Senior Copywriter Contract Job Trends

Senior Copywriter
UK

The median Senior Copywriter daily rate in the UK is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 527 -
Rank change year-on-year -54 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Copywriter 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 34,674 29,426 40,527
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 92.86% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,946 18,016 26,864
10th Percentile £300 £288 £275
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £500
% change year-on-year -0.31% -4.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,058 877 1,975
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.91 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -17.83% +13.00%
75th Percentile £60.60 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.85 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.59 £31.64 £40.28
% change year-on-year -19.11% -21.44% +34.25%

Senior Copywriter
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Copywriter' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior Copywriter job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Copywriter
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Copywriter job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Copywriter job vacancies in the UK

Senior Copywriter
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Copywriter within the UK over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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 -47 3 £325 - 3
UK excluding London - 2 - - 3
South East - 2 - - 3
London -29 1 £325 - 1

Senior Copywriter Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Senior Copywriter contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior Copywriter in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) Content Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Twin
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) SEO
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

Senior Copywriter Skill Set
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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) Content Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Twin
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree