Copywriting Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Copywriting
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland 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 104 108 149
Rank change year-on-year +4 +41 -
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 4 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 0.53% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.62% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 2
10th Percentile £541 £346 £446
25th Percentile £546 £351 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £375 £513
Median % change year-on-year +49.33% -26.83% -
75th Percentile £568 £388 £559
90th Percentile £569 £399 £569
UK median daily rate £515 £375 £323
% change year-on-year +37.33% +16.28% -32.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,470 1,622 2,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.02% 86.28% 92.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 807 990 1,498
10th Percentile £263 £213 £250
25th Percentile £381 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 47 60
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £11.97
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.75 £12.69
Median hourly rate £20.40 £21.59 £19.06
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +13.30% -4.01%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.68 £58.75
90th Percentile £31.00 £56.00 £69.68
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +43.50%

Copywriting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Copywriting in Scotland

Copywriting
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Copywriting

Copywriting
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Copywriting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Copywriting

Copywriting
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Copywriting within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 September 2025. 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
Edinburgh - 4 £560 - 3
Copywriting
UK

Copywriting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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