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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,501 2,110 3,453
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.40% 15.81% 10.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.43% 36.99% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,002 1,578 2,826
10th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £42,063
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,250 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £130,000 £126,875
UK median annual salary £67,481 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.03% +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 4,776 5,704 13,309
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.74% 42.75% 41.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,491 4,529 11,428
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,425
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 £114,400 £97,792
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 21 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 77 (5.13%) Apache Airflow
2 44 (2.93%) Apache Spark
3 32 (2.13%) Apache
4 17 (1.13%) SAS
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.33%) Confluence
7 5 (0.33%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) CMS
10 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 1 (0.067%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.13%) SPSS
5 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.067%) Notion
5 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.20%) Shopify
5 1 (0.067%) Actimize
5 1 (0.067%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.067%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 630 (41.97%) AWS
2 551 (36.71%) Azure
3 251 (16.72%) GCP
4 183 (12.19%) GitHub
5 161 (10.73%) Power Platform
6 130 (8.66%) Serverless
7 112 (7.46%) SaaS
8 106 (7.06%) Amazon S3
9 103 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
10 83 (5.53%) AWS Lambda
10 83 (5.53%) GitHub Actions
11 78 (5.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 58 (3.86%) Amazon EKS
13 57 (3.80%) dbt
14 54 (3.60%) Snowflake
15 51 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 44 (2.93%) Amazon EC2
16 44 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
17 43 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 40 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.39%) Broadband
2 72 (4.80%) Firewall
3 40 (2.66%) VPN
4 32 (2.13%) TCP/IP
5 27 (1.80%) VLAN
6 26 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (1.60%) LAN
8 22 (1.47%) WAN
8 22 (1.47%) Wireshark
9 20 (1.33%) BGP
10 17 (1.13%) DNS
10 17 (1.13%) NGFW
11 16 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (1.07%) Network Security
12 15 (1.00%) MPLS
12 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
13 12 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.73%) 4G
14 11 (0.73%) IOS XR
14 11 (0.73%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (8.93%) Power BI
2 114 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
3 95 (6.33%) SQL Server
4 72 (4.80%) NoSQL
5 69 (4.60%) Tableau
6 65 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
6 65 (4.33%) Relational Database
7 58 (3.86%) Metadata
8 50 (3.33%) Data Lake
9 47 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
10 45 (3.00%) MongoDB
11 44 (2.93%) BigQuery
12 40 (2.66%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
14 30 (2.00%) Delta Lake
15 27 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
15 27 (1.80%) Redis
16 25 (1.67%) MySQL
17 20 (1.33%) Apache Iceberg
18 19 (1.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 130 (8.66%) Git
2 62 (4.13%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.53%) GitLab
4 34 (2.27%) JIRA
5 19 (1.27%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.07%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.07%) Selenium
7 15 (1.00%) MLflow
8 12 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.53%) JMeter
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
10 7 (0.47%) Locust
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.33%) Subversion
13 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.27%) ERwin
13 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 470 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 343 (22.85%) Finance
3 232 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (6.46%) Public Sector
6 88 (5.86%) Banking
7 68 (4.53%) Law
8 62 (4.13%) Retail
9 57 (3.80%) Front Office
10 48 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.47%) Marketing
11 37 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (2.33%) Legal
13 26 (1.73%) Publishing
14 24 (1.60%) Games
15 20 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
15 20 (1.33%) Financial Institution
16 19 (1.27%) Health Technology
16 19 (1.27%) Tech for Good
17 16 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 324 (21.59%) Senior
2 314 (20.92%) Developer
3 234 (15.59%) Lead
4 195 (12.99%) Data Engineer
5 163 (10.86%) Software Engineer
6 137 (9.13%) Python Engineer
7 125 (8.33%) Python Developer
8 77 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
9 76 (5.06%) Analyst
9 76 (5.06%) Lead Developer
10 59 (3.93%) AWS Engineer
11 57 (3.80%) Senior Data Engineer
11 57 (3.80%) Senior Developer
12 56 (3.73%) Cloud Engineer
13 54 (3.60%) Full-Stack Developer
14 52 (3.46%) React Developer
15 51 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
16 50 (3.33%) Software Developer
17 44 (2.93%) Architect
18 43 (2.86%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (11.26%) React
2 106 (7.06%) Kafka
3 97 (6.46%) Node.js
4 75 (5.00%) Django
5 70 (4.66%) .NET
6 69 (4.60%) REST
7 67 (4.46%) PySpark
8 57 (3.80%) RESTful
9 54 (3.60%) PyTorch
10 52 (3.46%) gRPC
11 46 (3.06%) TensorFlow
12 44 (2.93%) FastAPI
12 44 (2.93%) Vue
13 43 (2.86%) JSON
14 42 (2.80%) Flask
15 38 (2.53%) Elastic Stack
16 35 (2.33%) HTML
17 33 (2.20%) CSS
17 33 (2.20%) Redux
18 31 (2.07%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.46%) Cloud Native
2 117 (7.79%) Distributed Systems
3 76 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.40%) Data Structures
4 66 (4.40%) Video\Live Streaming
5 64 (4.26%) Algorithms
6 55 (3.66%) Low-Code
7 53 (3.53%) Onboarding
8 50 (3.33%) Over-the-Top Content
9 42 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
10 41 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
11 40 (2.66%) Fixed Income
12 37 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (2.00%) Public Cloud
14 28 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
14 28 (1.87%) Data Centre
15 24 (1.60%) Equities
15 24 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.60%) Security Posture
16 22 (1.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 182 (12.13%) Linux
2 58 (3.86%) Unix
2 58 (3.86%) Windows
3 27 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.80%) Ubuntu
5 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.40%) Android
7 6 (0.40%) Debian
8 3 (0.20%) CentOS
8 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.067%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.067%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (37.11%) CI/CD
2 426 (28.38%) Agile
3 400 (26.65%) Software Engineering
4 398 (26.52%) DevOps
5 371 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
6 351 (23.38%) AI
7 289 (19.25%) Mentoring
8 253 (16.86%) Analytics
9 243 (16.19%) Infrastructure as Code
9 243 (16.19%) Machine Learning
10 238 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 236 (15.72%) Containerisation
12 221 (14.72%) Data Pipeline
13 220 (14.66%) Data Science
14 216 (14.39%) Data Modelling
15 198 (13.19%) Data Engineering
16 183 (12.19%) Business Intelligence
17 176 (11.73%) Coaching
18 174 (11.59%) Test Automation
19 171 (11.39%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 453 (30.18%) SQL
2 318 (21.19%) Java
3 245 (16.32%) JavaScript
4 186 (12.39%) Go
5 151 (10.06%) TypeScript
6 143 (9.53%) PowerShell
7 141 (9.39%) Bash
8 130 (8.66%) C#
9 93 (6.20%) Scala
10 61 (4.06%) C++
11 41 (2.73%) R
12 31 (2.07%) PHP
13 29 (1.93%) C
14 23 (1.53%) T-SQL
15 22 (1.47%) Apex Code
16 21 (1.40%) Shell Script
17 19 (1.27%) PL/SQL
18 17 (1.13%) Bicep
18 17 (1.13%) VBA
19 11 (0.73%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 264 (17.59%) Degree
2 127 (8.46%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.53%) SC Cleared
4 95 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.60%) AWS Certification
6 53 (3.53%) Azure Certification
7 30 (2.00%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 17 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.13%) CEH
10 17 (1.13%) PhD
11 16 (1.07%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.93%) OSCP
13 13 (0.87%) ACCA
13 13 (0.87%) CIMA
14 12 (0.80%) CREST Certified
15 9 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.53%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.19%) Data Quality
2 111 (7.40%) QA
3 49 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.73%) NIST
6 18 (1.20%) GDPR
7 17 (1.13%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.87%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.80%) ISO 22301
10 10 (0.67%) SLA
11 9 (0.60%) GRC
12 5 (0.33%) PMO
12 5 (0.33%) WCAG
13 4 (0.27%) 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
1 295 (19.65%) Docker
2 42 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 299 (19.92%) Terraform
2 254 (16.92%) Kubernetes
3 115 (7.66%) Ansible
4 87 (5.80%) Grafana
5 68 (4.53%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.73%) Argo
7 22 (1.47%) Kustomize
8 21 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.73%) Istio
10 8 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.53%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.47%) Packer
12 6 (0.40%) Puppet
13 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.33%) FTK
13 5 (0.33%) Kubeflow
13 5 (0.33%) SCCM
14 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 4 (0.27%) Control-M
14 4 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 221 (14.72%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.93%) Databricks
3 76 (5.06%) Google
4 58 (3.86%) Oracle
5 52 (3.46%) VMware
6 48 (3.20%) Cisco
7 45 (3.00%) Typelevel
8 39 (2.60%) Salesforce
9 31 (2.07%) Red Hat
10 22 (1.47%) Palo Alto
11 20 (1.33%) Commvault
11 20 (1.33%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.20%) Foundry
12 18 (1.20%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.20%) Splunk
13 17 (1.13%) SAP
14 16 (1.07%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.00%) Arista
15 15 (1.00%) Aruba
15 15 (1.00%) NetScout