Copywriter Contracts in London

Copywriter
England > London

The median Copywriter daily rate in London is £338 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 473 588
Rank change year-on-year +79 +115 -122
Contract jobs requiring a Copywriter 6 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.057% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.060% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 13
10th Percentile £158 £275 £247
25th Percentile £225 £356 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £400 £357
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +12.04% -0.14%
75th Percentile £424 £519 £438
90th Percentile £467 £558 -
England median daily rate £306 £425 £357
% change year-on-year -27.94% +19.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £40.25
Median hourly rate - £23.46 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year - -42.07% -
75th Percentile - - £40.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £21.73 £40.50
% change year-on-year - -46.35% +181.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,495 25,012 36,533
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 95.24% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,143 26,715
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £683 £700 £684
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 281 442
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.75 £22.68
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £45.18 £62.68 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.01 £80.00 £68.06
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
% change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%

Copywriter
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Copywriter in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Copywriter in London

Copywriter
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Copywriter in London.

Daily rate trend for Copywriter in London

Copywriter
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Copywriter in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Copywriter in London

Copywriter
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Copywriter in London.

Hourly rate trend for Copywriter in London

Copywriter Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Copywriter contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Copywriter in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Copywriting
1 3 (50.00%) Social Media
1 3 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (16.67%) Product Management
3 1 (16.67%) Blog
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) CMS
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) UX Research
3 1 (16.67%) Storyboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (16.67%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (16.67%) Content Writing
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Content Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Figma
3 1 (16.67%) Storytelling

Copywriter Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Figma
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Brand Awareness
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) Blog
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Copywriting
1 3 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Content Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Content Writing
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Product Management
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Storyboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
3 1 (16.67%) UX Research
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe