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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 7 16
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,629 2,367 3,700
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.46% 15.94% 11.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.84% 40.61% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 1,418 2,958
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,911 £42,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £134,500 £140,000
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 5,116 5,829 13,641
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.58% 39.26% 40.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,758 4,029 11,465
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,525
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -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 4 June 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 77 (4.73%) Apache Airflow
2 51 (3.13%) Apache Spark
3 40 (2.46%) Apache
4 20 (1.23%) SAS
5 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.31%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.18%) Confluence
8 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.061%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.061%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.061%) nginx
10 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.25%) SPSS
6 3 (0.18%) Blender
6 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.43%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.061%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.061%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 629 (38.61%) AWS
2 541 (33.21%) Azure
3 265 (16.27%) GCP
4 144 (8.84%) Power Platform
5 121 (7.43%) GitHub
6 113 (6.94%) SaaS
7 108 (6.63%) Serverless
8 95 (5.83%) Amazon S3
9 80 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
10 73 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
11 65 (3.99%) Azure Data Factory
12 63 (3.87%) GitHub Actions
13 49 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
14 47 (2.89%) AWS CloudFormation
15 46 (2.82%) Snowflake
16 45 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
16 45 (2.76%) dbt
17 44 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 41 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
19 38 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 184 (11.30%) Broadband
2 75 (4.60%) Firewall
3 41 (2.52%) VPN
4 26 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (1.41%) LAN
6 22 (1.35%) VLAN
7 21 (1.29%) WAN
8 19 (1.17%) DNS
8 19 (1.17%) Wireshark
9 18 (1.10%) TCP/IP
10 17 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (1.04%) NGFW
11 16 (0.98%) BGP
12 15 (0.92%) VXLAN
13 14 (0.86%) Network Security
14 13 (0.80%) MPLS
15 12 (0.74%) 4G
15 12 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
15 12 (0.74%) Unified Communications
16 11 (0.68%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (7.43%) PostgreSQL
2 117 (7.18%) Power BI
3 88 (5.40%) SQL Server
4 69 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
5 64 (3.93%) Relational Database
6 63 (3.87%) Metadata
7 59 (3.62%) MongoDB
8 57 (3.50%) BigQuery
8 57 (3.50%) Data Lake
8 57 (3.50%) NoSQL
8 57 (3.50%) Tableau
9 38 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
9 38 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
10 37 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
11 36 (2.21%) Big Data
12 31 (1.90%) Delta Lake
13 30 (1.84%) MySQL
14 29 (1.78%) Semantic Layer
15 26 (1.60%) Redis
16 25 (1.53%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 136 (8.35%) Git
2 63 (3.87%) Jenkins
3 54 (3.31%) GitLab
4 31 (1.90%) JIRA
5 18 (1.10%) Jaeger
6 16 (0.98%) MLflow
7 13 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
8 7 (0.43%) Claude Code
8 7 (0.43%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.37%) JMeter
9 6 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.31%) Locust
10 5 (0.31%) Selenium
10 5 (0.31%) Subversion
11 4 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.25%) Postman
12 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 442 (27.13%) Social Skills
2 372 (22.84%) Finance
3 293 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 115 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 98 (6.02%) Banking
7 73 (4.48%) Law
8 63 (3.87%) Retail
9 49 (3.01%) Front Office
10 46 (2.82%) Marketing
11 45 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 44 (2.70%) Legal
13 38 (2.33%) Games
14 25 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.10%) Financial Institution
16 17 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (0.92%) Publishing
18 14 (0.86%) Electronics
18 14 (0.86%) Tech for Good
19 13 (0.80%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 376 (23.08%) Senior
2 318 (19.52%) Developer
3 269 (16.51%) Lead
4 210 (12.89%) Data Engineer
5 187 (11.48%) Software Engineer
6 153 (9.39%) Python Engineer
7 109 (6.69%) Python Developer
8 96 (5.89%) Analyst
9 95 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
10 93 (5.71%) Data Scientist
11 67 (4.11%) Lead Developer
12 63 (3.87%) Senior Data Engineer
13 62 (3.81%) AWS Engineer
14 59 (3.62%) Senior Developer
15 58 (3.56%) Data Analyst
16 56 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 53 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
18 52 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
19 49 (3.01%) Cloud Engineer
20 45 (2.76%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (9.27%) React
2 104 (6.38%) Node.js
3 101 (6.20%) Kafka
4 88 (5.40%) PyTorch
5 81 (4.97%) TensorFlow
6 72 (4.42%) PySpark
7 70 (4.30%) .NET
8 69 (4.24%) REST
9 58 (3.56%) Django
10 57 (3.50%) RESTful
11 53 (3.25%) FastAPI
12 49 (3.01%) gRPC
13 39 (2.39%) JSON
14 36 (2.21%) LangChain
15 34 (2.09%) Vue
16 32 (1.96%) Redux
17 30 (1.84%) Flask
18 28 (1.72%) CSS
18 28 (1.72%) GraphQL
18 28 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 185 (11.36%) Cloud Native
2 152 (9.33%) Distributed Systems
3 93 (5.71%) Video\Live Streaming
4 83 (5.10%) Algorithms
5 71 (4.36%) Product Ownership
6 66 (4.05%) Data Structures
7 55 (3.38%) Low-Code
8 53 (3.25%) Over-the-Top Content
9 44 (2.70%) Onboarding
10 43 (2.64%) AI Agents
11 40 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (2.15%) Public Cloud
13 34 (2.09%) Fixed Income
14 31 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
15 28 (1.72%) Data Centre
16 26 (1.60%) Equities
17 24 (1.47%) Management Information System
18 23 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
18 23 (1.41%) Security Posture
18 23 (1.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 175 (10.74%) Linux
2 60 (3.68%) Windows
3 43 (2.64%) Unix
4 29 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.43%) Android
7 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Debian
9 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) Solaris
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) CentOS
12 1 (0.061%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.061%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (33.39%) CI/CD
2 490 (30.08%) AI
3 463 (28.42%) Software Engineering
4 397 (24.37%) Agile
5 391 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
6 363 (22.28%) DevOps
7 349 (21.42%) Machine Learning
8 327 (20.07%) Mentoring
9 317 (19.46%) Analytics
10 295 (18.11%) Data Science
10 295 (18.11%) Infrastructure as Code
11 244 (14.98%) Data Pipeline
12 228 (14.00%) Containerisation
13 224 (13.75%) Data Modelling
14 216 (13.26%) Data Engineering
15 206 (12.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 201 (12.34%) Roadmaps
17 187 (11.48%) Decision-Making
18 181 (11.11%) Test Automation
19 178 (10.93%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 483 (29.65%) SQL
2 286 (17.56%) Java
3 228 (14.00%) JavaScript
4 189 (11.60%) Go
5 153 (9.39%) PowerShell
6 151 (9.27%) TypeScript
7 150 (9.21%) Bash
8 139 (8.53%) C#
9 93 (5.71%) Scala
10 72 (4.42%) C++
11 54 (3.31%) R
12 34 (2.09%) C
12 34 (2.09%) PHP
13 23 (1.41%) Bicep
14 22 (1.35%) T-SQL
15 19 (1.17%) Apex Code
16 17 (1.04%) VBA
17 15 (0.92%) Groovy
18 14 (0.86%) Ruby
19 13 (0.80%) Rust
Qualifications
1 229 (14.06%) Degree
2 148 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 121 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 72 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (3.44%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.64%) AWS Certification
7 23 (1.41%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 20 (1.23%) DV Cleared
8 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (0.86%) PhD
10 13 (0.80%) CEH
11 12 (0.74%) OSCP
12 10 (0.61%) ACCA
12 10 (0.61%) CIMA
12 10 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (0.61%) CREST Certified
13 9 (0.55%) CISSP
14 7 (0.43%) CCNP
14 7 (0.43%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (9.27%) Data Quality
2 102 (6.26%) QA
3 40 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.47%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.29%) NIST
6 16 (0.98%) GDPR
7 12 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.55%) ISO 22301
8 9 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.49%) SLA
10 6 (0.37%) GRC
11 5 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.31%) PMO
11 5 (0.31%) WCAG
12 4 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.18%) GAAP
13 3 (0.18%) IFRS
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.12%) EMIR
System Software
1 266 (16.33%) Docker
2 37 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (0.92%) Firmware
6 7 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.43%) vSphere
7 6 (0.37%) KVM
7 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.18%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 282 (17.31%) Terraform
2 230 (14.12%) Kubernetes
3 109 (6.69%) Ansible
4 81 (4.97%) Grafana
5 68 (4.17%) Prometheus
6 42 (2.58%) Argo
7 24 (1.47%) Kustomize
8 14 (0.86%) Istio
9 12 (0.74%) Packer
9 12 (0.74%) Proxmox
9 12 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
11 7 (0.43%) Kubeflow
11 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.37%) Graylog
12 6 (0.37%) Puppet
13 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.31%) FTK
13 5 (0.31%) SCCM
14 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 239 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 120 (7.37%) Databricks
3 78 (4.79%) Google
4 52 (3.19%) Cisco
5 50 (3.07%) VMware
6 45 (2.76%) Typelevel
7 34 (2.09%) OpenAI
8 31 (1.90%) Oracle
8 31 (1.90%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.60%) Palo Alto
10 25 (1.53%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.29%) Foundry
12 19 (1.17%) Splunk
13 18 (1.10%) Fortinet
14 15 (0.92%) Arista
14 15 (0.92%) Aruba
14 15 (0.92%) F5
14 15 (0.92%) NetScout
15 14 (0.86%) MuleSoft
15 14 (0.86%) ServiceNow