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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 526 630
Rank change year-on-year -9 +104 +159
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 15 48 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.11% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.13% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 30 23
10th Percentile £495 £303 £262
25th Percentile £508 £325 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -6.25% -8.05%
75th Percentile £573 £444 £541
90th Percentile £595 £506 £556
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £368 £475
% change year-on-year +52.38% -22.63% +46.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile - - £19.25
25th Percentile £13.25 £16.72 £21.06
Median hourly rate £13.50 £17.47 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.72% -26.44% -2.06%
75th Percentile £14.75 £18.22 £27.50
90th Percentile £15.35 - £31.06
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.50 £17.47 £22.00
% change year-on-year -22.72% -20.59% +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 28,850 36,964 50,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.71% 85.28% 89.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,170 23,592 34,850
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,420 2,515 1,729
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.42 £16.18 £16.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +1.77% +43.62%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £75.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.66 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.31% +8.91% +66.67%

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
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 9 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 5 July 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 +31 13 £515 +28.75% 294
London +29 8 £515 +28.75% 181
UK excluding London +28 7 £560 +52.38% 126
South East +37 3 - - 29
Work from Home +9 3 £500 +29.03% 126
Midlands +5 2 - - 24
Scotland -7 2 £560 +49.33% 6
West Midlands +2 1 - - 8
East Midlands - 1 - - 16

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 4 (26.67%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Photoshop
2 1 (6.67%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (6.67%) InDesign
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Figma
2 3 (20.00%) Google Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
1 5 (33.33%) Marketing
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Publishing
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Automotive
4 1 (6.67%) Games
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Designer
2 4 (26.67%) Senior
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Designer
2 4 (26.67%) UX Designer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior UX Designer
4 2 (13.33%) Content Designer
4 2 (13.33%) Coordinator
4 2 (13.33%) Product Designer
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Product Designer
5 1 (6.67%) Content Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Content Strategist
5 1 (6.67%) Copywriter
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing Coordinator
5 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce Designer
5 1 (6.67%) PPC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Mobile App
2 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) User Experience
2 6 (40.00%) Content Strategy
2 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (40.00%) UX Design
3 4 (26.67%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (26.67%) Inclusive Design
3 4 (26.67%) Information Architecture
3 4 (26.67%) Product Thinking
3 4 (26.67%) Prototyping
3 4 (26.67%) Responsive Web Design
3 4 (26.67%) SEO
3 4 (26.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (26.67%) UX Research
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Content Management
4 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (20.00%) Product Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Adobe
2 4 (26.67%) Google
3 2 (13.33%) Hotjar