SEO content writer cost: UK SEO Content Price Index
For per-article, the median published figure in the UK SEO Content Price Index is 144.50 GBP across 18 figures from the sources' own pages (range 9.95 to 500 GBP), read 1 November 2026.
- 710 to 100
- 6100 to 190
- 2190 to 280
- 5280 to 370
- 1370 to 460
- 4460 to 550
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 10 to 100 | 7 figures |
| 100 to 190 | 6 figures |
| 190 to 280 | 2 figures |
| 280 to 370 | 5 figures |
| 370 to 460 | 1 figure |
| 460 to 550 | 4 figures |
23 of the 55 named sources read in full publish a figure; 32 publish none, read 1 November 2026.
By unit
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| unit per-article | 144.5 GBP | 9.95 to 500 GBP | 18 |
| unit day-rate | 360 GBP | 300 to 420 GBP | 2 |
| unit hourly | 65 GBP per hour | 65 to 65 GBP per hour | 1 |
| unit hourly | 40 GBP | 40 to 40 GBP | 1 |
| unit monthly-retainer | 372.5 GBP | 120 to 550 GBP | 4 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
The sentence each figure was read from (26)
- Words 'n' Stuff - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
Investment from £550 pcm
- The Right Lines - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
Blog article from a defined brief and sources (600-1,000 words) = £500
- Ladybird SEO - SEO content prices, read 2026-10-21:
£495 per month
- Nikki Pilkington - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
£475
- Andrew Baskott Copywriting: my rates, read 2026-10-21:
£420
- Let Me Write: freelance copywriting rates, read 2026-10-21:
Let ME Write freelance copywriting rates starting from: 700-800 word SEO Blog (one-off) £330
- To Your Heart's Content: SEO copywriting rates, read 2026-10-21:
Hourly rate – £40 – For editing, optimisation, proofreading, content calendars, strategy and other work that doesn't suit a per-word rate. Day rate – £300 – Need more support?
- Ink Gardener - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
from £297
- Andrew Baskott Copywriting: my rates, read 2026-10-21:
from £289 | £345
- Sage Writers - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
Blog post (1,000–1,500 words, SEO-mapped): from £280
- Away With Words - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
Monthly blog: £250 per month
- Targeted SEO: website copywriting costs UK, read 2026-10-21:
Blog article (SEO optimised) £200 – £500
- Yorkshire Writers - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
Short blog post, up to 600 words: from £175
- All in 1 Websites - SEO content prices, read 2026-10-21:
All-in-1 websites SEO content writing services start from £149 for a monthly blog post of 1000 words.
- Content Hero - SEO content prices, read 2026-10-21:
£140 per 1,000 words, or £0.14 per word.
- Count SEO: content writing packages, prices and rates, read 2026-10-21:
Blog Post Plan £139
- 100 Pound Social - SEO content prices, read 2026-10-21:
SEO Blog Writing Service - from £120/mo
- Philippa Writes - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
However, the range of prices I may charge start as follows: Blog posts (up to 600 words) – £120 (including research, sourcing a legal image, proofreading and uploading to your CMS of choice)
- My Blog Poster - SEO content prices, read 2026-10-21:
From £69
- Andrew Baskott Copywriting: my rates, read 2026-10-21:
£65 per hour
- The Brand Surgery - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
We charge from £65 (ex VAT) per blog post which includes writing the post, including the keywords and links.
- SEO Content Services - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
We offer SEO content writing services starting from just £50 per blog post to a comprehensive content strategy to suit your requirements.
- Get A Copywriter (Epiic) - SEO content prices, read 2026-10-21:
Blog posts from £49
- To Your Heart's Content: SEO copywriting rates, read 2026-10-21:
Hourly rate – £40 – For editing, optimisation, proofreading, content calendars, strategy and other work that doesn't suit a per-word rate.
- UK Linkology - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
from £15
- Content Proficiency - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01:
£9.95
Read in full, publishes no figure
32 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Cambria Digital: content writing cost UK, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Whito: UK content marketing and copywriting costs, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Whito: UK copywriting costs, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- TJ Creative: freelance and remote copywriter rates, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Buzzwords: copywriting rates, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Mike Peake: freelance copywriter rates, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Mike Peake: freelance copywriter rates 2026 guide, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Crying Over Copy: what UK freelance copywriters charge, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Amelie Pollak: the average copywriting day rate, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Count SEO: SEO packages pricing, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Content Mills: pricing, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Whitehat: SEO package prices, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Digital Cornerstone: SEO costs buyers guide, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Nurtur: how much does SEO cost UK, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Red Eagle: how much does SEO cost UK, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Rubik Digital: SEO cost UK, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- RB SEO: content writing, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Onika Sabrina: UK digital marketing pricing packages, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Polaris: SEO pricing guide, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- ProPlaybooks: UK freelance writing rates 2026, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- ExpertSure: digital marketing agency costs UK, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Expert Market: digital marketing cost UK, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Digital Agency Network: content marketing pricing, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Content Factory: what web content writing costs, read 2026-09-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Targeted SEO: how much does SEO cost UK, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- O'Hagan Writing - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01: every candidate on the page was refused
- SEO Content Driven - SEO content prices, read 2026-10-21: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Blog Writing Services UK - SEO content prices, read 2026-10-21: every candidate on the page was refused
- Lux Branding - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01: every candidate on the page was refused
- Muffin Marketing - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Companies Web Design (QuickInnovations Ltd) - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01: every candidate on the page was refused
- White Rose Copywriting - SEO content prices, read 2026-11-01: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
23 of the 55 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 32 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 25 figures, never sentences; 621 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per UK provider that publishes a fee: the unit (pence per word, price per article, day rate, hourly rate, monthly retainer), the number, the word count or deliverable it buys, whether research and keyword work are inside it, the minimum term, whether VAT is stated - and across the rows the figures nobody computes: every published price NORMALISED to a single unit (cost per 1,000 words) so a per-word writer and a per-month agency can be compared at all, the median and range in each unit, the freelance-versus-agency premium, the regulated-sector uplift, the PUBLISH RATE, and repriced-since
621 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (56)
- Cambria Digital: content writing cost UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Whito: UK content marketing and copywriting costs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Whito: UK copywriting costs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- TJ Creative: freelance and remote copywriter rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Let Me Write: freelance copywriting rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Buzzwords: copywriting rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- To Your Heart's Content: SEO copywriting rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Andrew Baskott Copywriting: my rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Mike Peake: freelance copywriter rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Mike Peake: freelance copywriter rates 2026 guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Crying Over Copy: what UK freelance copywriters charge(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Amelie Pollak: the average copywriting day rate(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Count SEO: content writing packages, prices and rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Count SEO: SEO packages pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Content Mills: pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Whitehat: SEO package prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Digital Cornerstone: SEO costs buyers guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Nurtur: how much does SEO cost UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Red Eagle: how much does SEO cost UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Rubik Digital: SEO cost UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- RB SEO: content writing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Onika Sabrina: UK digital marketing pricing packages(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Polaris: SEO pricing guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ProPlaybooks: UK freelance writing rates 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ExpertSure: digital marketing agency costs UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Expert Market: digital marketing cost UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Digital Agency Network: content marketing pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Content Factory: what web content writing costs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Targeted SEO: website copywriting costs UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Targeted SEO: how much does SEO cost UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Brand Surgery - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- O'Hagan Writing - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Word Woman - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Get A Copywriter (Epiic) - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- 100 Pound Social - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SEO Content Driven - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- All in 1 Websites - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- My Blog Poster - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Blog Writing Services UK - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Yorkshire Writers - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sage Writers - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Lux Branding - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Muffin Marketing - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Nikki Pilkington - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ink Gardener - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Content Proficiency - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Content Hero - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Away With Words - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SEO Content Services - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Companies Web Design (QuickInnovations Ltd) - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ladybird SEO - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- UK Linkology - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Philippa Writes - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Words 'n' Stuff - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- White Rose Copywriting - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Right Lines - SEO content prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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For per-article, the median published figure in the UK SEO Content Price Index is 144.50 GBP across 18 figures from the sources' own pages (range 9.95 to 500 GBP), read 1 November 2026.
23 of the 55 named sources read in full publish a figure; 32 publish none, read 1 November 2026.
UK SEO Content Price Index, unit per-article: median 144.50 GBP across 18 sources, read 1 November 2026.
UK SEO Content Price Index, unit day-rate: median 360 GBP across 2 sources, read 1 November 2026.
UK SEO Content Price Index, unit hourly: median 65 GBP per hour across 1 source, read 1 November 2026.
UK SEO Content Price Index, unit hourly: median 40 GBP across 1 source, read 1 November 2026.
UK SEO Content Price Index, unit monthly-retainer: median 372.50 GBP across 4 sources, read 1 November 2026.
Cite as: "seocontentmarketing.co.uk UK SEO Content Price Index", updated 2026-11-01, https://seocontentmarketing.co.uk/datasets/uk-seo-content-price-index/.
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Questions this data answers
What does SEO content cost in the UK - per word, per article, per monthly retainer - and what does each unit buy?
For per-article, the median published figure in the UK SEO Content Price Index is 144.50 GBP across 18 figures from the sources' own pages (range 9.95 to 500 GBP), read 1 November 2026.
What is the published figure for per-article in the UK SEO Content Price Index?
For per-article, the median published figure is £144.50 across 18 figures from the sources' own pages, from £9.95 to £500, read 1 Nov 2026.
What is the published figure for monthly-retainer in the UK SEO Content Price Index?
For monthly-retainer, the median published figure is £372.50 across 4 figures from the sources' own pages, from £120 to £550, read 1 Nov 2026.
Where do the figures in the UK SEO Content Price Index come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 1 Nov 2026). 55 named sources were read and 23 publish a figure; the 32 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.