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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 188 201
Rank change year-on-year -67 +13 -80
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 376 476 574
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.32% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.53% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 329 389
10th Percentile £343 £300 £306
25th Percentile £409 £395 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £623
90th Percentile £786 £690 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +8.06% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 9
10th Percentile £12.75 £43.65 £41.90
25th Percentile £15.25 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.37% -5.00% -27.20%
75th Percentile £24.61 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £35.40 £57.50 £67.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -70.48% +5.00% +376.19%

All Process and 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 31,777 31,113 41,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.78% 86.30% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,898 18,698 27,863
10th Percentile £300 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,100 1,096 1,595
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £19.03
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%
75th Percentile £44.77 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.93 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.30% -23.75% +53.45%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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 -58 345 £500 - 762
London -28 202 £500 -4.76% 407
Work from Home -53 135 £600 +26.32% 390
UK excluding London -33 132 £486 +8.06% 367
North of England -24 44 £488 +21.88% 118
South East -9 42 £650 +57.58% 125
Yorkshire -21 25 £488 +2.63% 35
North West -25 18 £475 +18.75% 78
Midlands -41 18 £463 -11.48% 62
East of England -23 15 £475 +26.67% 25
South West +2 12 £400 -25.58% 31
West Midlands -43 10 £520 +9.47% 35
East Midlands -9 8 £425 -18.66% 27
Scotland +6 4 £563 +15.38% 6
North East -6 1 £900 - 5

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 25 (6.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (5.85%) CMS
3 16 (4.26%) Confluence
4 8 (2.13%) Headless CMS
5 5 (1.33%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.27%) Drupal
8 1 (0.27%) Mule
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.60%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.27%) Autodesk Smoke
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Sketch
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (5.59%) Shopify
2 17 (4.52%) Magento
3 13 (3.46%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.33%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (1.06%) Endur
7 3 (0.80%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.27%) Eikon
8 1 (0.27%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.27%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.27%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.27%) SAP Hybris
8 1 (0.27%) SAP POS DM
8 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.50%) Azure
2 41 (10.90%) AWS
3 35 (9.31%) SaaS
4 25 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (5.59%) Serverless
6 20 (5.32%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 19 (5.05%) GCP
8 16 (4.26%) Commercetools
8 16 (4.26%) Power Platform
9 15 (3.99%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (3.99%) Figma
10 14 (3.72%) Contentful
11 12 (3.19%) Algolia
12 9 (2.39%) Google Analytics
13 7 (1.86%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.86%) Contentsquare
13 7 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.65%) Firewall
2 24 (6.38%) Cisco IOS
3 7 (1.86%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (0.53%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.27%) HTTP
5 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.32%) Tableau
2 16 (4.26%) Power BI
3 9 (2.39%) DynamoDB
3 9 (2.39%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.86%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.60%) Mixpanel
6 5 (1.33%) MySQL
6 5 (1.33%) Redis
7 4 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.80%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.53%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.53%) Looker
9 2 (0.53%) Power Query
9 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.27%) Big Data
10 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 26 (6.91%) Jenkins
1 26 (6.91%) JIRA
2 16 (4.26%) Git
3 6 (1.60%) Visual Website Optimizer
4 5 (1.33%) Selenium
5 4 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.06%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.06%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.06%) SpecFlow
5 4 (1.06%) Storybook
6 3 (0.80%) GitLab
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.53%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.53%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.53%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.53%) Gradle
7 2 (0.53%) Maven
7 2 (0.53%) Postman
7 2 (0.53%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
General
1 121 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 93 (24.73%) Retail
3 57 (15.16%) Marketing
4 50 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.78%) Finance
6 24 (6.38%) Games
7 17 (4.52%) French Language
8 12 (3.19%) Legal
9 9 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.39%) Electronics
9 9 (2.39%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.13%) Advertising
10 8 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.06%) Automotive
12 4 (1.06%) Publishing
13 3 (0.80%) Banking
13 3 (0.80%) Front Office
13 3 (0.80%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (12.77%) Architect
2 45 (11.97%) Analyst
3 35 (9.31%) Senior
4 33 (8.78%) Developer
5 28 (7.45%) Business Analyst
6 24 (6.38%) Consultant
6 24 (6.38%) Platform Engineer
7 21 (5.59%) E-Commerce Manager
8 20 (5.32%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.79%) Administrator
10 17 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.99%) Lead
12 13 (3.46%) Designer
13 11 (2.93%) E-Commerce Architect
14 9 (2.39%) Salesforce Architect
15 8 (2.13%) Magento Developer
15 8 (2.13%) Technical Architect
15 8 (2.13%) Technical Consultant
15 8 (2.13%) Test Manager
16 7 (1.86%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.17%) Node.js
2 29 (7.71%) GraphQL
3 18 (4.79%) React
4 17 (4.52%) HTML
4 17 (4.52%) Playwright
4 17 (4.52%) Vitest
5 14 (3.72%) CSS
6 13 (3.46%) REST
7 12 (3.19%) .NET
7 12 (3.19%) SOAP
8 10 (2.66%) YAML
9 8 (2.13%) HTML5
9 8 (2.13%) Next.js
9 8 (2.13%) RESTful
10 7 (1.86%) CSS3
10 7 (1.86%) OAuth
10 7 (1.86%) Redux
11 6 (1.60%) Bootstrap
11 6 (1.60%) Middleware
11 6 (1.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.37%) Product Ownership
2 33 (8.78%) Cloud Native
3 22 (5.85%) Mobile App
4 15 (3.99%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.13%) PMI
7 7 (1.86%) Social Media
8 6 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.33%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.80%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.53%) FMCG
12 2 (0.53%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.91%) Android
2 25 (6.65%) Windows
3 24 (6.38%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.80%) Unix
5 2 (0.53%) Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (30.32%) Agile
2 67 (17.82%) Analytics
3 62 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (13.03%) CI/CD
6 42 (11.17%) DevOps
6 42 (11.17%) User Experience
7 41 (10.90%) CRM
8 36 (9.57%) Mentoring
9 34 (9.04%) Coaching
9 34 (9.04%) Roadmaps
10 33 (8.78%) A/B Testing
10 33 (8.78%) B2C
11 30 (7.98%) Test Automation
12 29 (7.71%) Scrum
13 28 (7.45%) B2B
13 28 (7.45%) Customer Experience
14 25 (6.65%) ERP
15 24 (6.38%) Customer Engagement
16 23 (6.12%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.56%) SQL
2 33 (8.78%) Python
3 31 (8.24%) TypeScript
4 30 (7.98%) JavaScript
5 24 (6.38%) PowerShell
6 20 (5.32%) Java
7 13 (3.46%) C#
8 8 (2.13%) PHP
9 4 (1.06%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.06%) Ruby
10 3 (0.80%) R
11 2 (0.53%) Perl
12 1 (0.27%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.27%) SOQL
12 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (5.05%) Degree
2 11 (2.93%) PMI Certification
3 9 (2.39%) AWS Certification
4 6 (1.60%) CBAP
5 5 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.80%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.80%) PMP
8 2 (0.53%) APMG
8 2 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.53%) MBA
8 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.27%) CFA
9 1 (0.27%) CSPO
9 1 (0.27%) IIBA
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.27%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.12%) QA
2 16 (4.26%) GDPR
3 12 (3.19%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.39%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (1.60%) ISO 8583
5 6 (1.60%) PERC
5 6 (1.60%) PSD2
6 3 (0.80%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.80%) WCAG
7 2 (0.53%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.27%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 25 (6.65%) Active Directory
1 25 (6.65%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 26 (6.91%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (6.65%) SCCM
3 7 (1.86%) Terraform
4 3 (0.80%) Ansible
4 3 (0.80%) Grafana
4 3 (0.80%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.53%) Istio
5 2 (0.53%) Puppet
6 1 (0.27%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 50 (13.30%) Salesforce
2 42 (11.17%) Microsoft
3 29 (7.71%) Google
4 27 (7.18%) Splunk
5 24 (6.38%) Cisco
5 24 (6.38%) Meraki
6 21 (5.59%) SAP
7 14 (3.72%) Adobe
7 14 (3.72%) Oracle
8 10 (2.66%) Optimizely
9 7 (1.86%) Hotjar
10 6 (1.60%) Amplitude
10 6 (1.60%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.33%) Facebook
11 5 (1.33%) OneTrust
11 5 (1.33%) Sitecore
11 5 (1.33%) TikTok
12 4 (1.06%) Databricks
12 4 (1.06%) Wind River
13 3 (0.80%) OpenAI