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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 251 187
Rank change year-on-year -31 -64 +14
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 505 358 499
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.09% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.20% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 204 366
10th Percentile £325 £298 £323
25th Percentile £416 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £602 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +13.16% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 4
10th Percentile £18.88 - £12.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.25 £14.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £15.50 £31.75
Median % change year-on-year +222.58% -51.18% -36.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £15.75 £51.56
90th Percentile £89.00 - £56.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £15.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year +61.29% +14.81% -73.00%

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 45,621 29,800 32,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.64% 90.44% 85.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,920 18,562 20,756
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
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 2,892 1,765 1,620
10th Percentile £14.10 £14.21 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.30 £18.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -40.16% +0.31%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.12 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.15 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.11 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +90.48% -47.37% +14.67%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -27 463 £525 +6.06% 986
London +1 297 £500 - 636
Work from Home -21 165 £500 +5.26% 363
UK excluding London -76 154 £538 +13.16% 439
North of England -62 51 £550 +22.22% 157
Midlands -16 43 £550 +8.91% 69
North West -37 43 £555 +16.84% 91
South East -86 30 £525 +10.53% 127
West Midlands -18 29 £650 +23.81% 29
East of England -19 18 £500 +5.26% 26
East Midlands -4 13 £475 -2.06% 40
South West -38 13 £525 -44.74% 35
Yorkshire -55 8 £500 +11.11% 56

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 20 (3.96%) CMS
2 17 (3.37%) Confluence
3 5 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.79%) Apache
4 4 (0.79%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.59%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.59%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.59%) WordPress
6 2 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) Mule
6 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Drupal
7 1 (0.20%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.20%) Mendix
7 1 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.19%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.19%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.19%) Sketch
6 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.40%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.20%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 38 (7.52%) Shopify
2 18 (3.56%) Magento
3 11 (2.18%) Payment Gateway
4 10 (1.98%) SAP CRM
4 10 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (1.39%) NetSuite
7 5 (0.99%) 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 Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
9 1 (0.20%) SDL Web 8
9 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 73 (14.46%) AWS
2 69 (13.66%) Azure
3 28 (5.54%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 23 (4.55%) Figma
4 23 (4.55%) GCP
5 16 (3.17%) GitHub
6 15 (2.97%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.77%) SaaS
8 12 (2.38%) dbt
8 12 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (2.18%) Snowflake
10 10 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.78%) Algolia
11 9 (1.78%) Serverless
12 7 (1.39%) BigCommerce
12 7 (1.39%) Datadog
12 7 (1.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.19%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.39%) HTTP
2 4 (0.79%) WAN
3 3 (0.59%) Firewall
3 3 (0.59%) Internet
4 2 (0.40%) LAN
4 2 (0.40%) Network Security
4 2 (0.40%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.40%) VPN
4 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) DNS
5 1 (0.20%) Wireless
5 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.77%) Power BI
2 13 (2.57%) Looker
3 11 (2.18%) NoSQL
4 9 (1.78%) BigQuery
4 9 (1.78%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.78%) Tableau
5 7 (1.39%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.19%) Couchbase
6 6 (1.19%) Redis
7 5 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.99%) Metadata
7 5 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.79%) MySQL
8 4 (0.79%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.79%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.40%) KDB
Development Applications
1 25 (4.95%) Jenkins
1 25 (4.95%) JIRA
2 24 (4.75%) Git
3 8 (1.58%) Cypress.io
3 8 (1.58%) Subversion
4 6 (1.19%) Claude Code
4 6 (1.19%) Vite
5 5 (0.99%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.99%) GitLab
5 5 (0.99%) Selenium
6 4 (0.79%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.59%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.40%) Appium
8 2 (0.40%) Hudson
8 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.20%) Bundler
9 1 (0.20%) MLflow
9 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 236 (46.73%) Retail
2 177 (35.05%) Social Skills
3 73 (14.46%) Finance
3 73 (14.46%) Marketing
4 49 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (7.72%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.96%) Banking
9 11 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.78%) Publishing
11 8 (1.58%) Advertising
11 8 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.58%) Legal
12 7 (1.39%) French Language
13 4 (0.79%) Electronics
13 4 (0.79%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.59%) Billing
14 3 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.59%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 89 (17.62%) Senior
2 61 (12.08%) Analyst
3 57 (11.29%) Developer
4 43 (8.51%) Architect
5 37 (7.33%) Business Analyst
6 34 (6.73%) Designer
7 32 (6.34%) Project Manager
8 28 (5.54%) Product Manager
9 27 (5.35%) Lead
10 24 (4.75%) E-Commerce Manager
10 24 (4.75%) Solutions Architect
11 21 (4.16%) UI Designer
12 18 (3.56%) Senior Manager
13 17 (3.37%) Consultant
13 17 (3.37%) Salesforce Developer
14 16 (3.17%) Senior Designer
14 16 (3.17%) Senior Developer
15 14 (2.77%) Data Engineer
15 14 (2.77%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
15 14 (2.77%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.50%) REST
2 41 (8.12%) Node.js
3 40 (7.92%) React
4 35 (6.93%) GraphQL
5 22 (4.36%) Kafka
6 19 (3.76%) Spring
7 18 (3.56%) Next.js
7 18 (3.56%) Spring Boot
7 18 (3.56%) Terraform
8 17 (3.37%) VML
9 16 (3.17%) HTML
10 15 (2.97%) Middleware
10 15 (2.97%) SOAP
11 14 (2.77%) CSS
12 13 (2.57%) .NET
13 10 (1.98%) Playwright
13 10 (1.98%) RESTful
14 9 (1.78%) HTML5
15 8 (1.58%) Lightning Web Components
16 7 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.90%) Product Ownership
2 30 (5.94%) Cloud Native
3 26 (5.15%) Mobile App
4 24 (4.75%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.57%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.57%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.18%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.98%) Marketing Technology
10 9 (1.78%) Graphic Design
10 9 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.58%) FMCG
12 7 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.39%) Animation
13 6 (1.19%) Credit Risk
14 5 (0.99%) Security Posture
15 4 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
16 3 (0.59%) EPoS
16 3 (0.59%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.78%) Android
1 9 (1.78%) Apple iOS
2 8 (1.58%) Windows
3 6 (1.19%) Linux
4 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (30.89%) Agile
2 115 (22.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (15.25%) CI/CD
5 74 (14.65%) User Experience
6 68 (13.47%) Customer Experience
7 63 (12.48%) Scrum
8 62 (12.28%) CRM
9 55 (10.89%) AI
9 55 (10.89%) Roadmaps
10 54 (10.69%) DevOps
11 53 (10.50%) Analytics
12 50 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (9.50%) Migration
14 43 (8.51%) Event-Driven
15 41 (8.12%) B2C
16 40 (7.92%) ERP
16 40 (7.92%) Project Management
17 36 (7.13%) Software Engineering
18 35 (6.93%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.11%) SQL
2 36 (7.13%) Python
3 34 (6.73%) JavaScript
4 33 (6.53%) TypeScript
5 29 (5.74%) Java
6 14 (2.77%) C#
7 8 (1.58%) Apex Code
8 7 (1.39%) Kotlin
8 7 (1.39%) SOQL
8 7 (1.39%) SOSL
9 5 (0.99%) Groovy
9 5 (0.99%) Swift
10 4 (0.79%) ABAP
10 4 (0.79%) Bash
10 4 (0.79%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.59%) Go
11 3 (0.59%) LookML
11 3 (0.59%) PHP
11 3 (0.59%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.40%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 43 (8.51%) Degree
2 7 (1.39%) Master's Degree
3 6 (1.19%) CSPO
3 6 (1.19%) Security Cleared
4 5 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.79%) MBA
6 3 (0.59%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.40%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.40%) PMP
8 1 (0.20%) Analytics IQ
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.20%) CISA
8 1 (0.20%) CISSP
8 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.20%) IIBA
8 1 (0.20%) ISEB
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.34%) QA
2 24 (4.75%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.16%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.58%) GDPR
5 6 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.79%) PMO
7 3 (0.59%) SLA
8 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
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 23 (4.55%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 30 (5.94%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.40%) Bosun
2 2 (0.40%) CloudHub
2 2 (0.40%) Grafana
2 2 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.40%) MOM
2 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.20%) Apache Ranger
Vendors
1 64 (12.67%) Salesforce
2 42 (8.32%) SAP
3 38 (7.52%) Microsoft
4 29 (5.74%) Adobe
5 23 (4.55%) Google
6 22 (4.36%) Oracle
7 16 (3.17%) MuleSoft
8 13 (2.57%) Databricks
9 8 (1.58%) Sitecore
10 7 (1.39%) IBM
10 7 (1.39%) New Relic
11 6 (1.19%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.19%) Splunk
12 5 (0.99%) Braze
12 5 (0.99%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.79%) Apple
14 3 (0.59%) Informatica
14 3 (0.59%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 2 (0.40%) Optimizely