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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 245 190
Rank change year-on-year -15 -55 +9
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 526 365 505
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.11% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.23% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 205 366
10th Percentile £325 £307 £319
25th Percentile £419 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £540
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -8.33% -1.82%
75th Percentile £634 £575 £625
90th Percentile £701 £725 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +13.16% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 3
10th Percentile £13.48 - £22.05
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.25 £31.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £15.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +238.71% -67.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £15.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £90.00 £24.61 £57.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.46 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +96.48% -3.13% -68.00%

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 45,937 29,792 32,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 90.51% 85.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,939 18,514 20,418
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
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 3,060 1,790 1,498
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.23 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.44 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.10 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.13 £22.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.36% -47.67% +7.50%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -22 485 £525 +5.00% 913
London -9 307 £500 -1.48% 539
Work from Home -25 166 £500 +5.26% 402
UK excluding London -67 165 £538 +13.16% 438
North of England -58 55 £550 +22.22% 149
North West -32 45 £560 +17.89% 102
Midlands -14 41 £588 +21.13% 72
South East -75 36 £525 - 122
West Midlands -27 27 £650 +23.81% 46
East of England -17 18 £500 +5.26% 32
South West -38 16 £525 -44.74% 43
East Midlands -7 13 £475 -1.04% 26
Yorkshire -49 10 £425 -5.56% 42

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 (4.75%) CMS
2 19 (3.61%) Confluence
3 7 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.14%) Apache
4 6 (1.14%) WordPress
5 4 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.76%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.57%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.57%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.38%) Mule
7 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.19%) Mendix
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 13 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.14%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.14%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.14%) Sketch
6 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 37 (7.03%) Shopify
2 20 (3.80%) Magento
3 13 (2.47%) Payment Gateway
4 12 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (1.90%) SAP CRM
6 9 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (1.33%) NetSuite
8 6 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.38%) ION MarketView
9 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.38%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.38%) SAP MDG-F
10 1 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.19%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 1 (0.19%) SAP Retail
10 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
10 1 (0.19%) SDL Web 8
10 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (15.21%) Azure
2 77 (14.64%) AWS
3 28 (5.32%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 27 (5.13%) GCP
5 23 (4.37%) Figma
6 20 (3.80%) GitHub
7 16 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.04%) Power Platform
7 16 (3.04%) SaaS
8 14 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (2.47%) dbt
9 13 (2.47%) Snowflake
10 12 (2.28%) Serverless
11 11 (2.09%) Algolia
12 9 (1.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 8 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.33%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.33%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (1.33%) Entra ID
15 6 (1.14%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.33%) HTTP
2 4 (0.76%) WAN
3 3 (0.57%) Firewall
3 3 (0.57%) Internet
4 2 (0.38%) LAN
4 2 (0.38%) Network Security
4 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.38%) VPN
4 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
5 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.85%) Power BI
2 13 (2.47%) Looker
3 11 (2.09%) BigQuery
3 11 (2.09%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.71%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.71%) Tableau
5 8 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.14%) Couchbase
6 6 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.14%) Redis
6 6 (1.14%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.95%) Metadata
7 5 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.57%) MySQL
9 3 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.57%) Power Query
9 3 (0.57%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 26 (4.94%) JIRA
2 24 (4.56%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.37%) Git
4 8 (1.52%) Subversion
5 7 (1.33%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.14%) Claude Code
6 6 (1.14%) Vite
7 4 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.76%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.76%) Selenium
8 3 (0.57%) GitLab
8 3 (0.57%) Hudson
8 3 (0.57%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.38%) Appium
9 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.19%) Bundler
10 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.19%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 246 (46.77%) Retail
2 182 (34.60%) Social Skills
3 83 (15.78%) Marketing
4 77 (14.64%) Finance
5 55 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (7.03%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (4.75%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.80%) Banking
10 10 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.71%) Legal
12 8 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.52%) Publishing
13 7 (1.33%) Advertising
13 7 (1.33%) French Language
14 5 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.76%) Electronics
15 4 (0.76%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.57%) Billing
16 3 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (16.92%) Senior
2 59 (11.22%) Analyst
3 54 (10.27%) Developer
4 53 (10.08%) Architect
5 37 (7.03%) Business Analyst
6 34 (6.46%) Designer
7 31 (5.89%) Project Manager
8 27 (5.13%) E-Commerce Manager
8 27 (5.13%) Lead
8 27 (5.13%) Product Manager
9 26 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (3.99%) UI Designer
11 18 (3.42%) Consultant
12 17 (3.23%) Data Engineer
12 17 (3.23%) Senior Manager
13 16 (3.04%) Salesforce Developer
13 16 (3.04%) Senior Designer
13 16 (3.04%) Senior Developer
14 14 (2.66%) Software Engineer
14 14 (2.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.13%) REST
2 42 (7.98%) React
3 40 (7.60%) Node.js
4 32 (6.08%) GraphQL
5 26 (4.94%) Kafka
6 20 (3.80%) Next.js
7 18 (3.42%) Terraform
8 17 (3.23%) Spring
8 17 (3.23%) Spring Boot
9 16 (3.04%) SOAP
9 16 (3.04%) VML
10 15 (2.85%) HTML
11 14 (2.66%) .NET
12 12 (2.28%) CSS
12 12 (2.28%) Middleware
13 10 (1.90%) RESTful
14 9 (1.71%) Lightning Web Components
15 8 (1.52%) HTML5
15 8 (1.52%) Playwright
15 8 (1.52%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.32%) Product Ownership
2 33 (6.27%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
4 26 (4.94%) Mobile App
5 21 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.66%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.09%) AI Agents
7 11 (2.09%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.90%) FMCG
8 10 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.90%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.71%) Graphic Design
10 7 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.33%) Animation
11 6 (1.14%) Credit Risk
12 5 (0.95%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (0.76%) Social Media
14 3 (0.57%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.90%) Android
1 10 (1.90%) Apple iOS
2 7 (1.33%) Windows
3 5 (0.95%) Linux
4 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (29.47%) Agile
2 122 (23.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 86 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (15.78%) CI/CD
5 78 (14.83%) Customer Experience
6 74 (14.07%) User Experience
7 71 (13.50%) CRM
8 64 (12.17%) Roadmaps
9 63 (11.98%) AI
10 62 (11.79%) Scrum
11 59 (11.22%) Analytics
12 56 (10.65%) DevOps
13 54 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
14 48 (9.13%) Migration
15 47 (8.94%) Event-Driven
16 45 (8.56%) B2C
17 41 (7.79%) ERP
18 39 (7.41%) Project Management
19 38 (7.22%) Software Engineering
20 35 (6.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.13%) SQL
2 38 (7.22%) Python
3 33 (6.27%) TypeScript
4 31 (5.89%) JavaScript
5 28 (5.32%) Java
6 15 (2.85%) C#
7 9 (1.71%) Apex Code
8 8 (1.52%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.14%) ABAP
9 6 (1.14%) PHP
9 6 (1.14%) SOQL
9 6 (1.14%) SOSL
10 5 (0.95%) Groovy
10 5 (0.95%) Swift
11 4 (0.76%) Bash
11 4 (0.76%) LookML
11 4 (0.76%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.57%) Go
12 3 (0.57%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (8.17%) Degree
2 7 (1.33%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.14%) CSPO
3 6 (1.14%) Security Cleared
4 5 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.76%) MBA
6 3 (0.57%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.38%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.38%) PMP
8 1 (0.19%) Analytics IQ
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.19%) CISA
8 1 (0.19%) CISSP
8 1 (0.19%) IIBA
8 1 (0.19%) ISEB
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.08%) QA
2 27 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.75%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.71%) GDPR
5 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.76%) PMO
7 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) PSD2
7 2 (0.38%) SLA
8 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (3.61%) Docker
2 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 26 (4.94%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.38%) Bosun
2 2 (0.38%) CloudHub
2 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.19%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 67 (12.74%) Salesforce
2 45 (8.56%) SAP
3 43 (8.17%) Microsoft
4 31 (5.89%) Adobe
5 24 (4.56%) Google
6 21 (3.99%) Oracle
7 18 (3.42%) MuleSoft
8 15 (2.85%) Databricks
9 8 (1.52%) Splunk
10 7 (1.33%) IBM
10 7 (1.33%) New Relic
10 7 (1.33%) Sitecore
11 6 (1.14%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.95%) Braze
12 5 (0.95%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.76%) Adyen
13 4 (0.76%) Apple
13 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) TikTok
14 3 (0.57%) Informatica