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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,749 2,351 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.12% 14.23% 11.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.14% 40.31% 29.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 1,440 2,821
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £43,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £53,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,150 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £107,500
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 5,802 5,832 11,892
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.95% 35.29% 39.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,383 4,069 9,656
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 £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
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 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 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
2 49 (2.80%) 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 (2.63%) 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
4 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.057%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 667 (38.14%) AWS
2 558 (31.90%) Azure
3 295 (16.87%) GCP
4 154 (8.81%) SaaS
5 138 (7.89%) Power Platform
6 109 (6.23%) GitHub
7 98 (5.60%) Serverless
8 76 (4.35%) Amazon S3
9 67 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
10 60 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (3.32%) AWS CloudFormation
13 52 (2.97%) Azure Data Factory
13 52 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
14 46 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
15 45 (2.57%) dbt
15 45 (2.57%) Snowflake
16 40 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
17 37 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 36 (2.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 178 (10.18%) Broadband
2 85 (4.86%) Firewall
3 55 (3.14%) VPN
4 36 (2.06%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.66%) WAN
6 28 (1.60%) LAN
7 27 (1.54%) DNS
8 23 (1.32%) VLAN
9 22 (1.26%) Wireless
10 21 (1.20%) Network Security
11 17 (0.97%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (0.86%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.63%) DHCP
13 11 (0.63%) Unified Communications
14 10 (0.57%) BGP
14 10 (0.57%) Wireshark
15 9 (0.51%) 5G
15 9 (0.51%) MQTT
15 9 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (8.81%) PostgreSQL
2 111 (6.35%) Power BI
3 84 (4.80%) SQL Server
4 77 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
5 72 (4.12%) MongoDB
6 55 (3.14%) Data Lake
6 55 (3.14%) Metadata
6 55 (3.14%) Relational Database
7 50 (2.86%) BigQuery
8 46 (2.63%) Tableau
9 43 (2.46%) NoSQL
10 40 (2.29%) Big Data
11 35 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
12 34 (1.94%) MySQL
13 30 (1.72%) Delta Lake
13 30 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
14 28 (1.60%) Semantic Layer
15 27 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
15 27 (1.54%) Redis
16 24 (1.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 150 (8.58%) Git
2 72 (4.12%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.49%) GitLab
4 33 (1.89%) JIRA
5 14 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
6 12 (0.69%) 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%) Jaeger
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
12 4 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 533 (30.47%) Social Skills
2 385 (22.01%) Finance
3 289 (16.52%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (6.06%) Banking
6 104 (5.95%) Public Sector
7 103 (5.89%) Law
8 87 (4.97%) Legal
9 68 (3.89%) Retail
10 52 (2.97%) Marketing
11 49 (2.80%) Front Office
12 43 (2.46%) Games
13 42 (2.40%) Telecoms
14 32 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.43%) Electronics
16 17 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (0.97%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.69%) Investment Banking
17 12 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 463 (26.47%) Senior
2 326 (18.64%) Developer
3 270 (15.44%) Lead
4 222 (12.69%) Software Engineer
5 194 (11.09%) Data Engineer
6 160 (9.15%) Python Engineer
7 108 (6.17%) Python Developer
8 94 (5.37%) Data Scientist
9 91 (5.20%) Analyst
10 89 (5.09%) Platform Engineer
11 84 (4.80%) Senior Developer
12 67 (3.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 62 (3.54%) Senior Software Engineer
14 61 (3.49%) Senior Data Engineer
15 60 (3.43%) Lead Developer
16 58 (3.32%) AWS Engineer
16 58 (3.32%) Full-Stack Developer
17 55 (3.14%) Data Analyst
17 55 (3.14%) Python Software Engineer
18 54 (3.09%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (8.23%) React
2 103 (5.89%) Node.js
3 93 (5.32%) Kafka
4 90 (5.15%) PyTorch
5 82 (4.69%) TensorFlow
6 75 (4.29%) REST
7 74 (4.23%) .NET
8 72 (4.12%) PySpark
9 69 (3.95%) RESTful
10 61 (3.49%) Django
10 61 (3.49%) FastAPI
11 56 (3.20%) LangChain
12 46 (2.63%) gRPC
13 39 (2.23%) Vue
14 36 (2.06%) JSON
15 34 (1.94%) Flask
15 34 (1.94%) Pandas
16 32 (1.83%) GraphQL
16 32 (1.83%) LangGraph
16 32 (1.83%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 225 (12.86%) Cloud Native
2 193 (11.03%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (5.95%) Video\Live Streaming
4 78 (4.46%) Algorithms
5 74 (4.23%) AI Agents
6 68 (3.89%) Data Structures
7 65 (3.72%) Virtual Team
8 55 (3.14%) Product Ownership
9 54 (3.09%) Over-the-Top Content
10 51 (2.92%) Low-Code
11 48 (2.74%) Onboarding
12 43 (2.46%) Public Cloud
13 40 (2.29%) Fixed Income
14 36 (2.06%) Management Information System
15 34 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
16 33 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
17 28 (1.60%) Equities
18 27 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
18 27 (1.54%) Security Posture
19 24 (1.37%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 211 (12.06%) Linux
2 79 (4.52%) Windows
3 39 (2.23%) Unix
4 33 (1.89%) 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%) CentOS
12 1 (0.057%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.057%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.057%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 598 (34.19%) AI
2 583 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 581 (33.22%) CI/CD
4 429 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
5 391 (22.36%) Agile
6 381 (21.78%) Mentoring
7 371 (21.21%) Machine Learning
8 368 (21.04%) DevOps
9 335 (19.15%) Infrastructure as Code
10 314 (17.95%) Analytics
11 285 (16.30%) Data Science
12 275 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 237 (13.55%) Test Automation
14 225 (12.86%) Containerisation
15 218 (12.46%) Observability
15 218 (12.46%) Roadmaps
16 213 (12.18%) Data Pipeline
17 204 (11.66%) Data Engineering
17 204 (11.66%) Data Modelling
18 201 (11.49%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 491 (28.07%) SQL
2 272 (15.55%) Java
3 263 (15.04%) JavaScript
4 208 (11.89%) PowerShell
5 186 (10.63%) C#
6 182 (10.41%) TypeScript
7 175 (10.01%) Go
8 143 (8.18%) Bash
9 92 (5.26%) C++
10 80 (4.57%) Scala
11 51 (2.92%) C
11 51 (2.92%) R
12 39 (2.23%) PHP
13 38 (2.17%) Bicep
14 26 (1.49%) VBA
15 24 (1.37%) Rust
16 22 (1.26%) Ruby
17 17 (0.97%) Groovy
17 17 (0.97%) T-SQL
18 15 (0.86%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 234 (13.38%) Degree
2 179 (10.23%) Security Cleared
3 146 (8.35%) SC Cleared
4 67 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.00%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.54%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.37%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.32%) PhD
10 20 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.86%) OSCP
12 14 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.80%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.74%) CEH
13 13 (0.74%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.69%) CISSP
15 11 (0.63%) GIAC
16 10 (0.57%) CCNP
16 10 (0.57%) SnowPro
17 7 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (8.58%) Data Quality
2 127 (7.26%) QA
3 47 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.37%) GDPR
6 23 (1.32%) NIST
7 18 (1.03%) 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%) GRC
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%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
System Software
1 267 (15.27%) Docker
2 35 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.26%) 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
1 274 (15.67%) Terraform
2 227 (12.98%) Kubernetes
3 106 (6.06%) Ansible
4 91 (5.20%) Grafana
5 60 (3.43%) Prometheus
6 27 (1.54%) Argo
7 17 (0.97%) Istio
8 11 (0.63%) Kustomize
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%) Kubeflow
11 8 (0.46%) Puppet
12 6 (0.34%) Graylog
12 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (0.29%) SCCM
14 4 (0.23%) Podman
Vendors
1 260 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 121 (6.92%) Databricks
3 65 (3.72%) Google
4 51 (2.92%) Cisco
4 51 (2.92%) VMware
5 45 (2.57%) Typelevel
6 38 (2.17%) Oracle
7 36 (2.06%) OpenAI
8 29 (1.66%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.60%) Foundry
10 25 (1.43%) Splunk
11 23 (1.32%) Fortinet
11 23 (1.32%) Red Hat
11 23 (1.32%) ServiceNow
12 22 (1.26%) Salesforce
13 21 (1.20%) F5
14 15 (0.86%) Informatica
15 12 (0.69%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.69%) IBM
15 12 (0.69%) New Relic