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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,754 2,338 3,442
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.12% 14.19% 11.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.16% 40.26% 30.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,186 1,426 2,749
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £43,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £75,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% -0.20% +3.36%
75th Percentile £94,688 £102,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -3.45%

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 5,815 5,807 11,401
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.92% 35.25% 39.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,396 4,042 9,204
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £108,750
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 21 July 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 57 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (2.85%) Apache Spark
3 35 (2.00%) Apache
4 14 (0.80%) SAS
5 13 (0.74%) SharePoint
6 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.51%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.11%) Confluence
10 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.057%) Camunda
11 1 (0.057%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.057%) CMS
11 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.057%) nginx
11 1 (0.057%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.23%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.23%) Simulink
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Blender
6 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) SPSS
8 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.29%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 664 (37.86%) AWS
2 560 (31.93%) Azure
3 295 (16.82%) GCP
4 160 (9.12%) SaaS
5 139 (7.92%) Power Platform
6 109 (6.21%) GitHub
7 98 (5.59%) Serverless
8 76 (4.33%) Amazon S3
9 67 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
10 61 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
13 53 (3.02%) Azure Data Factory
13 53 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
14 46 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
15 45 (2.57%) dbt
15 45 (2.57%) Snowflake
16 40 (2.28%) Amazon EKS
17 37 (2.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 35 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 172 (9.81%) Broadband
2 86 (4.90%) Firewall
3 54 (3.08%) VPN
4 37 (2.11%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.60%) DNS
5 28 (1.60%) WAN
6 27 (1.54%) LAN
7 22 (1.25%) VLAN
8 21 (1.20%) Wireless
9 20 (1.14%) Network Security
10 17 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (0.86%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.63%) DHCP
13 11 (0.63%) Unified Communications
14 10 (0.57%) Wireshark
15 9 (0.51%) BGP
15 9 (0.51%) MQTT
15 9 (0.51%) NGFW
15 9 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (8.78%) PostgreSQL
2 112 (6.39%) Power BI
3 84 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 78 (4.45%) Data Warehouse
5 72 (4.10%) MongoDB
6 55 (3.14%) Data Lake
6 55 (3.14%) Metadata
7 51 (2.91%) Relational Database
8 50 (2.85%) BigQuery
9 46 (2.62%) Tableau
10 40 (2.28%) Big Data
11 39 (2.22%) NoSQL
12 35 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
13 34 (1.94%) MySQL
14 31 (1.77%) Delta Lake
15 30 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
16 28 (1.60%) Semantic Layer
17 27 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
17 27 (1.54%) Redis
18 24 (1.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 150 (8.55%) Git
2 72 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.48%) GitLab
4 33 (1.88%) JIRA
5 14 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
6 12 (0.68%) MLflow
7 11 (0.63%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.63%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.51%) JMeter
9 7 (0.40%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.34%) Postman
10 6 (0.34%) Selenium
10 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.29%) Locust
12 4 (0.23%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.23%) Metasploit
13 3 (0.17%) PetaLinux
13 3 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 542 (30.90%) Social Skills
2 387 (22.06%) Finance
3 288 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (6.04%) Banking
6 102 (5.82%) Law
6 102 (5.82%) Public Sector
7 94 (5.36%) Legal
8 66 (3.76%) Retail
9 51 (2.91%) Marketing
10 49 (2.79%) Front Office
11 43 (2.45%) Games
12 41 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 32 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.43%) Electronics
15 17 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (0.97%) Financial Institution
16 12 (0.68%) Investment Banking
16 12 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 471 (26.85%) Senior
2 327 (18.64%) Developer
3 264 (15.05%) Lead
4 223 (12.71%) Software Engineer
5 195 (11.12%) Data Engineer
6 160 (9.12%) Python Engineer
7 110 (6.27%) Python Developer
8 93 (5.30%) Data Scientist
9 92 (5.25%) Analyst
10 89 (5.07%) Platform Engineer
11 85 (4.85%) Senior Developer
12 66 (3.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 62 (3.53%) Senior Software Engineer
14 61 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
15 60 (3.42%) Lead Developer
16 59 (3.36%) AWS Engineer
17 58 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
18 56 (3.19%) Architect
19 55 (3.14%) Data Analyst
19 55 (3.14%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (8.27%) React
2 104 (5.93%) Node.js
3 94 (5.36%) Kafka
4 88 (5.02%) PyTorch
5 81 (4.62%) TensorFlow
6 75 (4.28%) .NET
7 74 (4.22%) REST
8 73 (4.16%) PySpark
9 69 (3.93%) RESTful
10 64 (3.65%) Django
11 61 (3.48%) FastAPI
12 56 (3.19%) LangChain
13 46 (2.62%) gRPC
14 39 (2.22%) Vue
15 35 (2.00%) JSON
16 34 (1.94%) Flask
16 34 (1.94%) Pandas
17 32 (1.82%) GraphQL
17 32 (1.82%) LangGraph
17 32 (1.82%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 225 (12.83%) Cloud Native
2 195 (11.12%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (5.87%) Video\Live Streaming
4 77 (4.39%) Algorithms
5 75 (4.28%) AI Agents
6 72 (4.10%) Virtual Team
7 67 (3.82%) Data Structures
8 55 (3.14%) Product Ownership
9 53 (3.02%) Over-the-Top Content
10 51 (2.91%) Low-Code
11 48 (2.74%) Onboarding
12 43 (2.45%) Public Cloud
13 39 (2.22%) Fixed Income
14 36 (2.05%) Management Information System
15 34 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
16 33 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
17 28 (1.60%) Equities
18 27 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
18 27 (1.54%) Security Posture
19 24 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 209 (11.92%) Linux
2 80 (4.56%) Windows
3 34 (1.94%) Unix
4 33 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.63%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.51%) Debian
7 8 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.40%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.34%) Android
9 6 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.23%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.057%) AIX
12 1 (0.057%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.057%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.057%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.057%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (34.21%) AI
2 591 (33.69%) Software Engineering
3 582 (33.18%) CI/CD
4 431 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
5 386 (22.01%) Agile
6 383 (21.84%) Mentoring
7 369 (21.04%) DevOps
7 369 (21.04%) Machine Learning
8 329 (18.76%) Infrastructure as Code
9 313 (17.84%) Analytics
10 285 (16.25%) Data Science
11 282 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 244 (13.91%) Test Automation
13 222 (12.66%) Containerisation
14 220 (12.54%) Observability
15 215 (12.26%) Roadmaps
16 212 (12.09%) Data Pipeline
17 206 (11.74%) Data Engineering
18 203 (11.57%) Data Modelling
19 201 (11.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 492 (28.05%) SQL
2 268 (15.28%) Java
3 266 (15.17%) JavaScript
4 215 (12.26%) PowerShell
5 195 (11.12%) C#
6 190 (10.83%) TypeScript
7 170 (9.69%) Go
8 140 (7.98%) Bash
9 94 (5.36%) C++
10 81 (4.62%) Scala
11 53 (3.02%) R
12 51 (2.91%) C
13 39 (2.22%) PHP
14 37 (2.11%) Bicep
15 26 (1.48%) VBA
16 24 (1.37%) Rust
17 22 (1.25%) Ruby
18 17 (0.97%) T-SQL
19 16 (0.91%) Groovy
20 15 (0.86%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 232 (13.23%) Degree
2 180 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 147 (8.38%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.00%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.54%) DV Cleared
8 23 (1.31%) PhD
9 21 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 15 (0.86%) OSCP
12 14 (0.80%) CEH
12 14 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.80%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.74%) CISSP
13 13 (0.74%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.68%) GIAC
15 10 (0.57%) CCNP
15 10 (0.57%) SnowPro
16 8 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (8.61%) Data Quality
2 135 (7.70%) QA
3 47 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.37%) GDPR
6 22 (1.25%) NIST
7 17 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.46%) SLA
10 6 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 6 (0.34%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.29%) PMO
11 5 (0.29%) WCAG
12 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.23%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.23%) GAAP
12 4 (0.23%) GRC
12 4 (0.23%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
System Software
1 265 (15.11%) Docker
2 35 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.20%) Firmware
5 20 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.46%) KVM
8 7 (0.40%) vSphere
9 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.057%) Xen
Systems Management
1 268 (15.28%) Terraform
2 225 (12.83%) Kubernetes
3 102 (5.82%) Ansible
4 91 (5.19%) Grafana
5 55 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.25%) Argo
7 17 (0.97%) Istio
8 11 (0.63%) Progress Chef
8 11 (0.63%) Proxmox
9 10 (0.57%) Packer
10 9 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
11 8 (0.46%) Puppet
12 7 (0.40%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.34%) Graylog
13 6 (0.34%) Kustomize
13 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.29%) SCCM
15 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 263 (14.99%) Microsoft
2 122 (6.96%) Databricks
3 60 (3.42%) Google
4 51 (2.91%) Cisco
4 51 (2.91%) VMware
5 45 (2.57%) Typelevel
6 38 (2.17%) Oracle
7 35 (2.00%) OpenAI
8 29 (1.65%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.60%) Foundry
10 25 (1.43%) Splunk
11 24 (1.37%) Fortinet
12 23 (1.31%) Red Hat
12 23 (1.31%) ServiceNow
13 20 (1.14%) F5
13 20 (1.14%) Salesforce
14 15 (0.86%) Informatica
15 12 (0.68%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.68%) IBM
15 12 (0.68%) New Relic