Plotly Contract Job Trends in the South East

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England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Plotly skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 - 214
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Contract jobs citing Plotly 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.055% - 0.036%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.32% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £421 - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -47.83%
75th Percentile £484 - -
90th Percentile £494 - -
England median daily rate £431 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -41.80%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

Plotly falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 619 690 878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.88% 16.32% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 449 559
10th Percentile £280 £325 £313
25th Percentile £377 £409 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £625 £671 £690
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 41
10th Percentile £17.06 £38.50 £50.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £61.60 £54.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £58.59
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.67% -9.86%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £73.71
90th Percentile £73.00 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £54.70 £65.00 £55.56
% change year-on-year -15.85% +16.99% -14.52%

Plotly
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Plotly relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Plotly job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Plotly.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Plotly

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Plotly within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Berkshire - 2 £463 - 2
Thames Valley - 2 £463 - 4
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (50.00%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Pandas
2 1 (50.00%) Matplotlib
2 1 (50.00%) NumPy
2 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
2 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree