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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,774 2,323 3,362
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.17% 14.11% 11.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.36% 40.26% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,193 1,413 2,680
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £43,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -0.20% +3.36%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £110,000
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 5,843 5,770 11,013
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.92% 35.04% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,400 4,017 8,868
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,500 £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 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -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 24 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 55 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
2 53 (2.99%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.09%) Apache
4 14 (0.79%) SharePoint
5 13 (0.73%) SAS
6 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.51%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.28%) 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 (0.056%) Camunda
11 1 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.056%) CMS
11 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.056%) nginx
11 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.34%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.23%) Lightworks
4 4 (0.23%) Simulink
4 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) Trello
6 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.11%) SPSS
7 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.28%) 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
1 666 (37.54%) AWS
2 555 (31.29%) Azure
3 302 (17.02%) GCP
4 165 (9.30%) SaaS
5 142 (8.00%) Power Platform
6 111 (6.26%) GitHub
7 96 (5.41%) Serverless
8 72 (4.06%) Amazon S3
9 67 (3.78%) AWS Lambda
10 58 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
11 57 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
11 57 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (3.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 54 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
13 51 (2.87%) Snowflake
14 48 (2.71%) dbt
15 44 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
16 37 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 35 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
17 35 (1.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 172 (9.70%) Broadband
2 78 (4.40%) Firewall
3 49 (2.76%) VPN
4 36 (2.03%) TCP/IP
5 27 (1.52%) DNS
5 27 (1.52%) WAN
6 26 (1.47%) LAN
7 21 (1.18%) Wireless
8 20 (1.13%) Network Security
9 18 (1.01%) VLAN
10 17 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (0.73%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.62%) Unified Communications
13 10 (0.56%) DHCP
13 10 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (0.51%) 5G
14 9 (0.51%) BGP
14 9 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.51%) MQTT
14 9 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
2 117 (6.60%) Power BI
3 84 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
3 84 (4.74%) SQL Server
4 74 (4.17%) MongoDB
5 58 (3.27%) Data Lake
6 56 (3.16%) Metadata
7 50 (2.82%) BigQuery
8 49 (2.76%) Relational Database
9 48 (2.71%) Tableau
10 44 (2.48%) Big Data
10 44 (2.48%) NoSQL
11 34 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
12 33 (1.86%) MySQL
13 31 (1.75%) Delta Lake
14 29 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
15 28 (1.58%) Redis
15 28 (1.58%) Semantic Layer
16 26 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
17 24 (1.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 158 (8.91%) Git
2 75 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.44%) GitLab
4 34 (1.92%) JIRA
5 15 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (0.73%) MLflow
7 11 (0.62%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.62%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.51%) JMeter
9 8 (0.45%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.34%) Postman
10 6 (0.34%) Selenium
11 5 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.28%) Locust
11 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.23%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.23%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.23%) Subversion
13 3 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 559 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 391 (22.04%) Finance
3 287 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (5.75%) Banking
6 101 (5.69%) Legal
7 100 (5.64%) Law
8 98 (5.52%) Public Sector
9 64 (3.61%) Retail
10 57 (3.21%) Marketing
11 49 (2.76%) Front Office
12 46 (2.59%) Games
13 41 (2.31%) Telecoms
14 32 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.41%) Electronics
16 16 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (0.79%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.68%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 484 (27.28%) Senior
2 321 (18.09%) Developer
3 263 (14.83%) Lead
4 229 (12.91%) Software Engineer
5 197 (11.10%) Data Engineer
6 167 (9.41%) Python Engineer
7 106 (5.98%) Python Developer
8 98 (5.52%) Data Scientist
9 94 (5.30%) Analyst
10 86 (4.85%) Platform Engineer
11 83 (4.68%) Senior Developer
12 65 (3.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 65 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
13 63 (3.55%) Senior Data Engineer
14 60 (3.38%) Lead Developer
15 57 (3.21%) Data Analyst
16 56 (3.16%) Architect
16 56 (3.16%) AWS Engineer
16 56 (3.16%) Full-Stack Developer
16 56 (3.16%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (8.29%) React
2 107 (6.03%) Node.js
3 93 (5.24%) Kafka
4 89 (5.02%) PyTorch
5 80 (4.51%) TensorFlow
6 79 (4.45%) REST
7 76 (4.28%) .NET
8 75 (4.23%) PySpark
9 68 (3.83%) Django
10 67 (3.78%) RESTful
11 62 (3.49%) FastAPI
12 56 (3.16%) LangChain
13 46 (2.59%) gRPC
14 39 (2.20%) Vue
15 35 (1.97%) Flask
15 35 (1.97%) Pandas
16 33 (1.86%) JSON
17 32 (1.80%) GraphQL
17 32 (1.80%) Next.js
17 32 (1.80%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 224 (12.63%) Cloud Native
2 199 (11.22%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (5.81%) Video\Live Streaming
4 81 (4.57%) Algorithms
5 79 (4.45%) Virtual Team
6 75 (4.23%) AI Agents
7 65 (3.66%) Data Structures
8 54 (3.04%) Product Ownership
9 53 (2.99%) Over-the-Top Content
10 50 (2.82%) Low-Code
11 48 (2.71%) Onboarding
12 42 (2.37%) Public Cloud
13 39 (2.20%) Fixed Income
14 36 (2.03%) Management Information System
15 35 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
16 31 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
17 28 (1.58%) Equities
18 27 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
19 26 (1.47%) Security Posture
20 24 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 210 (11.84%) Linux
2 79 (4.45%) Windows
3 36 (2.03%) Unix
4 32 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.62%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Debian
6 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.39%) Android
8 6 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.23%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.056%) CentOS
11 1 (0.056%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.056%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.056%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 624 (35.17%) AI
2 602 (33.93%) Software Engineering
3 589 (33.20%) CI/CD
4 430 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
5 397 (22.38%) Agile
6 385 (21.70%) Mentoring
7 383 (21.59%) Machine Learning
8 375 (21.14%) DevOps
9 335 (18.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 321 (18.09%) Analytics
11 295 (16.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 294 (16.57%) Data Science
13 251 (14.15%) Test Automation
14 225 (12.68%) Containerisation
14 225 (12.68%) Observability
15 219 (12.34%) Roadmaps
16 214 (12.06%) Data Pipeline
17 210 (11.84%) Data Engineering
18 207 (11.67%) Decision-Making
19 206 (11.61%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 503 (28.35%) SQL
2 276 (15.56%) JavaScript
3 270 (15.22%) Java
4 216 (12.18%) PowerShell
5 201 (11.33%) C#
6 196 (11.05%) TypeScript
7 167 (9.41%) Go
8 138 (7.78%) Bash
9 97 (5.47%) C++
10 81 (4.57%) Scala
11 55 (3.10%) R
12 52 (2.93%) C
13 39 (2.20%) Bicep
14 38 (2.14%) PHP
15 27 (1.52%) VBA
16 24 (1.35%) Rust
17 22 (1.24%) Ruby
18 17 (0.96%) Groovy
19 16 (0.90%) T-SQL
20 15 (0.85%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 236 (13.30%) Degree
2 187 (10.54%) Security Cleared
3 153 (8.62%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.09%) Master's Degree
7 32 (1.80%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.30%) PhD
10 17 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.79%) OSCP
13 13 (0.73%) CISSP
13 13 (0.73%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.68%) CCNP
14 12 (0.68%) CEH
14 12 (0.68%) SnowPro
15 11 (0.62%) GIAC
16 8 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (8.68%) Data Quality
2 144 (8.12%) QA
3 42 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.35%) GDPR
6 20 (1.13%) NIST
7 15 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.45%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.39%) SLA
10 5 (0.28%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.28%) PMO
10 5 (0.28%) WCAG
11 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.23%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.23%) GAAP
11 4 (0.23%) GRC
11 4 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.23%) IFRS
12 3 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 272 (15.33%) Docker
2 34 (1.92%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.24%) Firmware
5 20 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.45%) KVM
8 7 (0.39%) vSphere
9 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.056%) Xen
Systems Management
1 267 (15.05%) Terraform
2 230 (12.97%) Kubernetes
3 100 (5.64%) Ansible
4 92 (5.19%) Grafana
5 55 (3.10%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.24%) Argo
7 18 (1.01%) Istio
8 12 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.56%) Packer
9 10 (0.56%) Proxmox
10 9 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (0.51%) Puppet
11 7 (0.39%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.34%) Graylog
12 6 (0.34%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.23%) Podman
Vendors
1 265 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 128 (7.22%) Databricks
3 62 (3.49%) Google
4 51 (2.87%) Cisco
5 46 (2.59%) VMware
6 45 (2.54%) Typelevel
7 38 (2.14%) Oracle
8 37 (2.09%) OpenAI
9 29 (1.63%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.58%) Foundry
11 24 (1.35%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.35%) ServiceNow
11 24 (1.35%) Splunk
12 23 (1.30%) Red Hat
13 19 (1.07%) F5
13 19 (1.07%) Salesforce
14 15 (0.85%) Informatica
15 12 (0.68%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.68%) New Relic
16 11 (0.62%) Alteryx