Copywriting Contract Job Trends

Copywriting
UK

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 535 614
Rank change year-on-year +10 +79 +175
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 22 34 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.089% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.10% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 24
10th Percentile £400 £313 £189
25th Percentile £475 £350 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £375 £325
Median % change year-on-year +37.33% +15.38% -32.29%
75th Percentile £570 £400 £532
90th Percentile £585 £500 £570
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £375 £325
% change year-on-year +49.33% +15.38% -31.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile - £18.86 £18.90
25th Percentile £13.25 £22.06 £21.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.39% +23.42% +38.46%
75th Percentile £13.75 £33.11 £34.62
90th Percentile - £36.09 £43.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 £17.47 £22.25
% change year-on-year -22.72% -21.48% +102.27%

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 29,563 32,568 44,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.50% 85.63% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,358 20,001 30,324
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £403 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £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 1,791 1,464 1,557
10th Percentile £14.23 £14.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%
75th Percentile £44.35 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £43.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -47.37% +5.94% +75.90%

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
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 September 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 9 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 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
England +9 18 £515 +28.75% 63
London +25 14 £515 +28.75% 29
UK excluding London -1 8 £560 +49.33% 48
Scotland -8 4 £560 +49.33% 3
Work from Home +25 2 £500 +33.33% 36
Midlands -9 2 - - 8
South East - 2 - - 21
West Midlands -10 1 - - 6
East Midlands - 1 - - 2

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 9 (40.91%) CMS
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (4.55%) InDesign
2 1 (4.55%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Figma
2 3 (13.64%) Google Analytics
3 1 (4.55%) Canva
3 1 (4.55%) Google Ads
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Marketing
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 8 (36.36%) Finance
4 5 (22.73%) Banking
5 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (18.18%) Multimedia
6 1 (4.55%) Games
6 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Portuguese Language
6 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Designer
2 4 (18.18%) Content Designer
2 4 (18.18%) Lead
2 4 (18.18%) Project Leader
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
2 4 (18.18%) Senior Designer
2 4 (18.18%) UX Designer
3 3 (13.64%) Senior UX Designer
4 2 (9.09%) Copywriter
4 2 (9.09%) Digital Content Designer
4 2 (9.09%) Digital Designer
4 2 (9.09%) Product Designer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Product Designer
5 1 (4.55%) Change Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Content Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Content Strategist
5 1 (4.55%) E-Commerce Designer
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing Manager
5 1 (4.55%) PPC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
3 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
3 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.55%) Life Science
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) User Experience
2 12 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (40.91%) SEO
4 8 (36.36%) UX Design
5 7 (31.82%) Analytics
6 6 (27.27%) Content Strategy
6 6 (27.27%) Web Analytics
7 5 (22.73%) Information Architecture
8 4 (18.18%) CRM
8 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
8 4 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (18.18%) Journey Map
8 4 (18.18%) Product Thinking
8 4 (18.18%) Prototyping
8 4 (18.18%) Recruitment Marketing
8 4 (18.18%) Responsive Web Design
8 4 (18.18%) Storytelling
8 4 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (18.18%) User Journey Map
8 4 (18.18%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) Accessibility
2 4 (18.18%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Adobe
2 4 (18.18%) Google
3 2 (9.09%) Hotjar
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft