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 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 264 | 228 | 202 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -36 | -26 | -50 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 396 | 334 | 527 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.94% | 1.11% | 1.19% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.09% | 1.23% | 1.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 204 | 215 | 369 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £281 | £285 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £329 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -10.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £581 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £771 | £650 | £625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £513 | £425 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.59% | -10.53% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 4 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £32.87 | £10.42 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.61 | £38.68 | £11.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.91 | £44.71 | £13.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.67% | +243.88% | -81.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £50.00 | £44.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £95.00 | £52.25 | £66.65 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.96 | £52.50 | £13.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.32% | +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 | 36,453 | 27,072 | 38,415 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.50% | 90.11% | 86.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,124 | 16,979 | 25,034 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £305 | £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 | £738 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £483 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.13% | -1.40% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,168 | 886 | 2,250 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.64 | £15.62 | £13.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.25 | £21.05 | £16.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.94 | £32.50 | £32.85 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.03% | -1.05% | -6.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.75 | £64.31 | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.46 | £75.13 | £71.90 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £31.76 | £33.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.81% | -5.19% | -4.29% |
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
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 4 March 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 of jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 4 March 2026.
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 4 March 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 | -40 | 370 | £500 | +11.11% | 535 |
| London | -12 | 249 | £500 | +11.11% | 175 |
| Work from Home | -7 | 149 | £513 | +28.13% | 302 |
| UK excluding London | -62 | 107 | £513 | +20.59% | 392 |
| Midlands | -38 | 40 | £520 | +18.86% | 71 |
| North of England | -38 | 34 | £531 | +6.25% | 114 |
| West Midlands | -37 | 30 | £638 | +112.50% | 33 |
| North West | -28 | 20 | £513 | +7.89% | 58 |
| South East | -46 | 16 | £519 | +51.46% | 100 |
| Yorkshire | -50 | 14 | £688 | +35.80% | 42 |
| East of England | -25 | 12 | £350 | -18.84% | 43 |
| East Midlands | -25 | 10 | £414 | -16.88% | 34 |
| South West | -25 | 6 | £450 | +20.00% | 43 |
| Scotland | +8 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||