The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Copywriting in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Copywriting 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category 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
Copywriting
Rank 480 521 530
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +9
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 30 37 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.072% 0.069% 0.074%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.269% 0.274% 0.254%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 25
Average daily rate £228 £250 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £171 £197 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £378 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £275 £273
% change year-on-year
-15.45% +0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 £12.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -17.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year
- -17.24%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11144 13491 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.81% 25.29% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6882 8110 9959
Average daily rate £443 £430 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -18.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 619 691
Average hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
Copywriting
UK

Copywriting
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Copywriting Jobs Demand Trend

Copywriting
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Copywriting Daily Rate Trend

Copywriting
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Copywriting across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Copywriting Daily Rate Histogram

Copywriting
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Copywriting Hourly Rate Trend

Copywriting
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Copywriting 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 +30 28 £225 -10.00%
North West +13 1 - -
West Midlands +8 1 £350 +27.27%
Copywriting
UK

Copywriting
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Copywriting also 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 that cited Copywriting.

1 31 (63.27%) Content Management
2 22 (44.90%) CMS
3 15 (30.61%) HTML
4 14 (28.57%) Social Media
5 12 (24.49%) Publishing
6 9 (18.37%) Retail
6 9 (18.37%) MS Office
6 9 (18.37%) MS Excel
6 9 (18.37%) Information Architecture
7 8 (16.33%) Photoshop
7 8 (16.33%) Intranet
7 8 (16.33%) Internet
7 8 (16.33%) SEO
7 8 (16.33%) Finance
7 8 (16.33%) Management Information System
7 8 (16.33%) Banking
8 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 7 (14.29%) Adobe
9 6 (12.24%) Marketing
10 5 (10.20%) Online Banking
10 5 (10.20%) Facebook
10 5 (10.20%) TeamSite
10 5 (10.20%) XML
10 5 (10.20%) Legal
11 4 (8.163%) Project Management
11 4 (8.163%) CSS
11 4 (8.163%) Data Analysis
11 4 (8.163%) Migration
11 4 (8.163%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (8.163%) Adobe Illustrator

Copywriting
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Copywriting also 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 that cited Copywriting. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (30.61%) HTML
2 5 (10.20%) XML
3 4 (8.163%) CSS
4 1 (2.041%) Flash
4 1 (2.041%) Ajax
4 1 (2.041%) HTML5
4 1 (2.041%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 22 (44.90%) CMS
2 5 (10.20%) TeamSite
3 4 (8.163%) Drupal
4 3 (6.122%) WordPress
5 1 (2.041%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (18.37%) MS Office
1 9 (18.37%) MS Excel
2 8 (16.33%) Photoshop
3 4 (8.163%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (4.082%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (2.041%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (2.041%) WebTrends
1 1 (2.041%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) Intranet
1 8 (16.33%) Internet
2 1 (2.041%) SMS
General
1 12 (24.49%) Publishing
2 9 (18.37%) Retail
3 8 (16.33%) Banking
3 8 (16.33%) Finance
4 6 (12.24%) Marketing
5 5 (10.20%) Legal
6 3 (6.122%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.122%) Local Government
7 1 (2.041%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.041%) Billing
7 1 (2.041%) Online Betting
7 1 (2.041%) Games
7 1 (2.041%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.041%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) Content Editor
2 6 (12.24%) Web Editor
2 6 (12.24%) Content Manager
3 5 (10.20%) Copywriter
4 3 (6.122%) Web Content Editor
4 3 (6.122%) Analyst
5 2 (4.082%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.082%) Communications Officer
6 1 (2.041%) Web Content Specialist
6 1 (2.041%) Intranet Manager
6 1 (2.041%) User Experience Consultant
6 1 (2.041%) Intranet Editor
6 1 (2.041%) Online Product Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Production Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Programme Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Coordinator
6 1 (2.041%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Consultant
6 1 (2.041%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (2.041%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Social Media
2 8 (16.33%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.20%) Online Banking
4 3 (6.122%) Freedom of Information
4 3 (6.122%) W3C
4 3 (6.122%) Statistics
4 3 (6.122%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (2.041%) Blog
5 1 (2.041%) RIA
5 1 (2.041%) Online Games
5 1 (2.041%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.041%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.041%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.041%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.041%) Photography
5 1 (2.041%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (63.27%) Content Management
2 9 (18.37%) Information Architecture
3 8 (16.33%) SEO
4 4 (8.163%) Migration
4 4 (8.163%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (8.163%) Project Management
4 4 (8.163%) Data Analysis
5 3 (6.122%) Web Design
5 3 (6.122%) Information Management
5 3 (6.122%) Benchmarking
5 3 (6.122%) Customer Insight
5 3 (6.122%) Analytics
6 2 (4.082%) Social Media Marketing
6 2 (4.082%) Web Accessibility
6 2 (4.082%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.082%) Change Management
6 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.041%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.041%) Time Management
7 1 (2.041%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.041%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.163%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.041%) WAI
Systems Management
1 3 (6.122%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 7 (14.29%) Adobe
2 5 (10.20%) Facebook
3 3 (6.122%) HP
3 3 (6.122%) RedDot
4 2 (4.082%) Twitter
4 2 (4.082%) Oracle
5 1 (2.041%) Omniture
5 1 (2.041%) Google
5 1 (2.041%) Hitwise
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Posted: 16 May 2013