Copywriting Contracts

Copywriting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 500 528 677
Rank change year-on-year +28 +149 +100
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 20 54 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.12% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.14% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 32 22
10th Percentile £327 £225 £294
25th Percentile £499 £319 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -3.23% -9.88%
75th Percentile £576 £484 £531
90th Percentile £587 £545 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £573 £375 £525
% change year-on-year +52.67% -28.57% +31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £16.20 - £19.25
25th Percentile £17.63 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £20.13 - £23.50
75th Percentile £22.51 - £27.50
90th Percentile £23.86 - £31.06
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.13 - £22.00
% change year-on-year - - +100.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Copywriting
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Copywriting in the UK

Copywriting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Copywriting in the UK

Copywriting
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Copywriting in the UK

Copywriting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Copywriting in the UK

Copywriting
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Copywriting within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +36 18 £520 +30.00% 106
London +22 10 £515 +28.75% 56
UK excluding London +47 9 £573 +52.67% 60
South East +47 4 - - 17
Work from Home +20 3 £513 +32.26% 49
Midlands +17 2 £578 +54.00% 11
West Midlands +10 2 £578 +52.78% 4
Scotland +1 2 £560 +49.33% 3
North West - 1 - - 12
North of England - 1 - - 19

Copywriting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Figma
2 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Intranet
1 3 (15.00%) SMS
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
1 6 (30.00%) Marketing
2 5 (25.00%) Publishing
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Multimedia
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Designer
2 5 (25.00%) Senior
3 4 (20.00%) Coordinator
3 4 (20.00%) Senior Designer
3 4 (20.00%) UX Designer
4 3 (15.00%) Communications Specialist
4 3 (15.00%) Senior UX Designer
5 2 (10.00%) Content Designer
5 2 (10.00%) Content Strategist
5 2 (10.00%) Product Designer
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Product Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Creative Strategist
6 1 (5.00%) CRM Executive
6 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing Coordinator
6 1 (5.00%) Digital Strategist
6 1 (5.00%) E-Commerce Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Marketing Executive
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Social Media
2 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (10.00%) Blog
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Signage
4 1 (5.00%) Graphic Design
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) Photography
4 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) User Experience
2 7 (35.00%) UX Design
3 5 (25.00%) Information Architecture
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (20.00%) Agile
4 4 (20.00%) Content Strategy
4 4 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
4 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (20.00%) Product Thinking
4 4 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 4 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
4 4 (20.00%) UX Research
5 3 (15.00%) B2C
5 3 (15.00%) Product Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) SEO
6 2 (10.00%) Culture Change
6 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) Facebook
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Instagram
2 1 (5.00%) Optimizely
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce