E-Commerce Contracts

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for E-Commerce skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited E-Commerce over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 186 120
Rank change year-on-year -10 -66 -10
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 516 865 2,033
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.19% 1.45% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.61% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 583 1,492
10th Percentile £300 £325 £382
25th Percentile £400 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 11
10th Percentile £10.42 £31.50 £41.00
25th Percentile £11.00 £35.00 £42.13
Median hourly rate £13.00 £65.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -80.15% +31.00% +13.25%
75th Percentile £15.25 £92.50 £66.39
90th Percentile £66.65 £98.50 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 £95.00 £65.49
% change year-on-year -86.32% +45.07% +72.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

E-Commerce is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing E-Commerce as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-Commerce.

Daily rate trend for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-Commerce.

Hourly rate trend for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Top 17 Contract 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 28 April 2024. 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 -24 461 £500 -4.76% 734
London +4 277 £550 - 307
Work from Home -28 207 £480 -9.39% 355
UK excluding London -15 182 £450 -10.00% 438
North of England +7 70 £450 -10.00% 170
North West +52 57 £450 -5.26% 101
South East +25 52 £463 -14.15% 96
East of England -7 24 £400 -24.03% 30
Midlands -24 19 £275 -30.38% 77
West Midlands +19 11 £463 +19.35% 41
Yorkshire -33 10 £425 -24.78% 54
East Midlands -18 8 £225 -44.10% 36
South West -11 7 £543 +20.56% 51
Wales +15 4 £300 -17.24% 7
Scotland +31 3 £470 -18.26% 9
North East +22 3 £600 - 15
Northern Ireland - 3 £563 - 4

E-Commerce
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 45 (8.72%) CMS
2 16 (3.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.52%) Confluence
4 10 (1.94%) WordPress
5 7 (1.36%) Headless CMS
6 6 (1.16%) Drupal
7 5 (0.97%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.39%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.39%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.39%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.19%) Apache
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.58%) InVision
4 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.58%) Sketch
5 2 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.39%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 35 (6.78%) Shopify
2 22 (4.26%) Magento
3 17 (3.29%) SAP Hybris
4 10 (1.94%) Payment Gateway
5 7 (1.36%) ION MarketView
6 5 (0.97%) NetSuite
7 4 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.39%) JDE OneWorld
9 2 (0.39%) WebTrends
10 1 (0.19%) OpenCart
10 1 (0.19%) RMDS
10 1 (0.19%) SAP BRIM
10 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.19%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.19%) SAP FI-CA
10 1 (0.19%) SAP FI-GL
10 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
10 1 (0.19%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 79 (15.31%) AWS
2 32 (6.20%) Azure
3 25 (4.84%) GCP
4 21 (4.07%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 20 (3.88%) Serverless
6 19 (3.68%) BigCommerce
7 18 (3.49%) GitHub
8 16 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (2.71%) Google Analytics
9 14 (2.71%) SaaS
10 13 (2.52%) Figma
10 13 (2.52%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.94%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (1.74%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 7 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.16%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.52%) Internet
2 4 (0.78%) LAN
2 4 (0.78%) WAN
3 3 (0.58%) FTP
3 3 (0.58%) HTTP
4 2 (0.39%) Firewall
4 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) DHCP
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) Intranet
5 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.19%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.19%) VoIP
5 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.49%) MySQL
2 15 (2.91%) KDB
3 13 (2.52%) Power BI
4 12 (2.33%) NoSQL
4 12 (2.33%) Tableau
5 10 (1.94%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.36%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.16%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.78%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.58%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.58%) SQL Server
10 3 (0.58%) SQLite
11 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.39%) Big Data
11 2 (0.39%) Couchbase
11 2 (0.39%) GIS
11 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (8.53%) Git
2 32 (6.20%) JIRA
3 19 (3.68%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.91%) Postman
5 10 (1.94%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.74%) SoapUI
7 8 (1.55%) Maven
8 7 (1.36%) GitLab
8 7 (1.36%) Selenium
9 5 (0.97%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.78%) webpack
11 3 (0.58%) Appium
11 3 (0.58%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.58%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 3 (0.58%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.39%) Axure RP
12 2 (0.39%) gulp
12 2 (0.39%) Storybook
12 2 (0.39%) TestCafe
12 2 (0.39%) WiX
General
1 160 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 144 (27.91%) Retail
3 68 (13.18%) Marketing
4 50 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (8.14%) Finance
6 15 (2.91%) Banking
7 13 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.52%) Publishing
8 12 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.94%) Legal
11 9 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.16%) Front Office
12 6 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.97%) Back Office
13 5 (0.97%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.97%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.78%) Advertising
14 4 (0.78%) Electronics
14 4 (0.78%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 136 (26.36%) Developer
2 61 (11.82%) Project Manager
3 59 (11.43%) Analyst
4 58 (11.24%) Senior
5 42 (8.14%) Business Analyst
6 29 (5.62%) Architect
7 26 (5.04%) E-Commerce Developer
8 24 (4.65%) E-Commerce Manager
8 24 (4.65%) Java Developer
9 20 (3.88%) Designer
10 19 (3.68%) Consultant
11 18 (3.49%) Technical Analyst
11 18 (3.49%) Technical Business Analyst
12 16 (3.10%) Senior Developer
13 15 (2.91%) React Developer
13 15 (2.91%) Software Engineer
13 15 (2.91%) UX Designer
14 14 (2.71%) Digital Project Manager
14 14 (2.71%) Python Developer
15 13 (2.52%) E-Commerce Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.50%) React
2 45 (8.72%) Node.js
3 39 (7.56%) CSS
4 38 (7.36%) HTML
5 29 (5.62%) GraphQL
6 23 (4.46%) REST
7 18 (3.49%) Web Services
8 16 (3.10%) Next.js
9 13 (2.52%) RESTful
9 13 (2.52%) SOAP
10 12 (2.33%) JSON
10 12 (2.33%) Spring
11 11 (2.13%) OAuth
11 11 (2.13%) VML
12 10 (1.94%) .NET
12 10 (1.94%) HTML5
12 10 (1.94%) OpenID
13 9 (1.74%) AngularJS
13 9 (1.74%) CSS3
14 7 (1.36%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.56%) Distributed Systems
1 39 (7.56%) Mobile App
2 28 (5.43%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (3.10%) Algorithms
4 16 (3.10%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (2.33%) FMCG
6 12 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 11 (2.13%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.13%) EPoS
8 9 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.36%) EMV
10 7 (1.36%) Taxonomies
11 6 (1.16%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.16%) Social Media
12 5 (0.97%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.84%) Linux
2 24 (4.65%) Unix
3 14 (2.71%) Android
4 10 (1.94%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.74%) Windows
6 3 (0.58%) Debian
6 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (30.04%) Agile
2 70 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (12.79%) Analytics
4 58 (11.24%) Scrum
4 58 (11.24%) User Experience
5 56 (10.85%) CI/CD
5 56 (10.85%) Project Management
6 54 (10.47%) CRM
7 44 (8.53%) Test Automation
8 43 (8.33%) DevOps
9 41 (7.95%) Roadmaps
10 40 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 39 (7.56%) Customer Experience
12 37 (7.17%) B2B
13 36 (6.98%) TDD
14 35 (6.78%) Computer Science
15 34 (6.59%) Microservices
16 30 (5.81%) Continuous Integration
16 30 (5.81%) UX Design
17 29 (5.62%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 71 (13.76%) Java
2 69 (13.37%) JavaScript
3 60 (11.63%) Python
4 48 (9.30%) SQL
5 39 (7.56%) TypeScript
6 21 (4.07%) PHP
7 13 (2.52%) Bash
8 10 (1.94%) Scala
9 7 (1.36%) Go
9 7 (1.36%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.36%) Perl
10 6 (1.16%) C#
10 6 (1.16%) C++
11 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.58%) Groovy
12 2 (0.39%) ABAP
12 2 (0.39%) Dart
12 2 (0.39%) R
13 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 52 (10.08%) Degree
2 22 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.74%) Master's Degree
4 7 (1.36%) Security Cleared
5 6 (1.16%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.58%) PhD
8 2 (0.39%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.39%) PMP
9 1 (0.19%) ACCA
9 1 (0.19%) CCNA
9 1 (0.19%) CCNP
9 1 (0.19%) CCSP
9 1 (0.19%) CIMA
9 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
9 1 (0.19%) ISEB
9 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.78%) QA
2 14 (2.71%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.33%) PMO
4 7 (1.36%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.97%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.58%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.58%) SLA
7 3 (0.58%) WCAG
8 2 (0.39%) GDPR
8 2 (0.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (4.46%) Docker
2 5 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.78%) zsh
4 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 23 (4.46%) Terraform
2 22 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.78%) Grafana
3 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.58%) Ansible
4 3 (0.58%) HP Fortify
4 3 (0.58%) Podman
5 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.19%) Kibana
Vendors
1 53 (10.27%) SAP
2 45 (8.72%) Salesforce
3 40 (7.75%) Adobe
4 38 (7.36%) Google
5 31 (6.01%) Microsoft
6 18 (3.49%) Sitecore
7 9 (1.74%) ION Trading
8 7 (1.36%) Dell
8 7 (1.36%) Intel
8 7 (1.36%) Splunk
9 4 (0.78%) Okta
9 4 (0.78%) Roku
10 3 (0.58%) Cisco
10 3 (0.58%) Databricks
10 3 (0.58%) Facebook
10 3 (0.58%) Oracle
10 3 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.58%) Solace
10 3 (0.58%) TIBCO
10 3 (0.58%) Tradeweb