £775 £684 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +13.89% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 4 18
10th Percentile £17.17 £32.87 £10.42
25th Percentile £22.50 £38.68 £11.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.71 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.12% +243.88% -80.15%
75th Percentile £75.00 £50.00 £15.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £52.25 £66.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.59 £52.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year -39.83% +303.85% -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 39,019 26,482 37,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 90.62% 86.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,692 17,180 24,590
10th Percentile £315 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £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 £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,316 1,006 2,380
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.05 £16.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.58
90th Percentile £77.75 £75.38 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £29.12 £33.03
% change year-on-year +27.08% -11.86% -6.76%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 -29 388 £508 +6.95% 366
London -33 247 £500 -1.48% 169
Work from Home -1 160 £506 +35.00% 182
UK excluding London -34 130 £513 +13.89% 219
Midlands -25 50 £475 -4.52% 46
West Midlands -31 36 £638 +218.75% 20
North of England -41 36 £513 +2.50% 77
South East -58 27 £525 +27.27% 66
North West -13 22 £513 +2.50% 48
East of England -21 14 £350 -24.32% 19
East Midlands -32 14 £419 -19.47% 26
Yorkshire -39 14 £713 +40.74% 24
South West -31 4 £625 +42.86% 16
Scotland - 2 - - 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 (4.06%) CMS
2 10 (2.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (1.91%) Confluence
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.48%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.48%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.24%) Kentico
6 1 (0.24%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.24%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.15%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.48%) Autodesk Smoke
6 2 (0.48%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 47 (11.22%) Shopify
2 11 (2.63%) Magento
3 8 (1.91%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.95%) Endur
4 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.72%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.48%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.24%) Eikon
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.24%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.24%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 40 (9.55%) Azure
2 31 (7.40%) AWS
3 23 (5.49%) SaaS
4 17 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (3.34%) Figma
6 13 (3.10%) Commercetools
6 13 (3.10%) Contentful
6 13 (3.10%) Datadog
6 13 (3.10%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 12 (2.86%) Algolia
8 11 (2.63%) GCP
8 11 (2.63%) Serverless
9 10 (2.39%) BigCommerce
10 9 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.91%) dbt
11 8 (1.91%) Google Tag Manager
11 8 (1.91%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.67%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.67%) Miro
12 7 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.67%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.24%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.24%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) RFID
2 1 (0.24%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.10%) MySQL
2 8 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (1.91%) Redis
3 7 (1.67%) Power BI
4 6 (1.43%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.19%) Looker
5 5 (1.19%) Metadata
5 5 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.19%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.95%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.95%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.72%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.72%) Tableau
8 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.48%) CockroachDB
9 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.24%) Impala
Development Applications
1 28 (6.68%) Jenkins
2 21 (5.01%) JIRA
3 14 (3.34%) Git
4 10 (2.39%) Selenium
5 8 (1.91%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.43%) GitLab
7 4 (0.95%) Maven
8 3 (0.72%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.72%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.72%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.48%) Appium
9 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.48%) Hudson
9 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.48%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.24%) Spock
10 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 138 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 115 (27.45%) Retail
3 61 (14.56%) Finance
4 56 (13.37%) Marketing
5 37 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.83%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (3.82%) Legal
6 16 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.86%) Electronics
9 10 (2.39%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.91%) Banking
10 8 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (1.91%) Publishing
11 6 (1.43%) Advertising
12 5 (1.19%) French Language
13 4 (0.95%) Front Office
14 2 (0.48%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.48%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (19.81%) Senior
2 61 (14.56%) Analyst
3 48 (11.46%) Architect
4 43 (10.26%) Business Analyst
5 40 (9.55%) Project Manager
6 37 (8.83%) E-Commerce Manager
7 32 (7.64%) Developer
7 32 (7.64%) Senior Manager
8 26 (6.21%) Senior Project Manager
9 24 (5.73%) Consultant
10 21 (5.01%) Lead
11 18 (4.30%) Designer
12 16 (3.82%) Data Engineer
13 15 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (3.10%) E-Commerce Executive
15 12 (2.86%) Account Executive
15 12 (2.86%) Web Manager
16 11 (2.63%) E-Commerce Project Manager
16 11 (2.63%) Senior Designer
16 11 (2.63%) Senior E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.26%) Node.js
2 37 (8.83%) GraphQL
3 32 (7.64%) Playwright
3 32 (7.64%) React
4 26 (6.21%) VML
5 25 (5.97%) CSS
5 25 (5.97%) REST
6 23 (5.49%) HTML
7 22 (5.25%) Middleware
8 21 (5.01%) Vitest
9 13 (3.10%) YAML
10 11 (2.63%) AngularJS
10 11 (2.63%) OpenTelemetry
11 10 (2.39%) .NET
11 10 (2.39%) Vue
12 9 (2.15%) Next.js
12 9 (2.15%) Spring
13 8 (1.91%) HTML5
13 8 (1.91%) Sass
14 7 (1.67%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 41 (9.79%) Product Ownership
2 39 (9.31%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.30%) Mobile App
4 16 (3.82%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.58%) Virtual Team
6 14 (3.34%) Marketing Technology
7 12 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.39%) PMI
9 9 (2.15%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.67%) FMCG
10 7 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.19%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.95%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.95%) EPoS
12 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.72%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.48%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.63%) Linux
2 8 (1.91%) Windows
3 7 (1.67%) Android
4 6 (1.43%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (33.89%) Agile
2 81 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (18.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 56 (13.37%) CI/CD
5 52 (12.41%) User Experience
6 47 (11.22%) Analytics
6 47 (11.22%) Project Management
7 46 (10.98%) ERP
8 45 (10.74%) Scrum
9 44 (10.50%) DevOps
10 41 (9.79%) Coaching
11 38 (9.07%) Customer Experience
12 35 (8.35%) Time Management
13 34 (8.11%) Mentoring
13 34 (8.11%) Roadmaps
14 33 (7.88%) Test Automation
15 31 (7.40%) B2C
16 30 (7.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 30 (7.16%) Workshop Facilitation
17 28 (6.68%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.46%) TypeScript
2 26 (6.21%) JavaScript
2 26 (6.21%) SQL
3 21 (5.01%) Python
4 14 (3.34%) Java
5 10 (2.39%) C#
6 8 (1.91%) PHP
7 4 (0.95%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.72%) Apex Code
8 3 (0.72%) SOQL
8 3 (0.72%) SOSL
9 2 (0.48%) Go
10 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.24%) Korn
10 1 (0.24%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (5.01%) Degree
2 13 (3.10%) PMI Certification
3 8 (1.91%) CSPO
4 6 (1.43%) CBAP
5 3 (0.72%) PMP
6 2 (0.48%) Analytics IQ
6 2 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.24%) APMP
7 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.59%) QA
2 21 (5.01%) GDPR
3 15 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.86%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.39%) PERC
6 9 (2.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (2.15%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.43%) ISO 8583
7 6 (1.43%) PSD2
8 4 (0.95%) SLA
8 4 (0.95%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (6.92%) Docker
2 6 (1.43%) Varnish
3 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 29 (6.92%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.86%) Grafana
2 12 (2.86%) Prometheus
3 8 (1.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.95%) Terraform
5 2 (0.48%) Ansible
5 2 (0.48%) MOM
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 40 (9.55%) Adobe
2 38 (9.07%) Salesforce
3 37 (8.83%) Google
4 35 (8.35%) SAP
5 20 (4.77%) Microsoft
6 14 (3.34%) Databricks
7 12 (2.86%) Oracle
8 11 (2.63%) Sitecore
9 10 (2.39%) Tealium
10 6 (1.43%) OneTrust
11 5 (1.19%) mParticle
12 4 (0.95%) Netlify
13 3 (0.72%) TikTok
14 2 (0.48%) Optimizely
14 2 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 2 (0.48%) Splunk
15 1 (0.24%) Cloudera
15 1 (0.24%) Dynatrace
15 1 (0.24%) MuleSoft
15 1 (0.24%) Solace