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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 188 207
Rank change year-on-year -57 +19 -86
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 375 491 579
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.34% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.55% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 342 392
10th Percentile £325 £300 £307
25th Percentile £405 £398 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £623
90th Percentile £778 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +8.06% -10.00% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 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 £38.16 £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 31,960 31,635 41,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.93% 86.21% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,027 19,055 27,781
10th Percentile £295 £310 £308
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
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 2,098 1,126 1,593
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.12 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -19.54% +24.29%
75th Percentile £44.40 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £73.53 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £33.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -31.42% -24.83% +48.81%

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 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 14 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 14 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 -60 343 £500 - 768
London -30 201 £500 -7.41% 414
Work from Home -52 136 £575 +15.00% 421
UK excluding London -46 131 £486 +8.06% 377
North of England -33 45 £488 +8.33% 125
South East -12 42 £650 +60.00% 129
Yorkshire -21 25 £488 +2.63% 39
North West -26 19 £475 +11.76% 80
East of England -21 16 £475 +26.67% 24
Midlands -40 15 £463 +0.27% 55
South West +1 12 £400 -25.58% 30
West Midlands -48 8 £520 +30.00% 29
East Midlands -7 7 £425 -18.66% 26
Scotland -3 4 £563 +15.38% 7
North East -10 1 £900 - 6

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 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.13%) CMS
3 16 (4.27%) Confluence
4 8 (2.13%) Headless CMS
5 5 (1.33%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.53%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.53%) Mule
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.27%) Drupal
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
8 1 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.87%) 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 20 (5.33%) Shopify
2 18 (4.80%) Magento
3 13 (3.47%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.33%) Oracle Retail
6 4 (1.07%) 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 (12.53%) Azure
2 44 (11.73%) AWS
3 35 (9.33%) SaaS
4 25 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (5.60%) Serverless
6 19 (5.07%) GCP
6 19 (5.07%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 16 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (4.27%) Commercetools
7 16 (4.27%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.00%) Figma
9 14 (3.73%) Contentful
10 12 (3.20%) Algolia
11 9 (2.40%) Google Analytics
12 7 (1.87%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.87%) Contentsquare
12 7 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.60%) GitHub
13 6 (1.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.40%) Cisco IOS
1 24 (6.40%) Firewall
2 7 (1.87%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.53%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.27%) HTTP
4 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.33%) Tableau
2 16 (4.27%) Power BI
3 10 (2.67%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.40%) DynamoDB
5 7 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.60%) Mixpanel
7 5 (1.33%) MySQL
7 5 (1.33%) Redis
8 4 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.53%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.53%) Looker
10 2 (0.53%) Power Query
10 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.27%) Big Data
11 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 28 (7.47%) JIRA
2 27 (7.20%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.53%) Git
4 6 (1.60%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 5 (1.33%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.33%) Selenium
6 4 (1.07%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.07%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.07%) GitLab
6 4 (1.07%) SpecFlow
6 4 (1.07%) Storybook
7 3 (0.80%) Postman
7 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.53%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.53%) Charles Proxy
8 2 (0.53%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.53%) Gradle
8 2 (0.53%) Maven
8 2 (0.53%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
General
1 120 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 92 (24.53%) Retail
3 56 (14.93%) Marketing
4 50 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (8.80%) Finance
6 24 (6.40%) Games
7 17 (4.53%) French Language
8 12 (3.20%) Legal
9 9 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.40%) Electronics
9 9 (2.40%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.13%) Advertising
10 8 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.07%) Automotive
12 4 (1.07%) Publishing
13 3 (0.80%) Banking
13 3 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.80%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (12.80%) Architect
2 44 (11.73%) Analyst
3 36 (9.60%) Senior
4 33 (8.80%) Developer
5 27 (7.20%) Business Analyst
6 24 (6.40%) Consultant
6 24 (6.40%) Platform Engineer
7 21 (5.60%) E-Commerce Manager
8 20 (5.33%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.80%) Administrator
10 17 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (4.00%) Lead
12 12 (3.20%) Designer
13 11 (2.93%) E-Commerce Architect
14 9 (2.40%) Salesforce Architect
14 9 (2.40%) Test Manager
15 8 (2.13%) Magento Developer
15 8 (2.13%) Technical Architect
15 8 (2.13%) Technical Consultant
16 7 (1.87%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.20%) Node.js
2 31 (8.27%) GraphQL
3 18 (4.80%) Playwright
3 18 (4.80%) React
4 17 (4.53%) HTML
4 17 (4.53%) Vitest
5 15 (4.00%) REST
6 14 (3.73%) CSS
7 13 (3.47%) .NET
7 13 (3.47%) SOAP
8 10 (2.67%) YAML
9 9 (2.40%) Next.js
10 8 (2.13%) OAuth
10 8 (2.13%) Redux
10 8 (2.13%) RESTful
11 7 (1.87%) HTML5
12 6 (1.60%) CSS3
12 6 (1.60%) Middleware
12 6 (1.60%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (10.13%) Product Ownership
2 33 (8.80%) Cloud Native
3 21 (5.60%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.73%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.13%) PMI
7 7 (1.87%) Social Media
8 6 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.33%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.33%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.80%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.53%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.53%) FMCG
12 2 (0.53%) IVR
12 2 (0.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.93%) Android
2 25 (6.67%) Windows
3 24 (6.40%) 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
1 116 (30.93%) Agile
2 65 (17.33%) Analytics
3 60 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 49 (13.07%) CI/CD
5 42 (11.20%) DevOps
5 42 (11.20%) User Experience
6 40 (10.67%) CRM
7 36 (9.60%) Mentoring
8 34 (9.07%) B2C
8 34 (9.07%) Coaching
9 33 (8.80%) Roadmaps
10 32 (8.53%) A/B Testing
11 31 (8.27%) Test Automation
12 28 (7.47%) B2B
12 28 (7.47%) Scrum
13 27 (7.20%) Customer Experience
14 25 (6.67%) ERP
15 24 (6.40%) Customer Engagement
16 23 (6.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (13.87%) SQL
2 32 (8.53%) Python
2 32 (8.53%) TypeScript
3 31 (8.27%) JavaScript
4 24 (6.40%) PowerShell
5 21 (5.60%) Java
6 13 (3.47%) C#
7 8 (2.13%) PHP
8 4 (1.07%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.80%) R
9 3 (0.80%) Ruby
10 2 (0.53%) DataWeave
10 2 (0.53%) Perl
11 1 (0.27%) SOQL
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (4.80%) Degree
2 11 (2.93%) PMI Certification
3 9 (2.40%) AWS Certification
4 6 (1.60%) CBAP
5 5 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.07%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.07%) Master's Degree
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%) 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 25 (6.67%) QA
2 16 (4.27%) GDPR
3 13 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.40%) 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
7 2 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (6.93%) Docker
2 25 (6.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 25 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 25 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 25 (6.67%) SCCM
2 5 (1.33%) Terraform
3 3 (0.80%) Grafana
3 3 (0.80%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.53%) Ansible
4 2 (0.53%) CloudHub
4 2 (0.53%) Istio
4 2 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 50 (13.33%) Salesforce
2 42 (11.20%) Microsoft
3 27 (7.20%) Google
4 26 (6.93%) Splunk
5 24 (6.40%) Cisco
5 24 (6.40%) Meraki
6 21 (5.60%) SAP
7 14 (3.73%) Adobe
7 14 (3.73%) Oracle
8 10 (2.67%) Optimizely
9 7 (1.87%) Hotjar
9 7 (1.87%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.60%) Amplitude
11 5 (1.33%) Facebook
11 5 (1.33%) OneTrust
11 5 (1.33%) Sitecore
11 5 (1.33%) TikTok
12 4 (1.07%) Databricks
12 4 (1.07%) Wind River
13 3 (0.80%) OpenAI