Copywriting Contracts in London

Copywriting
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Copywriting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Copywriting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 365 471
Rank change year-on-year +22 +106 +95
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 10 26 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.15% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.16% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 12
10th Percentile £270 £201 £261
25th Percentile £393 £220 £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £400 £316
Median % change year-on-year +28.75% +26.48% -23.33%
75th Percentile £550 £477 £403
90th Percentile £595 £543 £529
England median daily rate £520 £400 £320
% change year-on-year +30.00% +25.00% -23.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £31.06
90th Percentile - - £33.20
England median hourly rate £20.13 - £23.50
% change year-on-year - - -37.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Copywriting
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Copywriting in London

Copywriting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Copywriting in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Copywriting in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Copywriting in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Copywriting in London

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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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Banking
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Publishing
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Designer
1 4 (40.00%) Senior
1 4 (40.00%) Senior Designer
2 3 (30.00%) Coordinator
2 3 (30.00%) Senior UX Designer
2 3 (30.00%) UX Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Product Designer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Product Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Content Strategist
4 1 (10.00%) Creative Strategist
4 1 (10.00%) CRM Executive
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing Executive
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
1 4 (40.00%) Social Media
2 1 (10.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) Inclusive Design
2 4 (40.00%) Information Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Product Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (40.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 4 (40.00%) User Experience
2 4 (40.00%) UX Design
2 4 (40.00%) UX Research
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Content Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe
1 1 (10.00%) Facebook
1 1 (10.00%) Instagram
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce