Copywriting Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Copywriting
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Copywriting skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.63% - 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £541 - £446
25th Percentile £546 - £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 - £513
75th Percentile £568 - £559
90th Percentile £569 - £569
Scotland median daily rate £560 £375 £513
% change year-on-year +49.33% -26.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Copywriting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 597 696 984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.02% 85.09% 91.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 369 626
10th Percentile £304 £224 £213
25th Percentile £413 £363 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.25%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £638 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 6
10th Percentile - £13.27 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £20.18
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -53.68% +153.33%
75th Percentile £44.35 £24.18 £53.74
90th Percentile £61.13 £48.84 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.40 £21.59 £19.06
% change year-on-year -5.52% +13.30% -4.01%

Copywriting
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Copywriting in Edinburgh

Copywriting
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Copywriting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Copywriting

Copywriting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 4 (100.00%) Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Content Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Designer
3 1 (25.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Content Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Content Writing
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Design Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Service Design
3 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe