Copywriting Contract Job Trends

Copywriting
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Copywriting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 533 597
Rank change year-on-year -13 +64 +178
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 19 30 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.080% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.093% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 23
10th Percentile £350 £309 £155
25th Percentile £425 £325 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £325
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% +15.38% -31.58%
75th Percentile £570 £400 £534
90th Percentile £603 £411 £556
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £375 £306
% change year-on-year +49.33% +22.45% -26.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - £18.86 £27.70
25th Percentile £13.25 £22.06 £37.38
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.77 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.39% -38.29% +109.30%
75th Percentile £13.75 £33.11 £47.56
90th Percentile - £36.09 £49.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 £17.47 £36.25
% change year-on-year -22.72% -51.81% -

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 30,120 32,351 42,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.53% 86.01% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,720 19,487 28,729
10th Percentile £296 £308 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,911 1,239 1,585
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +36.92%
75th Percentile £42.79 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.27 £40.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -44.34% -8.88% +65.99%

Copywriting
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Copywriting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Copywriting job vacancy trend in the UK

Copywriting
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Copywriting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Copywriting

Copywriting
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Copywriting over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Copywriting in the UK

Copywriting
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Copywriting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Copywriting

Copywriting
Top 10 Contract Job 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 16 October 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 +12 15 £425 +6.25% 53
London +12 10 £425 +6.25% 26
UK excluding London -20 9 £560 +49.33% 41
Scotland 0 4 £560 +49.33%
Midlands -19 2 - - 2
South East - 2 - - 25
Work from Home +11 1 - - 23
East of England -1 1 - - 4
West Midlands -16 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

Copywriting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) CMS
2 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (5.26%) InDesign
2 1 (5.26%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Figma
2 3 (15.79%) Google Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) Canva
3 1 (5.26%) Google Ads
3 1 (5.26%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) Viva Engage
3 1 (5.26%) Vyond
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Marketing
2 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Multimedia
5 2 (10.53%) Banking
6 1 (5.26%) Games
6 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Legal
6 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Portuguese Language
6 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.26%) Publishing
6 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Content Designer
1 4 (21.05%) Designer
1 4 (21.05%) Lead
1 4 (21.05%) Project Leader
2 2 (10.53%) Copywriter
2 2 (10.53%) Digital Content Designer
2 2 (10.53%) Digital Designer
3 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Content Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Content Strategist
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (5.26%) PPC Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.26%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Algorithms
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Life Science
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) User Experience
2 9 (47.37%) SEO
3 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (36.84%) Analytics
5 6 (31.58%) Content Strategy
5 6 (31.58%) Web Analytics
6 4 (21.05%) CRM
6 4 (21.05%) Data Protection
6 4 (21.05%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (21.05%) Journey Map
6 4 (21.05%) Recruitment Marketing
6 4 (21.05%) Storytelling
6 4 (21.05%) User Journey Map
6 4 (21.05%) UX Design
7 3 (15.79%) Agile
7 3 (15.79%) Content Management
7 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
7 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (10.53%) AI
8 2 (10.53%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) Accessibility
2 4 (21.05%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Adobe
2 4 (21.05%) Google
3 2 (10.53%) Hotjar
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft