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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 255 192
Rank change year-on-year -14 -63 -13
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 419 294 519
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.01% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.12% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 192 371
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £412 £354 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £583 £575 £588
90th Percentile £645 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 2 17
10th Percentile £22.50 £16.63 £10.42
25th Percentile £28.81 £18.69 £11.00
Median hourly rate £54.75 £22.25 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +146.07% +71.15% -80.15%
75th Percentile £76.00 £25.69 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £27.68 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.91 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +131.68% +19.23% -86.32%

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 39,805 26,361 36,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.33% 90.96% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,996 16,941 23,723
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +2.71% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,368 1,073 2,431
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.41 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.90 £18.38 £16.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%
75th Percentile £67.31 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.78 £38.00
% change year-on-year +74.59% -32.17% +8.57%

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 May 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 May 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 13 May 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 -25 387 £500 +5.26% 403
London -9 246 £500 -2.91% 182
Work from Home -1 156 £500 +33.33% 190
UK excluding London -35 135 £504 +12.00% 253
Midlands -16 51 £475 -4.52% 51
North of England -52 35 £513 +2.50% 84
West Midlands -31 34 £638 +34.21% 30
North West -17 26 £513 +13.26% 57
South East -63 25 £525 +44.83% 73
East Midlands -16 17 £465 -6.53% 21
East of England -17 17 £350 -23.33% 18
Yorkshire -46 9 £600 +20.00% 21
South West -31 5 £625 +66.67% 15
Scotland - 2 - - 9

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 (4.30%) CMS
2 9 (2.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (2.15%) Confluence
3 2 (0.48%) Apache
3 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.48%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.48%) WordPress
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.24%) Kentico
4 1 (0.24%) nginx
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.24%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (1.91%) Chatbot
3 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.48%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
6 1 (0.24%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.24%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 48 (11.46%) Shopify
2 13 (3.10%) Magento
3 7 (1.67%) SAP CRM
4 5 (1.19%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.72%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (0.72%) SAP MDG
6 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.48%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
7 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.24%) ION MarketView
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.24%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 35 (8.35%) Azure
2 33 (7.88%) AWS
3 23 (5.49%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 16 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (3.58%) Figma
5 15 (3.58%) SaaS
6 12 (2.86%) BigCommerce
6 12 (2.86%) Datadog
7 11 (2.63%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.63%) Serverless
8 10 (2.39%) GCP
9 9 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (1.67%) Google Workspace
10 7 (1.67%) Miro
10 7 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 7 (1.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 7 (1.67%) WhatsApp
11 6 (1.43%) dbt
11 6 (1.43%) Google Tag Manager
12 5 (1.19%) Algolia
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.24%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) LAN
2 1 (0.24%) Network Security
2 1 (0.24%) RFID
2 1 (0.24%) RTMP
2 1 (0.24%) WAN
2 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.63%) MySQL
2 10 (2.39%) Power BI
3 8 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.67%) Metadata
5 6 (1.43%) Redis
6 5 (1.19%) Looker
6 5 (1.19%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.95%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.95%) DynamoDB
7 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.95%) Tableau
8 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.48%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (5.49%) Jenkins
2 22 (5.25%) JIRA
3 18 (4.30%) Git
4 10 (2.39%) Selenium
5 8 (1.91%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.67%) GitLab
6 7 (1.67%) Vite
7 4 (0.95%) Maven
8 3 (0.72%) Appium
8 3 (0.72%) Subversion
8 3 (0.72%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.48%) Hudson
9 2 (0.48%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.24%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.24%) NUnit
10 1 (0.24%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.24%) Spock
10 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
General
1 145 (34.61%) Retail
2 144 (34.37%) Social Skills
3 67 (15.99%) Finance
4 54 (12.89%) Marketing
5 42 (10.02%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.34%) Manufacturing
10 10 (2.39%) Banking
11 9 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.15%) Legal
12 7 (1.67%) Electronics
13 6 (1.43%) Publishing
14 5 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.95%) French Language
15 4 (0.95%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.72%) Advertising
16 3 (0.72%) Retail Banking
17 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (21.72%) Senior
2 61 (14.56%) Analyst
3 47 (11.22%) Developer
4 45 (10.74%) Project Manager
5 42 (10.02%) Business Analyst
6 38 (9.07%) Senior Manager
7 33 (7.88%) E-Commerce Manager
8 30 (7.16%) Architect
9 29 (6.92%) Senior Project Manager
10 23 (5.49%) Lead
11 21 (5.01%) Designer
12 17 (4.06%) Consultant
13 14 (3.34%) Data Engineer
14 13 (3.10%) Senior Designer
15 12 (2.86%) Digital Analyst
15 12 (2.86%) E-Commerce Analyst
15 12 (2.86%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
15 12 (2.86%) E-Commerce Project Manager
15 12 (2.86%) Technical Analyst
16 11 (2.63%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.98%) Node.js
2 45 (10.74%) React
3 41 (9.79%) GraphQL
4 30 (7.16%) REST
4 30 (7.16%) VML
5 25 (5.97%) CSS
5 25 (5.97%) Playwright
6 23 (5.49%) HTML
7 20 (4.77%) Middleware
8 15 (3.58%) Next.js
9 14 (3.34%) Vitest
10 11 (2.63%) AngularJS
11 9 (2.15%) HTML5
11 9 (2.15%) OpenTelemetry
11 9 (2.15%) SOAP
11 9 (2.15%) Spring
11 9 (2.15%) Vue
11 9 (2.15%) YAML
12 8 (1.91%) .NET
13 7 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.11%) Product Ownership
2 30 (7.16%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.58%) Mobile App
4 13 (3.10%) Virtual Team
5 12 (2.86%) Marketing Technology
6 9 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.43%) FMCG
9 6 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.19%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.95%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.95%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.95%) EPoS
11 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.10%) Linux
2 10 (2.39%) Windows
3 9 (2.15%) Android
4 8 (1.91%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (33.41%) Agile
2 87 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 63 (15.04%) User Experience
5 56 (13.37%) CI/CD
6 52 (12.41%) ERP
6 52 (12.41%) Project Management
7 47 (11.22%) Analytics
8 44 (10.50%) Scrum
9 40 (9.55%) Customer Experience
10 39 (9.31%) DevOps
10 39 (9.31%) Time Management
11 36 (8.59%) Roadmaps
12 35 (8.35%) B2C
13 34 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 34 (8.11%) CRM
14 33 (7.88%) Mentoring
15 31 (7.40%) AI
16 28 (6.68%) Release Management
16 28 (6.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 45 (10.74%) TypeScript
2 38 (9.07%) JavaScript
3 25 (5.97%) SQL
4 21 (5.01%) Python
5 15 (3.58%) Java
6 8 (1.91%) C#
7 6 (1.43%) PHP
7 6 (1.43%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.19%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.19%) SOQL
8 5 (1.19%) SOSL
9 3 (0.72%) Go
9 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.72%) Swift
10 1 (0.24%) Bash
10 1 (0.24%) Korn
10 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.24%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 25 (5.97%) Degree
2 9 (2.15%) CSPO
3 5 (1.19%) PMI Certification
4 3 (0.72%) PMP
5 2 (0.48%) Analytics IQ
5 2 (0.48%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.24%) APMP
6 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.24%) CISA
6 1 (0.24%) CISSP
6 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.68%) QA
2 16 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.58%) GDPR
4 14 (3.34%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.95%) PERC
6 4 (0.95%) SLA
7 3 (0.72%) WCAG
8 2 (0.48%) PMO
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (5.25%) Docker
2 5 (1.19%) Varnish
3 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 22 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.15%) Grafana
2 9 (2.15%) Prometheus
3 7 (1.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (0.95%) Terraform
5 2 (0.48%) Ansible
5 2 (0.48%) MOM
6 1 (0.24%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 47 (11.22%) Salesforce
2 44 (10.50%) SAP
3 37 (8.83%) Adobe
4 32 (7.64%) Google
5 23 (5.49%) Microsoft
6 17 (4.06%) Oracle
7 14 (3.34%) Databricks
8 13 (3.10%) Sitecore
9 7 (1.67%) Tealium
10 5 (1.19%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.95%) mParticle
11 4 (0.95%) Netlify
12 3 (0.72%) OneTrust
12 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.72%) Splunk
12 3 (0.72%) TikTok
13 2 (0.48%) Infor
14 1 (0.24%) Cloudera
14 1 (0.24%) Dynatrace
14 1 (0.24%) iManage