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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,319 2,367 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.82% 14.40% 12.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.53% 33.37% 26.74%
Number of salaries quoted 904 1,587 2,182
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £95,063
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -

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 4,055 7,093 10,070
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.13% 43.16% 46.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,056 4,451 8,585
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 12 January 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
1 104 (7.88%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (4.32%) Apache
3 36 (2.73%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.59%) Confluence
5 18 (1.36%) SharePoint
6 17 (1.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 16 (1.21%) Tomcat
7 16 (1.21%) WebSphere
7 16 (1.21%) WebSphere Application Server
8 13 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.83%) SAS
10 7 (0.53%) Apache Solr
10 7 (0.53%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.38%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.38%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.23%) Apache Pulsar
14 2 (0.15%) Luigi
14 2 (0.15%) Mendix
14 2 (0.15%) nginx
Applications
1 51 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.38%) Simulink
5 2 (0.15%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.15%) SPSS
5 2 (0.15%) Weka
6 1 (0.076%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.076%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.076%) Notion
6 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (2.96%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (0.61%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.45%) Shopify
4 3 (0.23%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.076%) Actimize
6 1 (0.076%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.076%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 522 (39.58%) Azure
2 521 (39.50%) AWS
3 196 (14.86%) GitHub
4 179 (13.57%) Power Platform
5 159 (12.05%) GCP
6 157 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
7 130 (9.86%) Serverless
8 110 (8.34%) Snowflake
9 98 (7.43%) dbt
10 88 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
11 86 (6.52%) Amazon S3
12 84 (6.37%) GitHub Actions
13 81 (6.14%) SaaS
14 70 (5.31%) Azure Data Factory
15 56 (4.25%) AWS CloudFormation
16 50 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 48 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
18 43 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 43 (3.26%) Entra ID
19 42 (3.18%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.88%) Firewall
2 37 (2.81%) Broadband
3 36 (2.73%) TCP/IP
4 26 (1.97%) VPN
5 22 (1.67%) WAN
6 20 (1.52%) LAN
7 18 (1.36%) BGP
8 16 (1.21%) DNS
8 16 (1.21%) SSL
9 13 (0.99%) MPLS
10 12 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
11 11 (0.83%) Network Security
12 10 (0.76%) 4G
12 10 (0.76%) Ethernet VPN
12 10 (0.76%) IOS XR
12 10 (0.76%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.68%) VLAN
13 9 (0.68%) Wireshark
14 8 (0.61%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (12.43%) Power BI
2 100 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
2 100 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (6.67%) Tableau
4 82 (6.22%) Data Lake
5 75 (5.69%) SQL Server
6 71 (5.38%) NoSQL
7 69 (5.23%) Apache Iceberg
8 64 (4.85%) Amazon Athena
9 52 (3.94%) Apache Arrow
9 52 (3.94%) Dremio
10 49 (3.71%) Elasticsearch
11 47 (3.56%) Relational Database
12 41 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
13 37 (2.81%) Metadata
14 36 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
15 33 (2.50%) BigQuery
16 29 (2.20%) Apache Ignite
17 28 (2.12%) DynamoDB
18 27 (2.05%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 118 (8.95%) Git
2 98 (7.43%) Jenkins
3 61 (4.62%) JIRA
4 37 (2.81%) Oracle Forms
5 35 (2.65%) GitLab
6 21 (1.59%) Selenium
7 13 (0.99%) Jaeger
8 12 (0.91%) ER Studio
8 12 (0.91%) ERwin
9 11 (0.83%) JUnit
9 11 (0.83%) MLflow
10 10 (0.76%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.45%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.38%) JMeter
12 5 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.30%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.30%) Postman
13 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 403 (30.55%) Finance
2 401 (30.40%) Social Skills
3 173 (13.12%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (7.73%) Banking
5 86 (6.52%) Front Office
6 73 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 59 (4.47%) Public Sector
8 53 (4.02%) Marketing
9 50 (3.79%) Law
10 45 (3.41%) Investment Banking
11 41 (3.11%) Retail
12 38 (2.88%) Telecoms
13 34 (2.58%) Publishing
14 32 (2.43%) Tech for Good
15 29 (2.20%) Health Technology
16 26 (1.97%) Legal
16 26 (1.97%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
17 18 (1.36%) Electronics
18 16 (1.21%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 302 (22.90%) Senior
2 264 (20.02%) Developer
3 164 (12.43%) Data Engineer
4 135 (10.24%) Python Engineer
5 134 (10.16%) Lead
6 133 (10.08%) Python Developer
6 133 (10.08%) Software Engineer
7 98 (7.43%) Analyst
8 86 (6.52%) Cloud Engineer
9 85 (6.44%) AWS Engineer
10 77 (5.84%) Python Software Engineer
11 65 (4.93%) Architect
12 63 (4.78%) AWS Developer
13 57 (4.32%) Applications Engineer
14 56 (4.25%) Senior Developer
15 52 (3.94%) AWS Software Engineer
15 52 (3.94%) Senior Data Engineer
16 51 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
17 48 (3.64%) Platform Engineer
18 47 (3.56%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (10.61%) React
2 88 (6.67%) RESTful
3 84 (6.37%) Node.js
4 73 (5.53%) Pandas
5 62 (4.70%) NumPy
6 61 (4.62%) Django
7 54 (4.09%) .NET
8 53 (4.02%) SciPy
9 52 (3.94%) Kafka
10 50 (3.79%) Vue
11 49 (3.71%) PySpark
12 47 (3.56%) SOAP
13 44 (3.34%) REST
14 43 (3.26%) XML
15 42 (3.18%) JSON
16 40 (3.03%) AngularJS
17 39 (2.96%) Flask
18 38 (2.88%) Elastic Stack
18 38 (2.88%) gRPC
19 34 (2.58%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.57%) Cloud Native
2 83 (6.29%) Product Ownership
3 70 (5.31%) Enterprise Software
4 65 (4.93%) Algorithms
5 60 (4.55%) Fixed Income
6 59 (4.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 58 (4.40%) Equities
8 48 (3.64%) Onboarding
9 46 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
10 43 (3.26%) Management Information System
11 41 (3.11%) Hedge funds
12 40 (3.03%) Low-Code
13 38 (2.88%) Data Structures
14 36 (2.73%) Derivative
15 34 (2.58%) Analytical Mindset
16 29 (2.20%) Pricing Data
17 28 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
18 24 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
19 18 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
19 18 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 196 (14.86%) Linux
2 88 (6.67%) Windows
3 81 (6.14%) Unix
4 30 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (1.52%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.61%) Debian
7 8 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.61%) Solaris
8 7 (0.53%) VMS
9 3 (0.23%) CentOS
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.076%) Android
11 1 (0.076%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.076%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (35.25%) Agile
2 450 (34.12%) CI/CD
3 429 (32.52%) DevOps
4 321 (24.34%) AI
5 293 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
6 275 (20.85%) Software Engineering
7 274 (20.77%) Analytics
8 220 (16.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 216 (16.38%) Mentoring
10 189 (14.33%) Asset Management
10 189 (14.33%) Business Intelligence
11 186 (14.10%) Data Modelling
11 186 (14.10%) Infrastructure as Code
12 183 (13.87%) Data Pipeline
13 182 (13.80%) Data Engineering
14 181 (13.72%) Data Science
15 175 (13.27%) Machine Learning
16 172 (13.04%) Coaching
17 155 (11.75%) Test Automation
18 151 (11.45%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 498 (37.76%) SQL
2 265 (20.09%) Java
3 247 (18.73%) JavaScript
4 159 (12.05%) TypeScript
5 150 (11.37%) Bash
6 140 (10.61%) PowerShell
7 101 (7.66%) C#
8 70 (5.31%) Go
9 55 (4.17%) C++
10 53 (4.02%) R
11 45 (3.41%) Shell Script
12 44 (3.34%) PL/SQL
12 44 (3.34%) Scala
13 38 (2.88%) C
14 33 (2.50%) Bicep
15 19 (1.44%) PHP
16 18 (1.36%) Perl
17 15 (1.14%) MATLAB
18 14 (1.06%) T-SQL
19 11 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 243 (18.42%) Degree
2 141 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 113 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.82%) AWS Certification
5 78 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (3.94%) Azure Certification
7 36 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (2.50%) Master's Degree
9 30 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 24 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (1.52%) DV Cleared
13 18 (1.36%) PhD
14 17 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (1.14%) CISSP
16 13 (0.99%) ACCA
16 13 (0.99%) CEH
16 13 (0.99%) CIMA
16 13 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (0.91%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.97%) Data Quality
2 80 (6.07%) QA
3 37 (2.81%) GDPR
3 37 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.97%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.90%) SLA
6 19 (1.44%) NIST
7 11 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.76%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.68%) ISO 22301
9 9 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.30%) GRC
11 2 (0.15%) ECSS
11 2 (0.15%) EMIR
11 2 (0.15%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.076%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.076%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.076%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.076%) SEPA
System Software
1 199 (15.09%) Docker
2 36 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.61%) vSphere
6 6 (0.45%) Firmware
6 6 (0.45%) NFS
7 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.15%) Ceph
9 2 (0.15%) Lustre
10 1 (0.076%) HDFS
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.076%) vCloud
10 1 (0.076%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 278 (21.08%) Terraform
2 217 (16.45%) Kubernetes
3 114 (8.64%) Ansible
4 61 (4.62%) Grafana
5 48 (3.64%) Prometheus
6 46 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
7 30 (2.27%) Argo
8 14 (1.06%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (0.76%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (0.45%) Control-M
12 4 (0.30%) Cilium
12 4 (0.30%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.30%) logstash
12 4 (0.30%) Puppet
13 3 (0.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 3 (0.23%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.23%) Nmap
13 3 (0.23%) QRadar
14 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 179 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 110 (8.34%) Databricks
3 86 (6.52%) Oracle
4 67 (5.08%) Google
5 46 (3.49%) Red Hat
6 36 (2.73%) VMware
7 29 (2.20%) Cisco
8 27 (2.05%) IBM
8 27 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.59%) MuleSoft
10 20 (1.52%) Okta
11 19 (1.44%) Talend
12 18 (1.36%) Commvault
12 18 (1.36%) ServiceNow
13 17 (1.29%) SAP
14 13 (0.99%) Workday
15 11 (0.83%) Informatica
16 10 (0.76%) Dell
16 10 (0.76%) OpenAI
16 10 (0.76%) Splunk