E-Commerce Contract Job Trends
E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing E-Commerce skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 271 | 269 | 183 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -86 | +16 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 558 | 360 | 489 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.01% | 1.03% | 1.34% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.18% | 1.14% | 1.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 305 | 204 | 343 |
| 10th Percentile | £330 | £325 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £411 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -3.85% | -5.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £638 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £714 | £794 | £688 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £575 | £486 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.25% | +8.06% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 19 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £12.75 | £43.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.47 | £15.25 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £46.00 | £15.50 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +196.77% | -67.37% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.00 | £15.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £71.50 | £26.14 | £57.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.45 | £15.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +135.16% | -70.48% | +5.00% |
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 citing process or methodology skills.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 47,308 | 31,511 | 31,511 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 85.56% | 90.05% | 86.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28,263 | 19,722 | 18,976 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £294 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £404 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,800 | 2,047 | 1,115 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £14.38 | £15.01 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.46 | £17.32 | £20.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | -20.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £43.75 | £64.73 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £66.50 | £73.68 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £34.00 | £22.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +51.11% | -35.71% | -20.14% |
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 Daily Rate Trend
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 8 November 2026.
E-Commerce Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing E-Commerce.
E-Commerce Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.
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 8 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +1 | 518 | £550 | +10.00% | 241 |
| London | +1 | 319 | £525 | +5.00% | 102 |
| UK excluding London | -42 | 191 | £575 | +18.25% | 223 |
| Work from Home | -48 | 141 | £550 | -4.35% | 171 |
| North of England | -31 | 82 | £575 | +17.95% | 53 |
| North West | +4 | 64 | £575 | +21.05% | 30 |
| South East | -66 | 40 | £575 | -11.54% | 55 |
| Midlands | -25 | 35 | £650 | +40.54% | 32 |
| West Midlands | -21 | 26 | £650 | +25.00% | 12 |
| South West | -20 | 18 | £525 | +31.25% | 13 |
| East of England | -27 | 16 | £550 | +15.79% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | -37 | 16 | £425 | -12.82% | 16 |
| East Midlands | -14 | 8 | £513 | +20.59% | 20 |
| North East | -36 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Scotland | -31 | 1 | - | - | 33 |
E-Commerce Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 30.1% | 168 |
| 2 | Stakeholder Management | 25.8% | 144 |
| 3 | Customer Experience | 18.6% | 104 |
| 4 | CRM | 17.4% | 97 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 16.1% | 90 |
| 6 | Problem-Solving | 14.5% | 81 |
| 7 | Analytics | 14.3% | 80 |
| 7 | Roadmaps | 14.3% | 80 |
| 9 | AI | 13.1% | 73 |
| 10 | User Experience | 12.2% | 68 |
| 11 | Event-Driven | 11.3% | 63 |
| 12 | Continuous Improvement | 10.8% | 60 |
| 12 | DevOps | 10.8% | 60 |
| 14 | Scrum | 10.0% | 56 |
| 15 | Migration | 9.9% | 55 |
| 16 | Software Engineering | 9.5% | 53 |
| 17 | ERP | 8.6% | 48 |
| 18 | Event-Driven Architecture | 8.4% | 47 |
| 19 | Decision-Making | 8.1% | 45 |
| 20 | Logistics | 7.2% | 40 |