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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,614 2,361 3,666
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.42% 16.19% 11.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.46% 41.06% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 1,408 2,946
10th Percentile £44,850 £47,231 £42,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% - +0.69%
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £135,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £69,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.83% +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 5,130 5,750 13,486
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.77% 39.43% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,783 3,954 11,433
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 28 May 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 76 (4.71%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.23%) Apache
4 21 (1.30%) SAS
5 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.25%) Confluence
8 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.25%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.062%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.062%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.062%) nginx
11 1 (0.062%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.25%) SPSS
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Blender
7 2 (0.12%) Maya
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.062%) Actimize
5 1 (0.062%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.062%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.062%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 632 (39.16%) AWS
2 556 (34.45%) Azure
3 260 (16.11%) GCP
4 150 (9.29%) Power Platform
5 135 (8.36%) GitHub
6 115 (7.13%) SaaS
7 113 (7.00%) Serverless
8 101 (6.26%) Amazon S3
9 92 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
10 78 (4.83%) AWS Lambda
11 69 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
12 67 (4.15%) GitHub Actions
13 52 (3.22%) Amazon EC2
14 50 (3.10%) Amazon EKS
15 49 (3.04%) Snowflake
16 47 (2.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 46 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
17 46 (2.85%) dbt
18 40 (2.48%) Azure Machine Learning
18 40 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 181 (11.21%) Broadband
2 74 (4.58%) Firewall
3 39 (2.42%) VPN
4 25 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (1.36%) LAN
5 22 (1.36%) VLAN
6 20 (1.24%) WAN
7 19 (1.18%) Wireshark
8 18 (1.12%) DNS
8 18 (1.12%) TCP/IP
9 16 (0.99%) BGP
9 16 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
9 16 (0.99%) NGFW
10 15 (0.93%) VXLAN
11 14 (0.87%) Network Security
12 13 (0.81%) MPLS
13 12 (0.74%) 4G
13 12 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
13 12 (0.74%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.68%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (7.43%) Power BI
2 119 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (5.70%) SQL Server
4 71 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
5 65 (4.03%) Metadata
6 58 (3.59%) Data Lake
6 58 (3.59%) Tableau
7 57 (3.53%) MongoDB
7 57 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 57 (3.53%) Relational Database
8 55 (3.41%) BigQuery
9 44 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
10 39 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 38 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
12 34 (2.11%) Big Data
13 32 (1.98%) Delta Lake
14 30 (1.86%) MySQL
15 27 (1.67%) Semantic Layer
16 26 (1.61%) Redis
17 24 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 141 (8.74%) Git
2 65 (4.03%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.28%) GitLab
4 34 (2.11%) JIRA
5 18 (1.12%) Jaeger
6 17 (1.05%) MLflow
7 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.43%) Claude Code
9 7 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.43%) JMeter
9 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.37%) Locust
11 5 (0.31%) Selenium
11 5 (0.31%) Subversion
12 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.25%) ERwin
12 4 (0.25%) Postman
12 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 442 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 365 (22.61%) Finance
3 284 (17.60%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (8.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 96 (5.95%) Banking
7 74 (4.58%) Law
8 63 (3.90%) Retail
9 50 (3.10%) Front Office
10 46 (2.85%) Marketing
11 45 (2.79%) Telecoms
12 43 (2.66%) Legal
13 38 (2.35%) Games
14 28 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.12%) Publishing
16 17 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (1.05%) Financial Institution
17 16 (0.99%) Tech for Good
18 15 (0.93%) Health Technology
19 14 (0.87%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 366 (22.68%) Senior
2 310 (19.21%) Developer
3 259 (16.05%) Lead
4 212 (13.14%) Data Engineer
5 188 (11.65%) Software Engineer
6 154 (9.54%) Python Engineer
7 114 (7.06%) Python Developer
8 96 (5.95%) Platform Engineer
9 87 (5.39%) Analyst
10 82 (5.08%) Data Scientist
11 65 (4.03%) AWS Engineer
11 65 (4.03%) Lead Developer
12 62 (3.84%) Senior Data Engineer
13 56 (3.47%) Senior Developer
14 55 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
15 54 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
16 52 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
17 50 (3.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
18 48 (2.97%) Data Analyst
19 47 (2.91%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (9.48%) React
2 102 (6.32%) Kafka
3 101 (6.26%) Node.js
4 80 (4.96%) PyTorch
5 73 (4.52%) PySpark
5 73 (4.52%) TensorFlow
6 71 (4.40%) .NET
7 69 (4.28%) REST
8 61 (3.78%) RESTful
9 56 (3.47%) Django
10 50 (3.10%) FastAPI
11 49 (3.04%) gRPC
12 40 (2.48%) JSON
13 32 (1.98%) LangChain
13 32 (1.98%) Redux
14 30 (1.86%) Vue
15 29 (1.80%) CSS
15 29 (1.80%) Flask
16 28 (1.73%) Web Services
16 28 (1.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 174 (10.78%) Cloud Native
2 150 (9.29%) Distributed Systems
3 93 (5.76%) Video\Live Streaming
4 81 (5.02%) Algorithms
5 69 (4.28%) Product Ownership
6 64 (3.97%) Data Structures
7 59 (3.66%) Low-Code
8 53 (3.28%) Over-the-Top Content
9 46 (2.85%) Onboarding
10 42 (2.60%) AI Agents
10 42 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
11 35 (2.17%) Fixed Income
12 34 (2.11%) Public Cloud
13 31 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
14 28 (1.73%) Data Centre
15 26 (1.61%) Equities
16 24 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
16 24 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
17 23 (1.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 180 (11.15%) Linux
2 59 (3.66%) Windows
3 42 (2.60%) Unix
4 29 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.43%) Android
8 6 (0.37%) Debian
8 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) Solaris
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.062%) AIX
12 1 (0.062%) CentOS
12 1 (0.062%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.062%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.062%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.062%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (34.26%) CI/CD
2 468 (29.00%) AI
3 452 (28.00%) Software Engineering
4 404 (25.03%) Agile
5 377 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
6 376 (23.30%) DevOps
7 337 (20.88%) Machine Learning
8 315 (19.52%) Mentoring
9 313 (19.39%) Analytics
10 292 (18.09%) Infrastructure as Code
11 280 (17.35%) Data Science
12 244 (15.12%) Data Pipeline
13 227 (14.06%) Containerisation
13 227 (14.06%) Data Modelling
14 216 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 212 (13.14%) Data Engineering
16 182 (11.28%) Roadmaps
17 181 (11.21%) Test Automation
18 179 (11.09%) Observability
19 177 (10.97%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 475 (29.43%) SQL
2 290 (17.97%) Java
3 233 (14.44%) JavaScript
4 189 (11.71%) Go
5 154 (9.54%) PowerShell
6 152 (9.42%) TypeScript
7 149 (9.23%) Bash
8 140 (8.67%) C#
9 94 (5.82%) Scala
10 72 (4.46%) C++
11 53 (3.28%) R
12 34 (2.11%) C
13 33 (2.04%) PHP
14 23 (1.43%) T-SQL
15 22 (1.36%) Bicep
16 19 (1.18%) Apex Code
17 16 (0.99%) VBA
18 14 (0.87%) Ruby
19 13 (0.81%) Groovy
19 13 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 237 (14.68%) Degree
2 143 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.19%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 44 (2.73%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.18%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.93%) PhD
11 13 (0.81%) CEH
12 12 (0.74%) OSCP
13 11 (0.68%) ACCA
13 11 (0.68%) CIMA
14 10 (0.62%) CREST Certified
15 9 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 8 (0.50%) CISSP
16 8 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (9.42%) Data Quality
2 105 (6.51%) QA
3 40 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.30%) NIST
6 16 (0.99%) GDPR
7 12 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.56%) ISO 22301
8 9 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.50%) SLA
10 6 (0.37%) GRC
11 5 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.31%) PMO
11 5 (0.31%) WCAG
12 4 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.19%) GAAP
13 3 (0.19%) IFRS
13 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.12%) EMIR
System Software
1 271 (16.79%) Docker
2 38 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.93%) Firmware
6 7 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.43%) vSphere
7 6 (0.37%) KVM
7 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.19%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 290 (17.97%) Terraform
2 238 (14.75%) Kubernetes
3 108 (6.69%) Ansible
4 84 (5.20%) Grafana
5 71 (4.40%) Prometheus
6 42 (2.60%) Argo
7 22 (1.36%) Kustomize
8 16 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.81%) Istio
10 12 (0.74%) Proxmox
11 11 (0.68%) Packer
12 9 (0.56%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.43%) Kubeflow
14 6 (0.37%) Graylog
14 6 (0.37%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.37%) Puppet
15 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.31%) FTK
15 5 (0.31%) SCCM
16 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 246 (15.24%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.37%) Databricks
3 78 (4.83%) Google
4 51 (3.16%) Cisco
5 50 (3.10%) VMware
6 45 (2.79%) Typelevel
7 36 (2.23%) Oracle
8 33 (2.04%) OpenAI
9 32 (1.98%) Salesforce
10 25 (1.55%) Palo Alto
11 24 (1.49%) Red Hat
12 21 (1.30%) Foundry
13 17 (1.05%) Fortinet
13 17 (1.05%) Splunk
14 15 (0.93%) Arista
14 15 (0.93%) Aruba
14 15 (0.93%) F5
14 15 (0.93%) NetScout
15 14 (0.87%) Commvault
15 14 (0.87%) MuleSoft