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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,826 2,277 3,148
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.19% 13.71% 12.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.41% 40.03% 32.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 1,374 2,493
10th Percentile £43,901 £46,250 £44,738
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £111,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -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 6,005 5,688 9,662
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.92% 34.25% 38.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,514 3,943 7,625
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 3 August 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 54 (2.96%) Apache Spark
2 53 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (2.19%) Apache
4 16 (0.88%) SharePoint
5 12 (0.66%) SAS
6 9 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.16%) Confluence
10 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.055%) Camunda
11 1 (0.055%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.055%) CMS
11 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.055%) nginx
11 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 51 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.22%) Simulink
5 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.16%) Blender
6 3 (0.16%) Maya
6 3 (0.16%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) SPSS
8 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.055%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 684 (37.46%) AWS
2 581 (31.82%) Azure
3 316 (17.31%) GCP
4 162 (8.87%) SaaS
5 149 (8.16%) Power Platform
6 113 (6.19%) GitHub
7 91 (4.98%) Serverless
8 70 (3.83%) AWS CloudFormation
9 67 (3.67%) Amazon S3
10 62 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
10 62 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
11 57 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
12 56 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
13 55 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
13 55 (3.01%) Snowflake
14 54 (2.96%) dbt
15 43 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 35 (1.92%) PaaS
18 33 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 158 (8.65%) Broadband
2 79 (4.33%) Firewall
3 48 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 46 (2.52%) VPN
5 30 (1.64%) DNS
6 28 (1.53%) WAN
7 27 (1.48%) LAN
8 21 (1.15%) Wireless
9 18 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
9 18 (0.99%) Network Security
10 17 (0.93%) VLAN
11 13 (0.71%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.60%) 5G
12 11 (0.60%) DHCP
13 10 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (0.55%) Unified Communications
13 10 (0.55%) WebEx
14 8 (0.44%) BGP
14 8 (0.44%) MQTT
15 7 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (8.27%) PostgreSQL
2 123 (6.74%) Power BI
3 92 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
4 85 (4.65%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.11%) MongoDB
6 59 (3.23%) Data Lake
7 53 (2.90%) Metadata
8 50 (2.74%) Relational Database
9 49 (2.68%) BigQuery
9 49 (2.68%) Tableau
10 47 (2.57%) NoSQL
11 46 (2.52%) Big Data
12 34 (1.86%) Delta Lake
13 33 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
14 29 (1.59%) MySQL
15 28 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
15 28 (1.53%) Redis
16 26 (1.42%) Semantic Layer
17 25 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
17 25 (1.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 168 (9.20%) Git
2 80 (4.38%) Jenkins
3 63 (3.45%) GitLab
4 37 (2.03%) JIRA
5 17 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.77%) MLflow
7 11 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 11 (0.60%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.60%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.49%) JMeter
8 9 (0.49%) Selenium
9 8 (0.44%) Postman
10 6 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.33%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.27%) Locust
11 5 (0.27%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.22%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 581 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 414 (22.67%) Finance
3 288 (15.77%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (5.91%) Legal
6 103 (5.64%) Banking
7 102 (5.59%) Law
7 102 (5.59%) Public Sector
8 65 (3.56%) Retail
9 62 (3.40%) Marketing
10 49 (2.68%) Front Office
11 46 (2.52%) Games
12 42 (2.30%) Telecoms
13 33 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (1.64%) Electronics
15 16 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (0.77%) Aerospace
17 14 (0.77%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.66%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 508 (27.82%) Senior
2 317 (17.36%) Developer
3 260 (14.24%) Lead
4 237 (12.98%) Software Engineer
5 204 (11.17%) Data Engineer
6 184 (10.08%) Python Engineer
7 104 (5.70%) Python Developer
8 100 (5.48%) Data Scientist
9 98 (5.37%) Analyst
10 83 (4.55%) Senior Developer
11 82 (4.49%) Platform Engineer
12 68 (3.72%) Senior Software Engineer
13 66 (3.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 64 (3.50%) Senior Data Engineer
15 63 (3.45%) Architect
16 58 (3.18%) Lead Developer
17 57 (3.12%) Python Software Engineer
17 57 (3.12%) Senior Data Scientist
18 56 (3.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 55 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (8.60%) React
2 110 (6.02%) Node.js
3 89 (4.87%) Kafka
4 84 (4.60%) REST
5 83 (4.55%) PyTorch
6 82 (4.49%) PySpark
7 81 (4.44%) .NET
8 73 (4.00%) TensorFlow
9 70 (3.83%) Django
10 68 (3.72%) RESTful
11 65 (3.56%) FastAPI
12 57 (3.12%) LangChain
13 39 (2.14%) Vue
14 37 (2.03%) gRPC
14 37 (2.03%) Pandas
15 36 (1.97%) Next.js
16 34 (1.86%) Flask
17 33 (1.81%) CSS
17 33 (1.81%) GraphQL
17 33 (1.81%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 232 (12.71%) Cloud Native
2 196 (10.73%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (4.87%) Video\Live Streaming
4 84 (4.60%) Algorithms
5 80 (4.38%) Virtual Team
6 79 (4.33%) AI Agents
7 59 (3.23%) Data Structures
8 53 (2.90%) Product Ownership
9 49 (2.68%) Low-Code
10 46 (2.52%) Onboarding
11 43 (2.35%) Over-the-Top Content
11 43 (2.35%) Public Cloud
12 39 (2.14%) Fixed Income
12 39 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
13 35 (1.92%) Management Information System
14 32 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
15 29 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
16 27 (1.48%) Security Posture
17 26 (1.42%) Equities
18 24 (1.31%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 222 (12.16%) Linux
2 81 (4.44%) Windows
3 45 (2.46%) Unix
4 34 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.38%) Debian
6 7 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.33%) Android
8 5 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.16%) Solaris
9 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.055%) AIX
10 1 (0.055%) CentOS
10 1 (0.055%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.055%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.055%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 651 (35.65%) AI
2 613 (33.57%) Software Engineering
3 596 (32.64%) CI/CD
4 435 (23.82%) Problem-Solving
5 415 (22.73%) Agile
6 402 (22.02%) Mentoring
7 389 (21.30%) DevOps
8 381 (20.87%) Machine Learning
9 347 (19.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 346 (18.95%) Analytics
11 317 (17.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 288 (15.77%) Data Science
13 256 (14.02%) Test Automation
14 237 (12.98%) Observability
15 220 (12.05%) Roadmaps
16 218 (11.94%) Data Engineering
16 218 (11.94%) Data Modelling
17 217 (11.88%) Data Pipeline
17 217 (11.88%) Decision-Making
18 216 (11.83%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 533 (29.19%) SQL
2 292 (15.99%) JavaScript
3 276 (15.12%) Java
4 217 (11.88%) PowerShell
5 212 (11.61%) C#
6 207 (11.34%) TypeScript
7 164 (8.98%) Go
8 137 (7.50%) Bash
9 98 (5.37%) C++
10 75 (4.11%) Scala
11 57 (3.12%) R
12 45 (2.46%) C
13 40 (2.19%) Bicep
14 39 (2.14%) PHP
15 29 (1.59%) VBA
16 26 (1.42%) Rust
17 24 (1.31%) Ruby
18 18 (0.99%) Groovy
18 18 (0.99%) MATLAB
19 14 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 237 (12.98%) Degree
2 209 (11.45%) Security Cleared
3 169 (9.26%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.40%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.26%) PhD
10 16 (0.88%) AWS Certification
10 16 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.77%) DBS Check
12 13 (0.71%) SnowPro
13 12 (0.66%) CCNP
13 12 (0.66%) CISSP
13 12 (0.66%) CREST Certified
13 12 (0.66%) OSCP
14 11 (0.60%) CEH
15 10 (0.55%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (8.71%) Data Quality
2 145 (7.94%) QA
3 39 (2.14%) Accessibility
4 37 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.48%) GDPR
6 24 (1.31%) NIST
7 13 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.44%) SLA
8 8 (0.44%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.33%) PMO
10 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.27%) WCAG
11 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.22%) GAAP
11 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.22%) IFRS
11 4 (0.22%) ISO 22301
11 4 (0.22%) MiFID
12 3 (0.16%) ECSS
System Software
1 265 (14.51%) Docker
2 30 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.26%) Firmware
4 20 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.44%) vSphere
7 7 (0.38%) KVM
7 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.055%) Xen
Systems Management
1 276 (15.12%) Terraform
2 232 (12.71%) Kubernetes
3 101 (5.53%) Ansible
4 95 (5.20%) Grafana
5 54 (2.96%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.10%) Argo
6 20 (1.10%) Istio
7 13 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
8 10 (0.55%) Packer
9 9 (0.49%) Proxmox
9 9 (0.49%) Puppet
10 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
11 6 (0.33%) Graylog
11 6 (0.33%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.22%) CASB
13 4 (0.22%) linkerd
Vendors
1 278 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 136 (7.45%) Databricks
3 73 (4.00%) Google
4 52 (2.85%) Cisco
5 46 (2.52%) VMware
6 37 (2.03%) OpenAI
6 37 (2.03%) Oracle
7 36 (1.97%) Typelevel
8 30 (1.64%) Palo Alto
9 27 (1.48%) Foundry
9 27 (1.48%) Red Hat
9 27 (1.48%) Splunk
10 24 (1.31%) ServiceNow
11 23 (1.26%) Fortinet
12 19 (1.04%) F5
13 18 (0.99%) Salesforce
14 15 (0.82%) Informatica
15 14 (0.77%) New Relic
16 13 (0.71%) Alteryx
16 13 (0.71%) HubSpot