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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 247 183
Rank change year-on-year -19 -64 +21
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 493 349 512
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.92% 1.06% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.17% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 202 378
10th Percentile £325 £297 £324
25th Percentile £411 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £545
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -8.72% +0.93%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £741
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +13.16% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 5
10th Percentile £18.88 - -
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.25 £11.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £15.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +222.58% -3.13% -68.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £15.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £95.00 - £55.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £15.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year +61.29% +40.91% -78.00%

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 45,278 29,786 33,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.80% 90.49% 85.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,840 18,586 21,275
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £423 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,823 1,710 1,832
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.31 £18.46
Median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £74.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.13% -45.88% +13.33%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -26 450 £520 +4.00% 579
London +9 291 £500 -2.91% 341
Work from Home -4 161 £450 -4.00% 234
UK excluding London -87 145 £538 +13.16% 300
North of England -59 45 £550 +18.92% 92
Midlands -17 44 £588 +23.68% 48
North West -27 36 £550 +15.79% 57
West Midlands -33 29 £650 +23.81% 20
South East -94 27 £525 +5.00% 91
East of England -14 18 £500 +5.26% 18
East Midlands -10 14 £475 +5.56% 28
South West -49 12 £525 +40.00% 39
Yorkshire -46 9 £500 +11.11% 29

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 (3.85%) CMS
2 15 (3.04%) Confluence
3 5 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.81%) Apache
4 4 (0.81%) Headless CMS
4 4 (0.81%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.61%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.41%) Mule
6 2 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.41%) WordPress
7 1 (0.20%) Mendix
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 13 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.22%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.22%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.22%) Sketch
6 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.41%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.20%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 41 (8.32%) Shopify
2 20 (4.06%) Magento
3 9 (1.83%) Payment Gateway
3 9 (1.83%) SAP CRM
3 9 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.42%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.41%) ION MarketView
6 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.41%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.41%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.20%) SDL Web 8
7 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 67 (13.59%) AWS
2 66 (13.39%) Azure
3 27 (5.48%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 25 (5.07%) GCP
5 23 (4.67%) Figma
6 18 (3.65%) GitHub
7 14 (2.84%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.64%) SaaS
9 12 (2.43%) dbt
9 12 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.23%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.62%) Algolia
12 7 (1.42%) BigCommerce
12 7 (1.42%) Datadog
12 7 (1.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 7 (1.42%) Serverless
13 6 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.22%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.81%) WAN
2 3 (0.61%) Firewall
2 3 (0.61%) HTTP
2 3 (0.61%) Internet
3 2 (0.41%) LAN
3 2 (0.41%) Network Security
3 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.41%) VPN
3 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.20%) Broadband
4 1 (0.20%) Wireless
4 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.64%) Power BI
2 12 (2.43%) Looker
3 11 (2.23%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.83%) Tableau
5 8 (1.62%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.42%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.22%) Couchbase
7 6 (1.22%) MySQL
8 5 (1.01%) Metadata
8 5 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.81%) Redis
9 4 (0.81%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.41%) KDB
Development Applications
1 26 (5.27%) Jenkins
2 24 (4.87%) Git
3 23 (4.67%) JIRA
4 9 (1.83%) Cypress.io
5 8 (1.62%) Subversion
6 6 (1.22%) Claude Code
6 6 (1.22%) Selenium
6 6 (1.22%) Vite
7 5 (1.01%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.01%) GitLab
8 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.81%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.61%) Appium
9 3 (0.61%) Maven
10 2 (0.41%) Hudson
10 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.20%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.20%) Spock
General
1 235 (47.67%) Retail
2 175 (35.50%) Social Skills
3 75 (15.21%) Marketing
4 73 (14.81%) Finance
5 48 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (4.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (4.67%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.85%) Banking
10 11 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.83%) Publishing
12 8 (1.62%) Advertising
12 8 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.62%) Legal
13 6 (1.22%) French Language
14 4 (0.81%) Electronics
14 4 (0.81%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.61%) Billing
15 3 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 92 (18.66%) Senior
2 59 (11.97%) Analyst
3 58 (11.76%) Developer
4 40 (8.11%) Architect
5 36 (7.30%) Business Analyst
6 35 (7.10%) Designer
7 32 (6.49%) Project Manager
8 31 (6.29%) Lead
9 26 (5.27%) Product Manager
10 22 (4.46%) E-Commerce Manager
10 22 (4.46%) UI Designer
11 20 (4.06%) Senior Manager
11 20 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (3.65%) Senior Developer
13 17 (3.45%) Consultant
13 17 (3.45%) Senior Designer
14 16 (3.25%) Salesforce Developer
15 15 (3.04%) Data Engineer
16 14 (2.84%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
17 13 (2.64%) E-Commerce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (9.13%) REST
2 44 (8.92%) React
3 41 (8.32%) Node.js
4 36 (7.30%) GraphQL
5 19 (3.85%) Next.js
6 18 (3.65%) Middleware
7 17 (3.45%) CSS
7 17 (3.45%) HTML
7 17 (3.45%) VML
8 15 (3.04%) Kafka
8 15 (3.04%) SOAP
9 14 (2.84%) Spring
10 12 (2.43%) Playwright
11 11 (2.23%) Spring Boot
12 10 (2.03%) .NET
12 10 (2.03%) RESTful
13 9 (1.83%) HTML5
14 8 (1.62%) AngularJS
14 8 (1.62%) Sass
14 8 (1.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.33%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.07%) Mobile App
3 23 (4.67%) Cloud Native
4 21 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.64%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.23%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.23%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.83%) Graphic Design
9 9 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.42%) Animation
10 7 (1.42%) FMCG
11 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.81%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.81%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.81%) Taxonomies
12 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.03%) Android
1 10 (2.03%) Apple iOS
1 10 (2.03%) Windows
2 7 (1.42%) Linux
3 4 (0.81%) Unix
4 2 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (31.64%) Agile
2 104 (21.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 86 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (14.60%) User Experience
5 69 (14.00%) CI/CD
6 64 (12.98%) Customer Experience
7 61 (12.37%) Scrum
8 60 (12.17%) CRM
9 55 (11.16%) Roadmaps
10 54 (10.95%) AI
11 53 (10.75%) Analytics
12 52 (10.55%) DevOps
13 48 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (9.74%) Migration
14 40 (8.11%) Project Management
15 39 (7.91%) ERP
16 38 (7.71%) B2C
17 35 (7.10%) Order Management
17 35 (7.10%) Time Management
17 35 (7.10%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.13%) SQL
2 36 (7.30%) JavaScript
2 36 (7.30%) TypeScript
3 35 (7.10%) Python
4 25 (5.07%) Java
5 11 (2.23%) C#
6 8 (1.62%) Apex Code
7 7 (1.42%) SOQL
7 7 (1.42%) SOSL
8 6 (1.22%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.01%) Groovy
9 5 (1.01%) Swift
10 4 (0.81%) ABAP
10 4 (0.81%) Bash
10 4 (0.81%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.61%) Go
11 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.41%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.41%) LookML
12 2 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (8.52%) Degree
2 7 (1.42%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.22%) CSPO
4 5 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.81%) MBA
5 4 (0.81%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.41%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.20%) Analytics IQ
7 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.20%) CISA
7 1 (0.20%) CISSP
7 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.20%) IIBA
7 1 (0.20%) ISEB
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.20%) PhD
7 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.69%) QA
2 23 (4.67%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.26%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.03%) GDPR
5 6 (1.22%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.01%) SLA
7 4 (0.81%) PMO
8 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.41%) PSD2
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (4.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 23 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.25%) Terraform
3 3 (0.61%) Grafana
3 3 (0.61%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.41%) Bosun
4 2 (0.41%) CloudHub
4 2 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.41%) MOM
4 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 62 (12.58%) Salesforce
2 40 (8.11%) SAP
3 36 (7.30%) Microsoft
4 29 (5.88%) Adobe
5 27 (5.48%) Google
6 23 (4.67%) Oracle
7 16 (3.25%) Databricks
8 15 (3.04%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.62%) Sitecore
10 7 (1.42%) New Relic
11 6 (1.22%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.22%) Splunk
12 5 (1.01%) Braze
12 5 (1.01%) IBM
13 4 (0.81%) Apple
13 4 (0.81%) Dynatrace
14 3 (0.61%) Informatica
14 3 (0.61%) OpenAI
15 2 (0.41%) Netlify
15 2 (0.41%) Screaming Frog