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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,453 2,215 3,340
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.61% 15.97% 11.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.27% 34.87% 25.60%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1,588 2,749
10th Percentile £42,725 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
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 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £121,625 £120,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -5.02%

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 4,503 6,353 13,047
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.70% 45.80% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,275 4,561 11,349
10th Percentile £38,750 £39,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £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 15 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 82 (5.64%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 38 (2.62%) Apache
4 19 (1.31%) SAS
5 14 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.83%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.55%) Confluence
8 8 (0.55%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.34%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.28%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 37 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.62%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) SPSS
5 2 (0.14%) Weka
6 1 (0.069%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.069%) Notion
6 1 (0.069%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.069%) Simulink
6 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (1.86%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.21%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.069%) Actimize
6 1 (0.069%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.069%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.069%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 613 (42.19%) AWS
2 555 (38.20%) Azure
3 225 (15.49%) GCP
4 193 (13.28%) GitHub
5 160 (11.01%) Power Platform
6 129 (8.88%) Serverless
7 124 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
8 114 (7.85%) SaaS
9 106 (7.30%) Amazon S3
10 87 (5.99%) GitHub Actions
11 82 (5.64%) AWS Lambda
12 77 (5.30%) Azure Data Factory
13 69 (4.75%) dbt
14 67 (4.61%) Snowflake
15 54 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
16 52 (3.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 51 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
18 45 (3.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 43 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
19 43 (2.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 130 (8.95%) Broadband
2 62 (4.27%) Firewall
3 37 (2.55%) VPN
4 36 (2.48%) TCP/IP
5 31 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.79%) Wireshark
7 23 (1.58%) VLAN
8 20 (1.38%) BGP
9 17 (1.17%) NGFW
10 16 (1.10%) LAN
11 15 (1.03%) MPLS
11 15 (1.03%) VXLAN
11 15 (1.03%) WAN
12 14 (0.96%) DNS
13 12 (0.83%) Ethernet VPN
13 12 (0.83%) Network Security
14 11 (0.76%) 4G
14 11 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.76%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (9.57%) Power BI
2 107 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
3 87 (5.99%) SQL Server
4 80 (5.51%) Tableau
5 74 (5.09%) Data Warehouse
6 72 (4.96%) NoSQL
7 57 (3.92%) Metadata
7 57 (3.92%) Relational Database
8 52 (3.58%) Data Lake
9 47 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
10 42 (2.89%) BigQuery
11 41 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 39 (2.68%) MongoDB
13 38 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
14 31 (2.13%) Apache Iceberg
14 31 (2.13%) Delta Lake
15 30 (2.06%) MySQL
16 28 (1.93%) Redis
17 25 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
18 21 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 120 (8.26%) Git
2 77 (5.30%) Jenkins
3 54 (3.72%) GitLab
4 42 (2.89%) JIRA
5 25 (1.72%) Oracle Forms
6 19 (1.31%) Jaeger
7 17 (1.17%) Selenium
8 15 (1.03%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.03%) MLflow
9 8 (0.55%) JMeter
9 8 (0.55%) JUnit
10 7 (0.48%) ER Studio
10 7 (0.48%) ERwin
10 7 (0.48%) Postman
10 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.41%) Locust
11 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.34%) Subversion
12 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 455 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 354 (24.36%) Finance
3 223 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (6.61%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.85%) Banking
7 66 (4.54%) Law
8 60 (4.13%) Front Office
9 52 (3.58%) Retail
10 43 (2.96%) Telecoms
11 40 (2.75%) Marketing
12 33 (2.27%) Legal
12 33 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (1.79%) Publishing
14 24 (1.65%) Games
15 23 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
15 23 (1.58%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.45%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.38%) Health Technology
17 20 (1.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 319 (21.95%) Senior
2 308 (21.20%) Developer
3 214 (14.73%) Lead
4 184 (12.66%) Data Engineer
5 157 (10.81%) Software Engineer
6 126 (8.67%) Python Developer
7 124 (8.53%) Python Engineer
8 82 (5.64%) Lead Developer
9 80 (5.51%) Analyst
10 75 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
11 68 (4.68%) Platform Engineer
12 58 (3.99%) AWS Engineer
12 58 (3.99%) Senior Data Engineer
13 57 (3.92%) Architect
14 56 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 53 (3.65%) Full-Stack Developer
16 51 (3.51%) React Developer
17 48 (3.30%) Lead Python Developer
18 46 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
19 43 (2.96%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (11.42%) React
2 104 (7.16%) Node.js
3 95 (6.54%) Kafka
4 76 (5.23%) Django
5 69 (4.75%) REST
6 67 (4.61%) .NET
6 67 (4.61%) RESTful
7 54 (3.72%) PyTorch
8 53 (3.65%) PySpark
9 51 (3.51%) JSON
10 48 (3.30%) gRPC
10 48 (3.30%) TensorFlow
11 45 (3.10%) SOAP
12 43 (2.96%) Flask
13 42 (2.89%) Vue
14 40 (2.75%) Elastic Stack
15 39 (2.68%) XML
16 38 (2.62%) FastAPI
17 36 (2.48%) HTML
18 34 (2.34%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.40%) Cloud Native
2 100 (6.88%) Distributed Systems
3 79 (5.44%) Product Ownership
4 63 (4.34%) Algorithms
5 61 (4.20%) Data Structures
6 55 (3.79%) Video\Live Streaming
7 53 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
7 53 (3.65%) Low-Code
8 49 (3.37%) Onboarding
9 46 (3.17%) Fixed Income
10 40 (2.75%) Over-the-Top Content
11 34 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 34 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (2.06%) Data Centre
13 26 (1.79%) Equities
13 26 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.58%) Public Cloud
15 21 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
16 20 (1.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 194 (13.35%) Linux
2 77 (5.30%) Unix
3 64 (4.40%) Windows
4 25 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.41%) 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 (0.069%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.069%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.069%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.069%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (38.33%) CI/CD
2 438 (30.14%) Agile
3 420 (28.91%) DevOps
4 369 (25.40%) Software Engineering
5 363 (24.98%) Problem-Solving
6 345 (23.74%) AI
7 262 (18.03%) Mentoring
8 256 (17.62%) Analytics
9 249 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 243 (16.72%) Machine Learning
11 232 (15.97%) Infrastructure as Code
12 224 (15.42%) Containerisation
13 214 (14.73%) Data Science
14 213 (14.66%) Data Modelling
15 209 (14.38%) Data Pipeline
16 194 (13.35%) Data Engineering
17 181 (12.46%) Coaching
18 177 (12.18%) Test Automation
19 172 (11.84%) Business Intelligence
20 155 (10.67%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 445 (30.63%) SQL
2 302 (20.78%) Java
3 257 (17.69%) JavaScript
4 161 (11.08%) Go
5 146 (10.05%) Bash
6 144 (9.91%) TypeScript
7 138 (9.50%) PowerShell
8 105 (7.23%) C#
9 78 (5.37%) Scala
10 55 (3.79%) C++
11 45 (3.10%) R
12 33 (2.27%) C
13 31 (2.13%) Shell Script
14 28 (1.93%) PL/SQL
15 24 (1.65%) Bicep
16 23 (1.58%) Apex Code
17 21 (1.45%) T-SQL
18 19 (1.31%) PHP
19 15 (1.03%) VBA
20 9 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 260 (17.89%) Degree
2 133 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 103 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 70 (4.82%) AWS Certification
6 52 (3.58%) Azure Certification
7 30 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 21 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
11 20 (1.38%) CEH
11 20 (1.38%) PhD
12 15 (1.03%) ACCA
12 15 (1.03%) CIMA
13 11 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
15 8 (0.55%) OSCP
16 7 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (8.19%) Data Quality
2 94 (6.47%) QA
3 54 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.93%) NIST
5 26 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.31%) GDPR
6 19 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 17 (1.17%) SLA
8 15 (1.03%) ISO 22301
9 14 (0.96%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.69%) GRC
11 4 (0.28%) WCAG
12 3 (0.21%) EMIR
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) ECSS
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.14%) IFRS
13 2 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 277 (19.06%) Docker
2 41 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.69%) Firmware
6 6 (0.41%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.14%) Ceph
10 2 (0.14%) KVM
10 2 (0.14%) Lustre
10 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.069%) vCloud
11 1 (0.069%) Xen
Systems Management
1 301 (20.72%) Terraform
2 237 (16.31%) Kubernetes
3 118 (8.12%) Ansible
4 81 (5.57%) Grafana
5 63 (4.34%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.68%) Argo
7 32 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.38%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.48%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.41%) Control-M
11 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.34%) FTK
11 5 (0.34%) Puppet
11 5 (0.34%) SCCM
12 4 (0.28%) Cilium
12 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.28%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.28%) Packer
12 4 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 200 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 111 (7.64%) Databricks
3 79 (5.44%) Google
4 76 (5.23%) Oracle
5 53 (3.65%) VMware
6 44 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 41 (2.82%) Cisco
8 36 (2.48%) Typelevel
9 32 (2.20%) Red Hat
10 27 (1.86%) MuleSoft
11 25 (1.72%) IBM
12 22 (1.51%) Commvault
13 18 (1.24%) Talend
14 16 (1.10%) Foundry
14 16 (1.10%) SAP
15 15 (1.03%) Arista
15 15 (1.03%) Aruba
15 15 (1.03%) Informatica
15 15 (1.03%) NetScout
16 14 (0.96%) Palo Alto