Hybrid/Remote Python Engineer Job Trends

Python Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Python Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 219 224
Rank change year-on-year -60 +5 +63
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Engineer 159 238 434
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.74% 1.44% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.56% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 140 219 395
10th Percentile £58,750 £76,250 £59,300
25th Percentile £70,000 £100,000 £76,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £110,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +12.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £100,250 £137,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £85,000 £110,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 20,267 15,214 29,299
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 92.23% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14,698 9,462 22,431
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +3.77% -11.67%

Python Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Python Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Python Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Python Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Python Engineer job vacancies

Python Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Python Engineer over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Python Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Python Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 July 2026, Python Engineer 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 permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Python Engineer in the job title.

1 159 (100.00%) Python
2 89 (55.97%) Software Engineering
3 68 (42.77%) AI
4 65 (40.88%) AWS
5 49 (30.82%) CI/CD
6 34 (21.38%) PostgreSQL
7 33 (20.75%) Fintech
8 32 (20.13%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (18.87%) Azure
10 28 (17.61%) GCP
11 27 (16.98%) FastAPI
12 26 (16.35%) Analytics
12 26 (16.35%) DevOps
13 25 (15.72%) Data Science
14 24 (15.09%) Kubernetes
14 24 (15.09%) Machine Learning
15 22 (13.84%) Agile
16 21 (13.21%) Degree
16 21 (13.21%) LLM
17 20 (12.58%) Full-Stack Development
18 19 (11.95%) Computer Science
18 19 (11.95%) Django
18 19 (11.95%) Docker
18 19 (11.95%) Platform Engineering
18 19 (11.95%) Terraform
19 18 (11.32%) SQL
19 18 (11.32%) TypeScript
20 17 (10.69%) Event-Driven
20 17 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
20 17 (10.69%) React

Python Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (5.03%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.14%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.52%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 65 (40.88%) AWS
2 30 (18.87%) Azure
3 28 (17.61%) GCP
4 13 (8.18%) Amazon S3
4 13 (8.18%) SaaS
5 12 (7.55%) Serverless
6 8 (5.03%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (3.77%) Anthropic Claude
8 5 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.89%) GitHub
9 3 (1.89%) LangSmith
10 2 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.26%) Amazon EventBridge
10 2 (1.26%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.26%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.14%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (21.38%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (8.18%) MongoDB
3 9 (5.66%) Relational Database
4 8 (5.03%) Redis
5 7 (4.40%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.89%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.89%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.89%) Metadata
7 3 (1.89%) MySQL
8 2 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.26%) Big Data
8 2 (1.26%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (6.92%) Git
2 7 (4.40%) GitLab
3 3 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.63%) JIRA
4 1 (0.63%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (18.87%) Finance
2 24 (15.09%) Social Skills
3 12 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.03%) Games
5 5 (3.14%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.52%) Banking
6 4 (2.52%) Front Office
7 3 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.89%) Law
8 2 (1.26%) Legal
9 1 (0.63%) Advertising
9 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.63%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.98%) FastAPI
2 19 (11.95%) Django
3 17 (10.69%) React
4 16 (10.06%) RESTful
5 13 (8.18%) REST
6 11 (6.92%) Flask
7 10 (6.29%) SQLAlchemy
8 8 (5.03%) Node.js
9 5 (3.14%) Celery
9 5 (3.14%) OAuth
9 5 (3.14%) Vue
10 4 (2.52%) Kafka
10 4 (2.52%) LangChain
10 4 (2.52%) Model Context Protocol
10 4 (2.52%) OpenID
10 4 (2.52%) Redux
11 3 (1.89%) Langfuse
11 3 (1.89%) LlamaIndex
11 3 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (1.26%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.75%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.81%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.40%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (4.40%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.77%) Client/Server
4 6 (3.77%) CUDA
4 6 (3.77%) Equities
4 6 (3.77%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.14%) AI Agents
5 5 (3.14%) Video\Live Streaming
6 4 (2.52%) Derivative
6 4 (2.52%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.52%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.26%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.63%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.63%) IoT
8 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.26%) Linux
1 2 (1.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (55.97%) Software Engineering
2 68 (42.77%) AI
3 49 (30.82%) CI/CD
4 33 (20.75%) Fintech
5 32 (20.13%) Infrastructure as Code
6 26 (16.35%) Analytics
6 26 (16.35%) DevOps
7 25 (15.72%) Data Science
8 24 (15.09%) Machine Learning
9 22 (13.84%) Agile
10 21 (13.21%) LLM
11 20 (12.58%) Full-Stack Development
12 19 (11.95%) Computer Science
12 19 (11.95%) Platform Engineering
13 17 (10.69%) Event-Driven
13 17 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (10.06%) Test Automation
15 15 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (9.43%) MLOps
15 15 (9.43%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 159 (100.00%) Python
2 18 (11.32%) SQL
2 18 (11.32%) TypeScript
3 9 (5.66%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.14%) C++
5 4 (2.52%) Go
5 4 (2.52%) Scala
6 3 (1.89%) C#
6 3 (1.89%) Java
7 2 (1.26%) Bash
7 2 (1.26%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.26%) Rust
8 1 (0.63%) PHP
8 1 (0.63%) R
8 1 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (13.21%) Degree
2 13 (8.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.14%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.26%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.63%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.40%) QA
2 5 (3.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (11.95%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (15.09%) Kubernetes
2 19 (11.95%) Terraform
3 2 (1.26%) Grafana
3 2 (1.26%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (3.77%) Databricks
2 5 (3.14%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.63%) Google
3 1 (0.63%) Trend Micro