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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,395 2,802 2,744
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.11% 14.07% 13.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.93% 33.48% 28.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 2,010 2,220
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £94,063
90th Percentile £135,000 £140,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.27% +0.82%

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 4,236 8,368 9,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.68% 42.03% 46.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,293 5,381 8,273
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 27 November 2025.

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
1 137 (9.82%) Apache Airflow
2 85 (6.09%) Apache
3 36 (2.58%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.51%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.36%) Confluence
6 16 (1.15%) Tomcat
6 16 (1.15%) WebSphere
6 16 (1.15%) WebSphere Application Server
7 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (0.93%) Apache Solr
9 12 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 10 (0.72%) CMS
11 8 (0.57%) SAS
12 7 (0.50%) ArcGIS
13 5 (0.36%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.22%) Apache Pulsar
14 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
14 3 (0.22%) nginx
15 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
15 2 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 63 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.43%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.36%) Blender
4 5 (0.36%) Simulink
5 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.14%) Weka
6 1 (0.072%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.072%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.072%) Notion
Business Applications
1 30 (2.15%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (0.57%) Shopify
2 8 (0.57%) Workday HCM
3 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.22%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.072%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.072%) FastStats
6 1 (0.072%) Magento
6 1 (0.072%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 598 (42.87%) AWS
2 527 (37.78%) Azure
3 196 (14.05%) GCP
4 169 (12.11%) Power Platform
5 163 (11.68%) GitHub
6 142 (10.18%) dbt
7 136 (9.75%) Azure DevOps
8 134 (9.61%) Snowflake
9 123 (8.82%) Serverless
10 86 (6.16%) AWS Lambda
11 73 (5.23%) GitHub Actions
12 72 (5.16%) SaaS
13 61 (4.37%) Amazon S3
14 60 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
15 49 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
16 41 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 41 (2.94%) Entra ID
16 41 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
17 39 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 38 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.44%) Firewall
2 42 (3.01%) WAN
3 35 (2.51%) TCP/IP
4 33 (2.37%) VPN
5 29 (2.08%) LAN
6 23 (1.65%) DNS
7 22 (1.58%) SD-WAN
8 17 (1.22%) SSL
9 16 (1.15%) BGP
9 16 (1.15%) Network Security
10 15 (1.08%) Broadband
11 13 (0.93%) Wireshark
12 12 (0.86%) OSPF
13 11 (0.79%) VLAN
14 10 (0.72%) DHCP
14 10 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (0.65%) 5G
15 9 (0.65%) Wireless
16 8 (0.57%) Ethernet
17 7 (0.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (11.54%) Power BI
2 132 (9.46%) PostgreSQL
3 119 (8.53%) Data Warehouse
4 108 (7.74%) Amazon Athena
5 107 (7.67%) Apache Iceberg
6 101 (7.24%) Apache Arrow
6 101 (7.24%) Dremio
7 94 (6.74%) Data Lake
8 82 (5.88%) Tableau
9 73 (5.23%) NoSQL
10 66 (4.73%) SQL Server
11 57 (4.09%) Apache Ignite
12 52 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
13 40 (2.87%) Relational Database
14 38 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
15 37 (2.65%) MySQL
16 35 (2.51%) MongoDB
17 34 (2.44%) DynamoDB
18 31 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
19 23 (1.65%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 121 (8.67%) Git
2 95 (6.81%) Jenkins
3 56 (4.01%) JIRA
4 44 (3.15%) GitLab
5 28 (2.01%) Oracle Forms
6 21 (1.51%) Selenium
7 12 (0.86%) JUnit
8 10 (0.72%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.72%) ER Studio
9 9 (0.65%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.57%) ERwin
11 7 (0.50%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.43%) MLflow
12 6 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.36%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.36%) LoadRunner
14 4 (0.29%) Appium
14 4 (0.29%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 470 (33.69%) Finance
2 395 (28.32%) Social Skills
3 163 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (11.25%) Front Office
5 134 (9.61%) Banking
6 75 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 74 (5.30%) Investment Banking
8 68 (4.87%) Marketing
9 59 (4.23%) Public Sector
10 55 (3.94%) Retail
11 51 (3.66%) Law
12 31 (2.22%) Tech for Good
13 30 (2.15%) Manufacturing
14 28 (2.01%) Health Technology
14 28 (2.01%) Telecoms
15 26 (1.86%) Publishing
16 25 (1.79%) Electronics
17 22 (1.58%) Legal
18 19 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
19 15 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 352 (25.23%) Senior
2 314 (22.51%) Developer
3 188 (13.48%) Software Engineer
4 159 (11.40%) Python Engineer
5 151 (10.82%) Python Developer
6 134 (9.61%) Data Engineer
7 133 (9.53%) AWS Engineer
8 132 (9.46%) Lead
9 117 (8.39%) Analyst
10 114 (8.17%) Python Software Engineer
11 101 (7.24%) AWS Software Engineer
12 78 (5.59%) Senior Developer
13 74 (5.30%) Architect
13 74 (5.30%) AWS Developer
14 69 (4.95%) Java Engineer
14 69 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
15 68 (4.87%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 67 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
16 67 (4.80%) Java Software Engineer
17 62 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (12.54%) React
2 133 (9.53%) Pandas
3 117 (8.39%) Node.js
4 113 (8.10%) NumPy
5 101 (7.24%) SciPy
6 84 (6.02%) RESTful
7 81 (5.81%) Vue
8 74 (5.30%) AngularJS
9 67 (4.80%) gRPC
10 65 (4.66%) Django
11 63 (4.52%) Kafka
12 61 (4.37%) REST
13 57 (4.09%) Protocol Buffers
14 54 (3.87%) .NET
15 50 (3.58%) Flask
16 45 (3.23%) SOAP
17 42 (3.01%) FastAPI
18 40 (2.87%) JSON
19 38 (2.72%) XML
20 32 (2.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 132 (9.46%) Fixed Income
2 122 (8.75%) Cloud Native
3 115 (8.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 112 (8.03%) Equities
5 76 (5.45%) Hedge funds
6 73 (5.23%) Product Ownership
7 69 (4.95%) Derivative
8 60 (4.30%) Management Information System
9 59 (4.23%) Algorithms
10 57 (4.09%) Pricing Data
11 53 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
11 53 (3.80%) Onboarding
12 39 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
13 38 (2.72%) Data Structures
14 30 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
15 24 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
15 24 (1.72%) Low-Code
16 22 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
16 22 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
16 22 (1.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 195 (13.98%) Linux
2 98 (7.03%) Windows
3 73 (5.23%) Unix
4 36 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 31 (2.22%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.57%) Debian
6 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.57%) Solaris
7 7 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.50%) VMS
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
9 3 (0.22%) Android
10 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.072%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.072%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.072%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (37.49%) Agile
2 430 (30.82%) CI/CD
3 396 (28.39%) DevOps
4 322 (23.08%) Software Engineering
5 314 (22.51%) Problem-Solving
6 309 (22.15%) AI
7 262 (18.78%) Analytics
8 221 (15.84%) Asset Management
9 197 (14.12%) Mentoring
10 189 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 186 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
12 179 (12.83%) Infrastructure as Code
13 178 (12.76%) Data Science
14 167 (11.97%) Containerisation
15 165 (11.83%) Machine Learning
16 153 (10.97%) Data Engineering
17 152 (10.90%) Data Pipeline
18 150 (10.75%) Data Modelling
19 148 (10.61%) Test Automation
20 140 (10.04%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 513 (36.77%) SQL
2 302 (21.65%) JavaScript
3 279 (20.00%) Java
4 209 (14.98%) TypeScript
5 150 (10.75%) Bash
6 145 (10.39%) PowerShell
7 104 (7.46%) C#
8 66 (4.73%) Go
9 59 (4.23%) R
10 58 (4.16%) C++
11 40 (2.87%) C
12 35 (2.51%) Shell Script
13 34 (2.44%) PL/SQL
14 33 (2.37%) Bicep
15 26 (1.86%) Scala
16 25 (1.79%) PHP
17 24 (1.72%) MATLAB
18 21 (1.51%) Perl
19 13 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 11 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 244 (17.49%) Degree
2 133 (9.53%) Security Cleared
3 108 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.45%) AWS Certification
5 64 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 54 (3.87%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (2.44%) Master's Degree
9 28 (2.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 25 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
11 24 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 20 (1.43%) DV Cleared
13 19 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
14 18 (1.29%) CISSP
14 18 (1.29%) PhD
15 17 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.79%) DBS Check
17 10 (0.72%) CEH
18 9 (0.65%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.30%) QA
2 56 (4.01%) GDPR
3 54 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 36 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.94%) SLA
6 25 (1.79%) NIST
7 24 (1.72%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.79%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.43%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.36%) GRC
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.14%) ECSS
15 1 (0.072%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.072%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.072%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.072%) SEPA
System Software
1 212 (15.20%) Docker
2 38 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.86%) Firmware
5 10 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.57%) NFS
6 8 (0.57%) vSphere
7 4 (0.29%) Lustre
7 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) Ceph
9 2 (0.14%) GPFS
10 1 (0.072%) HDFS
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.072%) vCloud
10 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 247 (17.71%) Terraform
2 208 (14.91%) Kubernetes
3 133 (9.53%) Ansible
4 55 (3.94%) Grafana
5 36 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
6 30 (2.15%) Prometheus
7 13 (0.93%) Argo
8 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.86%) Red Hat Satellite
9 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 5 (0.36%) SCCM
9 5 (0.36%) SCOM
9 5 (0.36%) WSUS
10 4 (0.29%) Cilium
10 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.29%) Nmap
10 4 (0.29%) Puppet
10 4 (0.29%) QRadar
11 3 (0.22%) Control-M
11 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 181 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 112 (8.03%) Databricks
3 87 (6.24%) Oracle
4 70 (5.02%) Google
5 57 (4.09%) Red Hat
6 33 (2.37%) VMware
7 31 (2.22%) Cisco
8 24 (1.72%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.65%) IBM
10 20 (1.43%) MuleSoft
11 18 (1.29%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.22%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.22%) SAP
13 16 (1.15%) Talend
14 15 (1.08%) Commvault
14 15 (1.08%) Okta
14 15 (1.08%) Workday
15 12 (0.86%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.79%) Aruba
16 11 (0.79%) Informatica