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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,587 2,368 3,666
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.38% 16.27% 11.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.59% 41.17% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 1,415 2,946
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,338 £42,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,870 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +3.27% +1.40%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £138,750
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 5,024 5,752 13,479
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.53% 39.53% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,698 3,957 11,426
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £80,000
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 26 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 (4.79%) Apache Airflow
2 49 (3.09%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.27%) Apache
4 21 (1.32%) SAS
5 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.32%) 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 (0.13%) nginx
10 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.063%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.063%) CMS
11 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.50%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.25%) SPSS
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.063%) Blender
8 1 (0.063%) Maya
8 1 (0.063%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.063%) Actimize
5 1 (0.063%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.063%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.063%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.063%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 631 (39.76%) AWS
2 548 (34.53%) Azure
3 259 (16.32%) GCP
4 150 (9.45%) Power Platform
5 134 (8.44%) GitHub
6 114 (7.18%) Serverless
7 112 (7.06%) SaaS
8 100 (6.30%) Amazon S3
9 88 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
10 77 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
11 67 (4.22%) GitHub Actions
12 66 (4.16%) Azure Data Factory
13 51 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
14 49 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
14 49 (3.09%) Snowflake
15 47 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 46 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
17 45 (2.84%) dbt
18 39 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 39 (2.46%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 175 (11.03%) Broadband
2 73 (4.60%) Firewall
3 39 (2.46%) VPN
4 25 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (1.45%) LAN
6 22 (1.39%) VLAN
7 21 (1.32%) WAN
8 19 (1.20%) DNS
8 19 (1.20%) Wireshark
9 17 (1.07%) TCP/IP
10 16 (1.01%) BGP
10 16 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (1.01%) NGFW
11 15 (0.95%) VXLAN
12 14 (0.88%) Network Security
13 13 (0.82%) MPLS
14 12 (0.76%) 4G
14 12 (0.76%) Ethernet VPN
14 12 (0.76%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.69%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (7.56%) Power BI
2 119 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (5.55%) SQL Server
4 65 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
5 63 (3.97%) Metadata
6 60 (3.78%) Tableau
7 57 (3.59%) MongoDB
7 57 (3.59%) Relational Database
8 56 (3.53%) NoSQL
9 55 (3.47%) Data Lake
10 52 (3.28%) BigQuery
11 42 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
12 41 (2.58%) Amazon Redshift
13 37 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
14 32 (2.02%) Big Data
14 32 (2.02%) Delta Lake
14 32 (2.02%) MySQL
15 26 (1.64%) Semantic Layer
16 25 (1.58%) DynamoDB
17 24 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 136 (8.57%) Git
2 64 (4.03%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.34%) GitLab
4 32 (2.02%) JIRA
5 18 (1.13%) Jaeger
6 17 (1.07%) MLflow
7 11 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.50%) JMeter
10 7 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.38%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.38%) Locust
12 5 (0.32%) Selenium
12 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.32%) Subversion
13 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.25%) ERwin
13 4 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 440 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 364 (22.94%) Finance
3 276 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 113 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 95 (5.99%) Banking
7 70 (4.41%) Law
8 62 (3.91%) Retail
9 51 (3.21%) Front Office
10 45 (2.84%) Marketing
11 44 (2.77%) Telecoms
12 43 (2.71%) Legal
13 39 (2.46%) Games
14 27 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.20%) Publishing
16 17 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.01%) Financial Institution
18 15 (0.95%) Health Technology
19 13 (0.82%) Manufacturing
19 13 (0.82%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 361 (22.75%) Senior
2 310 (19.53%) Developer
3 258 (16.26%) Lead
4 204 (12.85%) Data Engineer
5 183 (11.53%) Software Engineer
6 154 (9.70%) Python Engineer
7 114 (7.18%) Python Developer
8 95 (5.99%) Platform Engineer
9 84 (5.29%) Analyst
10 80 (5.04%) Data Scientist
11 66 (4.16%) Lead Developer
12 63 (3.97%) AWS Engineer
13 61 (3.84%) Senior Data Engineer
14 57 (3.59%) Senior Developer
15 54 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
16 53 (3.34%) Full-Stack Developer
17 51 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
18 48 (3.02%) Architect
18 48 (3.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
18 48 (3.02%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (9.70%) React
2 104 (6.55%) Kafka
3 100 (6.30%) Node.js
4 76 (4.79%) PyTorch
5 72 (4.54%) PySpark
6 71 (4.47%) .NET
7 69 (4.35%) TensorFlow
8 67 (4.22%) REST
9 59 (3.72%) RESTful
10 56 (3.53%) Django
11 49 (3.09%) gRPC
12 47 (2.96%) FastAPI
13 37 (2.33%) JSON
14 32 (2.02%) Redux
15 31 (1.95%) Vue
16 30 (1.89%) CSS
16 30 (1.89%) LangChain
17 28 (1.76%) Flask
17 28 (1.76%) Web Services
18 27 (1.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 168 (10.59%) Cloud Native
2 145 (9.14%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (5.55%) Video\Live Streaming
4 79 (4.98%) Algorithms
5 71 (4.47%) Product Ownership
6 64 (4.03%) Data Structures
7 60 (3.78%) Low-Code
8 53 (3.34%) Over-the-Top Content
9 45 (2.84%) Onboarding
10 41 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
11 39 (2.46%) AI Agents
12 35 (2.21%) Fixed Income
13 34 (2.14%) Public Cloud
14 31 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
15 28 (1.76%) Data Centre
16 26 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
16 26 (1.64%) Equities
17 23 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
17 23 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 180 (11.34%) Linux
2 61 (3.84%) Windows
3 41 (2.58%) Unix
4 29 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.63%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.44%) Android
8 6 (0.38%) Debian
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.063%) AIX
12 1 (0.063%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.063%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.063%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.063%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (34.22%) CI/CD
2 448 (28.23%) Software Engineering
3 445 (28.04%) AI
4 400 (25.20%) Agile
5 374 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
6 366 (23.06%) DevOps
7 325 (20.48%) Machine Learning
8 311 (19.60%) Mentoring
9 294 (18.53%) Analytics
10 281 (17.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 274 (17.27%) Data Science
12 235 (14.81%) Data Pipeline
13 224 (14.11%) Data Modelling
14 223 (14.05%) Containerisation
15 219 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 204 (12.85%) Data Engineering
17 182 (11.47%) Test Automation
18 176 (11.09%) Full-Stack Development
19 172 (10.84%) Roadmaps
20 170 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 462 (29.11%) SQL
2 295 (18.59%) Java
3 233 (14.68%) JavaScript
4 189 (11.91%) Go
5 152 (9.58%) TypeScript
6 148 (9.33%) PowerShell
7 145 (9.14%) Bash
8 139 (8.76%) C#
9 94 (5.92%) Scala
10 71 (4.47%) C++
11 52 (3.28%) R
12 35 (2.21%) C
13 33 (2.08%) PHP
14 23 (1.45%) T-SQL
15 20 (1.26%) Bicep
16 19 (1.20%) Apex Code
17 16 (1.01%) VBA
18 14 (0.88%) Ruby
19 13 (0.82%) Perl
19 13 (0.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 237 (14.93%) Degree
2 139 (8.76%) Security Cleared
3 111 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 46 (2.90%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.26%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.95%) PhD
11 12 (0.76%) ACCA
11 12 (0.76%) CEH
11 12 (0.76%) CIMA
11 12 (0.76%) OSCP
12 10 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (0.63%) CREST Certified
12 10 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.44%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (9.07%) Data Quality
2 102 (6.43%) QA
3 40 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.51%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.32%) NIST
6 17 (1.07%) GDPR
7 12 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.57%) ISO 22301
8 9 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.50%) SLA
10 6 (0.38%) GRC
11 5 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.32%) PMO
11 5 (0.32%) WCAG
12 3 (0.19%) GAAP
12 3 (0.19%) IFRS
12 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 272 (17.14%) Docker
2 38 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.88%) Firmware
6 7 (0.44%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.44%) vSphere
7 6 (0.38%) KVM
7 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.19%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 284 (17.90%) Terraform
2 232 (14.62%) Kubernetes
3 109 (6.87%) Ansible
4 83 (5.23%) Grafana
5 70 (4.41%) Prometheus
6 42 (2.65%) Argo
7 22 (1.39%) Kustomize
8 16 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.82%) Istio
10 12 (0.76%) Proxmox
11 11 (0.69%) Packer
12 9 (0.57%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.44%) Kubeflow
14 6 (0.38%) Graylog
14 6 (0.38%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.38%) Puppet
15 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.32%) FTK
15 5 (0.32%) SCCM
16 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 239 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.44%) Databricks
3 77 (4.85%) Google
4 51 (3.21%) Cisco
4 51 (3.21%) VMware
5 45 (2.84%) Typelevel
6 38 (2.39%) Oracle
7 33 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.89%) OpenAI
9 26 (1.64%) Red Hat
10 25 (1.58%) Palo Alto
11 21 (1.32%) Foundry
12 17 (1.07%) Fortinet
13 16 (1.01%) Splunk
14 15 (0.95%) Arista
14 15 (0.95%) Aruba
14 15 (0.95%) F5
14 15 (0.95%) NetScout
15 14 (0.88%) Commvault
15 14 (0.88%) MuleSoft