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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 266 | 269 | 194 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | -75 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 550 | 332 | 500 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.34% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.18% | 1.10% | 1.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 293 | 192 | 358 |
| 10th Percentile | £329 | £325 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £406 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £498 | £523 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.04% | -4.78% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £702 | £725 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £560 | £475 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.89% | +11.76% | -15.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 16 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.41 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £13.48 | £15.25 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £15.50 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +254.84% | -69.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £71.25 | £17.97 | £55.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.50 | £28.43 | £58.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.00 | £15.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +300.00% | -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 requiring process or methodology skills.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 46,663 | 30,144 | 32,201 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 84.90% | 90.54% | 86.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,020 | 18,740 | 19,349 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £405 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £736 | £725 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,483 | 1,926 | 1,223 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.51 | £14.38 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.75 | £17.30 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.24 | £25.08 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +48.51% | -37.31% | -9.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £42.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £65.25 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.24 | £22.27 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +67.26% | -44.34% | -8.73% |
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 18 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 of jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 18 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 18 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 |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +4 | 511 | £550 | +10.00% | 919 |
| London | +14 | 316 | £525 | +5.00% | 533 |
| UK excluding London | -49 | 185 | £560 | +17.89% | 403 |
| Work from Home | -41 | 152 | £525 | +1.94% | 400 |
| North of England | -18 | 79 | £560 | +17.89% | 126 |
| North West | -3 | 62 | £568 | +19.47% | 60 |
| Midlands | -20 | 35 | £600 | +31.51% | 85 |
| South East | -69 | 34 | £625 | +13.64% | 87 |
| West Midlands | -32 | 24 | £650 | +31.65% | 40 |
| East of England | -18 | 21 | £519 | +9.21% | 34 |
| South West | -37 | 16 | £525 | +31.25% | 43 |
| Yorkshire | -36 | 15 | £425 | -5.56% | 49 |
| East Midlands | -12 | 10 | £475 | +11.76% | 45 |
| North East | -39 | 2 | - | - | 17 |
| Scotland | -30 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
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 | 30.5% | 168 |
| 2 | Stakeholder Management | 23.3% | 128 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 17.6% | 97 |
| 4 | Customer Experience | 16.7% | 92 |
| 5 | CRM | 15.8% | 87 |
| 6 | Problem-Solving | 14.7% | 81 |
| 7 | Roadmaps | 13.8% | 76 |
| 8 | User Experience | 13.3% | 73 |
| 9 | Analytics | 12.5% | 69 |
| 10 | AI | 12.4% | 68 |
| 11 | DevOps | 11.3% | 62 |
| 11 | Scrum | 11.3% | 62 |
| 13 | Event-Driven | 10.5% | 58 |
| 14 | Continuous Improvement | 10.0% | 55 |
| 15 | Migration | 9.6% | 53 |
| 16 | Software Engineering | 8.5% | 47 |
| 17 | ERP | 8.2% | 45 |
| 18 | B2C | 7.8% | 43 |
| 19 | Decision-Making | 7.6% | 42 |
| 19 | Event-Driven Architecture | 7.6% | 42 |