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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 183 112
Rank change year-on-year -1 -71 -3
Contract jobs citing E-Commerce 544 802 2,072
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 1.43% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.60% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 559 1,554
10th Percentile £307 £325 £375
25th Percentile £406 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 15
10th Percentile £10.42 £31.50 £19.85
25th Percentile £11.00 £42.50 £41.13
Median hourly rate £13.00 £65.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -80.15% +31.00% +13.25%
75th Percentile £40.56 £92.50 £67.36
90th Percentile £63.50 £98.50 £74.69
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 £80.25 £67.36
% change year-on-year -83.80% +19.14% +77.61%

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -12 486 £500 -5.66% 693
London +12 291 £550 -2.22% 300
Work from Home -15 220 £500 -6.98% 307
UK excluding London -26 190 £450 -10.00% 403
North of England +8 75 £450 -14.29% 171
North West +46 60 £450 -10.00% 113
South East +14 54 £463 -11.06% 72
East of England -9 23 £400 -23.52% 29
Midlands -24 23 £349 -15.96% 67
West Midlands -1 15 £500 +25.00% 34
Yorkshire -23 12 £425 -32.00% 50
East Midlands -23 8 £225 -45.78% 33
South West -19 5 £550 +4.76% 43
Northern Ireland +5 4 £556 - 6
Scotland +37 3 £475 -24.00% 16
Wales +18 3 £300 -29.41% 3
North East +13 3 £600 - 8

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 42 (7.72%) CMS
2 16 (2.94%) Confluence
3 15 (2.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (1.29%) Headless CMS
4 7 (1.29%) WordPress
5 5 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.92%) Drupal
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.55%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) SAS
7 2 (0.37%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.37%) IIS
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.37%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.18%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.18%) Magnolia
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.55%) InVision
4 3 (0.55%) Sketch
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.37%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.37%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 28 (5.15%) Shopify
2 17 (3.13%) Magento
3 15 (2.76%) SAP Hybris
4 11 (2.02%) ION MarketView
5 10 (1.84%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.92%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.37%) JDE OneWorld
7 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.18%) OpenCart
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.18%) RMDS
8 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.18%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.18%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.46%) AWS
2 41 (7.54%) Azure
3 32 (5.88%) GCP
4 31 (5.70%) Serverless
5 22 (4.04%) GitHub
6 20 (3.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 18 (3.31%) BigCommerce
8 15 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (2.76%) SaaS
9 14 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (2.57%) Google Analytics
9 14 (2.57%) Power Platform
10 11 (2.02%) Figma
11 10 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 10 (1.84%) Amazon S3
11 10 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (1.65%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 7 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.49%) Internet
2 4 (0.74%) HTTP
2 4 (0.74%) LAN
2 4 (0.74%) WAN
3 3 (0.55%) Firewall
3 3 (0.55%) FTP
4 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.18%) DHCP
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.18%) tcpdump
5 1 (0.18%) VLAN
5 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.18%) Wireless
5 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.04%) KDB
2 18 (3.31%) Tableau
3 15 (2.76%) MySQL
4 14 (2.57%) Power BI
5 10 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.65%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (1.65%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.29%) Spark SQL
8 6 (1.10%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.92%) Big Data
10 4 (0.74%) Apache Hive
10 4 (0.74%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.74%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.55%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.55%) Looker
11 3 (0.55%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.55%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 51 (9.38%) Git
2 39 (7.17%) JIRA
3 18 (3.31%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.13%) Postman
5 11 (2.02%) SoapUI
6 10 (1.84%) Maven
7 9 (1.65%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.47%) GitLab
9 7 (1.29%) Selenium
10 4 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.74%) webpack
11 3 (0.55%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.55%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 3 (0.55%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.37%) Appium
12 2 (0.37%) gulp
12 2 (0.37%) Storybook
12 2 (0.37%) TestCafe
12 2 (0.37%) WebDriver
12 2 (0.37%) WebPageTest
General
1 159 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 144 (26.47%) Retail
3 67 (12.32%) Marketing
4 54 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (8.82%) Finance
6 19 (3.49%) Banking
7 16 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.02%) Legal
10 11 (2.02%) Publishing
11 10 (1.84%) Front Office
12 8 (1.47%) Advertising
13 7 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Back Office
14 5 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.92%) Wearables
15 4 (0.74%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 155 (28.49%) Developer
2 87 (15.99%) Senior
3 68 (12.50%) Analyst
4 58 (10.66%) Project Manager
5 39 (7.17%) Business Analyst
6 34 (6.25%) Senior Developer
7 33 (6.07%) Java Developer
8 26 (4.78%) Architect
8 26 (4.78%) E-Commerce Manager
9 25 (4.60%) Full Stack Developer
10 23 (4.23%) E-Commerce Developer
11 20 (3.68%) Consultant
12 19 (3.49%) Data Engineer
13 18 (3.31%) Software Engineer
14 17 (3.13%) Designer
15 16 (2.94%) Technical Analyst
15 16 (2.94%) Technical Business Analyst
16 15 (2.76%) E-Commerce Project Manager
17 14 (2.57%) React Developer
18 13 (2.39%) E-Commerce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (10.66%) Node.js
2 56 (10.29%) React
3 35 (6.43%) CSS
4 34 (6.25%) HTML
5 23 (4.23%) GraphQL
6 19 (3.49%) Next.js
6 19 (3.49%) REST
7 14 (2.57%) AngularJS
7 14 (2.57%) JSON
7 14 (2.57%) RESTful
8 13 (2.39%) SOAP
8 13 (2.39%) VML
8 13 (2.39%) Web Services
9 12 (2.21%) Spring
10 10 (1.84%) OAuth
11 9 (1.65%) FIX Protocol
11 9 (1.65%) OpenID
12 8 (1.47%) .NET
12 8 (1.47%) HTML5
12 8 (1.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.54%) Distributed Systems
2 39 (7.17%) Mobile App
3 30 (5.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 28 (5.15%) Product Ownership
5 22 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.31%) Algorithms
7 17 (3.13%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.57%) FMCG
10 10 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.84%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.65%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.65%) EPoS
12 8 (1.47%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.29%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.29%) EMV
13 7 (1.29%) Taxonomies
14 5 (0.92%) Social Media
15 4 (0.74%) Data Centre
15 4 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.33%) Linux
2 28 (5.15%) Unix
3 11 (2.02%) Android
4 9 (1.65%) Windows
5 7 (1.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.55%) Debian
6 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.37%) CentOS
7 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.37%) Rocky
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (30.88%) Agile
2 71 (13.05%) Analytics
3 63 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (11.40%) Project Management
5 61 (11.21%) Scrum
6 57 (10.48%) User Experience
7 54 (9.93%) CI/CD
7 54 (9.93%) DevOps
8 48 (8.82%) Test Automation
9 47 (8.64%) CRM
10 43 (7.90%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (6.80%) Customer Experience
11 37 (6.80%) Roadmaps
12 36 (6.62%) Full Stack Development
12 36 (6.62%) Migration
13 34 (6.25%) Microservices
14 33 (6.07%) B2B
14 33 (6.07%) Computer Science
14 33 (6.07%) UX Design
15 32 (5.88%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 81 (14.89%) Java
2 67 (12.32%) JavaScript
3 65 (11.95%) SQL
4 61 (11.21%) Python
5 43 (7.90%) TypeScript
6 16 (2.94%) PHP
7 12 (2.21%) Bash
7 12 (2.21%) Scala
8 9 (1.65%) Go
9 7 (1.29%) C++
9 7 (1.29%) Perl
10 6 (1.10%) C#
10 6 (1.10%) R
11 5 (0.92%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.74%) Groovy
13 2 (0.37%) Dart
13 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.37%) Ruby
14 1 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 58 (10.66%) Degree
2 20 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.65%) Master's Degree
4 8 (1.47%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.29%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (0.55%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.55%) PhD
8 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.18%) ACCA
9 1 (0.18%) CCNA
9 1 (0.18%) CCNP
9 1 (0.18%) CCSP
9 1 (0.18%) CIMA
9 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.18%) CISSP
9 1 (0.18%) ISEB
9 1 (0.18%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.70%) QA
2 19 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.21%) PMO
4 7 (1.29%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.92%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.92%) WCAG
6 3 (0.55%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.55%) SLA
7 2 (0.37%) GDPR
7 2 (0.37%) PSD2
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 27 (4.96%) Docker
2 7 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.74%) zsh
5 3 (0.55%) HDFS
6 1 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (4.41%) Kubernetes
1 24 (4.41%) Terraform
2 5 (0.92%) Podman
2 5 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.55%) Ansible
3 3 (0.55%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.37%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.18%) Kibana
5 1 (0.18%) Nessus
5 1 (0.18%) SCCM
5 1 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (9.38%) SAP
2 45 (8.27%) Salesforce
3 40 (7.35%) Google
4 36 (6.62%) Adobe
5 35 (6.43%) Microsoft
6 17 (3.13%) Sitecore
7 13 (2.39%) ION Trading
8 8 (1.47%) Dell
8 8 (1.47%) Splunk
9 7 (1.29%) Databricks
9 7 (1.29%) Intel
10 5 (0.92%) Okta
10 5 (0.92%) Oracle
10 5 (0.92%) Solace
10 5 (0.92%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.74%) Roku
11 4 (0.74%) Tradeweb
12 3 (0.55%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.55%) Cisco
12 3 (0.55%) Facebook