E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring E-Commerce skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited E-Commerce over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 251 | 187 | 187 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -64 | 0 | -70 |
| Contract jobs citing E-Commerce | 305 | 521 | 832 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.04% | 1.21% | 1.44% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.14% | 1.40% | 1.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 200 | 372 | 570 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £357 | £400 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £653 | £650 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -10.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 18 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £10.42 | £31.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £11.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £13.00 | £65.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +123.08% | -80.15% | +24.76% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £15.25 | £92.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £66.65 | £98.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £13.00 | £95.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -86.32% | +32.45% |
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 | 26,789 | 37,090 | 51,996 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.94% | 86.26% | 89.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,213 | 23,884 | 36,030 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £411 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +3.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £745 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £479 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.20% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,097 | 2,438 | 1,721 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.22 | £16.00 | £16.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.41 | £36.50 | £36.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.16% | +0.69% | +41.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.34 | £38.06 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.81% | +8.74% | +75.00% |
E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing E-Commerce as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
E-Commerce
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-Commerce.
E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.
E-Commerce
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-Commerce.
E-Commerce
Top 16 Contract 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 11 May 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 | -28 | 274 | £475 | -5.00% | 1,700 |
| London | -20 | 197 | £515 | -4.63% | 1,014 |
| Work from Home | -27 | 117 | £400 | -17.53% | 845 |
| UK excluding London | -44 | 72 | £450 | - | 904 |
| South East | +28 | 35 | £363 | -21.62% | 319 |
| Midlands | +16 | 13 | £498 | +81.74% | 124 |
| North of England | -38 | 13 | £500 | +11.11% | 296 |
| West Midlands | +18 | 8 | £475 | -5.00% | 64 |
| North West | -35 | 8 | £453 | +0.56% | 190 |
| East of England | +6 | 5 | £457 | +7.41% | 74 |
| East Midlands | +5 | 5 | £498 | +121.11% | 53 |
| South West | +39 | 4 | £375 | -30.88% | 62 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 3 | £500 | +25.00% | 78 |
| North East | -7 | 2 | - | - | 33 |
| Wales | +2 | 1 | £288 | -4.17% | 20 |
| Northern Ireland | -10 | 1 | £450 | -20.00% | 10 |
E-Commerce
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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