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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 180 116
Rank change year-on-year 0 -64 -6
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 531 816 2,038
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.25% 1.43% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.60% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 558 1,515
10th Percentile £300 £356 £369
25th Percentile £400 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +7.69%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £638
90th Percentile £686 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 14
10th Percentile £10.42 £31.50 £40.48
25th Percentile £11.00 £35.00 £42.06
Median hourly rate £13.00 £65.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -80.15% +27.80% +14.97%
75th Percentile - £92.50 £70.65
90th Percentile £64.25 £98.50 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 £95.00 £67.36
% change year-on-year -86.32% +41.03% +49.69%

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 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -8 476 £500 -6.98% 763
London +15 291 £550 -2.22% 368
Work from Home -22 213 £500 -7.41% 358
UK excluding London -16 180 £450 -10.00% 460
North of England +10 72 £450 -18.18% 167
North West +46 59 £450 -12.20% 105
South East +38 53 £450 -14.29% 134
East of England -10 24 £425 -18.74% 34
Midlands -27 19 £225 -45.78% 72
West Midlands +7 11 £463 +15.63% 36
Yorkshire -34 10 £400 -33.33% 55
East Midlands -19 8 £225 -45.78% 36
South West -20 4 £543 +11.28% 37
Scotland +39 3 £470 -24.80% 15
North East +14 3 £600 - 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £563 - 7
Wales +17 2 £300 -29.41% 1

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 45 (8.47%) CMS
2 15 (2.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 15 (2.82%) Confluence
3 8 (1.51%) WordPress
4 7 (1.32%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.13%) Drupal
6 4 (0.75%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.38%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.19%) Apache
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.56%) InVision
4 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.56%) Sketch
5 2 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.38%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.38%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 33 (6.21%) Shopify
2 20 (3.77%) Magento
3 15 (2.82%) SAP Hybris
4 10 (1.88%) ION MarketView
5 9 (1.69%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.94%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.56%) 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 87 (16.38%) AWS
2 35 (6.59%) Azure
3 29 (5.46%) GCP
4 20 (3.77%) GitHub
4 20 (3.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 19 (3.58%) BigCommerce
5 19 (3.58%) Serverless
6 16 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (2.82%) Google Analytics
7 15 (2.82%) SaaS
8 14 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (2.45%) Figma
9 13 (2.45%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (1.88%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (1.69%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 8 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.13%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.39%) Internet
2 4 (0.75%) HTTP
2 4 (0.75%) LAN
2 4 (0.75%) WAN
3 3 (0.56%) FTP
4 2 (0.38%) Firewall
4 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.19%) DHCP
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) Intranet
5 1 (0.19%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.19%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.19%) VLAN
5 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.19%) Wireless
5 1 (0.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.77%) KDB
2 17 (3.20%) MySQL
3 14 (2.64%) Tableau
4 13 (2.45%) Power BI
5 12 (2.26%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.32%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.13%) DynamoDB
10 5 (0.94%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.56%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (0.56%) Big Data
11 3 (0.56%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.56%) Looker
11 3 (0.56%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.56%) SQLite
12 2 (0.38%) GIS
12 2 (0.38%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 47 (8.85%) Git
2 37 (6.97%) JIRA
3 23 (4.33%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.82%) Postman
5 12 (2.26%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.88%) Maven
7 9 (1.69%) SoapUI
8 8 (1.51%) GitLab
9 7 (1.32%) Selenium
10 5 (0.94%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.75%) webpack
12 3 (0.56%) Appium
12 3 (0.56%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.56%) Visual Website Optimizer
12 3 (0.56%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.38%) gulp
13 2 (0.38%) rollup.js
13 2 (0.38%) Storybook
13 2 (0.38%) Vite
13 2 (0.38%) WebPageTest
General
1 163 (30.70%) Social Skills
2 145 (27.31%) Retail
3 74 (13.94%) Marketing
4 49 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (8.47%) Finance
6 17 (3.20%) Banking
7 15 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.64%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.07%) Legal
11 11 (2.07%) Publishing
12 9 (1.69%) Front Office
13 7 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.94%) Advertising
14 5 (0.94%) Back Office
14 5 (0.94%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.94%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.75%) French Language
15 4 (0.75%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 145 (27.31%) Developer
2 67 (12.62%) Senior
3 64 (12.05%) Analyst
4 59 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 40 (7.53%) Business Analyst
6 30 (5.65%) Java Developer
7 27 (5.08%) Architect
8 23 (4.33%) E-Commerce Developer
8 23 (4.33%) E-Commerce Manager
9 19 (3.58%) Consultant
9 19 (3.58%) Designer
9 19 (3.58%) Senior Developer
10 18 (3.39%) Software Engineer
11 16 (3.01%) Data Engineer
12 15 (2.82%) Full Stack Developer
12 15 (2.82%) React Developer
12 15 (2.82%) Technical Analyst
12 15 (2.82%) Technical Business Analyst
13 13 (2.45%) E-Commerce Project Manager
13 13 (2.45%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (10.55%) React
2 49 (9.23%) Node.js
3 39 (7.34%) CSS
4 38 (7.16%) HTML
5 27 (5.08%) GraphQL
6 22 (4.14%) REST
7 20 (3.77%) Next.js
8 16 (3.01%) Web Services
9 15 (2.82%) RESTful
10 14 (2.64%) JSON
11 13 (2.45%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.45%) VML
12 11 (2.07%) SOAP
12 11 (2.07%) Spring
13 10 (1.88%) OAuth
14 9 (1.69%) .NET
14 9 (1.69%) HTML5
14 9 (1.69%) OpenID
15 8 (1.51%) CSS3
15 8 (1.51%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.29%) Distributed Systems
2 36 (6.78%) Mobile App
3 28 (5.27%) Product Ownership
4 27 (5.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 21 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.39%) Algorithms
7 17 (3.20%) Data Protection Act
7 17 (3.20%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.26%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.26%) FMCG
9 11 (2.07%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.88%) EPoS
10 10 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.51%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.51%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.32%) EMV
12 7 (1.32%) Taxonomies
13 6 (1.13%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.13%) Social Media
14 5 (0.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (4.90%) Linux
1 26 (4.90%) Unix
2 12 (2.26%) Android
3 8 (1.51%) Apple iOS
3 8 (1.51%) Windows
4 3 (0.56%) Debian
4 3 (0.56%) 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
1 164 (30.89%) Agile
2 70 (13.18%) Analytics
3 65 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (11.68%) CI/CD
5 59 (11.11%) Project Management
5 59 (11.11%) Scrum
5 59 (11.11%) User Experience
6 56 (10.55%) CRM
7 48 (9.04%) DevOps
7 48 (9.04%) Test Automation
8 43 (8.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 39 (7.34%) Roadmaps
10 38 (7.16%) Computer Science
10 38 (7.16%) Customer Experience
11 36 (6.78%) TDD
12 34 (6.40%) B2B
13 33 (6.21%) Continuous Integration
13 33 (6.21%) Microservices
14 32 (6.03%) Migration
15 31 (5.84%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.12%) Java
2 68 (12.81%) JavaScript
3 61 (11.49%) Python
4 57 (10.73%) SQL
5 44 (8.29%) TypeScript
6 17 (3.20%) PHP
7 13 (2.45%) Bash
8 11 (2.07%) Scala
9 9 (1.69%) Go
10 7 (1.32%) C++
10 7 (1.32%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.32%) Perl
11 6 (1.13%) C#
12 4 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.75%) Groovy
13 2 (0.38%) Dart
13 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.38%) Ruby
14 1 (0.19%) ABAP
14 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (10.36%) Degree
2 22 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.69%) Master's Degree
4 6 (1.13%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.94%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.56%) 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%) CIMA
9 1 (0.19%) CSPO
9 1 (0.19%) EnCE
9 1 (0.19%) GCIA
9 1 (0.19%) GCIH
9 1 (0.19%) GIAC
9 1 (0.19%) GSNA
9 1 (0.19%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.21%) QA
2 18 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.26%) PMO
4 7 (1.32%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.94%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.94%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.94%) WCAG
6 3 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.56%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.56%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) GDPR
7 2 (0.38%) PSD2
System Software
1 26 (4.90%) Docker
2 6 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.75%) zsh
4 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.95%) Terraform
3 5 (0.94%) Podman
3 5 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.75%) Grafana
5 3 (0.56%) Ansible
5 3 (0.56%) 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
6 1 (0.19%) Nessus
6 1 (0.19%) SCCM
6 1 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (9.60%) SAP
2 48 (9.04%) Salesforce
3 41 (7.72%) Google
4 37 (6.97%) Adobe
5 34 (6.40%) Microsoft
6 18 (3.39%) Sitecore
7 12 (2.26%) ION Trading
8 9 (1.69%) Splunk
9 8 (1.51%) Dell
10 7 (1.32%) Intel
11 5 (0.94%) Databricks
11 5 (0.94%) Okta
12 4 (0.75%) Oracle
12 4 (0.75%) Roku
12 4 (0.75%) Solace
12 4 (0.75%) TIBCO
12 4 (0.75%) Tradeweb
13 3 (0.56%) Cisco
13 3 (0.56%) Facebook
13 3 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud