Copywriting Contracts in Scotland

Copywriting
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 158 -
Rank change year-on-year +39 - -
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 14 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.63% 0.21% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.23% -
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 0
10th Percentile £320 £468 -
25th Percentile £350 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £530 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.25% - -
75th Percentile £388 £545 -
90th Percentile £498 £563 -
UK median daily rate £375 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,966 2,642 3,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.56% 92.60% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,201 1,899 2,324
10th Percentile £232 £263 £241
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 50
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.99
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.04 £17.58
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.03 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Copywriting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Copywriting in Scotland

Copywriting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Copywriting in Scotland

Copywriting
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Copywriting in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Copywriting in Scotland

Copywriting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Copywriting in Scotland

Copywriting
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Copywriting within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 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
Glasgow - 7 £413 -
Copywriting
UK

Copywriting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (71.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (57.14%) Photoshop
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 10 (71.43%) Canva
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (71.43%) Slack
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Intranet
General
1 9 (64.29%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Content Manager
2 6 (42.86%) IT Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Change Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Communications Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Communications Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Content Editor
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Content Editor
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Editor
4 1 (7.14%) IT Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (71.43%) Video Editing
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (64.29%) Project Management
3 8 (57.14%) Wireframes
4 5 (35.71%) Channel Management
4 5 (35.71%) Content Development
5 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (28.57%) Infographics
6 3 (21.43%) Digital Strategy
6 3 (21.43%) Logistics
7 2 (14.29%) Agile
7 2 (14.29%) Change Management
7 2 (14.29%) Culture Change
7 2 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
7 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
8 1 (7.14%) Content Management
8 1 (7.14%) Data Management
8 1 (7.14%) SEO
8 1 (7.14%) Time Management
8 1 (7.14%) UX Design
8 1 (7.14%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe