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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 251 186
Rank change year-on-year -18 -65 +17
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 496 351 518
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.93% 1.07% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.18% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 203 379
10th Percentile £325 £293 £324
25th Percentile £413 £380 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £606 £575 £619
90th Percentile £700 £725 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +13.16% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 8
10th Percentile - - £10.83
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.25 £11.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £15.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +251.61% +19.23% -74.00%
75th Percentile £76.00 £15.75 £24.19
90th Percentile £95.00 - £52.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 £15.50 £12.00
% change year-on-year +131.68% +29.17% -76.00%

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 45,557 29,755 33,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.99% 90.46% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,078 18,625 21,348
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £726 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,814 1,660 1,859
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.22 £17.32 £18.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -37.90% -4.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.00 £74.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £23.10 £41.25
% change year-on-year +90.30% -44.00% +7.56%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -21 454 £520 +4.00% 605
London 0 303 £500 -2.91% 347
Work from Home -24 163 £463 -2.63% 227
UK excluding London -90 139 £538 +13.16% 303
North of England -75 44 £525 +16.67% 91
Midlands -22 40 £569 +19.74% 58
North West -32 35 £550 +15.79% 52
West Midlands -34 27 £650 +23.81% 30
South East -88 26 £531 +6.25% 80
East of England -11 18 £519 +9.21% 16
East Midlands -1 13 £465 +3.33% 28
South West -47 11 £525 +40.00% 37
Yorkshire -45 9 £500 +11.11% 34

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 (3.63%) CMS
2 13 (2.62%) Confluence
3 5 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.81%) Apache
4 4 (0.81%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.60%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.60%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) Mule
6 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.40%) WordPress
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 21 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.21%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.21%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.21%) Sketch
6 4 (0.81%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.40%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.20%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 43 (8.67%) Shopify
2 20 (4.03%) Magento
3 9 (1.81%) SAP CRM
4 8 (1.61%) Payment Gateway
4 8 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (1.41%) NetSuite
6 6 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.40%) ION MarketView
8 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.40%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.40%) SAP MDG-F
9 1 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
9 1 (0.20%) SDL Web 8
9 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 68 (13.71%) AWS
2 65 (13.10%) Azure
3 27 (5.44%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 25 (5.04%) GCP
5 24 (4.84%) Figma
6 18 (3.63%) GitHub
7 15 (3.02%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.42%) dbt
8 12 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (2.22%) SaaS
10 10 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.02%) Snowflake
11 8 (1.61%) Algolia
11 8 (1.61%) Serverless
12 7 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.41%) BigCommerce
12 7 (1.41%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.41%) Miro
12 7 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.21%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.81%) WAN
2 3 (0.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.60%) HTTP
2 3 (0.60%) Internet
3 2 (0.40%) LAN
3 2 (0.40%) Network Security
3 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.40%) VPN
3 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.20%) Broadband
4 1 (0.20%) RFID
4 1 (0.20%) Wireless
4 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.82%) Power BI
2 12 (2.42%) Looker
3 11 (2.22%) NoSQL
4 10 (2.02%) Tableau
5 9 (1.81%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.41%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.41%) MySQL
7 6 (1.21%) Couchbase
8 5 (1.01%) Metadata
8 5 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.81%) Redis
9 4 (0.81%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.40%) KDB
Development Applications
1 28 (5.65%) Jenkins
2 25 (5.04%) Git
3 21 (4.23%) JIRA
4 10 (2.02%) Cypress.io
5 8 (1.61%) Selenium
5 8 (1.61%) Subversion
6 6 (1.21%) Claude Code
6 6 (1.21%) GitLab
6 6 (1.21%) Vite
7 5 (1.01%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.81%) Maven
8 4 (0.81%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.60%) Appium
10 2 (0.40%) Hudson
10 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.20%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.20%) Spock
11 1 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 237 (47.78%) Retail
2 180 (36.29%) Social Skills
3 77 (15.52%) Finance
4 73 (14.72%) Marketing
5 48 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (8.27%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (4.44%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.43%) Banking
10 11 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.81%) Publishing
12 8 (1.61%) Advertising
12 8 (1.61%) Legal
13 6 (1.21%) French Language
14 4 (0.81%) Electronics
14 4 (0.81%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (17.34%) Senior
2 59 (11.90%) Analyst
3 56 (11.29%) Developer
4 42 (8.47%) Architect
5 36 (7.26%) Business Analyst
5 36 (7.26%) Designer
6 33 (6.65%) Lead
6 33 (6.65%) Project Manager
7 24 (4.84%) Product Manager
8 22 (4.44%) UI Designer
9 21 (4.23%) Senior Manager
9 21 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (4.03%) E-Commerce Manager
11 17 (3.43%) Senior Designer
12 16 (3.23%) Data Engineer
12 16 (3.23%) Senior Developer
13 15 (3.02%) Salesforce Developer
14 14 (2.82%) Consultant
15 13 (2.62%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
15 13 (2.62%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.27%) REST
2 43 (8.67%) React
3 41 (8.27%) Node.js
4 38 (7.66%) GraphQL
5 21 (4.23%) Middleware
6 19 (3.83%) CSS
7 18 (3.63%) HTML
7 18 (3.63%) Next.js
8 17 (3.43%) VML
9 16 (3.23%) Kafka
10 15 (3.02%) Playwright
10 15 (3.02%) SOAP
10 15 (3.02%) Spring
11 11 (2.22%) Spring Boot
12 10 (2.02%) AngularJS
12 10 (2.02%) HTML5
12 10 (2.02%) RESTful
13 9 (1.81%) Jakarta EE
13 9 (1.81%) Sass
14 8 (1.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.07%) Product Ownership
2 26 (5.24%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.84%) Mobile App
4 21 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.62%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.22%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.22%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.81%) Graphic Design
9 9 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.81%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.41%) Animation
11 7 (1.41%) FMCG
12 6 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (0.81%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.81%) Taxonomies
15 3 (0.60%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.22%) Windows
2 10 (2.02%) Android
2 10 (2.02%) Apple iOS
3 8 (1.61%) Linux
4 5 (1.01%) Unix
5 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (31.65%) Agile
2 99 (19.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 89 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (14.92%) User Experience
5 68 (13.71%) CI/CD
6 67 (13.51%) Customer Experience
7 59 (11.90%) CRM
7 59 (11.90%) Scrum
8 58 (11.69%) Roadmaps
9 55 (11.09%) Analytics
10 52 (10.48%) AI
11 50 (10.08%) DevOps
12 48 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (9.48%) Migration
14 41 (8.27%) Project Management
15 39 (7.86%) ERP
16 37 (7.46%) B2C
16 37 (7.46%) Time Management
17 35 (7.06%) Event-Driven
17 35 (7.06%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.67%) SQL
2 37 (7.46%) JavaScript
3 35 (7.06%) TypeScript
4 33 (6.65%) Python
5 26 (5.24%) Java
6 7 (1.41%) Apex Code
6 7 (1.41%) C#
7 6 (1.21%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.21%) SOQL
7 6 (1.21%) SOSL
8 5 (1.01%) Groovy
8 5 (1.01%) Swift
9 4 (0.81%) ABAP
9 4 (0.81%) Bash
9 4 (0.81%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.60%) Go
10 3 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.40%) DataWeave
11 2 (0.40%) LookML
11 2 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (8.67%) Degree
2 6 (1.21%) CSPO
2 6 (1.21%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (0.60%) MBA
4 3 (0.60%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.20%) Analytics IQ
5 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.20%) CISA
5 1 (0.20%) CISSP
5 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.20%) IIBA
5 1 (0.20%) ISEB
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.20%) PhD
5 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.20%) PMP
5 1 (0.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.85%) QA
2 24 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 23 (4.64%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.22%) GDPR
5 7 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.21%) SLA
7 4 (0.81%) PMO
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.40%) PSD2
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (4.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.20%) Sendmail
2 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 23 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.62%) Terraform
3 4 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.60%) Grafana
4 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.40%) Bosun
5 2 (0.40%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.40%) MOM
5 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 60 (12.10%) Salesforce
2 39 (7.86%) SAP
3 35 (7.06%) Microsoft
4 30 (6.05%) Adobe
4 30 (6.05%) Google
5 23 (4.64%) Oracle
6 17 (3.43%) Databricks
7 15 (3.02%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.61%) Sitecore
9 7 (1.41%) New Relic
10 6 (1.21%) IBM
11 5 (1.01%) Braze
11 5 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.01%) Splunk
12 4 (0.81%) Apple
12 4 (0.81%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.60%) Informatica
13 3 (0.60%) Netlify
13 3 (0.60%) OpenAI
14 2 (0.40%) Screaming Frog