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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 373 457
Rank change year-on-year +38 +84 +116
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 9 20 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.073% 0.11% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.13% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 13
10th Percentile £343 £230 £265
25th Percentile £483 £344 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £400 £320
Median % change year-on-year +28.75% +25.00% -24.71%
75th Percentile £563 £475 £450
90th Percentile £600 £519 £520
England median daily rate £515 £400 £323
% change year-on-year +28.75% +24.03% -21.10%
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 £13.50 - £23.50
% change year-on-year - - -3.09%

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 11,308 15,427 23,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.23% 88.39% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,584 11,065 16,744
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £449 £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 £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 315 262
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.05
25th Percentile £23.99 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -29.34% +11.62%
75th Percentile £49.88 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.90 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

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

Copywriting
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Copywriting in London over the 6 months to 31 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Publishing
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Designer
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Designer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior UX Designer
2 3 (33.33%) UX Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Coordinator
3 2 (22.22%) Product Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Product Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Content Strategist
4 1 (11.11%) Copywriter
4 1 (11.11%) CRM Executive
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing Executive
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Mobile App
2 2 (22.22%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Inclusive Design
1 4 (44.44%) Information Architecture
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) Product Thinking
1 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
1 4 (44.44%) Responsive Web Design
1 4 (44.44%) Strategic Thinking
1 4 (44.44%) User Experience
1 4 (44.44%) UX Design
1 4 (44.44%) UX Research
2 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 3 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Campaign Management
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 1 (11.11%) Email Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Website Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce