Shopify Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Shopify
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Shopify skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 439 573
Rank change year-on-year -64 +134 +106
Permanent jobs citing Shopify 81 85 163
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.30% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 5.02% 6.83% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 72 47 152
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,700 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,500 £65,000 £64,575
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -26.83%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

Shopify falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,612 1,245 2,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.45% 4.34% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 816 1,841
10th Percentile £30,580 £30,290 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%

Shopify
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Shopify job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Shopify
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Shopify.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Shopify

Shopify
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Shopify in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Shopify in the UK excluding London

Shopify
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 Shopify within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
North of England -33 33 £45,000 +5.88% 9
North West +9 20 £45,000 +5.88% 4
Midlands -41 18 £47,500 +35.71% 13
South West - 15 £42,500 - 4
West Midlands -30 14 £47,500 +25.00% 9
East of England -3 8 £45,000 +38.46% 5
Yorkshire - 7 £42,500 - 4
North East -38 6 £35,000 -22.22% 1
South East -42 4 £46,250 +54.17% 10
East Midlands -50 4 £35,000 - 4
Wales -26 3 £28,500 +7.55% 1
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UK

Shopify
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 8 (9.88%) CMS
2 7 (8.64%) WordPress
3 5 (6.17%) nginx
4 1 (1.23%) Joomla!
Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (6.17%) Photoshop
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (22.22%) Magento
2 10 (12.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (11.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.05%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (9.88%) GitHub
3 7 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.41%) AWS
5 5 (6.17%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.70%) Azure
7 2 (2.47%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.47%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.23%) Asana
8 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.23%) Google Ads
8 1 (1.23%) iPaaS
8 1 (1.23%) MailChimp
8 1 (1.23%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.35%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.11%) MySQL
3 5 (6.17%) Power BI
4 2 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Git
2 10 (12.35%) JIRA
3 5 (6.17%) Vite
General
1 23 (28.40%) Marketing
2 14 (17.28%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Finance
3 12 (14.81%) Retail
4 9 (11.11%) Back Office
5 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (24.69%) Developer
2 14 (17.28%) Shopify Developer
3 10 (12.35%) Analyst
4 9 (11.11%) Support Analyst
5 8 (9.88%) Digital Executive
5 8 (9.88%) Digital Marketing Executive
5 8 (9.88%) Marketing Executive
6 7 (8.64%) Senior
7 6 (7.41%) E-Commerce Executive
8 5 (6.17%) IT Manager
8 5 (6.17%) Product Owner
8 5 (6.17%) Software Analyst
8 5 (6.17%) Systems Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Applications Support
9 4 (4.94%) Applications Support Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Business Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Business Systems Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Senior Support Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.99%) HTML
2 15 (18.52%) CSS
3 10 (12.35%) REST
3 10 (12.35%) SOAP
4 9 (11.11%) Middleware
5 7 (8.64%) Laravel
6 5 (6.17%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (6.17%) Tailwind CSS
6 5 (6.17%) Vue
6 5 (6.17%) YAML
7 4 (4.94%) React
8 3 (3.70%) Next.js
8 3 (3.70%) RESTful
9 1 (1.23%) .NET
9 1 (1.23%) .NET Core
9 1 (1.23%) .NET Framework
9 1 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.17%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.94%) Social Media
3 3 (3.70%) Animation
3 3 (3.70%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (3.70%) Photography
4 2 (2.47%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.23%) Blog
5 1 (1.23%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.88%) Linux
2 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (75.31%) E-Commerce
2 27 (33.33%) ERP
3 26 (32.10%) User Experience
4 19 (23.46%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (19.75%) CRM
6 14 (17.28%) SEO
7 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (13.58%) Analytics
8 11 (13.58%) Digital Marketing
9 10 (12.35%) API Integration
9 10 (12.35%) Customer Experience
9 10 (12.35%) Front End Development
10 9 (11.11%) Change Management
10 9 (11.11%) Data Management
10 9 (11.11%) ITSM
10 9 (11.11%) Roadmaps
10 9 (11.11%) Service Management
10 9 (11.11%) Web Development
11 8 (9.88%) Agile
12 6 (7.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.99%) JavaScript
2 15 (18.52%) SQL
3 10 (12.35%) PHP
3 10 (12.35%) T-SQL
4 5 (6.17%) Bash
5 3 (3.70%) Python
6 2 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (1.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.88%) QA
2 4 (4.94%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.94%) SLA
3 3 (3.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) Docker
2 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.75%) WooCommerce
3 9 (11.11%) ConnectWise
3 9 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.70%) Adobe
4 3 (3.70%) Google
5 1 (1.23%) Netlify
5 1 (1.23%) Salesforce