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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 256 186
Rank change year-on-year -15 -70 +23
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 535 347 511
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.05% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.16% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 201 367
10th Percentile £325 £319 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £610
90th Percentile £703 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +15.79% +8.57% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 2
10th Percentile £13.45 - £47.63
25th Percentile £44.75 £15.25 £49.69
Median hourly rate £69.00 £15.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +345.16% -71.16% +7.50%
75th Percentile £71.50 £17.97 £57.19
90th Percentile - £28.43 £58.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.00 £15.50 -
% change year-on-year +345.16% - -

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 46,126 29,916 32,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.57% 90.50% 85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,740 18,573 19,640
10th Percentile £325 £295 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,322 1,863 1,307
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.63% -7.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.95 £65.23 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.32 £42.50
% change year-on-year +68.05% -47.49% -

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 October 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 October 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 8 October 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 -3 496 £531 +6.25% 1,671
London +4 311 £511 -0.73% 990
UK excluding London -63 174 £550 +15.79% 712
Work from Home -33 154 £525 +3.45% 636
North of England -26 76 £560 +24.44% 247
North West -3 61 £568 +19.47% 152
Midlands -27 34 £600 +23.71% 135
South East -80 29 £556 +1.14% 157
West Midlands -30 23 £650 +23.81% 65
East of England -29 19 £500 +5.26% 60
South West -36 16 £525 +31.25% 73
Yorkshire -40 15 £425 -5.56% 72
East Midlands -5 10 £475 - 70
Scotland -20 1 - - 21

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 29 (5.42%) CMS
2 17 (3.18%) Confluence
3 10 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.50%) WordPress
5 6 (1.12%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.75%) Apache
6 4 (0.75%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.56%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.56%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.37%) Mule
8 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.19%) Drupal
9 1 (0.19%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.19%) Mendix
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.12%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.12%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.12%) Sketch
6 4 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 33 (6.17%) Shopify
2 19 (3.55%) Magento
3 13 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (2.24%) Payment Gateway
5 11 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
6 10 (1.87%) SAP CRM
7 8 (1.50%) NetSuite
8 6 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.37%) ION MarketView
9 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.37%) SAP Hybris
10 1 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.19%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG-F
10 1 (0.19%) SAP Retail
10 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 89 (16.64%) AWS
1 89 (16.64%) Azure
2 37 (6.92%) GCP
3 26 (4.86%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 23 (4.30%) Figma
4 23 (4.30%) GitHub
5 20 (3.74%) SaaS
6 19 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (2.80%) dbt
8 15 (2.80%) Power Platform
9 14 (2.62%) Snowflake
10 12 (2.24%) Serverless
11 11 (2.06%) Algolia
12 9 (1.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 8 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.31%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (1.31%) Entra ID
15 6 (1.12%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.50%) HTTP
2 4 (0.75%) WAN
3 3 (0.56%) Firewall
3 3 (0.56%) Internet
4 2 (0.37%) LAN
4 2 (0.37%) Network Security
4 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.37%) VPN
4 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) SMS
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
5 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.80%) Power BI
2 12 (2.24%) BigQuery
3 11 (2.06%) Looker
3 11 (2.06%) NoSQL
4 10 (1.87%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.87%) Relational Database
4 10 (1.87%) Tableau
5 9 (1.68%) SAP HANA
5 9 (1.68%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.12%) Couchbase
7 6 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.12%) Redis
8 5 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.93%) Metadata
8 5 (0.93%) SAP BW
8 5 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
9 4 (0.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 25 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 22 (4.11%) JIRA
3 21 (3.93%) Git
4 8 (1.50%) Subversion
5 6 (1.12%) Claude Code
5 6 (1.12%) Vite
6 5 (0.93%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.75%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.37%) GitLab
9 2 (0.37%) Hudson
9 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.37%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.19%) Appium
10 1 (0.19%) Bundler
10 1 (0.19%) MLflow
10 1 (0.19%) Postman
10 1 (0.19%) Selenium
10 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 261 (48.79%) Retail
2 175 (32.71%) Social Skills
3 94 (17.57%) Marketing
4 83 (15.51%) Finance
5 57 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (5.05%) Manufacturing
8 26 (4.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.55%) Banking
10 10 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.68%) Legal
11 9 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.50%) Advertising
13 7 (1.31%) French Language
13 7 (1.31%) Publishing
14 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Billing
15 4 (0.75%) Electronics
16 3 (0.56%) Law
16 3 (0.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (14.95%) Senior
2 62 (11.59%) Architect
3 59 (11.03%) Developer
4 48 (8.97%) Analyst
5 33 (6.17%) Designer
6 31 (5.79%) Project Manager
7 30 (5.61%) Business Analyst
7 30 (5.61%) Lead
8 28 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (5.05%) Product Manager
10 26 (4.86%) E-Commerce Manager
11 21 (3.93%) Software Engineer
12 19 (3.55%) UI Designer
13 18 (3.36%) Consultant
14 16 (2.99%) Technical Architect
15 15 (2.80%) Data Engineer
15 15 (2.80%) Salesforce Developer
15 15 (2.80%) Senior Designer
15 15 (2.80%) Senior Developer
16 14 (2.62%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.35%) REST
2 42 (7.85%) React
3 39 (7.29%) Node.js
4 33 (6.17%) GraphQL
5 30 (5.61%) Kafka
6 25 (4.67%) Next.js
7 19 (3.55%) Spring
7 19 (3.55%) Spring Boot
7 19 (3.55%) Terraform
8 18 (3.36%) .NET
9 16 (2.99%) SOAP
10 13 (2.43%) RESTful
11 11 (2.06%) HTML
11 11 (2.06%) VML
12 10 (1.87%) Middleware
13 9 (1.68%) CSS
13 9 (1.68%) Lightning Web Components
13 9 (1.68%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (1.68%) SAPUI5
14 8 (1.50%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.60%) Product Ownership
2 38 (7.10%) Cloud Native
3 33 (6.17%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (4.67%) Mobile App
5 18 (3.36%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.80%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.06%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.87%) FMCG
10 9 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.68%) Graphic Design
10 9 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.50%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (1.31%) Animation
13 6 (1.12%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.93%) Life Science
14 5 (0.93%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.93%) Social Media
14 5 (0.93%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.06%) Android
2 10 (1.87%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.31%) Windows
4 4 (0.75%) Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (30.09%) Agile
2 124 (23.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (17.57%) CI/CD
4 86 (16.07%) Customer Experience
5 83 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
6 82 (15.33%) CRM
7 73 (13.64%) User Experience
8 70 (13.08%) Roadmaps
9 68 (12.71%) AI
10 65 (12.15%) Analytics
11 61 (11.40%) DevOps
12 60 (11.21%) Scrum
13 54 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 53 (9.91%) Event-Driven
15 50 (9.35%) Migration
16 46 (8.60%) Software Engineering
17 43 (8.04%) B2C
18 41 (7.66%) ERP
19 40 (7.48%) Decision-Making
20 39 (7.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 52 (9.72%) SQL
2 43 (8.04%) Python
3 34 (6.36%) TypeScript
4 32 (5.98%) Java
4 32 (5.98%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.80%) C#
6 11 (2.06%) Kotlin
7 9 (1.68%) Apex Code
8 7 (1.31%) ABAP
9 6 (1.12%) Swift
10 5 (0.93%) Groovy
10 5 (0.93%) PHP
10 5 (0.93%) SOQL
10 5 (0.93%) SOSL
11 4 (0.75%) Bash
11 4 (0.75%) LookML
11 4 (0.75%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.56%) Go
12 3 (0.56%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.37%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 48 (8.97%) Degree
2 7 (1.31%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.12%) Security Cleared
4 5 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.75%) MBA
6 3 (0.56%) CSPO
6 3 (0.56%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.37%) PMP
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%) PgMP
8 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.36%) QA
2 32 (5.98%) Data Quality
3 27 (5.05%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.24%) GDPR
5 7 (1.31%) PMO
6 6 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.37%) PSD2
7 2 (0.37%) 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 22 (4.11%) Docker
2 3 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (5.79%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.56%) Bosun
3 2 (0.37%) CloudHub
3 2 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 62 (11.59%) Salesforce
2 44 (8.22%) SAP
3 43 (8.04%) Microsoft
4 30 (5.61%) Adobe
5 23 (4.30%) Google
6 21 (3.93%) Oracle
7 20 (3.74%) MuleSoft
8 12 (2.24%) Databricks
9 9 (1.68%) Sitecore
10 8 (1.50%) New Relic
10 8 (1.50%) Splunk
11 7 (1.31%) IBM
12 6 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.12%) TikTok
13 5 (0.93%) Apple
13 5 (0.93%) Braze
13 5 (0.93%) dotdigital
13 5 (0.93%) Dynatrace
14 4 (0.75%) Adyen
14 4 (0.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud