E-Commerce Contracts

E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for E-Commerce skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited E-Commerce over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 187 117
Rank change year-on-year 0 -70 -8
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 521 832 2,008
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.21% 1.44% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.60% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 570 1,475
10th Percentile £300 £325 £375
25th Percentile £400 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 13
10th Percentile £10.42 £31.50 £41.20
25th Percentile £11.00 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £13.00 £65.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -80.15% +24.76% +18.91%
75th Percentile £15.25 £92.50 £71.75
90th Percentile £66.65 £98.50 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 £95.00 £71.73
% change year-on-year -86.32% +32.45% +89.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

E-Commerce is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

E-Commerce
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing E-Commerce as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-Commerce.

Daily rate trend for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-Commerce.

Hourly rate trend for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing E-Commerce over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for E-Commerce in the UK

E-Commerce
Top 17 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 10 May 2024. 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 -24 465 £500 -5.66% 686
London +2 283 £540 -4.00% 287
Work from Home -28 207 £485 -9.77% 345
UK excluding London -32 178 £450 -10.00% 404
North of England +2 69 £450 -14.29% 160
North West +44 57 £450 -11.11% 102
South East +25 52 £463 -12.94% 79
East of England +1 24 £425 -18.74% 29
Midlands -24 18 £274 -31.56% 77
West Midlands +4 10 £500 +25.00% 39
Yorkshire -34 9 £400 -29.82% 48
East Midlands -14 8 £225 -45.78% 38
South West -8 6 £543 +20.56% 44
Scotland +37 3 £470 -24.80% 13
North East +17 3 £600 - 10
Wales +16 3 £300 -23.81% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £563 - 5

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:

Application Platforms
1 43 (8.25%) CMS
2 15 (2.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 14 (2.69%) Confluence
4 8 (1.54%) WordPress
5 7 (1.34%) Headless CMS
6 6 (1.15%) Drupal
7 4 (0.77%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.58%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.38%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.19%) Apache
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.19%) IIS
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.58%) InVision
4 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.58%) Sketch
5 2 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.38%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 34 (6.53%) Shopify
2 20 (3.84%) Magento
3 15 (2.88%) SAP Hybris
4 9 (1.73%) Payment Gateway
5 8 (1.54%) ION MarketView
6 5 (0.96%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.38%) JDE OneWorld
8 2 (0.38%) WebTrends
9 1 (0.19%) OpenCart
9 1 (0.19%) RMDS
9 1 (0.19%) SAP CAR
9 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.19%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 81 (15.55%) AWS
2 33 (6.33%) Azure
3 25 (4.80%) GCP
4 20 (3.84%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 19 (3.65%) BigCommerce
5 19 (3.65%) Serverless
6 18 (3.45%) GitHub
7 17 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (2.88%) SaaS
9 14 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (2.50%) Google Analytics
11 12 (2.30%) Figma
11 12 (2.30%) Power Platform
12 10 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (1.92%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.73%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 8 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.15%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.69%) Internet
2 4 (0.77%) HTTP
2 4 (0.77%) LAN
2 4 (0.77%) WAN
3 3 (0.58%) FTP
4 1 (0.19%) DHCP
4 1 (0.19%) DNS
4 1 (0.19%) Firewall
4 1 (0.19%) Intranet
4 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) tcpdump
4 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.45%) KDB
2 17 (3.26%) MySQL
3 12 (2.30%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.30%) Power BI
3 12 (2.30%) Tableau
4 10 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 7 (1.34%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.15%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.96%) Spark SQL
9 3 (0.58%) Big Data
9 3 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.58%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.58%) SQLite
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.38%) GIS
10 2 (0.38%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 44 (8.45%) Git
2 33 (6.33%) JIRA
3 22 (4.22%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.88%) Postman
5 11 (2.11%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.92%) Maven
7 9 (1.73%) SoapUI
8 7 (1.34%) GitLab
8 7 (1.34%) Selenium
9 5 (0.96%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.77%) webpack
11 3 (0.58%) Appium
11 3 (0.58%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.58%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 3 (0.58%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.38%) gulp
12 2 (0.38%) rollup.js
12 2 (0.38%) Storybook
12 2 (0.38%) TestCafe
12 2 (0.38%) WebPageTest
General
1 161 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 146 (28.02%) Retail
3 71 (13.63%) Marketing
4 49 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (8.45%) Finance
6 16 (3.07%) Banking
7 13 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.11%) Legal
9 11 (2.11%) Publishing
10 10 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.73%) Front Office
12 7 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.96%) Advertising
13 5 (0.96%) Back Office
13 5 (0.96%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.77%) Electronics
14 4 (0.77%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.77%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 141 (27.06%) Developer
2 61 (11.71%) Analyst
2 61 (11.71%) Senior
3 59 (11.32%) Project Manager
4 40 (7.68%) Business Analyst
5 28 (5.37%) Java Developer
6 27 (5.18%) Architect
7 24 (4.61%) E-Commerce Developer
8 23 (4.41%) E-Commerce Manager
9 19 (3.65%) Consultant
9 19 (3.65%) Designer
10 18 (3.45%) Senior Developer
11 17 (3.26%) Software Engineer
11 17 (3.26%) Technical Analyst
11 17 (3.26%) Technical Business Analyst
12 15 (2.88%) Full Stack Developer
12 15 (2.88%) React Developer
13 14 (2.69%) Data Engineer
13 14 (2.69%) Digital Project Manager
14 13 (2.50%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.17%) React
2 48 (9.21%) Node.js
3 37 (7.10%) CSS
4 36 (6.91%) HTML
5 27 (5.18%) GraphQL
6 22 (4.22%) REST
7 20 (3.84%) Next.js
8 16 (3.07%) Web Services
9 15 (2.88%) RESTful
10 14 (2.69%) JSON
11 13 (2.50%) VML
12 12 (2.30%) SOAP
13 11 (2.11%) AngularJS
13 11 (2.11%) Spring
14 10 (1.92%) OAuth
15 9 (1.73%) .NET
15 9 (1.73%) HTML5
15 9 (1.73%) OpenID
16 8 (1.54%) CSS3
16 8 (1.54%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.06%) Distributed Systems
2 38 (7.29%) Mobile App
3 28 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 25 (4.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (3.26%) Algorithms
5 17 (3.26%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.30%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.30%) FMCG
8 11 (2.11%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.92%) EPoS
10 9 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.54%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.34%) EMV
12 7 (1.34%) Taxonomies
13 6 (1.15%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.96%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.99%) Linux
1 26 (4.99%) Unix
2 13 (2.50%) Android
3 9 (1.73%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.73%) Windows
4 3 (0.58%) Debian
4 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.19%) CentOS
5 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (30.52%) Agile
2 65 (12.48%) Analytics
3 64 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (11.32%) CI/CD
5 58 (11.13%) Project Management
6 56 (10.75%) Scrum
6 56 (10.75%) User Experience
7 53 (10.17%) CRM
8 45 (8.64%) Test Automation
9 44 (8.45%) DevOps
10 40 (7.68%) Roadmaps
11 39 (7.49%) Customer Experience
11 39 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
12 38 (7.29%) Computer Science
13 36 (6.91%) TDD
14 35 (6.72%) B2B
15 34 (6.53%) Microservices
16 30 (5.76%) Continuous Integration
16 30 (5.76%) Migration
16 30 (5.76%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 73 (14.01%) Java
2 67 (12.86%) JavaScript
3 60 (11.52%) Python
4 56 (10.75%) SQL
5 41 (7.87%) TypeScript
6 18 (3.45%) PHP
7 12 (2.30%) Bash
8 11 (2.11%) Scala
9 9 (1.73%) Go
10 7 (1.34%) C++
10 7 (1.34%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.34%) Perl
11 6 (1.15%) C#
12 4 (0.77%) Groovy
13 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.38%) Dart
14 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.38%) Ruby
15 1 (0.19%) ABAP
15 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (10.75%) Degree
2 23 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.73%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.15%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.96%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.58%) PhD
8 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.19%) ACCA
9 1 (0.19%) CCNP
9 1 (0.19%) CCSP
9 1 (0.19%) CIMA
9 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
9 1 (0.19%) ISEB
9 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.19%) PMP
9 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.53%) QA
2 16 (3.07%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.30%) PMO
4 7 (1.34%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.96%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.58%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.58%) SLA
7 3 (0.58%) WCAG
8 2 (0.38%) GDPR
8 2 (0.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 25 (4.80%) Docker
2 5 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.77%) zsh
4 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 22 (4.22%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.84%) Terraform
3 5 (0.96%) Podman
3 5 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.77%) Grafana
5 3 (0.58%) Ansible
5 3 (0.58%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.19%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.19%) Kibana
Vendors
1 52 (9.98%) SAP
2 48 (9.21%) Salesforce
3 39 (7.49%) Google
4 37 (7.10%) Adobe
5 34 (6.53%) Microsoft
6 18 (3.45%) Sitecore
7 10 (1.92%) ION Trading
8 9 (1.73%) Splunk
9 7 (1.34%) Dell
9 7 (1.34%) Intel
10 5 (0.96%) Databricks
10 5 (0.96%) Okta
11 4 (0.77%) Oracle
11 4 (0.77%) Roku
11 4 (0.77%) Solace
11 4 (0.77%) TIBCO
12 3 (0.58%) Facebook
12 3 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.58%) Tradeweb
13 2 (0.38%) Marketo