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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 261 184
Rank change year-on-year -17 -77 +1
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 437 309 566
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.04% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.15% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 182 413
10th Percentile £325 £281 £306
25th Percentile £402 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £699 £711 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +8.42% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 17
10th Percentile £22.50 - £10.42
25th Percentile £28.81 £15.25 £11.00
Median hourly rate £54.75 £15.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +253.23% +19.23% -80.15%
75th Percentile £78.25 £15.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £22.38 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +131.68% +19.23% -80.15%

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 42,531 26,963 37,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.77% 91.04% 85.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,533 17,106 23,691
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -3.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,548 1,222 2,595
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.20 £12.74
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.87 £16.01
Median hourly rate £43.96 £26.75 £37.18
Median % change year-on-year +64.34% -28.05% +6.23%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.43 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +78.93% -34.02% +17.29%

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 15 June 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 15 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Top 14 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 15 June 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 -23 400 £500 - 383
London +1 257 £500 -2.91% 184
UK excluding London -93 137 £515 +8.42% 239
Work from Home -22 134 £476 +7.27% 146
Midlands -26 42 £475 -4.52% 46
North of England -65 40 £575 +12.20% 88
North West -30 30 £550 -4.35% 50
West Midlands -39 29 £638 +21.43% 25
South East -82 25 £525 +13.51% 76
East of England -21 21 £350 -27.27% 12
East Midlands -15 13 £465 -2.11% 21
Yorkshire -50 10 £600 +18.52% 23
South West -29 7 £625 +66.67% 15
Scotland -16 2 - - 1

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 (4.12%) CMS
2 9 (2.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (2.06%) Confluence
3 3 (0.69%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.46%) Apache
4 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.46%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.46%) WordPress
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.23%) Kentico
5 1 (0.23%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.23%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 9 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.60%) Chatbot
3 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.37%) Adobe After Effects
5 5 (1.14%) Final Cut Pro
5 5 (1.14%) Sketch
6 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (8.92%) Shopify
2 20 (4.58%) Magento
3 7 (1.60%) NetSuite
3 7 (1.60%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (1.60%) SAP CRM
4 6 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.69%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.46%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.23%) Carpe Diem
8 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.23%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.23%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.23%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.23%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 41 (9.38%) Azure
2 39 (8.92%) AWS
3 21 (4.81%) Figma
4 19 (4.35%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 14 (3.20%) SaaS
6 11 (2.52%) BigCommerce
6 11 (2.52%) GCP
6 11 (2.52%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.29%) Serverless
8 9 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (1.83%) dbt
9 8 (1.83%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.60%) GitHub
10 7 (1.60%) Miro
10 7 (1.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 7 (1.60%) WhatsApp
11 6 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.37%) Datadog
12 5 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.14%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.69%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) Firewall
2 1 (0.23%) LAN
2 1 (0.23%) Network Security
2 1 (0.23%) RFID
2 1 (0.23%) RTMP
2 1 (0.23%) WAN
2 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.52%) MySQL
2 10 (2.29%) Power BI
3 8 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.83%) Metadata
3 8 (1.83%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.60%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.37%) Looker
5 6 (1.37%) Redis
6 5 (1.14%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.14%) Tableau
7 4 (0.92%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.92%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.92%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.69%) Couchbase
8 3 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.69%) Semantic Layer
8 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 21 (4.81%) Git
2 20 (4.58%) JIRA
3 18 (4.12%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.29%) Selenium
5 8 (1.83%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.60%) Vite
7 6 (1.37%) GitLab
8 4 (0.92%) Maven
8 4 (0.92%) Subversion
9 3 (0.69%) Appium
9 3 (0.69%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.69%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.69%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.46%) Hudson
10 2 (0.46%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.23%) NUnit
11 1 (0.23%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.23%) Spock
11 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 176 (40.27%) Retail
2 160 (36.61%) Social Skills
3 78 (17.85%) Finance
4 55 (12.59%) Marketing
5 47 (10.76%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (4.81%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.75%) Banking
10 11 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.06%) Legal
12 7 (1.60%) French Language
12 7 (1.60%) Publishing
13 6 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.14%) Advertising
15 4 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.92%) Electronics
15 4 (0.92%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.69%) Retail Banking
17 2 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (20.59%) Senior
2 62 (14.19%) Analyst
3 45 (10.30%) Project Manager
4 42 (9.61%) Developer
5 40 (9.15%) Business Analyst
6 39 (8.92%) Senior Manager
7 33 (7.55%) Architect
8 31 (7.09%) Designer
9 30 (6.86%) Senior Project Manager
10 29 (6.64%) Lead
11 28 (6.41%) E-Commerce Manager
12 18 (4.12%) Product Manager
13 17 (3.89%) Senior Designer
14 14 (3.20%) Data Engineer
14 14 (3.20%) E-Commerce Analyst
14 14 (3.20%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
14 14 (3.20%) UI Designer
15 12 (2.75%) Marketing Manager
15 12 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.75%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (8.92%) React
2 35 (8.01%) GraphQL
3 33 (7.55%) REST
4 32 (7.32%) Node.js
5 25 (5.72%) VML
6 21 (4.81%) CSS
7 20 (4.58%) HTML
8 19 (4.35%) Middleware
9 16 (3.66%) Playwright
10 12 (2.75%) Next.js
10 12 (2.75%) Spring
11 11 (2.52%) AngularJS
12 9 (2.06%) .NET
12 9 (2.06%) Kafka
12 9 (2.06%) SOAP
13 8 (1.83%) HTML5
13 8 (1.83%) Spring Boot
13 8 (1.83%) Vue
14 7 (1.60%) J2EE
14 7 (1.60%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 22 (5.03%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (2.75%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.52%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.06%) AI Agents
7 9 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.83%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.37%) FMCG
11 5 (1.14%) Animation
11 5 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.14%) EPoS
11 5 (1.14%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.92%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.92%) Graphic Design
13 3 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 3 (0.69%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.97%) Linux
2 10 (2.29%) Android
2 10 (2.29%) Windows
3 9 (2.06%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (30.66%) Agile
2 82 (18.76%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 74 (16.93%) User Experience
5 51 (11.67%) CI/CD
5 51 (11.67%) Project Management
6 45 (10.30%) Roadmaps
7 44 (10.07%) B2C
8 43 (9.84%) Customer Experience
8 43 (9.84%) Scrum
9 42 (9.61%) Analytics
10 41 (9.38%) CRM
10 41 (9.38%) Time Management
11 40 (9.15%) ERP
12 37 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (8.24%) Migration
14 35 (8.01%) AI
15 32 (7.32%) DevOps
15 32 (7.32%) Release Management
16 31 (7.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.78%) JavaScript
2 32 (7.32%) TypeScript
3 29 (6.64%) SQL
4 24 (5.49%) Python
5 21 (4.81%) Java
6 8 (1.83%) C#
7 6 (1.37%) PHP
7 6 (1.37%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.14%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.14%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.14%) SOQL
8 5 (1.14%) SOSL
8 5 (1.14%) Swift
9 4 (0.92%) Go
10 3 (0.69%) Groovy
11 2 (0.46%) Korn
12 1 (0.23%) Bash
12 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.23%) Scala
12 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 31 (7.09%) Degree
2 5 (1.14%) CSPO
3 2 (0.46%) Analytics IQ
3 2 (0.46%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.23%) CISA
4 1 (0.23%) CISSP
4 1 (0.23%) ISEB
4 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.23%) PMP
4 1 (0.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.18%) QA
2 20 (4.58%) Accessibility
3 19 (4.35%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.29%) GDPR
5 7 (1.60%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.92%) SLA
7 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.46%) PMO
7 2 (0.46%) PSD2
7 2 (0.46%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (3.43%) Docker
2 5 (1.14%) Varnish
3 1 (0.23%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 15 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (0.92%) Grafana
3 4 (0.92%) Prometheus
3 4 (0.92%) Terraform
4 2 (0.46%) MOM
5 1 (0.23%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 47 (10.76%) Salesforce
2 41 (9.38%) SAP
3 36 (8.24%) Adobe
4 30 (6.86%) Google
5 24 (5.49%) Microsoft
5 24 (5.49%) Oracle
6 14 (3.20%) Databricks
7 12 (2.75%) Sitecore
8 8 (1.83%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.14%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.14%) Splunk
10 4 (0.92%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.92%) IBM
10 4 (0.92%) Netlify
11 3 (0.69%) New Relic
11 3 (0.69%) TikTok
12 2 (0.46%) Apple
12 2 (0.46%) Infor
12 2 (0.46%) Informatica
12 2 (0.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud