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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,410 2,235 3,357
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.50% 15.96% 11.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.28% 34.68% 25.65%
Number of salaries quoted 932 1,589 2,765
10th Percentile £42,525 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -4.80%

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 4,368 6,444 13,089
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.32% 46.03% 43.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,177 4,569 11,386
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 10 March 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 76 (5.39%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.40%) Apache Spark
3 38 (2.70%) Apache
4 19 (1.35%) SAS
5 18 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.06%) SharePoint
7 13 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 9 (0.64%) Confluence
9 8 (0.57%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.57%) WebSphere
9 8 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
10 6 (0.43%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.35%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.35%) GeoServer
11 5 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.28%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
13 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 38 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.28%) Simulink
6 2 (0.14%) SPSS
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.071%) Notion
7 1 (0.071%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (2.20%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.35%) Shopify
4 4 (0.28%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.071%) Actimize
7 1 (0.071%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.071%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.071%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 582 (41.28%) AWS
2 545 (38.65%) Azure
3 212 (15.04%) GCP
4 187 (13.26%) GitHub
5 162 (11.49%) Power Platform
6 130 (9.22%) Azure DevOps
7 126 (8.94%) Serverless
8 111 (7.87%) SaaS
9 100 (7.09%) Amazon S3
10 81 (5.74%) GitHub Actions
11 80 (5.67%) AWS Lambda
12 74 (5.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 70 (4.96%) Snowflake
14 69 (4.89%) dbt
15 52 (3.69%) Amazon EKS
16 51 (3.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 50 (3.55%) AWS CloudFormation
18 47 (3.33%) OCI
19 46 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 43 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 94 (6.67%) Broadband
2 56 (3.97%) Firewall
3 35 (2.48%) TCP/IP
3 35 (2.48%) VPN
4 31 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (1.84%) Wireshark
6 23 (1.63%) VLAN
7 20 (1.42%) BGP
8 17 (1.21%) NGFW
9 16 (1.13%) LAN
10 15 (1.06%) MPLS
10 15 (1.06%) VXLAN
10 15 (1.06%) WAN
11 12 (0.85%) Ethernet VPN
11 12 (0.85%) Network Security
12 11 (0.78%) 4G
12 11 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
12 11 (0.78%) DNS
12 11 (0.78%) IOS XR
13 9 (0.64%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (10.00%) Power BI
2 95 (6.74%) PostgreSQL
3 85 (6.03%) SQL Server
4 80 (5.67%) Tableau
5 75 (5.32%) Data Warehouse
6 67 (4.75%) NoSQL
7 58 (4.11%) Metadata
8 57 (4.04%) Relational Database
9 53 (3.76%) Data Lake
10 44 (3.12%) Amazon RDS
11 42 (2.98%) Amazon Redshift
11 42 (2.98%) BigQuery
12 37 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
13 32 (2.27%) Delta Lake
13 32 (2.27%) MongoDB
14 31 (2.20%) Apache Iceberg
15 28 (1.99%) Redis
16 27 (1.91%) MySQL
17 26 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
18 21 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 114 (8.09%) Git
2 76 (5.39%) Jenkins
3 50 (3.55%) GitLab
4 45 (3.19%) JIRA
5 29 (2.06%) Oracle Forms
6 19 (1.35%) Jaeger
7 18 (1.28%) Selenium
8 14 (0.99%) Cucumber
8 14 (0.99%) MLflow
9 8 (0.57%) ER Studio
9 8 (0.57%) ERwin
9 8 (0.57%) JUnit
10 7 (0.50%) JMeter
10 7 (0.50%) Postman
10 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.35%) Locust
12 5 (0.35%) Subversion
12 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
General
1 454 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 358 (25.39%) Finance
3 218 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.95%) Public Sector
6 86 (6.10%) Banking
7 64 (4.54%) Law
8 61 (4.33%) Front Office
9 51 (3.62%) Retail
10 43 (3.05%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.70%) Marketing
12 33 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (2.20%) Legal
14 26 (1.84%) Publishing
15 23 (1.63%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.49%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.49%) Tech for Good
17 20 (1.42%) Health Technology
18 19 (1.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 309 (21.91%) Senior
2 294 (20.85%) Developer
3 203 (14.40%) Lead
4 181 (12.84%) Data Engineer
5 148 (10.50%) Software Engineer
6 118 (8.37%) Python Developer
6 118 (8.37%) Python Engineer
7 83 (5.89%) Analyst
8 81 (5.74%) Lead Developer
9 80 (5.67%) Cloud Engineer
10 61 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
11 59 (4.18%) AWS Engineer
12 58 (4.11%) Senior Data Engineer
13 55 (3.90%) Architect
14 53 (3.76%) Senior Developer
15 51 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
15 51 (3.62%) React Developer
16 47 (3.33%) Lead Python Developer
17 46 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
18 44 (3.12%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (11.06%) React
2 99 (7.02%) Node.js
3 93 (6.60%) Kafka
4 71 (5.04%) Django
5 70 (4.96%) RESTful
6 66 (4.68%) .NET
7 61 (4.33%) REST
8 52 (3.69%) PySpark
9 48 (3.40%) JSON
9 48 (3.40%) SOAP
10 46 (3.26%) PyTorch
11 45 (3.19%) TensorFlow
12 41 (2.91%) Flask
13 40 (2.84%) Elastic Stack
13 40 (2.84%) Vue
13 40 (2.84%) XML
14 39 (2.77%) gRPC
15 36 (2.55%) FastAPI
15 36 (2.55%) HTML
16 34 (2.41%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 85 (6.03%) Distributed Systems
3 76 (5.39%) Product Ownership
4 67 (4.75%) Algorithms
5 58 (4.11%) Data Structures
6 57 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
7 49 (3.48%) Onboarding
8 48 (3.40%) Low-Code
9 46 (3.26%) Fixed Income
10 41 (2.91%) Video\Live Streaming
11 35 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
12 33 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 31 (2.20%) Over-the-Top Content
14 30 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
15 29 (2.06%) Data Centre
16 25 (1.77%) Equities
16 25 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
17 21 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
18 20 (1.42%) Public Cloud
19 19 (1.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 182 (12.91%) Linux
2 76 (5.39%) Unix
3 61 (4.33%) Windows
4 23 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.43%) Debian
9 4 (0.28%) Android
9 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.28%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.071%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.071%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.071%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.071%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (37.87%) CI/CD
2 431 (30.57%) Agile
3 420 (29.79%) DevOps
4 346 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
5 342 (24.26%) AI
6 339 (24.04%) Software Engineering
7 259 (18.37%) Analytics
8 252 (17.87%) Mentoring
9 233 (16.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 221 (15.67%) Infrastructure as Code
11 217 (15.39%) Machine Learning
12 209 (14.82%) Data Modelling
13 204 (14.47%) Containerisation
14 203 (14.40%) Data Pipeline
14 203 (14.40%) Data Science
15 185 (13.12%) Data Engineering
16 182 (12.91%) Coaching
17 170 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
18 166 (11.77%) Test Automation
19 149 (10.57%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 447 (31.70%) SQL
2 304 (21.56%) Java
3 256 (18.16%) JavaScript
4 147 (10.43%) Go
5 146 (10.35%) Bash
6 138 (9.79%) TypeScript
7 137 (9.72%) PowerShell
8 98 (6.95%) C#
9 69 (4.89%) Scala
10 63 (4.47%) C++
11 47 (3.33%) R
12 43 (3.05%) C
13 35 (2.48%) Shell Script
14 32 (2.27%) PL/SQL
15 23 (1.63%) Bicep
16 22 (1.56%) Apex Code
17 20 (1.42%) T-SQL
18 18 (1.28%) PHP
19 16 (1.13%) VBA
20 9 (0.64%) Perl
Qualifications
1 270 (19.15%) Degree
2 154 (10.92%) Security Cleared
3 126 (8.94%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 71 (5.04%) AWS Certification
6 49 (3.48%) Azure Certification
7 31 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (1.84%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
11 20 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.35%) CEH
13 17 (1.21%) PhD
14 14 (0.99%) ACCA
14 14 (0.99%) CIMA
15 11 (0.78%) DBS Check
16 9 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
17 8 (0.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.37%) Data Quality
2 86 (6.10%) QA
3 50 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.91%) NIST
5 25 (1.77%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.42%) GDPR
7 18 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.21%) SLA
9 14 (0.99%) ISO 22301
10 13 (0.92%) SOC 2
11 10 (0.71%) GRC
12 3 (0.21%) EMIR
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.21%) WCAG
13 2 (0.14%) ECSS
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.14%) PMO
14 1 (0.071%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 258 (18.30%) Docker
2 41 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.71%) Firmware
6 6 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.43%) vSphere
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.14%) Ceph
9 2 (0.14%) KVM
9 2 (0.14%) Lustre
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.071%) vCloud
10 1 (0.071%) Xen
Systems Management
1 299 (21.21%) Terraform
2 229 (16.24%) Kubernetes
3 113 (8.01%) Ansible
4 73 (5.18%) Grafana
5 62 (4.40%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.70%) Argo
7 37 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.42%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.50%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.43%) Control-M
12 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.35%) FTK
12 5 (0.35%) Puppet
13 4 (0.28%) Cilium
13 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.28%) Kubeflow
13 4 (0.28%) logstash
13 4 (0.28%) QRadar
13 4 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 198 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 104 (7.38%) Databricks
3 79 (5.60%) Oracle
4 77 (5.46%) Google
5 48 (3.40%) VMware
6 43 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 34 (2.41%) Cisco
8 28 (1.99%) MuleSoft
8 28 (1.99%) Red Hat
9 27 (1.91%) Typelevel
10 24 (1.70%) IBM
11 21 (1.49%) Commvault
12 18 (1.28%) Talend
13 16 (1.13%) Okta
13 16 (1.13%) SAP
14 15 (1.06%) Arista
14 15 (1.06%) Aruba
14 15 (1.06%) Informatica
14 15 (1.06%) NetScout
15 14 (0.99%) Palantir