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 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 270 | 262 | 179 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -83 | +24 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 554 | 353 | 487 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.01% | 1.02% | 1.33% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.18% | 1.13% | 1.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 304 | 199 | 343 |
| 10th Percentile | £328 | £325 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £409 | £396 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £523 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -4.31% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £625 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £715 | £775 | £698 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £575 | £485 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.56% | +7.78% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 18 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £13.98 | £43.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.47 | £15.25 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £46.00 | £15.50 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +196.77% | -67.37% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.00 | £15.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.50 | £26.90 | £57.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.45 | £15.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +135.16% | -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 5 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 46,957 | 31,201 | 31,435 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.67% | 90.12% | 86.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,115 | 19,532 | 18,905 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £296 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £404 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £623 | £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 | 3,742 | 2,021 | 1,108 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.41 | £15.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.46 | £17.38 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | -20.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £43.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £67.00 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.98 | £22.58 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.50% | -35.50% | -20.90% |
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 5 November 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 5 November 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 5 November 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 | -15 | 513 | £550 | +10.00% | 257 |
| London | 0 | 315 | £531 | +6.25% | 142 |
| UK excluding London | -27 | 190 | £575 | +18.56% | 149 |
| Work from Home | -50 | 142 | £550 | -2.22% | 97 |
| North of England | -31 | 82 | £575 | +17.95% | 39 |
| North West | -4 | 64 | £575 | +21.05% | 24 |
| South East | -62 | 39 | £600 | -7.69% | 59 |
| Midlands | -23 | 35 | £650 | +40.54% | 24 |
| West Midlands | -23 | 26 | £650 | +25.00% | 10 |
| East of England | -20 | 17 | £544 | +14.47% | 12 |
| South West | -35 | 17 | £525 | +31.25% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | -42 | 16 | £425 | -12.82% | 11 |
| East Midlands | -12 | 8 | £513 | +20.59% | 14 |
| North East | -35 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Scotland | -31 | 1 | - | - | 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 | 30.1% | 167 |
| 2 | Stakeholder Management | 25.1% | 139 |
| 3 | Customer Experience | 18.6% | 103 |
| 4 | CRM | 17.1% | 95 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 16.1% | 89 |
| 6 | Problem-Solving | 14.6% | 81 |
| 7 | Roadmaps | 14.3% | 79 |
| 8 | Analytics | 14.1% | 78 |
| 9 | AI | 13.2% | 73 |
| 10 | User Experience | 12.3% | 68 |
| 11 | Event-Driven | 11.4% | 63 |
| 12 | Continuous Improvement | 10.6% | 59 |
| 12 | DevOps | 10.6% | 59 |
| 14 | Scrum | 10.1% | 56 |
| 15 | Migration | 9.7% | 54 |
| 16 | Software Engineering | 9.6% | 53 |
| 17 | Event-Driven Architecture | 8.5% | 47 |
| 18 | Decision-Making | 8.3% | 46 |
| 18 | ERP | 8.3% | 46 |
| 20 | Logistics | 7.4% | 41 |