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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 251 198
Rank change year-on-year -21 -53 -24
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 412 301 524
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.02% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.13% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 196 374
10th Percentile £325 £281 £285
25th Percentile £413 £351 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £578 £588
90th Percentile £775 £681 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £444 £450
% change year-on-year +15.49% -1.39% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 4 17
10th Percentile £16.62 £32.87 £10.42
25th Percentile £22.50 £38.68 £11.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £44.71 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% +243.88% -80.81%
75th Percentile £75.25 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £52.25 £66.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £52.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% +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 37,756 26,715 38,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.98% 90.47% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 17,208 24,897
10th Percentile £313 £308 £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 £740 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.33% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,227 936 2,327
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% - -7.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £71.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -10.26% +0.83% -12.01%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 22 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 -26 383 £500 +11.11% 409
London -6 244 £500 +11.11% 174
Work from Home -5 152 £513 +28.13% 189
UK excluding London -14 126 £513 +15.49% 259
Midlands -21 48 £463 -2.63% 60
North of England -47 38 £531 +6.25% 90
West Midlands -36 35 £638 +226.92% 27
North West -10 23 £513 +2.50% 53
South East -59 23 £525 +57.30% 65
Yorkshire -44 15 £600 +18.52% 29
East of England -14 14 £350 -24.32% 23
East Midlands -27 13 £413 -20.67% 33
South West -33 4 £625 +66.67% 20
Scotland - 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 19 (4.61%) CMS
2 11 (2.67%) Confluence
3 10 (2.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.97%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.49%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.24%) Apache
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.24%) Kentico
7 1 (0.24%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.43%) Chatbot
1 10 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.49%) Autodesk Smoke
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 42 (10.19%) Shopify
2 11 (2.67%) Magento
3 7 (1.70%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.97%) Endur
4 4 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.73%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.49%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.24%) Eikon
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.24%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.24%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 42 (10.19%) Azure
2 33 (8.01%) AWS
3 26 (6.31%) SaaS
4 17 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (3.40%) Figma
6 13 (3.16%) Commercetools
6 13 (3.16%) Datadog
6 13 (3.16%) GCP
6 13 (3.16%) Serverless
7 12 (2.91%) Algolia
7 12 (2.91%) Contentful
7 12 (2.91%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 11 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (1.94%) BigCommerce
9 8 (1.94%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.70%) Google Tag Manager
10 7 (1.70%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.70%) Miro
10 7 (1.70%) WhatsApp
11 6 (1.46%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.70%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.24%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.24%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) RFID
2 1 (0.24%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.67%) MySQL
2 9 (2.18%) Redis
3 7 (1.70%) Power BI
4 6 (1.46%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.46%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.21%) Metadata
5 5 (1.21%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.73%) Looker
6 3 (0.73%) Mixpanel
6 3 (0.73%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.73%) Tableau
7 2 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.49%) CockroachDB
7 2 (0.49%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.24%) Bigtable
8 1 (0.24%) Impala
Development Applications
1 28 (6.80%) Jenkins
2 24 (5.83%) JIRA
3 13 (3.16%) Git
4 7 (1.70%) Selenium
5 6 (1.46%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.46%) GitLab
6 4 (0.97%) Maven
6 4 (0.97%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.73%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.73%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.73%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.49%) Appium
8 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.49%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.49%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.24%) Spock
9 1 (0.24%) Vite
9 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 137 (33.25%) Social Skills
2 108 (26.21%) Retail
3 61 (14.81%) Finance
4 53 (12.86%) Marketing
5 35 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (7.52%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.88%) Legal
8 12 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.91%) Electronics
8 12 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.43%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.70%) Banking
11 7 (1.70%) Publishing
12 6 (1.46%) Advertising
12 6 (1.46%) French Language
13 4 (0.97%) Front Office
14 2 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.49%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (17.72%) Senior
2 56 (13.59%) Analyst
3 47 (11.41%) Architect
4 40 (9.71%) Project Manager
5 38 (9.22%) Business Analyst
5 38 (9.22%) E-Commerce Manager
6 33 (8.01%) Developer
7 29 (7.04%) Senior Manager
8 26 (6.31%) Consultant
9 25 (6.07%) Senior Project Manager
10 21 (5.10%) Lead
11 17 (4.13%) Designer
12 15 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.16%) Web Manager
14 12 (2.91%) Account Executive
14 12 (2.91%) E-Commerce Executive
14 12 (2.91%) E-Commerce Project Manager
15 11 (2.67%) Data Engineer
15 11 (2.67%) Senior E-Commerce Manager
16 10 (2.43%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (11.17%) Node.js
2 35 (8.50%) GraphQL
3 32 (7.77%) React
4 30 (7.28%) Playwright
5 24 (5.83%) CSS
6 22 (5.34%) REST
7 21 (5.10%) HTML
7 21 (5.10%) Vitest
7 21 (5.10%) VML
8 19 (4.61%) Middleware
9 14 (3.40%) .NET
10 13 (3.16%) YAML
11 11 (2.67%) AngularJS
11 11 (2.67%) OpenTelemetry
12 8 (1.94%) HTML5
12 8 (1.94%) Next.js
12 8 (1.94%) Sass
12 8 (1.94%) Vue
13 7 (1.70%) CSS3
13 7 (1.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.44%) Product Ownership
2 37 (8.98%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.85%) Mobile App
4 16 (3.88%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.64%) Virtual Team
6 14 (3.40%) Marketing Technology
7 13 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (2.43%) PMI
9 9 (2.18%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.21%) FMCG
11 5 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.21%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.97%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.97%) EPoS
12 4 (0.97%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.73%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.43%) Linux
2 8 (1.94%) Windows
3 7 (1.70%) Android
4 6 (1.46%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (34.71%) Agile
2 78 (18.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 76 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (13.59%) CI/CD
5 55 (13.35%) User Experience
6 47 (11.41%) Analytics
6 47 (11.41%) DevOps
6 47 (11.41%) Scrum
7 46 (11.17%) ERP
8 45 (10.92%) Project Management
9 43 (10.44%) Coaching
10 40 (9.71%) Customer Experience
11 36 (8.74%) Roadmaps
12 34 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (8.01%) Mentoring
13 33 (8.01%) Test Automation
14 31 (7.52%) B2C
14 31 (7.52%) Time Management
15 29 (7.04%) CRM
16 27 (6.55%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.89%) TypeScript
2 28 (6.80%) JavaScript
3 24 (5.83%) SQL
4 20 (4.85%) Python
5 15 (3.64%) Java
6 13 (3.16%) C#
7 7 (1.70%) PHP
8 4 (0.97%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.73%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.73%) SOQL
9 3 (0.73%) SOSL
10 2 (0.49%) Go
11 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.24%) Korn
11 1 (0.24%) Ruby
11 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (5.58%) Degree
2 14 (3.40%) PMI Certification
3 6 (1.46%) CBAP
4 5 (1.21%) CSPO
5 4 (0.97%) PMP
6 2 (0.49%) Analytics IQ
6 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.49%) MBA
7 1 (0.24%) APMP
7 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.24%) CFA
7 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.25%) QA
2 22 (5.34%) GDPR
3 16 (3.88%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.43%) PERC
5 9 (2.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 9 (2.18%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.18%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.46%) ISO 8583
6 6 (1.46%) PSD2
7 4 (0.97%) SLA
7 4 (0.97%) WCAG
8 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 29 (7.04%) Docker
2 5 (1.21%) Varnish
3 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 29 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.91%) Grafana
2 12 (2.91%) Prometheus
3 8 (1.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.97%) Terraform
5 2 (0.49%) Ansible
5 2 (0.49%) MOM
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 40 (9.71%) Google
2 36 (8.74%) Adobe
3 32 (7.77%) Salesforce
4 30 (7.28%) SAP
5 20 (4.85%) Microsoft
6 12 (2.91%) Oracle
7 10 (2.43%) Databricks
7 10 (2.43%) Tealium
8 9 (2.18%) Sitecore
9 6 (1.46%) OneTrust
10 5 (1.21%) mParticle
10 5 (1.21%) Optimizely
11 4 (0.97%) Wind River
12 3 (0.73%) Amplitude
12 3 (0.73%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.73%) TikTok
13 2 (0.49%) Netlify
13 2 (0.49%) OpenAI
13 2 (0.49%) Rollbar
13 2 (0.49%) Splunk