Copywriting Contracts in England

Copywriting
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Copywriting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Copywriting over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 635 722
Rank change year-on-year +126 +87 -134
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 39 33 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.065% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.072% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 32
10th Percentile £204 £276 £263
25th Percentile £303 £304 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £323 £400
Median % change year-on-year +24.03% -19.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £479 £413 £475
90th Percentile £558 £516 £548
UK median daily rate £375 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £19.25 -
25th Percentile - £21.00 £10.50
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - -37.33% +62.73%
75th Percentile - £27.50 £40.00
90th Percentile - £31.06 £41.05
UK median hourly rate - £23.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year - -37.33% +62.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Copywriting 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,205 45,779 64,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.51% 90.27% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,157 32,091 45,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,623 1,778
10th Percentile £12.87 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.62 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.16
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Copywriting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Copywriting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Copywriting in England

Copywriting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Copywriting in England.

Daily rate trend for Copywriting in England

Copywriting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Copywriting in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Copywriting in England

Copywriting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Copywriting in England.

Hourly rate trend for Copywriting in England

Copywriting
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Copywriting within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
London +109 26 £400 +25.00% 26
Midlands - 7 £375 - 11
West Midlands - 6 £378 - 4
South East +10 3 - - 16
East of England +10 1 £313 - 10
East Midlands - 1 £375 - 7
Copywriting
UK

Copywriting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (30.77%) CMS
2 2 (5.13%) Drupal
2 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (5.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (2.56%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (2.56%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) WebTrends
2 1 (2.56%) Eloqua
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Figma
2 3 (7.69%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.13%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.56%) Azure
4 1 (2.56%) Canva
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.56%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.56%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) HTTP
2 1 (2.56%) SMS
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) JIRA
2 2 (5.13%) Visual Website Optimizer
3 1 (2.56%) Axure RP
General
1 20 (51.28%) Marketing
2 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Finance
4 6 (15.38%) Advertising
5 5 (12.82%) French Language
5 5 (12.82%) German Language
6 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (10.26%) Public Sector
6 4 (10.26%) Publishing
6 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
7 3 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (7.69%) Retail
8 2 (5.13%) Banking
8 2 (5.13%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.56%) Games
9 1 (2.56%) Law
9 1 (2.56%) Legal
9 1 (2.56%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Copywriter
2 6 (15.38%) Designer
3 4 (10.26%) Communications Specialist
3 4 (10.26%) Marketing Manager
4 3 (7.69%) SEO Specialist
4 3 (7.69%) UX Designer
5 2 (5.13%) Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Communications Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Content Designer
5 2 (5.13%) Optimisation Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Product Designer
5 2 (5.13%) Social Media Manager
5 2 (5.13%) Strategy Manager
5 2 (5.13%) UI Designer
5 2 (5.13%) UI/UX Designer
6 1 (2.56%) Account Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Coordinator
6 1 (2.56%) CRM Manager
6 1 (2.56%) Instructional Designer
6 1 (2.56%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Ajax
1 2 (5.13%) CSS
1 2 (5.13%) DOM
1 2 (5.13%) HTML
1 2 (5.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Social Media
2 4 (10.26%) Handset
2 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.13%) Blog
4 2 (5.13%) Graphic Design
4 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.13%) Video Editing
5 1 (2.56%) Life Science
5 1 (2.56%) Mobile Games
5 1 (2.56%) Podcast
5 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) SEO
2 12 (30.77%) Content Management
3 11 (28.21%) Project Management
4 9 (23.08%) User Experience
5 8 (20.51%) Analytics
6 7 (17.95%) Content Marketing
7 6 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (15.38%) Content Strategy
7 6 (15.38%) UX Design
8 5 (12.82%) B2C
8 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (12.82%) User Research
9 4 (10.26%) E-Commerce
9 4 (10.26%) Global Marketing
9 4 (10.26%) Value Proposition
10 3 (7.69%) Customer Experience
10 3 (7.69%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 3 (7.69%) Marketing Automation
10 3 (7.69%) Storytelling
10 3 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Degree
2 4 (10.26%) Master's Degree
2 4 (10.26%) MBA
3 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Adobe
2 5 (12.82%) Salesforce
3 4 (10.26%) Google
3 4 (10.26%) Marketo
4 3 (7.69%) Instagram
5 2 (5.13%) Maxymiser
5 2 (5.13%) Optimizely
5 2 (5.13%) Oracle
5 2 (5.13%) Twitter
6 1 (2.56%) Pardot
6 1 (2.56%) TikTok