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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 243 191
Rank change year-on-year -29 -52 +10
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 523 369 507
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.12% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.24% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 207 362
10th Percentile £325 £309 £313
25th Percentile £419 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £630 £578 £623
90th Percentile £701 £725 £724
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +13.16% +11.76% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 3
10th Percentile £13.47 - £22.05
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.25 £31.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £15.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +238.71% -67.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £74.00 £15.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £82.00 £24.61 £57.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £15.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +61.29% -3.13% -68.00%

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 46,183 29,816 32,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.50% 90.52% 85.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,080 18,531 20,147
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
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 £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,092 1,799 1,460
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.42 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £22.63 £43.00
% change year-on-year +84.31% -47.37% +5.81%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -33 483 £525 +5.00% 1,573
London -14 309 £500 -2.91% 988
Work from Home -23 161 £500 +5.26% 593
UK excluding London -85 161 £538 +13.16% 633
North of England -67 56 £555 +23.33% 253
North West -17 45 £560 +17.89% 171
Midlands -21 39 £594 +22.42% 91
South East -85 34 £525 - 161
West Midlands -33 27 £650 +23.81% 58
East of England -26 17 £500 +5.26% 48
South West -39 16 £525 -44.74% 47
East Midlands 0 11 £475 -1.04% 33
Yorkshire -55 11 £425 -5.56% 69

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 24 (4.59%) CMS
2 19 (3.63%) Confluence
3 6 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.15%) WordPress
4 5 (0.96%) Apache
5 4 (0.76%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.57%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.57%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.38%) Mule
7 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.19%) Mendix
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 13 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.15%) Adobe After Effects
5 6 (1.15%) Final Cut Pro
5 6 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.15%) Sketch
6 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.19%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 34 (6.50%) Shopify
2 20 (3.82%) Magento
3 13 (2.49%) Payment Gateway
4 12 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 10 (1.91%) SAP CRM
6 8 (1.53%) NetSuite
7 6 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.38%) ION MarketView
8 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.38%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.38%) SAP MDG-F
9 1 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
9 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.19%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 1 (0.19%) SAP Retail
9 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (15.30%) Azure
2 79 (15.11%) AWS
3 28 (5.35%) GCP
4 27 (5.16%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 23 (4.40%) Figma
6 22 (4.21%) GitHub
7 16 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.87%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.87%) SaaS
9 14 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (2.49%) dbt
10 13 (2.49%) Snowflake
11 12 (2.29%) Serverless
12 11 (2.10%) Algolia
13 9 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 8 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.34%) Azure Functions
15 7 (1.34%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (1.34%) Entra ID
16 6 (1.15%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.34%) HTTP
2 4 (0.76%) WAN
3 3 (0.57%) Firewall
3 3 (0.57%) Internet
4 2 (0.38%) LAN
4 2 (0.38%) Network Security
4 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.38%) VPN
4 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
5 1 (0.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.68%) Power BI
2 13 (2.49%) Looker
3 12 (2.29%) BigQuery
4 11 (2.10%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.91%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.72%) Tableau
7 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.34%) Redis
8 6 (1.15%) Couchbase
8 6 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.15%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.15%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.76%) Metadata
9 4 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.76%) Semantic Layer
10 3 (0.57%) MySQL
10 3 (0.57%) Power Query
10 3 (0.57%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 26 (4.97%) JIRA
2 24 (4.59%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.02%) Git
4 8 (1.53%) Subversion
5 6 (1.15%) Claude Code
5 6 (1.15%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.15%) Vite
6 4 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.76%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.57%) GitLab
7 3 (0.57%) Hudson
7 3 (0.57%) Selenium
7 3 (0.57%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.38%) Appium
8 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.19%) Bundler
9 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.19%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 248 (47.42%) Retail
2 181 (34.61%) Social Skills
3 82 (15.68%) Marketing
4 80 (15.30%) Finance
5 56 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (4.78%) Manufacturing
9 20 (3.82%) Banking
10 10 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.72%) Legal
12 8 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.53%) Publishing
13 7 (1.34%) Advertising
13 7 (1.34%) French Language
14 5 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.76%) Electronics
16 3 (0.57%) Billing
16 3 (0.57%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 88 (16.83%) Senior
2 59 (11.28%) Analyst
3 54 (10.33%) Developer
4 53 (10.13%) Architect
5 37 (7.07%) Business Analyst
6 34 (6.50%) Designer
7 30 (5.74%) Project Manager
8 27 (5.16%) E-Commerce Manager
8 27 (5.16%) Lead
8 27 (5.16%) Product Manager
9 26 (4.97%) Solutions Architect
10 21 (4.02%) UI Designer
11 18 (3.44%) Consultant
12 17 (3.25%) Data Engineer
12 17 (3.25%) Senior Manager
13 16 (3.06%) Senior Designer
14 15 (2.87%) Salesforce Developer
14 15 (2.87%) Senior Developer
14 15 (2.87%) Software Engineer
15 14 (2.68%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.80%) REST
2 40 (7.65%) React
3 38 (7.27%) Node.js
4 30 (5.74%) GraphQL
5 28 (5.35%) Kafka
6 20 (3.82%) Next.js
7 19 (3.63%) Spring
7 19 (3.63%) Spring Boot
7 19 (3.63%) Terraform
8 16 (3.06%) VML
9 15 (2.87%) SOAP
10 14 (2.68%) .NET
11 12 (2.29%) HTML
11 12 (2.29%) Middleware
12 11 (2.10%) RESTful
13 9 (1.72%) CSS
14 8 (1.53%) Lightning Web Components
14 8 (1.53%) PySpark
15 7 (1.34%) Playwright
16 6 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.18%) Product Ownership
2 35 (6.69%) Cloud Native
3 30 (5.74%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (4.78%) Mobile App
5 21 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.68%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.29%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.10%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.91%) FMCG
10 10 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
11 9 (1.72%) Graphic Design
12 8 (1.53%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.34%) Animation
14 6 (1.15%) Credit Risk
15 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
16 4 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
16 4 (0.76%) Social Media
17 3 (0.57%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.91%) Android
1 10 (1.91%) Apple iOS
2 7 (1.34%) Windows
3 5 (0.96%) Linux
4 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (29.64%) Agile
2 123 (23.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 86 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (15.87%) CI/CD
5 77 (14.72%) Customer Experience
6 74 (14.15%) User Experience
7 72 (13.77%) CRM
8 63 (12.05%) AI
8 63 (12.05%) Roadmaps
9 60 (11.47%) Scrum
10 58 (11.09%) Analytics
11 56 (10.71%) DevOps
12 53 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 49 (9.37%) Migration
14 48 (9.18%) Event-Driven
15 45 (8.60%) B2C
16 41 (7.84%) ERP
17 39 (7.46%) Software Engineering
18 38 (7.27%) Project Management
19 36 (6.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.37%) SQL
2 38 (7.27%) Python
3 31 (5.93%) TypeScript
4 30 (5.74%) Java
5 29 (5.54%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.87%) C#
7 9 (1.72%) Kotlin
8 8 (1.53%) Apex Code
9 6 (1.15%) ABAP
9 6 (1.15%) PHP
10 5 (0.96%) Groovy
10 5 (0.96%) SOQL
10 5 (0.96%) SOSL
10 5 (0.96%) Swift
11 4 (0.76%) Bash
11 4 (0.76%) LookML
11 4 (0.76%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.57%) Go
12 3 (0.57%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (8.22%) Degree
2 7 (1.34%) Master's Degree
2 7 (1.34%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.15%) CSPO
4 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (0.76%) MBA
4 4 (0.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.38%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.38%) PMP
6 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.19%) CISA
6 1 (0.19%) CISSP
6 1 (0.19%) IIBA
6 1 (0.19%) ISEB
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.74%) QA
2 28 (5.35%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.78%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.72%) GDPR
5 6 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.76%) PMO
7 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.38%) PSD2
7 2 (0.38%) 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 21 (4.02%) Docker
2 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 28 (5.35%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.57%) Bosun
3 2 (0.38%) CloudHub
3 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (12.62%) Salesforce
2 45 (8.60%) SAP
3 44 (8.41%) Microsoft
4 31 (5.93%) Adobe
5 23 (4.40%) Google
6 22 (4.21%) Oracle
7 18 (3.44%) MuleSoft
8 15 (2.87%) Databricks
9 8 (1.53%) New Relic
9 8 (1.53%) Splunk
10 7 (1.34%) IBM
10 7 (1.34%) Sitecore
11 6 (1.15%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.96%) Braze
12 5 (0.96%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.76%) Adyen
13 4 (0.76%) Apple
13 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.76%) TikTok
14 3 (0.57%) Informatica