The first table below looks at the demand for the Copywriter role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Copywriter in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Copywriter
Rank 492 550 564
Rank change year-on-year
+58 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Copywriter 18 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.043% 0.015% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.016% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 6
Average daily rate £250 £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +36.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £18.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38474 49443 52336
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.56% 92.67% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22637 27972 29016
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2002 2393 2764
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Copywriter
UK

Copywriter
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Copywriter across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Copywriter Jobs Demand Trend

Copywriter
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Copywriter across the England region.

England Copywriter Daily Rate Trend

Copywriter
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Copywriter across the England region.

England Copywriter Hourly Rate Trend

Copywriter
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Copywriter within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +25 10 £250 -33.33%
North West +21 7 - -
South East +24 1 - -
Copywriter
UK

Copywriter
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Copywriter in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Copywriter in their job title.

1 10 (38.46%) SEO
1 10 (38.46%) Marketing
2 8 (30.77%) CMS
3 6 (23.08%) Content Management
3 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 6 (23.08%) Telecoms
4 5 (19.23%) Copywriting
4 5 (19.23%) Internet
5 4 (15.38%) Google
5 4 (15.38%) FatWire
5 4 (15.38%) Banking
5 4 (15.38%) Analytics
5 4 (15.38%) Google Analytics
6 3 (11.54%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (11.54%) HTML
6 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
6 3 (11.54%) Vignette
7 2 (7.692%) CSS
7 2 (7.692%) PHP
7 2 (7.692%) B2B
7 2 (7.692%) Legal
7 2 (7.692%) Omniture
7 2 (7.692%) Publishing
7 2 (7.692%) Retail
7 2 (7.692%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (7.692%) Web Accessibility
7 2 (7.692%) Social Media
8 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (3.846%) MongoDB
8 1 (3.846%) Hitwise

Copywriter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Copywriter in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Copywriter in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) HTML
2 2 (7.692%) CSS
3 1 (3.846%) Web Services
3 1 (3.846%) WCF
3 1 (3.846%) jQuery
3 1 (3.846%) Backbone.js
3 1 (3.846%) .NET
3 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (30.77%) CMS
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.846%) IIS
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Internet
2 1 (3.846%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (3.846%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Git (software)
General
1 10 (38.46%) Marketing
2 6 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Banking
4 2 (7.692%) Retail
4 2 (7.692%) Legal
4 2 (7.692%) Publishing
5 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.846%) Local Government
5 1 (3.846%) Music
5 1 (3.846%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Copywriting
2 2 (7.692%) Social Media
3 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.846%) Blog
3 1 (3.846%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) SEO
2 6 (23.08%) Content Management
3 4 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (7.692%) B2B
4 2 (7.692%) Web Accessibility
4 2 (7.692%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (3.846%) Time Management
5 1 (3.846%) Migration
5 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.692%) PHP
3 1 (3.846%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) FatWire
1 4 (15.38%) Google
2 3 (11.54%) Vignette
3 2 (7.692%) Omniture
4 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.846%) Hitwise
4 1 (3.846%) Twitter