Hybrid/Remote Python Job Trends

Python
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,503 2,108 3,470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.43% 15.83% 10.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.40% 36.99% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,576 2,837
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £130,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -6.90%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,786 5,699 13,365
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.85% 42.79% 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,487 4,527 11,476
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,550 £97,987
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Python job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Python
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Python over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Python salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Python
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 77 (5.12%) Apache Airflow
2 44 (2.93%) Apache Spark
3 32 (2.13%) Apache
4 17 (1.13%) SAS
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.33%) Confluence
8 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) CMS
10 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 32 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.13%) SPSS
4 2 (0.13%) Weka
5 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.067%) Notion
5 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.20%) Shopify
5 1 (0.067%) Actimize
5 1 (0.067%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.067%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 629 (41.85%) AWS
2 549 (36.53%) Azure
3 251 (16.70%) GCP
4 183 (12.18%) GitHub
5 160 (10.65%) Power Platform
6 130 (8.65%) Serverless
7 114 (7.58%) SaaS
8 107 (7.12%) Amazon S3
9 104 (6.92%) Azure DevOps
10 84 (5.59%) GitHub Actions
11 83 (5.52%) AWS Lambda
12 78 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
13 59 (3.93%) Amazon EKS
14 56 (3.73%) dbt
15 54 (3.59%) Snowflake
16 51 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 45 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
17 45 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
18 43 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 40 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.38%) Broadband
2 73 (4.86%) Firewall
3 42 (2.79%) VPN
4 33 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.86%) VLAN
6 26 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (1.60%) LAN
8 22 (1.46%) WAN
8 22 (1.46%) Wireshark
9 21 (1.40%) BGP
10 17 (1.13%) DNS
10 17 (1.13%) Network Security
10 17 (1.13%) NGFW
11 16 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (1.00%) MPLS
12 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
13 12 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.73%) 4G
14 11 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.73%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (8.92%) Power BI
2 111 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
3 93 (6.19%) SQL Server
4 72 (4.79%) NoSQL
5 70 (4.66%) Tableau
6 65 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
7 62 (4.13%) Relational Database
8 57 (3.79%) Metadata
9 50 (3.33%) Data Lake
10 48 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
11 45 (2.99%) MongoDB
12 44 (2.93%) BigQuery
13 40 (2.66%) Amazon Redshift
14 34 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
15 30 (2.00%) Delta Lake
16 27 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
16 27 (1.80%) Redis
17 23 (1.53%) MySQL
18 20 (1.33%) Apache Iceberg
19 19 (1.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 132 (8.78%) Git
2 64 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.53%) GitLab
4 34 (2.26%) JIRA
5 19 (1.26%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.06%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.06%) Selenium
7 15 (1.00%) MLflow
8 12 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.53%) JMeter
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
10 7 (0.47%) Locust
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.33%) Subversion
12 5 (0.33%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 469 (31.20%) Social Skills
2 347 (23.09%) Finance
3 233 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (6.65%) Public Sector
6 92 (6.12%) Banking
7 71 (4.72%) Law
8 64 (4.26%) Retail
9 57 (3.79%) Front Office
10 48 (3.19%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.53%) Marketing
12 37 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.33%) Legal
14 26 (1.73%) Publishing
15 24 (1.60%) Games
16 22 (1.46%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (1.26%) Health Technology
18 19 (1.26%) Tech for Good
19 16 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 323 (21.49%) Senior
2 315 (20.96%) Developer
3 235 (15.64%) Lead
4 193 (12.84%) Data Engineer
5 159 (10.58%) Software Engineer
6 136 (9.05%) Python Engineer
7 125 (8.32%) Python Developer
8 77 (5.12%) Analyst
8 77 (5.12%) Platform Engineer
9 76 (5.06%) Lead Developer
10 60 (3.99%) AWS Engineer
11 58 (3.86%) Cloud Engineer
12 57 (3.79%) Senior Data Engineer
13 56 (3.73%) Senior Developer
14 53 (3.53%) Full-Stack Developer
15 52 (3.46%) React Developer
16 51 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
17 50 (3.33%) Software Developer
18 43 (2.86%) Architect
18 43 (2.86%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (11.04%) React
2 104 (6.92%) Kafka
3 95 (6.32%) Node.js
4 75 (4.99%) Django
5 70 (4.66%) REST
6 68 (4.52%) .NET
7 66 (4.39%) PySpark
8 57 (3.79%) RESTful
9 54 (3.59%) PyTorch
10 52 (3.46%) gRPC
11 46 (3.06%) TensorFlow
12 45 (2.99%) FastAPI
13 43 (2.86%) JSON
13 43 (2.86%) Vue
14 42 (2.79%) Flask
15 38 (2.53%) Elastic Stack
16 35 (2.33%) HTML
17 33 (2.20%) CSS
17 33 (2.20%) Redux
18 32 (2.13%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 128 (8.52%) Cloud Native
2 119 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
3 75 (4.99%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.39%) Data Structures
4 66 (4.39%) Video\Live Streaming
5 65 (4.32%) Algorithms
6 55 (3.66%) Low-Code
7 53 (3.53%) Onboarding
8 50 (3.33%) Over-the-Top Content
9 42 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
10 41 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
11 40 (2.66%) Fixed Income
12 39 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
13 31 (2.06%) Data Centre
13 31 (2.06%) Public Cloud
14 28 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
15 24 (1.60%) Equities
15 24 (1.60%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
17 22 (1.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 185 (12.31%) Linux
2 60 (3.99%) Windows
3 59 (3.93%) Unix
4 28 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.73%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.40%) Android
9 6 (0.40%) Debian
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
12 1 (0.067%) AIX
12 1 (0.067%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (37.26%) CI/CD
2 424 (28.21%) Agile
3 402 (26.75%) DevOps
4 396 (26.35%) Software Engineering
5 373 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
6 352 (23.42%) AI
7 290 (19.29%) Mentoring
8 254 (16.90%) Analytics
9 245 (16.30%) Infrastructure as Code
10 243 (16.17%) Machine Learning
11 241 (16.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 237 (15.77%) Containerisation
13 221 (14.70%) Data Science
14 220 (14.64%) Data Pipeline
15 217 (14.44%) Data Modelling
16 197 (13.11%) Data Engineering
17 182 (12.11%) Business Intelligence
18 176 (11.71%) Coaching
19 174 (11.58%) Test Automation
20 168 (11.18%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 452 (30.07%) SQL
2 315 (20.96%) Java
3 242 (16.10%) JavaScript
4 187 (12.44%) Go
5 148 (9.85%) TypeScript
6 144 (9.58%) Bash
6 144 (9.58%) PowerShell
7 129 (8.58%) C#
8 92 (6.12%) Scala
9 61 (4.06%) C++
10 41 (2.73%) R
11 30 (2.00%) PHP
12 29 (1.93%) C
13 23 (1.53%) Apex Code
13 23 (1.53%) T-SQL
14 21 (1.40%) Shell Script
15 19 (1.26%) PL/SQL
16 18 (1.20%) Bicep
17 17 (1.13%) VBA
18 11 (0.73%) Perl
Qualifications
1 269 (17.90%) Degree
2 126 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 97 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 97 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 56 (3.73%) AWS Certification
5 52 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 30 (2.00%) Master's Degree
7 25 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (1.33%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.20%) CEH
10 17 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.13%) PhD
11 16 (1.06%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.93%) OSCP
13 13 (0.86%) ACCA
13 13 (0.86%) CIMA
14 12 (0.80%) CREST Certified
15 9 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.53%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.18%) Data Quality
2 109 (7.25%) QA
3 52 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.86%) NIST
5 27 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 18 (1.20%) GDPR
8 15 (1.00%) SOC 2
9 13 (0.86%) ISO 22301
10 12 (0.80%) SLA
11 10 (0.67%) GRC
12 5 (0.33%) PMO
12 5 (0.33%) WCAG
13 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.20%) EMIR
14 3 (0.20%) GAAP
14 3 (0.20%) IFRS
14 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.13%) ECSS
System Software
1 296 (19.69%) Docker
2 42 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.13%) Ceph
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 2 (0.13%) Lustre
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) vCloud
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 305 (20.29%) Terraform
2 253 (16.83%) Kubernetes
3 117 (7.78%) Ansible
4 87 (5.79%) Grafana
5 68 (4.52%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.66%) Argo
7 21 (1.40%) Kustomize
7 21 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.67%) Istio
9 8 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (0.53%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.47%) Packer
11 6 (0.40%) Puppet
12 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.33%) FTK
12 5 (0.33%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.33%) SCCM
13 4 (0.27%) Cilium
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 219 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.85%) Databricks
3 76 (5.06%) Google
4 57 (3.79%) Oracle
5 53 (3.53%) VMware
6 48 (3.19%) Cisco
7 45 (2.99%) Typelevel
8 41 (2.73%) Salesforce
9 30 (2.00%) Red Hat
10 22 (1.46%) Palo Alto
11 21 (1.40%) Commvault
11 21 (1.40%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.20%) Splunk
13 17 (1.13%) Foundry
13 17 (1.13%) SAP
14 16 (1.06%) Fortinet
14 16 (1.06%) OpenAI
15 15 (1.00%) Arista
15 15 (1.00%) IBM
15 15 (1.00%) NetScout