E-Commerce Job Trends in the UK excluding London

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring E-Commerce skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 131 189
Rank change year-on-year -5 +58 -57
Permanent jobs citing E-Commerce 618 771 532
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.47% 2.09% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 2.36% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 437 413 444
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £32,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £66,563
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,255 32,619 28,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.29% 88.31% 90.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19,005 14,900 21,194
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

E-Commerce job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

E-Commerce
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing E-Commerce.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing E-Commerce

E-Commerce
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for E-Commerce in the UK excluding London

E-Commerce
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing E-Commerce within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Midlands +83 200 £35,000 - 85
South East -14 164 £45,000 -25.00% 127
North of England -10 136 £50,000 +11.11% 129
West Midlands +89 117 £44,500 -19.09% 51
East Midlands +15 81 £30,000 -14.29% 31
Yorkshire +26 62 £55,000 +15.79% 60
East of England -13 60 £55,000 +22.22% 49
North West -35 59 £45,000 +5.88% 61
South West -52 31 £42,500 -26.09% 43
North East +7 15 £62,500 +13.64% 9
Scotland -14 15 £73,750 +126.92% 10
Wales -14 8 £35,000 -6.67% 9
Northern Ireland -4 4 £30,000 -40.00% 4
E-Commerce
UK

E-Commerce
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 25 (4.05%) CMS
2 5 (0.81%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
3 2 (0.32%) WordPress
4 1 (0.16%) Apache
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 20 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.46%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.32%) Trello
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (7.28%) Shopify
2 31 (5.02%) Magento
3 8 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.81%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.32%) OpenCart
5 2 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 76 (12.30%) SaaS
2 68 (11.00%) Azure
3 48 (7.77%) Google Analytics
4 44 (7.12%) AWS
5 41 (6.63%) Snowflake
6 23 (3.72%) GCP
7 21 (3.40%) Google Ads
8 13 (2.10%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.13%) GitHub
10 6 (0.97%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 5 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (0.81%) PaaS
11 5 (0.81%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 4 (0.65%) ChatGPT
12 4 (0.65%) Figma
12 4 (0.65%) Firebase
13 3 (0.49%) BigCommerce
13 3 (0.49%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (6.31%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (1.29%) Network Security
3 7 (1.13%) LAN
3 7 (1.13%) VoIP
3 7 (1.13%) WAN
4 2 (0.32%) FTP
4 2 (0.32%) HTTP
4 2 (0.32%) SSL
5 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
1 34 (5.50%) Looker
2 18 (2.91%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.75%) MySQL
4 16 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.10%) Power BI
6 8 (1.29%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.97%) BigQuery
7 6 (0.97%) Tableau
8 5 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.65%) Redis
10 3 (0.49%) Metadata
10 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.16%) Power Query
12 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 15 (2.43%) Git
2 11 (1.78%) JIRA
3 4 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.32%) GitLab
5 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.16%) GCC
5 1 (0.16%) Postman
5 1 (0.16%) Selenium
5 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
General
1 210 (33.98%) Marketing
2 173 (27.99%) Social Skills
3 157 (25.40%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (22.17%) Retail
5 68 (11.00%) Finance
6 32 (5.18%) Law
7 30 (4.85%) Games
8 24 (3.88%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.43%) Advertising
9 15 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.10%) Electronics
11 9 (1.46%) Legal
11 9 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.81%) Back Office
14 2 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.32%) Dutch Language
14 2 (0.32%) French Language
14 2 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (13.75%) Lead
2 63 (10.19%) Analyst
3 53 (8.58%) Developer
4 52 (8.41%) Senior
5 46 (7.44%) Architect
6 40 (6.47%) E-Commerce Manager
7 39 (6.31%) 2nd Line Support
8 36 (5.83%) Data Architect
9 33 (5.34%) Business Analyst
10 31 (5.02%) Software Engineer
11 30 (4.85%) Digital Analyst
12 29 (4.69%) E-Commerce Specialist
13 27 (4.37%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 27 (4.37%) Digital Business Analyst
14 22 (3.56%) Software Developer
15 20 (3.24%) Development Manager
16 19 (3.07%) Business Manager
17 18 (2.91%) Business Development Manager
17 18 (2.91%) Junior
17 18 (2.91%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.12%) HTML
2 27 (4.37%) React
3 25 (4.05%) RESTful
4 23 (3.72%) REST
5 20 (3.24%) CSS
6 15 (2.43%) Next.js
7 13 (2.10%) Node.js
8 12 (1.94%) GraphQL
9 11 (1.78%) .NET
10 9 (1.46%) SOAP
11 6 (0.97%) Laravel
11 6 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (0.97%) Vue
12 5 (0.81%) Middleware
13 4 (0.65%) .NET Core
13 4 (0.65%) HTML5
14 3 (0.49%) Apollo GraphQL
14 3 (0.49%) Kafka
14 3 (0.49%) React Native
14 3 (0.49%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 102 (16.50%) Onboarding
2 27 (4.37%) Driving Licence
3 25 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.24%) Social Media
5 15 (2.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (2.27%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.94%) Marketing Technology
9 11 (1.78%) Blog
10 10 (1.62%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.46%) EPoS
12 7 (1.13%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.65%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.49%) Digital Media
14 3 (0.49%) FMCG
14 3 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.49%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.78%) Linux
2 1 (0.16%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (22.98%) Continuous Improvement
2 142 (22.98%) CRM
3 133 (21.52%) Digital Marketing
4 132 (21.36%) Analytics
5 105 (16.99%) Customer Experience
6 89 (14.40%) User Experience
7 88 (14.24%) B2B
8 86 (13.92%) ERP
9 85 (13.75%) Mentoring
10 84 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 82 (13.27%) Logistics
12 81 (13.11%) SEO
13 78 (12.62%) Collaborative Working
14 69 (11.17%) Customer Service
15 68 (11.00%) Agile
16 63 (10.19%) Coaching
17 60 (9.71%) Dashboard Development
18 58 (9.39%) Analytical Thinking
19 55 (8.90%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 86 (13.92%) SQL
2 48 (7.77%) C#
3 38 (6.15%) JavaScript
4 34 (5.50%) Python
5 32 (5.18%) Java
6 16 (2.59%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.27%) PHP
8 8 (1.29%) C
8 8 (1.29%) C++
8 8 (1.29%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.81%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.32%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.16%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.16%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.16%) Bash
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Go
11 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (13.43%) Degree
2 15 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (1.13%) Master's Degree
4 4 (0.65%) ACCA
4 4 (0.65%) CIMA
5 3 (0.49%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (0.16%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (10.36%) Accessibility
2 52 (8.41%) QA
3 16 (2.59%) PMO
4 8 (1.29%) GDPR
5 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.81%) SLA
6 2 (0.32%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (2.10%) Docker
2 1 (0.16%) Squid
Systems Management
1 4 (0.65%) Terraform
2 2 (0.32%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 75 (12.14%) Google
2 68 (11.00%) Microsoft
3 25 (4.05%) Adobe
4 13 (2.10%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.94%) SAP
5 12 (1.94%) WooCommerce
6 9 (1.46%) Ahrefs
7 8 (1.29%) TikTok
8 7 (1.13%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.97%) Screaming Frog
9 6 (0.97%) YouTube
10 5 (0.81%) ConnectWise
10 5 (0.81%) Facebook
10 5 (0.81%) Informatica
10 5 (0.81%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.81%) Oracle
10 5 (0.81%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.49%) IBM
11 3 (0.49%) Pardot
12 2 (0.32%) SnapLogic