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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 264 190
Rank change year-on-year -7 -74 +21
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 550 337 500
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.01% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.12% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 197 358
10th Percentile £328 £323 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £600
90th Percentile £703 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +17.89% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 3
10th Percentile £13.39 - -
25th Percentile £21.31 £15.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £62.00 £15.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +300.00% -67.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £71.38 £17.97 £54.38
90th Percentile £71.50 £28.43 £57.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.00 £15.50 -
% change year-on-year +345.16% - -

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 46,870 30,047 32,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 90.49% 86.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,156 18,700 19,515
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,444 1,888 1,247
10th Percentile £13.53 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.94 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.18 £65.25 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

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 15 October 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 15 October 2026.

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 15 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 -1 511 £538 +7.50% 872
London +23 320 £520 +0.97% 521
UK excluding London -54 181 £560 +17.89% 375
Work from Home -32 155 £525 +1.94% 350
North of England -35 78 £560 +17.89% 122
North West -10 61 £568 +19.47% 63
Midlands -26 35 £600 +29.73% 84
South East -82 32 £625 +13.64% 84
West Midlands -27 24 £650 +23.81% 39
East of England -21 20 £500 +5.26% 28
South West -34 16 £525 +31.25% 35
Yorkshire -45 15 £425 -5.56% 43
East Midlands -7 10 £475 +11.76% 45
North East -35 2 - - 16
Scotland -25 1 - - 11

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 33 (6.00%) CMS
2 20 (3.64%) Confluence
3 11 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.64%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (1.45%) WordPress
6 5 (0.91%) Apache
6 5 (0.91%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.73%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.55%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.55%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.55%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.36%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.36%) Kentico
9 2 (0.36%) Mule
10 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
10 1 (0.18%) Mendix
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.09%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.09%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.09%) Sketch
6 4 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 31 (5.64%) Shopify
2 19 (3.45%) Magento
3 15 (2.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (2.55%) Payment Gateway
5 11 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
6 10 (1.82%) SAP CRM
7 9 (1.64%) NetSuite
8 6 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.91%) SAP Hybris
10 2 (0.36%) ION MarketView
10 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
11 1 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle SCM
11 1 (0.18%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
11 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
11 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG-F
11 1 (0.18%) SAP Retail
11 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 92 (16.73%) AWS
1 92 (16.73%) Azure
2 38 (6.91%) GCP
3 26 (4.73%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 24 (4.36%) GitHub
5 23 (4.18%) Figma
6 21 (3.82%) SaaS
7 19 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (2.91%) Power Platform
9 15 (2.73%) dbt
10 14 (2.55%) Snowflake
11 13 (2.36%) Serverless
12 11 (2.00%) Algolia
13 9 (1.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 9 (1.64%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 8 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.27%) Azure Functions
15 7 (1.27%) Datadog
15 7 (1.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.45%) HTTP
2 3 (0.55%) Internet
2 3 (0.55%) WAN
3 2 (0.36%) Firewall
3 2 (0.36%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.36%) SMS
3 2 (0.36%) VPN
3 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.18%) Broadband
4 1 (0.18%) DNS
4 1 (0.18%) LAN
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.91%) Power BI
2 12 (2.18%) BigQuery
2 12 (2.18%) Looker
2 12 (2.18%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.00%) MongoDB
3 11 (2.00%) Relational Database
3 11 (2.00%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.82%) Tableau
5 9 (1.64%) SAP HANA
6 8 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.09%) Couchbase
7 6 (1.09%) MySQL
7 6 (1.09%) Redis
8 5 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.91%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.91%) Metadata
8 5 (0.91%) SAP BW
8 5 (0.91%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 25 (4.55%) Jenkins
1 25 (4.55%) JIRA
2 22 (4.00%) Git
3 8 (1.45%) Subversion
4 6 (1.09%) Claude Code
4 6 (1.09%) Vite
5 5 (0.91%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.73%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.36%) GitLab
8 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.36%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.18%) Appium
9 1 (0.18%) Bundler
9 1 (0.18%) Hudson
9 1 (0.18%) MLflow
9 1 (0.18%) Postman
9 1 (0.18%) TestRail
9 1 (0.18%) Xcode
General
1 265 (48.18%) Retail
2 176 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 99 (18.00%) Marketing
4 86 (15.64%) Finance
5 58 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (4.91%) Manufacturing
8 26 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.45%) Banking
10 11 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.64%) Advertising
12 9 (1.64%) Legal
13 7 (1.27%) French Language
13 7 (1.27%) Publishing
14 5 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.73%) Billing
15 4 (0.73%) Electronics
16 3 (0.55%) Law
16 3 (0.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (14.73%) Senior
2 65 (11.82%) Architect
3 61 (11.09%) Developer
4 51 (9.27%) Analyst
5 33 (6.00%) Business Analyst
5 33 (6.00%) Designer
5 33 (6.00%) Lead
6 31 (5.64%) Project Manager
7 30 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
8 27 (4.91%) Product Manager
9 26 (4.73%) E-Commerce Manager
10 21 (3.82%) Software Engineer
11 20 (3.64%) Consultant
12 19 (3.45%) UI Designer
13 17 (3.09%) Technical Architect
14 15 (2.73%) Data Engineer
14 15 (2.73%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
14 15 (2.73%) Salesforce Developer
14 15 (2.73%) Senior Designer
14 15 (2.73%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.45%) REST
2 45 (8.18%) React
3 41 (7.45%) Node.js
4 35 (6.36%) GraphQL
5 31 (5.64%) Kafka
6 27 (4.91%) Next.js
7 23 (4.18%) .NET
8 20 (3.64%) Terraform
9 19 (3.45%) Spring
9 19 (3.45%) Spring Boot
10 16 (2.91%) RESTful
10 16 (2.91%) SOAP
11 12 (2.18%) HTML
12 11 (2.00%) Middleware
13 9 (1.64%) CSS
13 9 (1.64%) Lightning Web Components
13 9 (1.64%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (1.64%) SAPUI5
13 9 (1.64%) VML
14 8 (1.45%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.18%) Product Ownership
2 37 (6.73%) Cloud Native
3 33 (6.00%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 19 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.73%) Management Information System
9 11 (2.00%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.82%) FMCG
11 9 (1.64%) Graphic Design
11 9 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.45%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.27%) Animation
14 6 (1.09%) Credit Risk
15 5 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.91%) Life Science
15 5 (0.91%) Social Media
15 5 (0.91%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.00%) Android
2 10 (1.82%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.27%) Windows
4 4 (0.73%) Linux
5 2 (0.36%) macOS
6 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (30.73%) Agile
2 127 (23.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 98 (17.82%) CI/CD
4 90 (16.36%) Customer Experience
5 87 (15.82%) CRM
6 82 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (13.27%) User Experience
8 72 (13.09%) Roadmaps
9 68 (12.36%) AI
10 67 (12.18%) Analytics
11 63 (11.45%) Scrum
12 62 (11.27%) DevOps
13 56 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (10.18%) Event-Driven
14 52 (9.45%) Migration
15 47 (8.55%) Software Engineering
16 44 (8.00%) ERP
17 43 (7.82%) B2C
18 42 (7.64%) Decision-Making
19 41 (7.45%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 53 (9.64%) SQL
2 44 (8.00%) Python
3 36 (6.55%) TypeScript
4 33 (6.00%) Java
4 33 (6.00%) JavaScript
5 16 (2.91%) C#
6 11 (2.00%) Kotlin
7 9 (1.64%) Apex Code
8 7 (1.27%) ABAP
9 6 (1.09%) Swift
10 5 (0.91%) Groovy
10 5 (0.91%) PHP
10 5 (0.91%) SOQL
10 5 (0.91%) SOSL
11 4 (0.73%) Bash
11 4 (0.73%) LookML
11 4 (0.73%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.55%) Go
12 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (9.27%) Degree
2 6 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (1.09%) Master's Degree
2 6 (1.09%) Security Cleared
3 5 (0.91%) CSPO
4 4 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (0.73%) IIBA
4 4 (0.73%) MBA
5 3 (0.55%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.36%) PMP
7 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.18%) CISA
7 1 (0.18%) CISSP
7 1 (0.18%) ISEB
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.18%) PgMP
7 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.36%) QA
2 32 (5.82%) Data Quality
3 31 (5.64%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.36%) GDPR
5 6 (1.09%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.09%) PMO
6 4 (0.73%) WCAG
7 3 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) PSD2
8 2 (0.36%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (4.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (5.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.55%) Bosun
3 2 (0.36%) CloudHub
3 2 (0.36%) Grafana
3 2 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (11.27%) Salesforce
2 47 (8.55%) SAP
3 43 (7.82%) Microsoft
4 30 (5.45%) Adobe
5 23 (4.18%) Google
6 21 (3.82%) Oracle
7 20 (3.64%) MuleSoft
8 11 (2.00%) Databricks
8 11 (2.00%) Sitecore
9 8 (1.45%) New Relic
9 8 (1.45%) Splunk
10 7 (1.27%) IBM
11 6 (1.09%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.09%) TikTok
12 5 (0.91%) Apple
12 5 (0.91%) Braze
12 5 (0.91%) dotdigital
12 5 (0.91%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.91%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud