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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,875 2,029 3,106
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.59% 12.31% 13.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.04% 39.82% 34.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,292 1,150 2,214
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,646
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
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 6,241 5,096 9,015
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.26% 30.91% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,653 3,409 5,991
10th Percentile £39,764 £36,250 £39,625
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +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 25 September 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 48 (2.56%) Apache Spark
2 45 (2.40%) Apache
3 42 (2.24%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.91%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.59%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.48%) SAS
7 7 (0.37%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.21%) nginx
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Hedera
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.07%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.37%) Simulink
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.27%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 3 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.053%) Revit
9 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.053%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.053%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 645 (34.40%) AWS
2 601 (32.05%) Azure
3 293 (15.63%) GCP
4 172 (9.17%) Power Platform
5 162 (8.64%) SaaS
6 129 (6.88%) GitHub
7 84 (4.48%) Serverless
8 79 (4.21%) Azure Data Factory
9 74 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
10 67 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 67 (3.57%) Snowflake
11 66 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
12 61 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 60 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
14 58 (3.09%) Amazon S3
15 54 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
16 50 (2.67%) dbt
17 36 (1.92%) Azure Databricks
18 34 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (1.76%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.32%) Broadband
2 67 (3.57%) Firewall
3 57 (3.04%) TCP/IP
4 41 (2.19%) VPN
5 34 (1.81%) DNS
6 31 (1.65%) WAN
7 29 (1.55%) LAN
8 27 (1.44%) Network Security
9 25 (1.33%) Wireless
10 21 (1.12%) BGP
11 19 (1.01%) VLAN
12 15 (0.80%) DHCP
12 15 (0.80%) OSPF
13 14 (0.75%) 5G
13 14 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (0.64%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
15 9 (0.48%) MPLS
15 9 (0.48%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (7.84%) Power BI
2 131 (6.99%) PostgreSQL
3 120 (6.40%) Data Warehouse
4 89 (4.75%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.00%) MongoDB
6 71 (3.79%) Data Lake
7 61 (3.25%) NoSQL
8 60 (3.20%) Metadata
9 52 (2.77%) Relational Database
10 49 (2.61%) Tableau
11 47 (2.51%) Big Data
12 46 (2.45%) BigQuery
13 44 (2.35%) Delta Lake
14 33 (1.76%) DynamoDB
15 29 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
15 29 (1.55%) MySQL
15 29 (1.55%) Star Schema
16 27 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
17 25 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
17 25 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 192 (10.24%) Git
2 82 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 54 (2.88%) GitLab
4 34 (1.81%) JIRA
5 17 (0.91%) Claude Code
6 15 (0.80%) MLflow
7 14 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
8 13 (0.69%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.64%) Bitbucket
9 12 (0.64%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.59%) Selenium
11 10 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
12 8 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (0.43%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.27%) JMeter
14 5 (0.27%) Poetry
14 5 (0.27%) Postman
14 5 (0.27%) Subversion
15 4 (0.21%) Metasploit
General
1 601 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 435 (23.20%) Finance
3 317 (16.91%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (7.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (6.72%) Public Sector
6 124 (6.61%) Banking
7 119 (6.35%) Legal
8 103 (5.49%) Law
9 90 (4.80%) Marketing
10 81 (4.32%) Retail
11 39 (2.08%) Front Office
12 38 (2.03%) Games
13 35 (1.87%) Electronics
14 34 (1.81%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.07%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (0.85%) Financial Institution
19 15 (0.80%) Local Government
20 14 (0.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 535 (28.53%) Senior
2 269 (14.35%) Developer
3 257 (13.71%) Software Engineer
4 235 (12.53%) Lead
5 224 (11.95%) Data Engineer
6 207 (11.04%) Python Engineer
7 128 (6.83%) Analyst
8 109 (5.81%) Python Developer
9 102 (5.44%) Data Scientist
10 91 (4.85%) Python Software Engineer
11 83 (4.43%) Senior Data Engineer
12 76 (4.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 75 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
14 72 (3.84%) Senior Developer
15 69 (3.68%) Architect
16 66 (3.52%) Data Analyst
17 62 (3.31%) Platform Engineer
18 60 (3.20%) Consultant
19 57 (3.04%) Senior Data Scientist
20 53 (2.83%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (14.88%) Terraform
2 128 (6.83%) React
3 110 (5.87%) PySpark
4 91 (4.85%) Node.js
5 81 (4.32%) .NET
6 74 (3.95%) PyTorch
7 71 (3.79%) RESTful
8 67 (3.57%) REST
9 66 (3.52%) TensorFlow
10 62 (3.31%) Django
11 60 (3.20%) FastAPI
11 60 (3.20%) LangChain
12 49 (2.61%) Kafka
13 45 (2.40%) Next.js
14 38 (2.03%) LangGraph
15 36 (1.92%) Pandas
16 31 (1.65%) scikit-learn
17 30 (1.60%) CSS
18 29 (1.55%) Spring
19 28 (1.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 247 (13.17%) Cloud Native
2 173 (9.23%) Distributed Systems
3 90 (4.80%) AI Agents
4 75 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 69 (3.68%) Algorithms
6 57 (3.04%) Product Ownership
7 49 (2.61%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.40%) Data Structures
9 40 (2.13%) Onboarding
10 38 (2.03%) Management Information System
11 37 (1.97%) Low-Code
12 36 (1.92%) Blog
13 34 (1.81%) Credit Risk
13 34 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
14 31 (1.65%) Public Cloud
15 29 (1.55%) Security Posture
16 28 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
17 27 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
17 27 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
17 27 (1.44%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 208 (11.09%) Linux
2 84 (4.48%) Windows
3 34 (1.81%) Unix
4 21 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.91%) Ubuntu
6 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.43%) Android
10 7 (0.37%) Debian
10 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.21%) Solaris
12 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.053%) AIX
14 1 (0.053%) CentOS
14 1 (0.053%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 736 (39.25%) AI
2 610 (32.53%) Software Engineering
3 582 (31.04%) CI/CD
4 430 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
5 429 (22.88%) Analytics
6 407 (21.71%) Mentoring
7 387 (20.64%) DevOps
8 376 (20.05%) Agile
9 359 (19.15%) Machine Learning
10 333 (17.76%) Infrastructure as Code
11 326 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 256 (13.65%) Data Science
13 253 (13.49%) Data Pipeline
13 253 (13.49%) Test Automation
14 244 (13.01%) Data Engineering
15 241 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
16 240 (12.80%) Decision-Making
16 240 (12.80%) Observability
17 231 (12.32%) Data Modelling
18 224 (11.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 642 (34.24%) SQL
2 253 (13.49%) Java
2 253 (13.49%) JavaScript
3 231 (12.32%) C#
4 216 (11.52%) PowerShell
5 193 (10.29%) TypeScript
6 143 (7.63%) Bash
7 116 (6.19%) Go
8 102 (5.44%) C++
9 69 (3.68%) R
10 53 (2.83%) C
11 48 (2.56%) Bicep
12 46 (2.45%) Scala
13 34 (1.81%) Rust
14 31 (1.65%) PHP
15 25 (1.33%) Ruby
16 24 (1.28%) VBA
17 23 (1.23%) MATLAB
18 21 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 17 (0.91%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 243 (12.96%) Degree
2 230 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 185 (9.87%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (2.93%) Azure Certification
6 40 (2.13%) Master's Degree
7 37 (1.97%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (0.96%) CISSP
11 18 (0.96%) GIAC
11 18 (0.96%) PhD
11 18 (0.96%) SnowPro
12 16 (0.85%) OSCP
13 15 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
14 14 (0.75%) CREST Certified
14 14 (0.75%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.69%) AWS Certification
15 13 (0.69%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (10.40%) Data Quality
2 124 (6.61%) QA
3 48 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 44 (2.35%) GDPR
5 37 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.49%) NIST
7 16 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.43%) SLA
10 8 (0.43%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.21%) ECSS
13 4 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.21%) MiFID
13 4 (0.21%) NCSC
14 3 (0.16%) PMO
14 3 (0.16%) UCITS
15 2 (0.11%) IFRS
System Software
1 235 (12.53%) Docker
2 21 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.07%) Firmware
4 9 (0.48%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.32%) KVM
6 5 (0.27%) vSphere
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.053%) HDFS
9 1 (0.053%) NFS
9 1 (0.053%) QEMU
9 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.053%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 233 (12.43%) Kubernetes
2 102 (5.44%) Ansible
3 82 (4.37%) Grafana
4 54 (2.88%) Prometheus
5 21 (1.12%) Argo
6 14 (0.75%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.69%) Istio
8 9 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.37%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.37%) Packer
9 7 (0.37%) Puppet
10 6 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.32%) Graylog
10 6 (0.32%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.27%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.27%) Podman
12 4 (0.21%) Cilium
12 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.21%) linkerd
Vendors
1 293 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 144 (7.68%) Databricks
3 85 (4.53%) Google
4 50 (2.67%) OpenAI
5 46 (2.45%) Oracle
6 43 (2.29%) Cisco
7 31 (1.65%) Splunk
8 29 (1.55%) VMware
9 24 (1.28%) Foundry
10 23 (1.23%) Informatica
11 20 (1.07%) New Relic
11 20 (1.07%) Red Hat
12 19 (1.01%) ServiceNow
13 18 (0.96%) Fortinet
14 16 (0.85%) Dynatrace
14 16 (0.85%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.75%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.64%) Talend
17 11 (0.59%) F5
18 10 (0.53%) Alteryx