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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,514 2,079 3,514
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 15.44% 10.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.71% 37.37% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 1,565 2,861
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,875
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £132,500 £135,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -6.90%

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 4,774 5,563 13,326
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.36% 41.32% 40.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,511 4,457 11,430
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 £78,750
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 30 April 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 81 (5.35%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (3.10%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.38%) Apache
4 17 (1.12%) SAS
5 10 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.33%) Confluence
8 5 (0.33%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) CMS
11 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.066%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.066%) Kinematics
Applications
1 29 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) SPSS
6 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.066%) Notion
6 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.066%) Actimize
5 1 (0.066%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.066%) Shopify
5 1 (0.066%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 622 (41.08%) AWS
2 543 (35.87%) Azure
3 247 (16.31%) GCP
4 166 (10.96%) GitHub
5 158 (10.44%) Power Platform
6 127 (8.39%) Serverless
7 111 (7.33%) SaaS
8 106 (7.00%) Amazon S3
9 97 (6.41%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (5.61%) AWS Lambda
11 77 (5.09%) GitHub Actions
12 71 (4.69%) Azure Data Factory
13 55 (3.63%) Snowflake
14 54 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
15 52 (3.43%) dbt
16 49 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 45 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
18 44 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 40 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
20 39 (2.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 148 (9.78%) Broadband
2 71 (4.69%) Firewall
3 38 (2.51%) VPN
4 26 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (1.65%) VLAN
6 24 (1.59%) LAN
7 23 (1.52%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.39%) WAN
9 19 (1.25%) BGP
9 19 (1.25%) DNS
9 19 (1.25%) Wireshark
10 17 (1.12%) NGFW
11 16 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (0.99%) MPLS
12 15 (0.99%) VXLAN
13 13 (0.86%) Network Security
14 12 (0.79%) 4G
14 12 (0.79%) Ethernet VPN
15 11 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
15 11 (0.73%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (8.65%) Power BI
2 113 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
3 95 (6.27%) SQL Server
4 68 (4.49%) Tableau
5 66 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
5 66 (4.36%) NoSQL
6 63 (4.16%) Relational Database
7 59 (3.90%) Metadata
8 51 (3.37%) Data Lake
9 48 (3.17%) MongoDB
10 46 (3.04%) BigQuery
11 43 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
12 40 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
13 33 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
14 30 (1.98%) Delta Lake
15 26 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
15 26 (1.72%) MySQL
16 24 (1.59%) Redis
17 22 (1.45%) DynamoDB
18 21 (1.39%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 131 (8.65%) Git
2 65 (4.29%) Jenkins
3 54 (3.57%) GitLab
4 34 (2.25%) JIRA
5 19 (1.25%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.06%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.06%) Selenium
7 15 (0.99%) MLflow
8 10 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.53%) JMeter
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
10 7 (0.46%) Locust
10 7 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.33%) Subversion
13 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.26%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.26%) ERwin
General
1 451 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 342 (22.59%) Finance
3 234 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (7.00%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.88%) Banking
7 65 (4.29%) Law
8 61 (4.03%) Retail
9 54 (3.57%) Front Office
10 47 (3.10%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.44%) Marketing
12 34 (2.25%) Legal
13 33 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (1.85%) Games
15 24 (1.59%) Publishing
16 19 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.19%) Health Technology
18 17 (1.12%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.12%) Tech for Good
19 16 (1.06%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 333 (21.99%) Senior
2 319 (21.07%) Developer
3 246 (16.25%) Lead
4 200 (13.21%) Data Engineer
5 166 (10.96%) Software Engineer
6 139 (9.18%) Python Engineer
7 124 (8.19%) Python Developer
8 81 (5.35%) Platform Engineer
9 80 (5.28%) Analyst
10 70 (4.62%) Lead Developer
11 59 (3.90%) Senior Developer
12 58 (3.83%) AWS Engineer
12 58 (3.83%) Senior Data Engineer
13 56 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
14 55 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
15 52 (3.43%) Software Developer
16 51 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
16 51 (3.37%) React Developer
17 50 (3.30%) Data Scientist
18 44 (2.91%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (11.03%) React
2 108 (7.13%) Kafka
3 101 (6.67%) Node.js
4 73 (4.82%) .NET
5 69 (4.56%) PySpark
6 67 (4.43%) REST
7 66 (4.36%) Django
8 61 (4.03%) PyTorch
9 56 (3.70%) RESTful
10 53 (3.50%) TensorFlow
11 52 (3.43%) gRPC
12 42 (2.77%) JSON
13 41 (2.71%) FastAPI
14 38 (2.51%) Vue
15 37 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
16 36 (2.38%) Flask
17 33 (2.18%) Redux
18 32 (2.11%) Spring
19 31 (2.05%) CSS
20 30 (1.98%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 138 (9.11%) Cloud Native
2 120 (7.93%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 71 (4.69%) Video\Live Streaming
4 66 (4.36%) Algorithms
5 62 (4.10%) Data Structures
6 53 (3.50%) Low-Code
7 51 (3.37%) Over-the-Top Content
8 47 (3.10%) Onboarding
9 39 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (2.51%) Fixed Income
11 37 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
12 36 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (1.98%) Public Cloud
14 28 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
14 28 (1.85%) Data Centre
15 26 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
16 25 (1.65%) AI Agents
17 24 (1.59%) Equities
18 22 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 171 (11.29%) Linux
2 54 (3.57%) Windows
3 48 (3.17%) Unix
4 26 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.40%) Android
7 6 (0.40%) Debian
7 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.20%) CentOS
8 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Solaris
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.066%) AIX
10 1 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.066%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.066%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (35.80%) CI/CD
2 414 (27.34%) Agile
3 410 (27.08%) Software Engineering
4 386 (25.50%) DevOps
5 365 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
6 364 (24.04%) AI
7 302 (19.95%) Mentoring
8 260 (17.17%) Machine Learning
9 258 (17.04%) Analytics
10 246 (16.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 229 (15.13%) Data Science
12 228 (15.06%) Data Pipeline
13 226 (14.93%) Containerisation
13 226 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
14 219 (14.46%) Data Modelling
15 209 (13.80%) Data Engineering
16 181 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
17 176 (11.62%) Test Automation
18 173 (11.43%) Full-Stack Development
19 168 (11.10%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 450 (29.72%) SQL
2 321 (21.20%) Java
3 237 (15.65%) JavaScript
4 186 (12.29%) Go
5 157 (10.37%) TypeScript
6 140 (9.25%) Bash
7 138 (9.11%) PowerShell
8 129 (8.52%) C#
9 95 (6.27%) Scala
10 63 (4.16%) C++
11 42 (2.77%) R
12 33 (2.18%) PHP
13 31 (2.05%) C
14 22 (1.45%) Apex Code
14 22 (1.45%) T-SQL
15 20 (1.32%) Shell Script
16 19 (1.25%) PL/SQL
17 18 (1.19%) Bicep
18 17 (1.12%) VBA
19 12 (0.79%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 252 (16.64%) Degree
2 132 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 89 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 50 (3.30%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.39%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.19%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.06%) PhD
12 15 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (0.92%) CEH
13 14 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.86%) ACCA
14 13 (0.86%) CIMA
15 11 (0.73%) OSCP
16 10 (0.66%) CREST Certified
17 8 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
18 7 (0.46%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (8.52%) Data Quality
2 109 (7.20%) QA
3 45 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.72%) NIST
6 16 (1.06%) GDPR
7 14 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.79%) ISO 22301
9 10 (0.66%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.53%) SLA
11 7 (0.46%) GRC
12 5 (0.33%) PMO
12 5 (0.33%) WCAG
13 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.20%) EMIR
14 3 (0.20%) GAAP
14 3 (0.20%) IFRS
14 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 277 (18.30%) Docker
2 43 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.73%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.13%) KVM
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 287 (18.96%) Terraform
2 242 (15.98%) Kubernetes
3 116 (7.66%) Ansible
4 85 (5.61%) Grafana
5 65 (4.29%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.64%) Argo
7 23 (1.52%) Kustomize
8 21 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.79%) Istio
10 10 (0.66%) Packer
11 8 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
11 8 (0.53%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.40%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.40%) Puppet
13 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.33%) FTK
13 5 (0.33%) SCCM
14 4 (0.26%) Control-M
14 4 (0.26%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 227 (14.99%) Microsoft
2 120 (7.93%) Databricks
3 74 (4.89%) Google
4 55 (3.63%) Oracle
5 52 (3.43%) VMware
6 48 (3.17%) Cisco
7 45 (2.97%) Typelevel
8 38 (2.51%) Salesforce
9 31 (2.05%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.52%) Palo Alto
11 21 (1.39%) OpenAI
12 20 (1.32%) Commvault
13 18 (1.19%) MuleSoft
14 17 (1.12%) Foundry
15 16 (1.06%) Fortinet
16 15 (0.99%) Arista
16 15 (0.99%) Aruba
16 15 (0.99%) NetScout
16 15 (0.99%) SAP
17 14 (0.92%) Splunk
816 hybrid/remote Python jobs