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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 8 13
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,705 2,389 3,851
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.14% 14.75% 11.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.41% 40.53% 28.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 1,461 3,085
10th Percentile £44,000 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,150 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £94,375 £102,500 £105,000
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 5,606 5,895 13,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.78% 36.38% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,229 4,113 11,003
10th Percentile £39,818 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
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 5 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 64 (3.75%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (2.76%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.11%) Apache
4 17 (1.00%) SAS
5 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.12%) Confluence
8 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.059%) Camunda
9 1 (0.059%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.059%) CMS
9 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.059%) nginx
9 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.23%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.23%) Simulink
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Blender
6 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.29%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.059%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 666 (39.06%) AWS
2 550 (32.26%) Azure
3 282 (16.54%) GCP
4 138 (8.09%) Power Platform
5 130 (7.62%) SaaS
6 108 (6.33%) GitHub
7 103 (6.04%) Serverless
8 82 (4.81%) Amazon S3
9 70 (4.11%) AWS Lambda
10 64 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
11 57 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 55 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
13 50 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
14 47 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
15 44 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
15 44 (2.58%) Snowflake
16 43 (2.52%) dbt
17 39 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 36 (2.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 196 (11.50%) Broadband
2 86 (5.04%) Firewall
3 54 (3.17%) VPN
4 29 (1.70%) LAN
4 29 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (1.64%) WAN
6 27 (1.58%) TCP/IP
7 24 (1.41%) DNS
8 22 (1.29%) VLAN
9 21 (1.23%) Wireless
10 20 (1.17%) Network Security
11 19 (1.11%) Wireshark
12 17 (1.00%) BGP
12 17 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (1.00%) NGFW
13 15 (0.88%) VXLAN
14 14 (0.82%) MPLS
14 14 (0.82%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.70%) Unified Communications
16 11 (0.65%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (8.27%) PostgreSQL
2 109 (6.39%) Power BI
3 88 (5.16%) SQL Server
4 74 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
5 73 (4.28%) MongoDB
6 61 (3.58%) Relational Database
7 57 (3.34%) Metadata
8 55 (3.23%) BigQuery
9 52 (3.05%) NoSQL
10 50 (2.93%) Tableau
11 47 (2.76%) Data Lake
12 36 (2.11%) Big Data
13 35 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
13 35 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
14 34 (1.99%) MySQL
15 31 (1.82%) Amazon Redshift
15 31 (1.82%) Delta Lake
16 30 (1.76%) Semantic Layer
17 25 (1.47%) DynamoDB
17 25 (1.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 154 (9.03%) Git
2 67 (3.93%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.58%) GitLab
4 36 (2.11%) JIRA
5 13 (0.76%) MLflow
5 13 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
6 12 (0.70%) Jaeger
7 11 (0.65%) Claude Code
8 9 (0.53%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.41%) JMeter
9 7 (0.41%) Selenium
9 7 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.35%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.29%) Locust
11 5 (0.29%) Postman
11 5 (0.29%) Subversion
12 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 498 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 370 (21.70%) Finance
3 293 (17.18%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (6.51%) Public Sector
6 102 (5.98%) Banking
7 83 (4.87%) Law
8 67 (3.93%) Retail
9 56 (3.28%) Legal
10 52 (3.05%) Telecoms
11 50 (2.93%) Front Office
12 49 (2.87%) Marketing
13 45 (2.64%) Games
14 31 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.29%) Electronics
16 19 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (0.94%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.70%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (0.70%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 417 (24.46%) Senior
2 332 (19.47%) Developer
3 279 (16.36%) Lead
4 206 (12.08%) Software Engineer
5 197 (11.55%) Data Engineer
6 154 (9.03%) Python Engineer
7 111 (6.51%) Python Developer
8 93 (5.45%) Analyst
8 93 (5.45%) Platform Engineer
9 92 (5.40%) Data Scientist
10 80 (4.69%) Senior Developer
11 66 (3.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 66 (3.87%) Lead Developer
12 61 (3.58%) AWS Engineer
13 59 (3.46%) Senior Data Engineer
14 58 (3.40%) Data Analyst
14 58 (3.40%) Full-Stack Developer
15 54 (3.17%) Senior Software Engineer
16 51 (2.99%) Architect
16 51 (2.99%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (8.50%) React
2 104 (6.10%) Node.js
3 93 (5.45%) PyTorch
4 92 (5.40%) Kafka
5 85 (4.99%) TensorFlow
6 76 (4.46%) .NET
7 75 (4.40%) REST
8 70 (4.11%) PySpark
9 68 (3.99%) RESTful
10 58 (3.40%) FastAPI
11 57 (3.34%) Django
12 52 (3.05%) LangChain
13 49 (2.87%) gRPC
14 40 (2.35%) Vue
15 35 (2.05%) JSON
16 34 (1.99%) Flask
17 32 (1.88%) Redux
18 30 (1.76%) GraphQL
18 30 (1.76%) Pandas
19 29 (1.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 220 (12.90%) Cloud Native
2 185 (10.85%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (6.04%) Video\Live Streaming
4 81 (4.75%) Algorithms
5 71 (4.16%) AI Agents
6 69 (4.05%) Data Structures
7 59 (3.46%) Product Ownership
8 55 (3.23%) Low-Code
9 54 (3.17%) Over-the-Top Content
10 46 (2.70%) Onboarding
11 44 (2.58%) Public Cloud
12 39 (2.29%) Fixed Income
12 39 (2.29%) Virtual Team
13 36 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
14 35 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
15 34 (1.99%) Management Information System
16 32 (1.88%) Data Centre
17 30 (1.76%) Equities
18 26 (1.52%) Security Posture
19 25 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 208 (12.20%) Linux
2 72 (4.22%) Windows
3 42 (2.46%) Unix
4 33 (1.94%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.76%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.53%) Debian
7 8 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.47%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.41%) Android
9 6 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Solaris
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.059%) AIX
13 1 (0.059%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.059%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (33.78%) AI
2 572 (33.55%) CI/CD
3 538 (31.55%) Software Engineering
4 420 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
5 402 (23.58%) Agile
6 368 (21.58%) Machine Learning
7 358 (21.00%) Mentoring
8 345 (20.23%) DevOps
9 329 (19.30%) Infrastructure as Code
10 309 (18.12%) Analytics
11 291 (17.07%) Data Science
12 242 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 228 (13.37%) Containerisation
14 221 (12.96%) Roadmaps
15 213 (12.49%) Data Pipeline
16 208 (12.20%) Observability
17 206 (12.08%) Data Engineering
18 205 (12.02%) Test Automation
19 201 (11.79%) Data Modelling
20 200 (11.73%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 482 (28.27%) SQL
2 278 (16.30%) Java
3 241 (14.13%) JavaScript
4 184 (10.79%) Go
5 173 (10.15%) PowerShell
6 155 (9.09%) C#
6 155 (9.09%) TypeScript
7 148 (8.68%) Bash
8 86 (5.04%) C++
9 83 (4.87%) Scala
10 54 (3.17%) R
11 51 (2.99%) C
12 40 (2.35%) PHP
13 36 (2.11%) Bicep
14 23 (1.35%) VBA
15 20 (1.17%) Ruby
15 20 (1.17%) Rust
16 17 (1.00%) T-SQL
17 16 (0.94%) Apex Code
17 16 (0.94%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 238 (13.96%) Degree
2 172 (10.09%) Security Cleared
3 139 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 32 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 25 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.23%) PhD
10 20 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.82%) OSCP
13 13 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.70%) CEH
14 12 (0.70%) CREST Certified
15 11 (0.65%) CISSP
16 10 (0.59%) GIAC
17 9 (0.53%) ACCA
17 9 (0.53%) CCNP
17 9 (0.53%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (8.62%) Data Quality
2 103 (6.04%) QA
3 46 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.47%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.29%) NIST
6 19 (1.11%) GDPR
7 17 (1.00%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.47%) SLA
10 6 (0.35%) GRC
10 6 (0.35%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.29%) PMO
11 5 (0.29%) WCAG
12 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.23%) GAAP
12 4 (0.23%) IFRS
13 3 (0.18%) ECSS
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 273 (16.01%) Docker
2 34 (1.99%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.29%) Firmware
5 19 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.47%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.41%) KVM
7 7 (0.41%) vSphere
8 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.18%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.059%) Xen
Systems Management
1 279 (16.36%) Terraform
2 234 (13.72%) Kubernetes
3 113 (6.63%) Ansible
4 85 (4.99%) Grafana
5 65 (3.81%) Prometheus
6 35 (2.05%) Argo
7 18 (1.06%) Kustomize
8 17 (1.00%) Istio
9 12 (0.70%) Packer
9 12 (0.70%) Proxmox
10 10 (0.59%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.47%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.47%) Puppet
13 7 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.35%) Graylog
15 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.29%) FTK
15 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
15 5 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 248 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 122 (7.16%) Databricks
3 72 (4.22%) Google
4 56 (3.28%) Cisco
5 50 (2.93%) VMware
6 45 (2.64%) Typelevel
7 39 (2.29%) OpenAI
8 35 (2.05%) Oracle
9 29 (1.70%) Foundry
10 28 (1.64%) Palo Alto
11 27 (1.58%) Salesforce
12 24 (1.41%) Red Hat
13 23 (1.35%) Splunk
14 22 (1.29%) Fortinet
15 19 (1.11%) ServiceNow
16 18 (1.06%) F5
17 15 (0.88%) Arista
17 15 (0.88%) Aruba
17 15 (0.88%) NetScout
18 12 (0.70%) Commvault