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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 266 | 188 | 204 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -78 | +16 | -88 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 348 | 488 | 586 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 1.01% | 1.34% | 1.25% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.12% | 1.56% | 1.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 200 | 345 | 400 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £300 | £312 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £520 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -5.45% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £600 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £700 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £485 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.78% | -10.00% | -0.10% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 5 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.98 | £43.65 | £38.98 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.25 | £46.25 | £49.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.50 | £47.50 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -67.37% | -5.00% | -27.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £15.75 | £53.75 | £54.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £26.90 | £57.50 | £62.73 |
| 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 | 31,132 | 31,236 | 41,416 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.15% | 86.03% | 88.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19,460 | 18,783 | 27,966 |
| 10th Percentile | £295 | £310 | £311 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.87% | -2.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £620 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £738 | £745 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,011 | 1,107 | 1,584 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.38 | £15.02 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.41 | £20.00 | £18.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.36 | £44.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.87% | -20.09% | +26.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.21 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.00 | £73.75 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.58 | £35.00 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.50% | -21.35% | +53.93% |
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 4 November 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 4 November 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 4 November 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 | -78 | 318 | £500 | - | 1,053 |
| London | -49 | 179 | £500 | -7.41% | 543 |
| UK excluding London | -41 | 131 | £485 | +7.78% | 737 |
| Work from Home | -69 | 118 | £550 | +5.26% | 598 |
| North of England | -33 | 44 | £488 | +8.33% | 169 |
| South East | -7 | 42 | £638 | +54.55% | 377 |
| Yorkshire | -15 | 24 | £488 | +2.63% | 48 |
| North West | -29 | 19 | £475 | +11.76% | 112 |
| East of England | -17 | 16 | £475 | +26.67% | 40 |
| Midlands | -38 | 14 | £463 | +0.27% | 73 |
| South West | +9 | 13 | £400 | -25.58% | 30 |
| East Midlands | -7 | 7 | £425 | -18.66% | 30 |
| West Midlands | -42 | 7 | £520 | +30.00% | 41 |
| Scotland | +5 | 4 | £563 | +15.38% | 32 |
| North East | -11 | 1 | £900 | - | 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:
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