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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 505 613 719
Rank change year-on-year +108 +106 -117
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 37 32 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.065% 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.072% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 33
10th Percentile £203 £272 £228
25th Percentile £306 £303 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £320 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -24.71% +21.43%
75th Percentile £475 £419 £480
90th Percentile £558 £520 £550
UK median daily rate £375 £388 £435
% change year-on-year -3.23% -10.92% +24.29%
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 31,661 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.54% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,752 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +90 24 £400 +26.48% 66
Midlands - 7 £375 - 15
West Midlands - 6 £378 - 7
South East +18 3 - - 18
East of England +3 1 £313 - 13
East Midlands - 1 £375 - 8
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 11 (29.73%) CMS
2 2 (5.41%) Drupal
2 2 (5.41%) Umbraco
3 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) WebTrends
2 1 (2.70%) Eloqua
2 1 (2.70%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) Figma
2 3 (8.11%) Google Analytics
3 2 (5.41%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.70%) Canva
4 1 (2.70%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.70%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) HTTP
2 1 (2.70%) SMS
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 20 (54.05%) Marketing
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Advertising
3 6 (16.22%) Finance
4 4 (10.81%) French Language
4 4 (10.81%) German Language
4 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
4 4 (10.81%) Publishing
4 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Retail
6 2 (5.41%) Banking
6 2 (5.41%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.70%) Games
7 1 (2.70%) Legal
7 1 (2.70%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Copywriter
2 5 (13.51%) Designer
2 5 (13.51%) Marketing Manager
3 4 (10.81%) Communications Specialist
4 3 (8.11%) SEO Specialist
4 3 (8.11%) Strategy Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Communications Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Content Designer
5 2 (5.41%) Optimisation Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Product Designer
5 2 (5.41%) Social Media Manager
5 2 (5.41%) UI Designer
5 2 (5.41%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (5.41%) UX Designer
6 1 (2.70%) Campaign Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Content Marketing Executive
6 1 (2.70%) Digital Copywriter
6 1 (2.70%) Email Marketing Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Product Owner
6 1 (2.70%) Social Media Copywriter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) Ajax
1 2 (5.41%) CSS
1 2 (5.41%) DOM
1 2 (5.41%) HTML
1 2 (5.41%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Social Media
2 4 (10.81%) Handset
2 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.41%) Blog
4 2 (5.41%) Graphic Design
4 2 (5.41%) Video Editing
5 1 (2.70%) Life Science
5 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.70%) Mobile Games
5 1 (2.70%) Podcast
5 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) SEO
2 11 (29.73%) Content Management
3 9 (24.32%) Project Management
4 8 (21.62%) User Experience
5 7 (18.92%) Analytics
6 6 (16.22%) Content Marketing
6 6 (16.22%) Content Strategy
7 5 (13.51%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (13.51%) UX Design
8 4 (10.81%) B2C
8 4 (10.81%) Global Marketing
8 4 (10.81%) User Research
8 4 (10.81%) Value Proposition
9 3 (8.11%) B2B
9 3 (8.11%) CRM
9 3 (8.11%) Customer Experience
9 3 (8.11%) E-Commerce
9 3 (8.11%) Storytelling
9 3 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) Master's Degree
2 4 (10.81%) MBA
3 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Salesforce
3 5 (13.51%) Marketo
4 4 (10.81%) Adobe
4 4 (10.81%) Google
5 3 (8.11%) Instagram
6 2 (5.41%) Maxymiser
6 2 (5.41%) Optimizely
6 2 (5.41%) Oracle
6 2 (5.41%) Twitter
7 1 (2.70%) Pardot
7 1 (2.70%) TikTok