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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,837 2,117 3,139
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.02% 12.80% 12.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.18% 39.58% 33.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,240 1,269 2,474
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £79,932
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.17% +6.58%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £143,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 6,086 5,349 9,439
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.58% 32.34% 38.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,579 3,687 7,301
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 18 August 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 49 (2.67%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (2.23%) Apache
4 17 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.54%) Jupyter
5 10 (0.54%) SAS
6 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.16%) Confluence
7 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.16%) WordPress
8 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.054%) CMS
9 1 (0.054%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.054%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.054%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.054%) Tomcat
Applications
1 52 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.76%) Chatbot
3 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.27%) Simulink
6 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
6 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.11%) SPSS
9 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.054%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.054%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.054%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 670 (36.47%) AWS
2 576 (31.36%) Azure
3 301 (16.39%) GCP
4 156 (8.49%) SaaS
5 147 (8.00%) Power Platform
6 114 (6.21%) GitHub
7 94 (5.12%) Serverless
8 68 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 65 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 64 (3.48%) Amazon S3
10 64 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
11 63 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
12 55 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
12 55 (2.99%) Snowflake
13 48 (2.61%) dbt
14 47 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 41 (2.23%) Amazon EC2
16 35 (1.91%) Datadog
17 32 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 137 (7.46%) Broadband
2 76 (4.14%) Firewall
3 49 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 43 (2.34%) VPN
5 32 (1.74%) DNS
5 32 (1.74%) WAN
6 31 (1.69%) LAN
7 26 (1.42%) Network Security
8 24 (1.31%) Wireless
9 17 (0.93%) VLAN
10 16 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (0.76%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.71%) BGP
13 12 (0.65%) 5G
13 12 (0.65%) DHCP
14 11 (0.60%) OSPF
15 9 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.49%) MPLS
15 9 (0.49%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.49%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (7.73%) PostgreSQL
2 124 (6.75%) Power BI
3 96 (5.23%) Data Warehouse
4 84 (4.57%) SQL Server
5 78 (4.25%) MongoDB
6 63 (3.43%) Data Lake
7 55 (2.99%) NoSQL
7 55 (2.99%) Relational Database
8 49 (2.67%) Tableau
9 48 (2.61%) Big Data
9 48 (2.61%) Metadata
10 41 (2.23%) BigQuery
11 38 (2.07%) Delta Lake
12 30 (1.63%) MySQL
13 28 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
13 28 (1.52%) DynamoDB
14 24 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
15 23 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
16 22 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
16 22 (1.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 179 (9.74%) Git
2 82 (4.46%) Jenkins
3 58 (3.16%) GitLab
4 37 (2.01%) JIRA
5 17 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.71%) MLflow
7 11 (0.60%) LabVIEW
8 10 (0.54%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.49%) JMeter
9 9 (0.49%) Selenium
10 8 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (0.38%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.38%) Postman
12 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.33%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.27%) Locust
13 5 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 585 (31.85%) Social Skills
2 423 (23.03%) Finance
3 298 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (6.31%) Legal
6 109 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 108 (5.88%) Banking
8 93 (5.06%) Law
9 79 (4.30%) Marketing
10 69 (3.76%) Retail
11 45 (2.45%) Games
12 42 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 36 (1.96%) Front Office
14 33 (1.80%) Electronics
15 31 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (1.03%) Aerospace
17 18 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.76%) Financial Institution
19 13 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
20 12 (0.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 505 (27.49%) Senior
2 290 (15.79%) Developer
3 245 (13.34%) Lead
4 230 (12.52%) Software Engineer
5 201 (10.94%) Data Engineer
6 185 (10.07%) Python Engineer
7 106 (5.77%) Python Developer
8 105 (5.72%) Analyst
9 94 (5.12%) Data Scientist
10 82 (4.46%) Senior Developer
11 74 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
12 68 (3.70%) Architect
13 67 (3.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 67 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
14 59 (3.21%) Senior Data Engineer
15 57 (3.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 56 (3.05%) DevOps Engineer
17 55 (2.99%) Engineering Manager
18 54 (2.94%) Data Analyst
18 54 (2.94%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (8.00%) React
2 99 (5.39%) Node.js
3 89 (4.84%) PySpark
4 84 (4.57%) .NET
5 81 (4.41%) PyTorch
6 78 (4.25%) REST
7 71 (3.86%) Kafka
8 69 (3.76%) TensorFlow
9 67 (3.65%) Django
9 67 (3.65%) RESTful
10 65 (3.54%) FastAPI
11 54 (2.94%) LangChain
12 40 (2.18%) Next.js
13 37 (2.01%) Pandas
14 36 (1.96%) CSS
15 33 (1.80%) Vue
16 32 (1.74%) scikit-learn
17 31 (1.69%) Spring
18 30 (1.63%) Flask
18 30 (1.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 238 (12.96%) Cloud Native
2 193 (10.51%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (4.79%) Algorithms
4 82 (4.46%) AI Agents
5 81 (4.41%) Virtual Team
6 76 (4.14%) Video\Live Streaming
7 55 (2.99%) Product Ownership
8 48 (2.61%) Data Structures
9 46 (2.50%) Onboarding
10 43 (2.34%) Low-Code
11 40 (2.18%) Public Cloud
12 37 (2.01%) Management Information System
12 37 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
13 34 (1.85%) Over-the-Top Content
14 32 (1.74%) Blog
15 30 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
16 28 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
17 27 (1.47%) Security Posture
18 26 (1.42%) Credit Risk
19 23 (1.25%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 218 (11.87%) Linux
2 82 (4.46%) Windows
3 41 (2.23%) Unix
4 30 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.76%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.38%) Android
8 7 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
8 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.33%) Debian
10 4 (0.22%) Solaris
11 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.054%) AIX
13 1 (0.054%) CentOS
13 1 (0.054%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 686 (37.34%) AI
2 603 (32.83%) Software Engineering
3 577 (31.41%) CI/CD
4 443 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
5 404 (21.99%) Mentoring
6 396 (21.56%) Agile
7 384 (20.90%) DevOps
7 384 (20.90%) Machine Learning
8 369 (20.09%) Analytics
9 348 (18.94%) Infrastructure as Code
10 330 (17.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 270 (14.70%) Data Science
12 262 (14.26%) Test Automation
13 239 (13.01%) Observability
14 229 (12.47%) Decision-Making
15 224 (12.19%) Roadmaps
16 219 (11.92%) Data Pipeline
17 214 (11.65%) Data Engineering
18 213 (11.59%) Data Modelling
19 207 (11.27%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 556 (30.27%) SQL
2 279 (15.19%) JavaScript
3 263 (14.32%) Java
4 223 (12.14%) C#
5 218 (11.87%) PowerShell
6 204 (11.11%) TypeScript
7 142 (7.73%) Go
8 135 (7.35%) Bash
9 97 (5.28%) C++
10 63 (3.43%) Scala
11 53 (2.89%) R
12 46 (2.50%) C
13 44 (2.40%) Bicep
14 39 (2.12%) PHP
15 29 (1.58%) VBA
16 27 (1.47%) Ruby
17 26 (1.42%) Rust
18 21 (1.14%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.98%) Groovy
20 14 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 240 (13.06%) Degree
2 215 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 171 (9.31%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.32%) Azure Certification
6 44 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 40 (2.18%) DV Cleared
8 27 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.31%) PhD
10 21 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (0.93%) CISSP
13 16 (0.87%) SnowPro
14 15 (0.82%) AWS Certification
15 14 (0.76%) CCNP
15 14 (0.76%) OSCP
16 13 (0.71%) CEH
16 13 (0.71%) CREST Certified
16 13 (0.71%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.71%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (8.87%) Data Quality
2 145 (7.89%) QA
3 46 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 38 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.63%) GDPR
6 27 (1.47%) NIST
7 12 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.44%) SLA
10 7 (0.38%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.33%) PMO
12 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
12 5 (0.27%) WCAG
13 4 (0.22%) GAAP
13 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 4 (0.22%) MiFID
14 3 (0.16%) ECSS
14 3 (0.16%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 258 (14.04%) Docker
2 28 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (1.47%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.31%) Firmware
5 21 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.38%) vSphere
8 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.33%) KVM
8 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 281 (15.30%) Terraform
2 237 (12.90%) Kubernetes
3 104 (5.66%) Ansible
4 92 (5.01%) Grafana
5 50 (2.72%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.14%) Istio
7 20 (1.09%) Argo
8 13 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.54%) Packer
10 9 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
11 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
11 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 7 (0.38%) Puppet
11 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.33%) Graylog
12 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.33%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.22%) CASB
13 4 (0.22%) linkerd
13 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 280 (15.24%) Microsoft
2 140 (7.62%) Databricks
3 74 (4.03%) Google
4 54 (2.94%) Cisco
5 42 (2.29%) OpenAI
6 41 (2.23%) VMware
7 38 (2.07%) Oracle
8 28 (1.52%) Palo Alto
8 28 (1.52%) Splunk
9 27 (1.47%) Red Hat
9 27 (1.47%) Typelevel
10 24 (1.31%) Foundry
11 23 (1.25%) Fortinet
11 23 (1.25%) ServiceNow
12 18 (0.98%) F5
13 17 (0.93%) New Relic
14 16 (0.87%) Informatica
15 14 (0.76%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.76%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.65%) Salesforce