E-Commerce Job Trends in the South East

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring E-Commerce skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 120 166
Rank change year-on-year -37 +46 -14
Permanent jobs citing E-Commerce 154 184 282
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.06% 2.34% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 2.60% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 118 137 242
10th Percentile £33,875 £25,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £30,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -4.04%
75th Percentile £59,375 £65,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £78,250 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -23.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

E-Commerce falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,428 7,088 14,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.87% 90.33% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,190 3,389 10,273
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,280 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing E-Commerce relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

E-Commerce job vacancy trend in the South East

E-Commerce
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing E-Commerce.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing E-Commerce

E-Commerce
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for E-Commerce in the South East

E-Commerce
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Sussex -2 48 £50,000 +5.26% 2
Thames Valley -7 45 £47,500 -20.83% 19
Kent -30 29 £45,000 +38.46% 11
Berkshire -6 25 £42,500 -29.17% 11
Hampshire -39 17 £47,500 -24.00% 5
Buckinghamshire -5 14 - - 3
West Sussex -12 12 £31,500 -3.08% 1
Oxfordshire -20 6 £60,000 -7.69% 5
Surrey -31 3 £55,000 +22.22% 9
E-Commerce
England

E-Commerce
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 16 (10.39%) ColdFusion
2 4 (2.60%) Confluence
3 2 (1.30%) CMS
4 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Magento
2 3 (1.95%) Shopify
3 2 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.65%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.79%) Azure
2 11 (7.14%) AWS
3 10 (6.49%) SaaS
4 5 (3.25%) Google Analytics
4 5 (3.25%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 4 (2.60%) GCP
6 3 (1.95%) Google Ads
6 3 (1.95%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.30%) GitHub
7 2 (1.30%) Meta Ads
7 2 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.65%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.65%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.30%) MySQL
2 2 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (5.19%) JIRA
2 4 (2.60%) Git
3 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.65%) PHPUnit
General
1 36 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 27 (17.53%) Retail
3 25 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (9.74%) Marketing
5 9 (5.84%) Finance
5 9 (5.84%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.90%) Advertising
8 5 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.95%) Law
9 3 (1.95%) Legal
10 2 (1.30%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (1.30%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (29.87%) Developer
2 21 (13.64%) Business Development Manager
2 21 (13.64%) Business Manager
2 21 (13.64%) Development Manager
2 21 (13.64%) Full-Stack Developer
3 18 (11.69%) E-Commerce Developer
4 17 (11.04%) Software Developer
5 12 (7.79%) Product Manager
5 12 (7.79%) Senior
6 9 (5.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 8 (5.19%) E-Commerce Manager
8 7 (4.55%) Account Manager
8 7 (4.55%) E-Commerce Web Developer
8 7 (4.55%) Full-Stack Web Developer
8 7 (4.55%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.55%) Web Developer
9 5 (3.25%) ASP.NET MVC Developer
9 5 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.25%) Senior UX Designer
9 5 (3.25%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.94%) .NET
2 7 (4.55%) React
3 4 (2.60%) React Native
3 4 (2.60%) Redux
4 3 (1.95%) Next.js
5 2 (1.30%) CSS
5 2 (1.30%) Laravel
6 1 (0.65%) CakePHP
6 1 (0.65%) Google Maps API
6 1 (0.65%) HTML
6 1 (0.65%) Playwright
6 1 (0.65%) RESTful
6 1 (0.65%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.79%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.84%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.90%) FMCG
4 5 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.25%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.95%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.30%) Smart Home
7 1 (0.65%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (16.23%) Business Development
1 25 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (15.58%) Logistics
3 23 (14.94%) Full-Stack Development
4 20 (12.99%) Agile
5 17 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (10.39%) Scrum
7 13 (8.44%) User Experience
8 12 (7.79%) Actionable Insight
8 12 (7.79%) Roadmaps
8 12 (7.79%) Strategic Thinking
9 11 (7.14%) Continuous Delivery
9 11 (7.14%) Performance Measurement
9 11 (7.14%) Product Backlog
9 11 (7.14%) Product Roadmap
10 10 (6.49%) Analytics
10 10 (6.49%) Web Development
11 9 (5.84%) Clean Code
11 9 (5.84%) Front End Development
12 8 (5.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.64%) PHP
2 10 (6.49%) JavaScript
2 10 (6.49%) SQL
3 6 (3.90%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.95%) CFML
5 1 (0.65%) Python
5 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (3.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 8 (5.19%) QA
3 5 (3.25%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Docker
Vendors
1 11 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.84%) Google
3 3 (1.95%) Adobe
3 3 (1.95%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.30%) Ubiquiti
4 2 (1.30%) WooCommerce
5 1 (0.65%) HubSpot