Copywriting Contracts in England

Copywriting
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 596 727
Rank change year-on-year +81 +131 -103
Contract jobs citing Copywriting 35 40 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.085% 0.085%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.095% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 18 29
10th Percentile £309 £274 £218
25th Percentile £352 £301 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £323 £400
Median % change year-on-year +24.03% -19.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £475 £384 £480
90th Percentile £558 £476 £560
UK median daily rate £375 £338 £435
% change year-on-year +11.11% -22.41% +24.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £19.25 -
25th Percentile £16.72 £21.00 £10.50
Median hourly rate £17.47 £23.50 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.66% -3.09% +5.23%
75th Percentile £18.22 £27.50 £39.06
90th Percentile - £31.06 £39.63
UK median hourly rate £17.47 £23.50 £24.25
% change year-on-year -25.66% -3.09% +5.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Copywriting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Copywriting in England

Copywriting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Copywriting in England

Copywriting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Copywriting in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Copywriting in England

Copywriting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Copywriting in England

Copywriting
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Copywriting within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
London +81 23 £400 +24.03% 25
Midlands - 7 £375 - 11
West Midlands - 6 £378 - 4
East of England +5 2 £313 - 10
South East +6 1 - - 14
East Midlands - 1 £375 - 7
Copywriting
UK

Copywriting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (22.86%) CMS
2 2 (5.71%) Drupal
2 2 (5.71%) Umbraco
3 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.86%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.71%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.86%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (2.86%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) WebTrends
2 1 (2.86%) Eloqua
2 1 (2.86%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Google Analytics
2 4 (11.43%) Canva
2 4 (11.43%) Figma
3 1 (2.86%) Smartsheet
3 1 (2.86%) Sprout Social
3 1 (2.86%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) HTTP
2 1 (2.86%) SMS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
1 2 (5.71%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 17 (48.57%) Marketing
2 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Publishing
4 4 (11.43%) Advertising
4 4 (11.43%) Finance
4 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Retail
6 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Banking
6 2 (5.71%) French Language
6 2 (5.71%) German Language
6 2 (5.71%) Retail Banking
6 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.86%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Copywriter
2 7 (20.00%) Designer
3 5 (14.29%) Communications Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Marketing Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Content Designer
5 3 (8.57%) Strategy Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Communications Specialist
6 2 (5.71%) Digital Communications Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Optimisation Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Product Designer
6 2 (5.71%) SEO Specialist
6 2 (5.71%) Social Media Manager
6 2 (5.71%) UI Designer
6 2 (5.71%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (5.71%) UX Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Account Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Graphic Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Instructional Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Marketing Campaign Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) Ajax
1 2 (5.71%) CSS
1 2 (5.71%) DOM
1 2 (5.71%) HTML
1 2 (5.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) Social Media
2 4 (11.43%) Handset
2 4 (11.43%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.57%) Graphic Design
3 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.71%) Blog
4 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.71%) Video Editing
5 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.86%) Life Science
5 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.86%) Photography
5 1 (2.86%) Podcast
5 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Analytics
1 9 (25.71%) SEO
2 8 (22.86%) Content Management
2 8 (22.86%) User Experience
3 5 (14.29%) Campaign Management
3 5 (14.29%) UX Design
4 4 (11.43%) B2B
4 4 (11.43%) Content Strategy
4 4 (11.43%) Customer Experience
4 4 (11.43%) Project Management
5 3 (8.57%) B2G
5 3 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (8.57%) Digital Analytics
5 3 (8.57%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (8.57%) Front End Development
5 3 (8.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
5 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.57%) User Research
5 3 (8.57%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (5.71%) Deadline-Driven
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.71%) MBA
4 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Adobe
1 6 (17.14%) Google
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Salesforce
3 3 (8.57%) Marketo
4 2 (5.71%) Instagram
4 2 (5.71%) Maxymiser
4 2 (5.71%) Optimizely
4 2 (5.71%) Oracle
4 2 (5.71%) Twitter
5 1 (2.86%) Pardot