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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,560 2,395 3,649
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.30% 16.39% 11.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.30% 41.07% 27.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 1,424 2,923
10th Percentile £44,800 £47,231 £42,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.40%
75th Percentile £94,375 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -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 4,984 5,832 13,411
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.51% 39.91% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,680 4,025 11,374
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
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 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 22 May 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 75 (4.81%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.08%) Apache Spark
3 34 (2.18%) Apache
4 22 (1.41%) SAS
5 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) Confluence
7 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.26%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.13%) CMS
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.064%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.064%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.26%) SPSS
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) Trello
6 1 (0.064%) Blender
6 1 (0.064%) Maya
6 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.064%) Actimize
5 1 (0.064%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.064%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.064%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 622 (39.87%) AWS
2 547 (35.06%) Azure
3 256 (16.41%) GCP
4 150 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 132 (8.46%) GitHub
6 115 (7.37%) Serverless
7 110 (7.05%) SaaS
8 98 (6.28%) Amazon S3
9 87 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
10 78 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
11 67 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
12 66 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
13 50 (3.21%) Snowflake
14 49 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
14 49 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
15 47 (3.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 47 (3.01%) dbt
16 40 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
17 39 (2.50%) Azure Machine Learning
18 38 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 175 (11.22%) Broadband
2 72 (4.62%) Firewall
3 38 (2.44%) VPN
4 25 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (1.47%) LAN
6 22 (1.41%) VLAN
7 21 (1.35%) WAN
8 19 (1.22%) DNS
8 19 (1.22%) Wireshark
9 17 (1.09%) TCP/IP
10 16 (1.03%) BGP
10 16 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (1.03%) NGFW
11 15 (0.96%) VXLAN
12 14 (0.90%) Network Security
13 13 (0.83%) MPLS
14 12 (0.77%) 4G
14 12 (0.77%) Ethernet VPN
14 12 (0.77%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.71%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (7.69%) Power BI
2 116 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (5.64%) SQL Server
4 62 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (3.97%) Metadata
4 62 (3.97%) Tableau
5 57 (3.65%) MongoDB
6 56 (3.59%) NoSQL
7 55 (3.53%) BigQuery
8 54 (3.46%) Data Lake
8 54 (3.46%) Relational Database
9 41 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
10 40 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
11 39 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
12 31 (1.99%) Delta Lake
12 31 (1.99%) MySQL
13 26 (1.67%) Semantic Layer
14 25 (1.60%) Big Data
15 24 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
15 24 (1.54%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 133 (8.53%) Git
2 58 (3.72%) Jenkins
3 47 (3.01%) GitLab
4 32 (2.05%) JIRA
5 18 (1.15%) Jaeger
6 17 (1.09%) MLflow
7 11 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.51%) JMeter
9 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.38%) Locust
11 5 (0.32%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.32%) Selenium
11 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.32%) Subversion
12 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.26%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.26%) ERwin
12 4 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 437 (28.01%) Social Skills
2 344 (22.05%) Finance
3 262 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 112 (7.18%) Public Sector
6 91 (5.83%) Banking
7 70 (4.49%) Law
8 62 (3.97%) Retail
9 51 (3.27%) Front Office
10 45 (2.88%) Marketing
11 43 (2.76%) Legal
11 43 (2.76%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.50%) Games
13 27 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.22%) Publishing
15 17 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.96%) Health Technology
17 14 (0.90%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.90%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.83%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 356 (22.82%) Senior
2 300 (19.23%) Developer
3 253 (16.22%) Lead
4 200 (12.82%) Data Engineer
5 184 (11.79%) Software Engineer
6 156 (10.00%) Python Engineer
7 115 (7.37%) Python Developer
8 92 (5.90%) Platform Engineer
9 82 (5.26%) Analyst
10 69 (4.42%) Data Scientist
11 61 (3.91%) Lead Developer
12 60 (3.85%) Senior Data Engineer
13 59 (3.78%) AWS Engineer
14 56 (3.59%) Senior Developer
15 53 (3.40%) Full-Stack Developer
16 49 (3.14%) Cloud Engineer
17 48 (3.08%) Architect
18 47 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
19 46 (2.95%) Python Software Engineer
20 44 (2.82%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (9.94%) React
2 104 (6.67%) Kafka
3 101 (6.47%) Node.js
4 72 (4.62%) .NET
5 70 (4.49%) PySpark
5 70 (4.49%) PyTorch
6 66 (4.23%) REST
7 63 (4.04%) TensorFlow
8 58 (3.72%) Django
8 58 (3.72%) RESTful
9 49 (3.14%) gRPC
10 46 (2.95%) FastAPI
11 37 (2.37%) JSON
12 32 (2.05%) Redux
12 32 (2.05%) Vue
13 31 (1.99%) CSS
14 29 (1.86%) HTML
15 28 (1.79%) LangChain
15 28 (1.79%) Web Services
16 27 (1.73%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 157 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 143 (9.17%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (5.64%) Video\Live Streaming
4 78 (5.00%) Algorithms
5 69 (4.42%) Product Ownership
6 61 (3.91%) Data Structures
6 61 (3.91%) Low-Code
7 53 (3.40%) Over-the-Top Content
8 44 (2.82%) Onboarding
9 41 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (2.44%) AI Agents
11 35 (2.24%) Fixed Income
12 32 (2.05%) Public Cloud
13 31 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
14 28 (1.79%) Data Centre
15 26 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (1.67%) Equities
16 25 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
17 23 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 179 (11.47%) Linux
2 59 (3.78%) Windows
3 41 (2.63%) Unix
4 29 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.64%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.45%) Android
8 6 (0.38%) Debian
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.064%) AIX
12 1 (0.064%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.064%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.064%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (34.17%) CI/CD
2 443 (28.40%) Software Engineering
3 427 (27.37%) AI
4 393 (25.19%) Agile
5 360 (23.08%) DevOps
6 357 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
7 306 (19.62%) Machine Learning
8 305 (19.55%) Mentoring
9 285 (18.27%) Analytics
10 270 (17.31%) Infrastructure as Code
11 265 (16.99%) Data Science
12 227 (14.55%) Data Pipeline
13 219 (14.04%) Data Modelling
14 216 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 214 (13.72%) Containerisation
16 203 (13.01%) Data Engineering
17 178 (11.41%) Test Automation
18 177 (11.35%) Full-Stack Development
19 170 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
20 160 (10.26%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 448 (28.72%) SQL
2 293 (18.78%) Java
3 234 (15.00%) JavaScript
4 186 (11.92%) Go
5 154 (9.87%) TypeScript
6 141 (9.04%) PowerShell
7 139 (8.91%) C#
8 135 (8.65%) Bash
9 95 (6.09%) Scala
10 70 (4.49%) C++
11 52 (3.33%) R
12 35 (2.24%) C
13 33 (2.12%) PHP
14 23 (1.47%) T-SQL
15 19 (1.22%) Apex Code
16 17 (1.09%) Bicep
17 16 (1.03%) VBA
18 14 (0.90%) Perl
19 13 (0.83%) Ruby
19 13 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 238 (15.26%) Degree
2 130 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.54%) SC Cleared
4 77 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.65%) Azure Certification
6 46 (2.95%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.28%) DBS Check
8 20 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 15 (0.96%) PhD
11 13 (0.83%) CEH
12 12 (0.77%) ACCA
12 12 (0.77%) CIMA
12 12 (0.77%) OSCP
13 10 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.64%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.45%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (8.97%) Data Quality
2 100 (6.41%) QA
3 40 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.35%) NIST
6 17 (1.09%) GDPR
7 12 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.64%) ISO 22301
9 8 (0.51%) SLA
9 8 (0.51%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.38%) GRC
11 5 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.32%) PMO
11 5 (0.32%) WCAG
12 3 (0.19%) GAAP
12 3 (0.19%) IFRS
12 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 263 (16.86%) Docker
2 38 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.90%) Firmware
6 7 (0.45%) vSphere
7 6 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.32%) KVM
9 3 (0.19%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 275 (17.63%) Terraform
2 225 (14.42%) Kubernetes
3 109 (6.99%) Ansible
4 76 (4.87%) Grafana
5 63 (4.04%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.44%) Argo
7 22 (1.41%) Kustomize
8 15 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.77%) Istio
10 11 (0.71%) Packer
10 11 (0.71%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
12 7 (0.45%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.38%) Puppet
14 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.32%) FTK
14 5 (0.32%) Graylog
14 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.32%) SCCM
15 4 (0.26%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 237 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.56%) Databricks
3 77 (4.94%) Google
4 51 (3.27%) Cisco
4 51 (3.27%) VMware
5 45 (2.88%) Typelevel
6 35 (2.24%) Oracle
7 33 (2.12%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.92%) OpenAI
9 26 (1.67%) Red Hat
10 25 (1.60%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.41%) Foundry
12 17 (1.09%) Fortinet
13 15 (0.96%) Arista
13 15 (0.96%) Aruba
13 15 (0.96%) Commvault
13 15 (0.96%) F5
13 15 (0.96%) NetScout
13 15 (0.96%) Splunk
14 14 (0.90%) MuleSoft