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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,454 2,796 2,944
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.24% 14.05% 13.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.04% 33.61% 28.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 2,007 2,346
10th Percentile £42,770 £46,713 £44,263
25th Percentile £55,000 £59,070 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £142,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.27% +0.82%

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 4,271 8,319 10,232
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.15% 41.79% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,290 5,300 8,614
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,875 £112,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 14 November 2025.

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
1 143 (9.83%) Apache Airflow
2 91 (6.26%) Apache
3 33 (2.27%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.38%) Confluence
4 20 (1.38%) SharePoint
5 16 (1.10%) Tomcat
5 16 (1.10%) WebSphere
5 16 (1.10%) WebSphere Application Server
6 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.89%) Apache Solr
8 10 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 9 (0.62%) ArcGIS
9 9 (0.62%) CMS
10 7 (0.48%) SAS
11 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.21%) nginx
13 2 (0.14%) Luigi
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 67 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.62%) Blender
4 6 (0.41%) Simulink
5 4 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.14%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.14%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.14%) Navisworks
6 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.14%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.14%) Revit
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.069%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.069%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.069%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.069%) Notion
Business Applications
1 26 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.69%) Shopify
3 8 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.55%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.28%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.21%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.21%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.069%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.069%) FastStats
7 1 (0.069%) Magento
7 1 (0.069%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.069%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 609 (41.88%) AWS
2 521 (35.83%) Azure
3 205 (14.10%) GCP
4 173 (11.90%) Power Platform
5 148 (10.18%) GitHub
6 145 (9.97%) dbt
7 136 (9.35%) Snowflake
8 134 (9.22%) Azure DevOps
9 123 (8.46%) Serverless
10 89 (6.12%) AWS Lambda
11 71 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
12 67 (4.61%) SaaS
13 64 (4.40%) AWS CloudFormation
14 59 (4.06%) Amazon S3
15 46 (3.16%) Azure Data Factory
16 43 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 42 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
18 40 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 39 (2.68%) Entra ID
20 38 (2.61%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.65%) Firewall
2 45 (3.09%) WAN
3 37 (2.54%) TCP/IP
3 37 (2.54%) VPN
4 28 (1.93%) LAN
5 27 (1.86%) DNS
6 25 (1.72%) SD-WAN
7 20 (1.38%) Broadband
7 20 (1.38%) SSL
8 19 (1.31%) BGP
9 18 (1.24%) Network Security
10 14 (0.96%) OSPF
11 13 (0.89%) 5G
11 13 (0.89%) VLAN
11 13 (0.89%) Wireshark
12 11 (0.76%) DHCP
13 10 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.69%) Wireless
14 8 (0.55%) Ethernet
14 8 (0.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (11.21%) Power BI
2 141 (9.70%) PostgreSQL
3 125 (8.60%) Data Warehouse
4 117 (8.05%) Amazon Athena
5 116 (7.98%) Apache Iceberg
6 111 (7.63%) Apache Arrow
6 111 (7.63%) Dremio
7 101 (6.95%) Data Lake
8 77 (5.30%) Tableau
9 72 (4.95%) NoSQL
10 65 (4.47%) SQL Server
11 61 (4.20%) Apache Ignite
12 56 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
13 41 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
13 41 (2.82%) DynamoDB
13 41 (2.82%) Relational Database
14 37 (2.54%) MySQL
15 35 (2.41%) MongoDB
16 31 (2.13%) Amazon Redshift
17 19 (1.31%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 120 (8.25%) Git
2 93 (6.40%) Jenkins
3 54 (3.71%) JIRA
4 46 (3.16%) GitLab
5 24 (1.65%) Oracle Forms
6 22 (1.51%) Selenium
7 12 (0.83%) JUnit
8 11 (0.76%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.76%) ER Studio
9 10 (0.69%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.62%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.55%) ERwin
12 7 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.41%) MLflow
13 6 (0.41%) Postman
14 5 (0.34%) Appium
15 4 (0.28%) LoadRunner
15 4 (0.28%) Metasploit
15 4 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 483 (33.22%) Finance
2 378 (26.00%) Social Skills
3 174 (11.97%) Front Office
4 162 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
5 141 (9.70%) Banking
6 77 (5.30%) Investment Banking
7 73 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 67 (4.61%) Marketing
9 63 (4.33%) Public Sector
10 52 (3.58%) Retail
11 49 (3.37%) Law
12 29 (1.99%) Tech for Good
13 27 (1.86%) Health Technology
14 25 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.72%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.58%) Electronics
15 23 (1.58%) Legal
16 22 (1.51%) Publishing
17 17 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 358 (24.62%) Senior
2 314 (21.60%) Developer
3 200 (13.76%) Software Engineer
4 168 (11.55%) Python Engineer
5 151 (10.39%) Python Developer
6 148 (10.18%) AWS Engineer
7 135 (9.28%) Data Engineer
8 124 (8.53%) Lead
9 123 (8.46%) Python Software Engineer
10 119 (8.18%) Analyst
11 111 (7.63%) AWS Software Engineer
12 83 (5.71%) Senior Developer
13 78 (5.36%) Architect
13 78 (5.36%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 76 (5.23%) AWS Developer
15 75 (5.16%) Java Engineer
16 74 (5.09%) Senior Software Engineer
17 73 (5.02%) Java Software Engineer
18 67 (4.61%) DevOps Engineer
19 64 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (12.38%) React
2 141 (9.70%) Pandas
3 124 (8.53%) NumPy
4 116 (7.98%) Node.js
5 111 (7.63%) SciPy
6 84 (5.78%) Vue
7 79 (5.43%) RESTful
8 77 (5.30%) HTML
9 75 (5.16%) AngularJS
10 70 (4.81%) gRPC
11 62 (4.26%) Django
11 62 (4.26%) REST
12 61 (4.20%) Protocol Buffers
13 60 (4.13%) Kafka
14 54 (3.71%) Flask
15 49 (3.37%) .NET
16 43 (2.96%) FastAPI
16 43 (2.96%) SOAP
17 37 (2.54%) JSON
18 36 (2.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (10.25%) Fixed Income
2 130 (8.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 127 (8.73%) Equities
4 120 (8.25%) Cloud Native
5 86 (5.91%) Hedge funds
6 78 (5.36%) Derivative
7 69 (4.75%) Product Ownership
8 67 (4.61%) Management Information System
9 61 (4.20%) Algorithms
9 61 (4.20%) Pricing Data
10 55 (3.78%) Onboarding
11 46 (3.16%) Enterprise Software
12 35 (2.41%) Data Structures
12 35 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
13 29 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.65%) Public Cloud
15 22 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
15 22 (1.51%) Low-Code
16 21 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 197 (13.55%) Linux
2 99 (6.81%) Windows
3 73 (5.02%) Unix
4 36 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 33 (2.27%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.55%) Debian
6 8 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.55%) Solaris
6 8 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.48%) VMS
8 4 (0.28%) Android
8 4 (0.28%) CentOS
9 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.069%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.069%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.069%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.069%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (36.73%) Agile
2 411 (28.27%) CI/CD
3 393 (27.03%) DevOps
4 345 (23.73%) AI
5 321 (22.08%) Software Engineering
6 313 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
7 268 (18.43%) Analytics
8 228 (15.68%) Asset Management
9 212 (14.58%) Machine Learning
10 190 (13.07%) Mentoring
11 188 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
12 184 (12.65%) Data Science
13 182 (12.52%) Infrastructure as Code
14 175 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 167 (11.49%) Computer Science
15 167 (11.49%) Containerisation
16 147 (10.11%) Investment Management
17 146 (10.04%) Data Modelling
18 145 (9.97%) Data Engineering
18 145 (9.97%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 557 (38.31%) SQL
2 356 (24.48%) JavaScript
3 325 (22.35%) Java
4 266 (18.29%) TypeScript
5 156 (10.73%) C#
6 152 (10.45%) Bash
7 141 (9.70%) PowerShell
8 112 (7.70%) R
9 110 (7.57%) C++
10 87 (5.98%) C
11 79 (5.43%) MATLAB
12 76 (5.23%) PHP
13 65 (4.47%) Go
14 56 (3.85%) Ruby
15 50 (3.44%) Rust
16 49 (3.37%) Dart
17 32 (2.20%) Bicep
18 31 (2.13%) Shell Script
19 28 (1.93%) PL/SQL
20 27 (1.86%) Scala
Qualifications
1 281 (19.33%) Degree
2 133 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 111 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 103 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 91 (6.26%) AWS Certification
6 55 (3.78%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.34%) Master's Degree
7 34 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.44%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.38%) Numerate Degree
12 18 (1.24%) CISSP
12 18 (1.24%) PhD
13 16 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (0.69%) DBS Check
16 9 (0.62%) CISA
17 8 (0.55%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (5.02%) QA
2 61 (4.20%) GDPR
3 50 (3.44%) Data Quality
4 35 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.86%) SLA
6 25 (1.72%) NIST
7 19 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 13 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.76%) HIPAA
9 11 (0.76%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.69%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.34%) GRC
12 4 (0.28%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) ECSS
14 1 (0.069%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.069%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.069%) SEPA
System Software
1 212 (14.58%) Docker
2 39 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.83%) Firmware
5 10 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.62%) NFS
7 8 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.55%) vSphere
8 5 (0.34%) Lustre
9 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) GPFS
10 3 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.14%) Ceph
11 2 (0.14%) KVM
12 1 (0.069%) HDFS
12 1 (0.069%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.069%) vCloud
12 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.069%) Xen
Systems Management
1 247 (16.99%) Terraform
2 208 (14.31%) Kubernetes
3 140 (9.63%) Ansible
4 54 (3.71%) Grafana
5 32 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (2.06%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
8 12 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (0.76%) Argo
10 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 5 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.34%) Puppet
10 5 (0.34%) SCCM
10 5 (0.34%) SCOM
10 5 (0.34%) WSUS
11 4 (0.28%) Cilium
11 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.28%) Kibana
11 4 (0.28%) Nmap
11 4 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 186 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 115 (7.91%) Databricks
3 83 (5.71%) Oracle
4 71 (4.88%) Google
5 55 (3.78%) Red Hat
6 32 (2.20%) Cisco
6 32 (2.20%) VMware
7 23 (1.58%) IBM
8 22 (1.51%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.31%) MuleSoft
10 18 (1.24%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.17%) SAP
12 16 (1.10%) Palo Alto
12 16 (1.10%) Talend
12 16 (1.10%) Workday
13 13 (0.89%) Commvault
13 13 (0.89%) Okta
14 12 (0.83%) Informatica
15 11 (0.76%) Aruba
15 11 (0.76%) Fortinet