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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 188 204
Rank change year-on-year -78 +16 -88
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 348 488 586
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.34% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.56% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 345 400
10th Percentile £325 £300 £312
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £625
90th Percentile £775 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +7.78% -10.00% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 8
10th Percentile £13.98 £43.65 £38.98
25th Percentile £15.25 £46.25 £49.44
Median hourly rate £15.50 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.37% -5.00% -27.20%
75th Percentile £15.75 £53.75 £54.63
90th Percentile £26.90 £57.50 £62.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -70.48% +5.00% +376.19%

All Process and 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 31,132 31,236 41,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.15% 86.03% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,460 18,783 27,966
10th Percentile £295 £310 £311
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,011 1,107 1,584
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.02 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.41 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -20.09% +26.43%
75th Percentile £43.21 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.58 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -35.50% -21.35% +53.93%

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

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 4 November 2025. 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 -78 318 £500 - 1,053
London -49 179 £500 -7.41% 543
UK excluding London -41 131 £485 +7.78% 737
Work from Home -69 118 £550 +5.26% 598
North of England -33 44 £488 +8.33% 169
South East -7 42 £638 +54.55% 377
Yorkshire -15 24 £488 +2.63% 48
North West -29 19 £475 +11.76% 112
East of England -17 16 £475 +26.67% 40
Midlands -38 14 £463 +0.27% 73
South West +9 13 £400 -25.58% 30
East Midlands -7 7 £425 -18.66% 30
West Midlands -42 7 £520 +30.00% 41
Scotland +5 4 £563 +15.38% 32
North East -11 1 £900 - 9

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 25 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.61%) CMS
3 15 (4.31%) Confluence
4 8 (2.30%) Headless CMS
5 5 (1.44%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.57%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.57%) Mule
8 1 (0.29%) Drupal
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
8 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.44%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Sketch
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.17%) Shopify
2 17 (4.89%) Magento
3 10 (2.87%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.72%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (1.44%) Oracle Retail
6 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.86%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.57%) Endur
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.29%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.29%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.29%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.29%) SAP POS DM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (12.64%) AWS
2 41 (11.78%) Azure
3 31 (8.91%) SaaS
4 25 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (6.03%) Serverless
6 18 (5.17%) GCP
6 18 (5.17%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 16 (4.60%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (4.60%) Power Platform
8 14 (4.02%) Figma
9 11 (3.16%) Commercetools
10 9 (2.59%) Contentful
11 8 (2.30%) Algolia
12 7 (2.01%) Amazon S3
12 7 (2.01%) GitHub
12 7 (2.01%) Google Analytics
13 6 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (1.44%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.90%) Cisco IOS
1 24 (6.90%) Firewall
2 4 (1.15%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.57%) Internet
4 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.29%) HTTP
4 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.75%) Tableau
2 16 (4.60%) Power BI
3 9 (2.59%) DynamoDB
3 9 (2.59%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.72%) Mixpanel
4 6 (1.72%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.15%) MySQL
6 3 (0.86%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.86%) Redis
6 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.57%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.57%) Looker
7 2 (0.57%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.57%) Power Query
8 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.29%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) Metadata
8 1 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 26 (7.47%) JIRA
2 22 (6.32%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.89%) Git
4 6 (1.72%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 5 (1.44%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.44%) GitLab
5 5 (1.44%) Selenium
6 4 (1.15%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.15%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.15%) SpecFlow
6 4 (1.15%) Storybook
7 3 (0.86%) Gradle
7 3 (0.86%) Maven
7 3 (0.86%) Postman
7 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.57%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.29%) Appium
9 1 (0.29%) Charles Proxy
9 1 (0.29%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 110 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 87 (25.00%) Retail
3 52 (14.94%) Marketing
4 43 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (9.20%) Finance
6 24 (6.90%) Games
7 17 (4.89%) French Language
8 9 (2.59%) Advertising
8 9 (2.59%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.59%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.30%) Legal
10 7 (2.01%) Electronics
10 7 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.15%) Automotive
12 4 (1.15%) Publishing
13 3 (0.86%) Banking
13 3 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.86%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (10.92%) Analyst
2 37 (10.63%) Architect
3 35 (10.06%) Developer
4 34 (9.77%) Senior
5 24 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
6 23 (6.61%) Business Analyst
7 21 (6.03%) E-Commerce Manager
8 20 (5.75%) Project Manager
9 19 (5.46%) Consultant
10 18 (5.17%) Administrator
11 15 (4.31%) Lead
12 12 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.16%) Designer
14 8 (2.30%) E-Commerce Architect
14 8 (2.30%) Magento Developer
14 8 (2.30%) Programme Manager
14 8 (2.30%) Salesforce Architect
14 8 (2.30%) Test Manager
15 7 (2.01%) Senior Manager
15 7 (2.01%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.92%) Node.js
2 27 (7.76%) GraphQL
3 19 (5.46%) React
4 16 (4.60%) HTML
5 13 (3.74%) CSS
5 13 (3.74%) Playwright
5 13 (3.74%) REST
5 13 (3.74%) SOAP
6 12 (3.45%) .NET
6 12 (3.45%) Vitest
7 9 (2.59%) Next.js
8 8 (2.30%) OAuth
8 8 (2.30%) Redux
8 8 (2.30%) RESTful
9 7 (2.01%) YAML
10 6 (1.72%) HTML5
10 6 (1.72%) OAuth2
10 6 (1.72%) XML
11 5 (1.44%) CSS3
11 5 (1.44%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.48%) Product Ownership
2 25 (7.18%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.89%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.01%) Social Media
7 6 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.15%) PMI
10 3 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.86%) IVR
10 3 (0.86%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.57%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.57%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.57%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.57%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.57%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (7.18%) Android
1 25 (7.18%) Windows
2 24 (6.90%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.86%) Unix
4 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.57%) Linux
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (29.89%) Agile
2 61 (17.53%) Analytics
3 54 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 41 (11.78%) CI/CD
6 37 (10.63%) DevOps
7 36 (10.34%) CRM
7 36 (10.34%) User Experience
8 32 (9.20%) B2C
8 32 (9.20%) Roadmaps
9 31 (8.91%) Mentoring
10 29 (8.33%) A/B Testing
11 27 (7.76%) B2B
11 27 (7.76%) Scrum
11 27 (7.76%) Test Automation
12 25 (7.18%) Coaching
13 24 (6.90%) Customer Experience
13 24 (6.90%) ERP
14 23 (6.61%) Project Management
15 22 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 50 (14.37%) SQL
2 31 (8.91%) Python
3 30 (8.62%) JavaScript
4 28 (8.05%) TypeScript
5 24 (6.90%) PowerShell
6 19 (5.46%) Java
7 12 (3.45%) C#
8 7 (2.01%) PHP
9 4 (1.15%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.86%) R
10 3 (0.86%) Ruby
11 2 (0.57%) DataWeave
11 2 (0.57%) Perl
12 1 (0.29%) SOQL
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (4.60%) Degree
2 9 (2.59%) AWS Certification
3 7 (2.01%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.15%) CBAP
4 4 (1.15%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
5 3 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.86%) PMP
6 2 (0.57%) APMG
6 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.57%) MBA
6 2 (0.57%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.29%) CFA
7 1 (0.29%) IIBA
7 1 (0.29%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.29%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.75%) QA
2 11 (3.16%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.87%) GDPR
4 7 (2.01%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.15%) ISO 8583
5 4 (1.15%) PSD2
6 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.86%) PERC
7 2 (0.57%) SLA
7 2 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.57%) WCAG
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (7.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 25 (7.18%) SCCM
2 20 (5.75%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.72%) Terraform
4 3 (0.86%) Ansible
4 3 (0.86%) Istio
4 3 (0.86%) Puppet
5 2 (0.57%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 46 (13.22%) Salesforce
2 39 (11.21%) Microsoft
3 27 (7.76%) Splunk
4 25 (7.18%) Google
5 24 (6.90%) Cisco
5 24 (6.90%) Meraki
6 20 (5.75%) SAP
7 15 (4.31%) Oracle
8 10 (2.87%) Adobe
9 9 (2.59%) Optimizely
10 8 (2.30%) MuleSoft
11 7 (2.01%) Hotjar
12 6 (1.72%) Amplitude
13 5 (1.44%) Facebook
13 5 (1.44%) Sitecore
13 5 (1.44%) TikTok
14 4 (1.15%) Databricks
14 4 (1.15%) Wind River
15 3 (0.86%) OneTrust
15 3 (0.86%) OpenAI