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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 252 182
Rank change year-on-year -29 -70 +3
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 431 309 564
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.05% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.16% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 187 410
10th Percentile £325 £281 £312
25th Percentile £409 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year - -1.23% -3.57%
75th Percentile £600 £578 £588
90th Percentile £700 £705 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 17
10th Percentile £22.50 - £10.42
25th Percentile £28.81 £15.25 £11.00
Median hourly rate £54.75 £15.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +253.23% +19.23% -80.15%
75th Percentile £78.25 £15.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £22.38 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +131.68% +19.23% -80.15%

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 42,291 26,731 37,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 91.01% 85.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,385 16,984 23,772
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,541 1,182 2,587
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +1.39%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.00 £61.16
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +8.91%

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 11 June 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 11 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

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 11 June 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 -35 394 £500 - 396
London -10 252 £500 -2.91% 191
UK excluding London -71 136 £513 +7.89% 247
Work from Home -29 133 £488 +13.16% 147
Midlands -37 41 £475 -4.52% 49
North of England -66 40 £556 +8.54% 94
North West -32 30 £513 -10.87% 52
West Midlands -38 28 £638 +21.43% 25
South East -77 25 £525 +16.67% 75
East of England -13 21 £350 -27.27% 10
East Midlands -20 13 £465 -2.11% 24
Yorkshire -50 10 £600 +18.52% 28
South West -25 7 £625 +66.67% 18
Scotland -11 2 - - 1

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 17 (3.94%) CMS
2 9 (2.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (1.86%) Confluence
4 3 (0.70%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.46%) Apache
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.46%) WordPress
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.23%) Kentico
6 1 (0.23%) nginx
6 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.23%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 9 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.62%) Chatbot
3 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.39%) Adobe After Effects
5 5 (1.16%) Final Cut Pro
5 5 (1.16%) Sketch
6 4 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (9.28%) Shopify
2 20 (4.64%) Magento
3 7 (1.62%) NetSuite
3 7 (1.62%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (1.62%) SAP CRM
4 5 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.70%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.46%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.23%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.23%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.23%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 41 (9.51%) Azure
2 37 (8.58%) AWS
3 21 (4.87%) Figma
4 18 (4.18%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 14 (3.25%) SaaS
6 11 (2.55%) BigCommerce
6 11 (2.55%) GCP
6 11 (2.55%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.32%) Serverless
8 9 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (2.09%) dbt
9 8 (1.86%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.62%) Miro
10 7 (1.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 7 (1.62%) WhatsApp
11 6 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.39%) Datadog
11 6 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.39%) GitHub
12 5 (1.16%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) RFID
2 1 (0.23%) RTMP
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.55%) MySQL
2 10 (2.32%) Power BI
3 8 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.62%) Metadata
4 7 (1.62%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.62%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.39%) Looker
5 6 (1.39%) Redis
6 5 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.16%) Tableau
7 4 (0.93%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.93%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.93%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.46%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 21 (4.87%) Git
2 19 (4.41%) JIRA
3 17 (3.94%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.32%) Selenium
5 8 (1.86%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.62%) Vite
7 6 (1.39%) GitLab
8 4 (0.93%) Maven
8 4 (0.93%) Subversion
9 3 (0.70%) Appium
9 3 (0.70%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.70%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.46%) Hudson
10 2 (0.46%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.23%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.23%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.23%) Spock
11 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 173 (40.14%) Retail
2 158 (36.66%) Social Skills
3 76 (17.63%) Finance
4 53 (12.30%) Marketing
5 46 (10.67%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.87%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.32%) Banking
10 9 (2.09%) Legal
11 7 (1.62%) French Language
11 7 (1.62%) Publishing
12 6 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.93%) Advertising
13 4 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.93%) Electronics
13 4 (0.93%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.70%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (21.11%) Senior
2 60 (13.92%) Analyst
3 45 (10.44%) Project Manager
4 42 (9.74%) Developer
5 40 (9.28%) Business Analyst
6 39 (9.05%) Senior Manager
7 33 (7.66%) Architect
8 31 (7.19%) Designer
9 30 (6.96%) Senior Project Manager
10 29 (6.73%) Lead
11 28 (6.50%) E-Commerce Manager
12 17 (3.94%) Product Manager
12 17 (3.94%) Senior Designer
13 15 (3.48%) Data Engineer
14 14 (3.25%) E-Commerce Analyst
14 14 (3.25%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
14 14 (3.25%) UI Designer
15 12 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.78%) Technical Analyst
16 11 (2.55%) Senior E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.05%) React
2 34 (7.89%) GraphQL
3 33 (7.66%) REST
4 32 (7.42%) Node.js
5 26 (6.03%) VML
6 21 (4.87%) CSS
7 19 (4.41%) HTML
7 19 (4.41%) Middleware
8 16 (3.71%) Playwright
9 12 (2.78%) Next.js
9 12 (2.78%) Spring
10 11 (2.55%) AngularJS
11 9 (2.09%) .NET
11 9 (2.09%) SOAP
12 8 (1.86%) Kafka
12 8 (1.86%) Spring Boot
12 8 (1.86%) Vue
13 7 (1.62%) HTML5
13 7 (1.62%) PySpark
13 7 (1.62%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.73%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.87%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 12 (2.78%) Virtual Team
5 11 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.09%) AI Agents
6 9 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.09%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
8 6 (1.39%) FMCG
8 6 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.16%) Animation
9 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.16%) EPoS
10 4 (0.93%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.93%) Graphic Design
11 3 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.02%) Linux
2 10 (2.32%) Android
2 10 (2.32%) Windows
3 9 (2.09%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.93%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (30.16%) Agile
2 84 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (17.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 75 (17.40%) User Experience
5 50 (11.60%) Project Management
6 49 (11.37%) CI/CD
7 43 (9.98%) B2C
7 43 (9.98%) Customer Experience
7 43 (9.98%) Roadmaps
8 42 (9.74%) Analytics
9 41 (9.51%) ERP
9 41 (9.51%) Scrum
10 40 (9.28%) CRM
10 40 (9.28%) Time Management
11 36 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (7.89%) Migration
13 33 (7.66%) AI
14 31 (7.19%) DevOps
15 30 (6.96%) Release Management
15 30 (6.96%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.89%) JavaScript
2 32 (7.42%) TypeScript
3 27 (6.26%) SQL
4 25 (5.80%) Python
5 20 (4.64%) Java
6 8 (1.86%) C#
7 6 (1.39%) PHP
7 6 (1.39%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.16%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.16%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.16%) SOQL
8 5 (1.16%) SOSL
8 5 (1.16%) Swift
9 3 (0.70%) Go
10 2 (0.46%) Groovy
10 2 (0.46%) Korn
11 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.23%) Scala
11 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 29 (6.73%) Degree
2 5 (1.16%) CSPO
3 2 (0.46%) Analytics IQ
3 2 (0.46%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.23%) CISA
4 1 (0.23%) CISSP
4 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.23%) PMP
4 1 (0.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.03%) QA
2 20 (4.64%) Accessibility
3 19 (4.41%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.09%) GDPR
5 6 (1.39%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.93%) SLA
7 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.46%) PMO
7 2 (0.46%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
8 1 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 15 (3.48%) Docker
2 5 (1.16%) Varnish
3 1 (0.23%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 14 (3.25%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (0.93%) Grafana
3 4 (0.93%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.70%) Terraform
5 2 (0.46%) MOM
6 1 (0.23%) Ansible
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 45 (10.44%) Salesforce
2 41 (9.51%) SAP
3 35 (8.12%) Adobe
4 28 (6.50%) Google
5 24 (5.57%) Microsoft
5 24 (5.57%) Oracle
6 15 (3.48%) Databricks
7 12 (2.78%) Sitecore
8 8 (1.86%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.16%) Splunk
10 4 (0.93%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.93%) IBM
10 4 (0.93%) Netlify
10 4 (0.93%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.70%) New Relic
11 3 (0.70%) TikTok
12 2 (0.46%) Confluent
12 2 (0.46%) Infor
12 2 (0.46%) mParticle
12 2 (0.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud