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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,799 2,038 3,122
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.46% 12.55% 13.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.26% 40.01% 34.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 1,175 2,267
10th Percentile £44,675 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £143,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 6,148 5,094 9,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.50% 31.36% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,604 3,442 6,176
10th Percentile £38,984 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 16 September 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 46 (2.56%) Apache Spark
2 41 (2.28%) Apache
3 36 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.94%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.50%) SAS
7 7 (0.39%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.17%) Confluence
9 3 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.11%) CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.056%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.056%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 1 (0.056%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.17%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.33%) Simulink
5 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.17%) Blender
7 3 (0.17%) Maya
7 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.17%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) SPSS
9 1 (0.056%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.056%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.056%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 627 (34.85%) AWS
2 581 (32.30%) Azure
3 274 (15.23%) GCP
4 167 (9.28%) Power Platform
5 145 (8.06%) SaaS
6 120 (6.67%) GitHub
7 83 (4.61%) Serverless
8 79 (4.39%) Azure Data Factory
9 71 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
10 65 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
11 62 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 61 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
12 61 (3.39%) Snowflake
13 59 (3.28%) Amazon S3
14 58 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
15 56 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
16 44 (2.45%) dbt
17 34 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
18 32 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
18 32 (1.78%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 84 (4.67%) Broadband
2 67 (3.72%) Firewall
3 54 (3.00%) TCP/IP
4 37 (2.06%) VPN
5 34 (1.89%) DNS
6 33 (1.83%) WAN
7 31 (1.72%) LAN
8 27 (1.50%) Network Security
9 26 (1.45%) Wireless
10 17 (0.94%) BGP
10 17 (0.94%) VLAN
11 15 (0.83%) DHCP
11 15 (0.83%) OSPF
12 14 (0.78%) 5G
12 14 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
12 14 (0.78%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.50%) Ethernet VPN
13 9 (0.50%) MPLS
13 9 (0.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (7.95%) Power BI
2 122 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
3 115 (6.39%) Data Warehouse
4 91 (5.06%) SQL Server
5 76 (4.22%) MongoDB
6 68 (3.78%) Data Lake
7 62 (3.45%) NoSQL
8 58 (3.22%) Metadata
9 51 (2.83%) Relational Database
10 47 (2.61%) Tableau
11 45 (2.50%) Big Data
12 43 (2.39%) Delta Lake
13 41 (2.28%) BigQuery
14 32 (1.78%) DynamoDB
15 29 (1.61%) MySQL
16 28 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
17 27 (1.50%) Star Schema
18 25 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
18 25 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
19 24 (1.33%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 186 (10.34%) Git
2 79 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 50 (2.78%) GitLab
4 33 (1.83%) JIRA
5 16 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.78%) MLflow
7 13 (0.72%) Claude Code
7 13 (0.72%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.67%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.56%) Selenium
9 10 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
10 8 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (0.44%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.44%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.28%) JMeter
12 5 (0.28%) Poetry
12 5 (0.28%) Postman
12 5 (0.28%) Subversion
13 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
General
1 584 (32.46%) Social Skills
2 414 (23.01%) Finance
3 302 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (7.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 120 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 117 (6.50%) Legal
7 114 (6.34%) Banking
8 95 (5.28%) Law
9 82 (4.56%) Marketing
10 75 (4.17%) Retail
11 37 (2.06%) Games
12 35 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 33 (1.83%) Electronics
14 31 (1.72%) Front Office
15 24 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.11%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.83%) Local Government
19 13 (0.72%) Advertising
19 13 (0.72%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 510 (28.35%) Senior
2 259 (14.40%) Developer
3 231 (12.84%) Software Engineer
4 225 (12.51%) Lead
5 213 (11.84%) Data Engineer
6 190 (10.56%) Python Engineer
7 118 (6.56%) Analyst
8 99 (5.50%) Python Developer
9 98 (5.45%) Data Scientist
10 79 (4.39%) Senior Data Engineer
11 76 (4.22%) Python Software Engineer
12 71 (3.95%) Architect
12 71 (3.95%) Senior Developer
13 69 (3.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 69 (3.84%) Senior Software Engineer
14 62 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
15 60 (3.34%) Data Analyst
16 57 (3.17%) Consultant
17 54 (3.00%) Senior Data Scientist
18 52 (2.89%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (15.06%) Terraform
2 123 (6.84%) React
3 106 (5.89%) PySpark
4 86 (4.78%) Node.js
5 79 (4.39%) .NET
6 75 (4.17%) PyTorch
7 67 (3.72%) RESTful
7 67 (3.72%) TensorFlow
8 65 (3.61%) REST
9 61 (3.39%) Django
10 57 (3.17%) LangChain
11 54 (3.00%) FastAPI
12 50 (2.78%) Kafka
13 43 (2.39%) Next.js
14 36 (2.00%) Pandas
15 35 (1.95%) LangGraph
16 34 (1.89%) CSS
17 32 (1.78%) scikit-learn
18 30 (1.67%) Spring
19 29 (1.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 238 (13.23%) Cloud Native
2 167 (9.28%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (4.84%) AI Agents
4 80 (4.45%) Virtual Team
5 71 (3.95%) Algorithms
6 57 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 51 (2.83%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.50%) Data Structures
9 40 (2.22%) Onboarding
10 38 (2.11%) Low-Code
11 37 (2.06%) Management Information System
12 34 (1.89%) Public Cloud
13 33 (1.83%) Blog
14 32 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
15 31 (1.72%) Credit Risk
16 29 (1.61%) Security Posture
17 28 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
18 27 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
19 25 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
20 24 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 202 (11.23%) Linux
2 84 (4.67%) Windows
3 34 (1.89%) Unix
4 24 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.94%) Ubuntu
6 11 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.50%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.39%) Android
8 7 (0.39%) Debian
8 7 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Solaris
10 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.056%) AIX
12 1 (0.056%) CentOS
12 1 (0.056%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 699 (38.85%) AI
2 577 (32.07%) Software Engineering
3 557 (30.96%) CI/CD
4 417 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
5 407 (22.62%) Analytics
6 405 (22.51%) Mentoring
7 373 (20.73%) DevOps
8 372 (20.68%) Agile
9 353 (19.62%) Machine Learning
10 326 (18.12%) Infrastructure as Code
11 315 (17.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 248 (13.79%) Data Science
13 247 (13.73%) Test Automation
14 240 (13.34%) Data Pipeline
15 238 (13.23%) Data Engineering
16 234 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
17 229 (12.73%) Observability
18 228 (12.67%) Decision-Making
19 225 (12.51%) Roadmaps
20 220 (12.23%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 613 (34.07%) SQL
2 252 (14.01%) JavaScript
3 243 (13.51%) Java
4 227 (12.62%) C#
5 215 (11.95%) PowerShell
6 187 (10.39%) TypeScript
7 133 (7.39%) Bash
8 105 (5.84%) Go
9 103 (5.73%) C++
10 58 (3.22%) R
11 50 (2.78%) C
12 46 (2.56%) Bicep
13 44 (2.45%) Scala
14 35 (1.95%) PHP
15 32 (1.78%) Rust
16 26 (1.45%) Ruby
17 24 (1.33%) VBA
18 22 (1.22%) MATLAB
19 19 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 17 (0.94%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 238 (13.23%) Degree
2 225 (12.51%) Security Cleared
3 180 (10.01%) SC Cleared
4 73 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.17%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.06%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (1.00%) PhD
10 18 (1.00%) SnowPro
11 17 (0.94%) CISSP
12 16 (0.89%) GIAC
13 15 (0.83%) AWS Certification
13 15 (0.83%) CCNP
13 15 (0.83%) OSCP
14 14 (0.78%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.72%) CREST Certified
15 13 (0.72%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (10.23%) Data Quality
2 125 (6.95%) QA
3 47 (2.61%) Accessibility
4 40 (2.22%) GDPR
5 32 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.39%) NIST
7 13 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.44%) SLA
11 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.28%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
12 4 (0.22%) NCSC
12 4 (0.22%) PMO
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
13 3 (0.17%) UCITS
14 2 (0.11%) IFRS
System Software
1 223 (12.40%) Docker
2 22 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.11%) Firmware
5 8 (0.44%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.33%) KVM
8 5 (0.28%) vSphere
9 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.056%) HDFS
11 1 (0.056%) QEMU
11 1 (0.056%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 220 (12.23%) Kubernetes
2 105 (5.84%) Ansible
3 75 (4.17%) Grafana
4 50 (2.78%) Prometheus
5 19 (1.06%) Argo
6 14 (0.78%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.72%) Istio
8 8 (0.44%) Packer
9 7 (0.39%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.39%) Puppet
9 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.33%) Graylog
10 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
10 6 (0.33%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.28%) Podman
12 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.22%) linkerd
12 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 290 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.50%) Databricks
3 71 (3.95%) Google
4 48 (2.67%) OpenAI
5 45 (2.50%) Cisco
5 45 (2.50%) Oracle
6 29 (1.61%) VMware
7 27 (1.50%) Splunk
8 23 (1.28%) Informatica
9 22 (1.22%) Foundry
10 20 (1.11%) Fortinet
10 20 (1.11%) Red Hat
10 20 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.06%) Palo Alto
12 17 (0.94%) New Relic
13 16 (0.89%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.78%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.67%) F5
15 12 (0.67%) Talend
16 10 (0.56%) Alteryx
4,266 hybrid/remote Python jobs