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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 255 186
Rank change year-on-year -13 -69 +16
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 500 354 526
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.07% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.18% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 205 383
10th Percentile £325 £299 £325
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -6.98% -0.46%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +10.53% +8.57% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 9
10th Percentile - - £10.88
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.25 £11.00
Median hourly rate £54.75 £15.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +253.23% +19.23% -74.00%
75th Percentile £82.75 £15.75 £16.00
90th Percentile £95.00 - £51.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +131.68% +19.23% -74.00%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,351 29,931 33,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 90.42% 85.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,028 18,763 21,568
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £734 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,760 1,659 1,891
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.30 £18.15
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.10 £74.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.50 £41.25
% change year-on-year +87.06% -43.03% +3.13%

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 2 August 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 2 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Top 13 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 2 August 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 -28 457 £500 - 506
London +24 304 £500 -2.91% 292
Work from Home -20 164 £450 -5.26% 210
UK excluding London -89 141 £525 +10.53% 255
North of England -61 47 £525 +16.67% 81
Midlands -25 39 £588 +23.68% 44
North West -39 37 £525 +10.53% 43
West Midlands -42 26 £650 +23.81% 28
South East -94 26 £531 +3.66% 66
East of England -7 19 £519 +7.79% 10
East Midlands -4 13 £465 +3.33% 16
South West -43 10 £525 +40.00% 36
Yorkshire -47 10 £500 +11.11% 32

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 18 (3.60%) CMS
2 13 (2.60%) Confluence
3 5 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.80%) Apache
4 4 (0.80%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.60%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.60%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) Mule
6 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.20%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.20%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.20%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.20%) Sketch
6 4 (0.80%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.40%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.20%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 43 (8.60%) Shopify
2 20 (4.00%) Magento
3 10 (2.00%) SAP CRM
4 9 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (1.60%) Payment Gateway
6 7 (1.40%) NetSuite
7 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.60%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.40%) ION MarketView
10 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.40%) SAP MDG-F
11 1 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
11 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
11 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
11 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
11 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
11 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
11 1 (0.20%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 68 (13.60%) Azure
2 66 (13.20%) AWS
3 26 (5.20%) Figma
3 26 (5.20%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 25 (5.00%) GCP
5 18 (3.60%) GitHub
6 15 (3.00%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (2.20%) dbt
9 10 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.00%) SaaS
10 9 (1.80%) Miro
10 9 (1.80%) Serverless
10 9 (1.80%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.60%) Algolia
11 8 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.40%) BigCommerce
12 7 (1.40%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.60%) HTTP
1 3 (0.60%) Internet
2 2 (0.40%) LAN
2 2 (0.40%) WAN
3 1 (0.20%) Broadband
3 1 (0.20%) Firewall
3 1 (0.20%) Network Security
3 1 (0.20%) RFID
3 1 (0.20%) Wireless
3 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.80%) Power BI
2 12 (2.40%) Looker
2 12 (2.40%) NoSQL
3 10 (2.00%) Tableau
4 9 (1.80%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.60%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.40%) MySQL
7 6 (1.20%) Couchbase
7 6 (1.20%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.00%) Metadata
8 5 (1.00%) Redis
8 5 (1.00%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.80%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.80%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.40%) KDB
Development Applications
1 28 (5.60%) Jenkins
2 25 (5.00%) Git
3 23 (4.60%) JIRA
4 10 (2.00%) Cypress.io
5 8 (1.60%) Selenium
5 8 (1.60%) Subversion
6 6 (1.20%) Claude Code
6 6 (1.20%) GitLab
6 6 (1.20%) Vite
7 5 (1.00%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.80%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.80%) Maven
8 4 (0.80%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.60%) Appium
10 2 (0.40%) Hudson
10 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.20%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 236 (47.20%) Retail
2 186 (37.20%) Social Skills
3 79 (15.80%) Finance
4 72 (14.40%) Marketing
5 46 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (8.40%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (5.00%) Manufacturing
8 24 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (3.00%) Banking
10 11 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.80%) Legal
11 9 (1.80%) Publishing
12 8 (1.60%) Advertising
12 8 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.20%) French Language
14 4 (0.80%) Electronics
14 4 (0.80%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (17.80%) Senior
2 59 (11.80%) Analyst
3 54 (10.80%) Developer
4 42 (8.40%) Architect
5 39 (7.80%) Designer
6 36 (7.20%) Business Analyst
7 35 (7.00%) Lead
8 34 (6.80%) Project Manager
9 24 (4.80%) Product Manager
10 23 (4.60%) Senior Manager
11 22 (4.40%) UI Designer
12 21 (4.20%) E-Commerce Manager
12 21 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (3.80%) Senior Designer
14 16 (3.20%) Senior Developer
15 15 (3.00%) Data Engineer
16 14 (2.80%) Programme Manager
16 14 (2.80%) Salesforce Developer
16 14 (2.80%) Senior Project Manager
17 13 (2.60%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.20%) React
1 46 (9.20%) REST
2 42 (8.40%) Node.js
3 39 (7.80%) GraphQL
4 21 (4.20%) Middleware
5 20 (4.00%) CSS
5 20 (4.00%) Next.js
6 19 (3.80%) HTML
7 17 (3.40%) VML
8 16 (3.20%) Kafka
8 16 (3.20%) Spring
9 15 (3.00%) Playwright
10 14 (2.80%) SOAP
11 12 (2.40%) Spring Boot
12 11 (2.20%) AngularJS
13 10 (2.00%) HTML5
13 10 (2.00%) RESTful
14 9 (1.80%) Jakarta EE
14 9 (1.80%) Sass
15 8 (1.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.60%) Product Ownership
2 27 (5.40%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.60%) Mobile App
4 21 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.20%) Marketing Technology
8 10 (2.00%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.00%) Management Information System
9 9 (1.80%) Graphic Design
9 9 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.80%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.60%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.40%) Animation
11 7 (1.40%) FMCG
12 6 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.80%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.80%) Taxonomies
15 3 (0.60%) Digital Wallet
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.00%) Android
1 10 (2.00%) Apple iOS
2 9 (1.80%) Windows
3 8 (1.60%) Linux
4 5 (1.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (31.60%) Agile
2 99 (19.80%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (18.20%) Problem-Solving
4 76 (15.20%) User Experience
5 70 (14.00%) CI/CD
6 65 (13.00%) Customer Experience
7 60 (12.00%) CRM
8 59 (11.80%) Roadmaps
9 56 (11.20%) Scrum
10 55 (11.00%) Analytics
11 52 (10.40%) AI
12 50 (10.00%) DevOps
13 48 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (8.80%) Migration
15 42 (8.40%) Project Management
16 40 (8.00%) ERP
17 39 (7.80%) B2C
18 38 (7.60%) Time Management
19 36 (7.20%) Event-Driven
19 36 (7.20%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 40 (8.00%) SQL
2 37 (7.40%) JavaScript
3 36 (7.20%) TypeScript
4 31 (6.20%) Python
5 27 (5.40%) Java
6 6 (1.20%) Apex Code
6 6 (1.20%) C#
6 6 (1.20%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.00%) Groovy
7 5 (1.00%) SOQL
7 5 (1.00%) SOSL
7 5 (1.00%) Swift
8 4 (0.80%) ABAP
9 3 (0.60%) Go
9 3 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.40%) Bash
10 2 (0.40%) DataWeave
10 2 (0.40%) Korn
10 2 (0.40%) LookML
10 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (8.80%) Degree
2 6 (1.20%) CSPO
2 6 (1.20%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (0.60%) MBA
4 3 (0.60%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.20%) Analytics IQ
5 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.20%) CISA
5 1 (0.20%) CISSP
5 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.20%) IIBA
5 1 (0.20%) ISEB
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.20%) PhD
5 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.20%) PMP
5 1 (0.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.80%) QA
2 24 (4.80%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.60%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.20%) GDPR
5 7 (1.40%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.20%) SLA
7 4 (0.80%) PMO
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.40%) PSD2
8 2 (0.40%) WCAG
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (4.60%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 24 (4.80%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.60%) Terraform
3 6 (1.20%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.60%) Grafana
4 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.40%) Bosun
5 2 (0.40%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.40%) MOM
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 57 (11.40%) Salesforce
2 41 (8.20%) SAP
3 33 (6.60%) Microsoft
4 30 (6.00%) Adobe
4 30 (6.00%) Google
5 22 (4.40%) Oracle
6 17 (3.40%) Databricks
7 15 (3.00%) MuleSoft
8 9 (1.80%) Sitecore
9 7 (1.40%) New Relic
10 6 (1.20%) IBM
11 5 (1.00%) Braze
11 5 (1.00%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.00%) Splunk
12 3 (0.60%) Informatica
12 3 (0.60%) Netlify
13 2 (0.40%) Apple
13 2 (0.40%) Infor
13 2 (0.40%) ION Trading