A number of helpful organisations publish regular data on day rates and pricing for freelancers in the UK. This is a list of those we've found, to help you establish your pricing baselines.
UK's largest cretive freelancing platform, so rates here are likely to be fairly accurate
Data from IPSE members - across a wide range of sectors, captured from data 2022-2023. IPSE members tend to be quite experienced freelancers, so could reflect higher day rates on average.
Well referenced rates for UK copywriters
Global day rates for freelancers across a wide range of industries
Perm and Freelance salary rates from major recruiting business
Broad collection of journalism and publishing day rates submitted by NUJ freelancers
Eigth edition of CRA Day Rate Guide, as used by many industry support bodies
Broad guide of average rates by industry and region. A couple of years old though
Marketing community's view on marketing day rates
Day rates across a number of technology, developer and IT contract roles
Global and European day rates for developer roles across a number of techologies
If you know of a good source not listed here, or want to add your datasource to this page, please let us know.
Add your data