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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 260 | 197 | 199 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -63 | +2 | -76 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 371 | 453 | 552 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.02% | 1.26% | 1.23% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.15% | 1.45% | 1.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 196 | 312 | 367 |
| 10th Percentile | £329 | £300 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £368 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £481 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.90% | -12.50% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £595 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £789 | £700 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £400 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -21.95% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 3 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £42.78 | £17.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.25 | £44.08 | £47.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.50 | £47.50 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -67.37% | -5.00% | -29.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.52 | £51.25 | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.70 | £52.75 | £67.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £15.50 | £52.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -70.48% | +5.00% | +376.19% |
All Process and 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 | 32,257 | 31,288 | 39,893 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 89.04% | 87.36% | 88.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20,268 | 18,944 | 26,694 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £309 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £533 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.50% | -3.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £744 | £745 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,091 | 1,103 | 1,539 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.61 | £15.23 | £14.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.50 | £20.19 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £32.50 | £43.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.62% | -25.71% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.61 | £63.42 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.50 | £73.75 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.85 | £32.39 | £43.95 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.45% | -26.30% | +40.82% |
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
Daily Rate Trend
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 3 December 2025.
E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Trend
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 3 December 2025.
E-Commerce
Top 15 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 3 December 2025. 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 | -40 | 344 | £500 | +5.26% | 379 |
| London | -30 | 213 | £500 | -1.96% | 146 |
| Work from Home | -29 | 148 | £575 | +27.78% | 197 |
| UK excluding London | -45 | 120 | £475 | +18.75% | 319 |
| South East | -14 | 39 | £555 | +38.75% | 122 |
| North of England | -36 | 37 | £488 | +21.88% | 99 |
| Yorkshire | -14 | 23 | £488 | +62.50% | 32 |
| Midlands | -27 | 21 | £469 | +17.19% | 57 |
| East of England | -23 | 13 | £475 | +26.67% | 10 |
| North West | -33 | 13 | £475 | +18.75% | 58 |
| West Midlands | -36 | 12 | £520 | +48.57% | 28 |
| South West | +3 | 10 | £400 | -23.81% | 20 |
| East Midlands | -8 | 9 | £425 | -18.66% | 29 |
| Scotland | +5 | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| North East | -6 | 1 | £900 | - | 11 |
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:
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