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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,486 2,079 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.52% 15.82% 10.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.45% 36.34% 26.02%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1,580 2,817
10th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £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 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £128,750 £125,000
UK median annual salary £67,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.67% +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 4,725 5,721 13,291
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.09% 43.54% 41.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,439 4,534 11,461
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,200 £97,500
UK median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 14 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 79 (5.32%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (2.89%) Apache Spark
3 32 (2.15%) Apache
4 18 (1.21%) SAS
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.40%) Confluence
8 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) CMS
11 2 (0.13%) Mendix
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 30 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.74%) Chatbot
2 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.13%) SPSS
3 2 (0.13%) Weka
4 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.067%) Notion
4 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 631 (42.46%) AWS
2 546 (36.74%) Azure
3 255 (17.16%) GCP
4 182 (12.25%) GitHub
5 154 (10.36%) Power Platform
6 130 (8.75%) Serverless
7 111 (7.47%) SaaS
8 108 (7.27%) Amazon S3
9 102 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
11 84 (5.65%) AWS Lambda
12 80 (5.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 59 (3.97%) Amazon EKS
14 57 (3.84%) dbt
15 53 (3.57%) Snowflake
16 52 (3.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 46 (3.10%) AWS CloudFormation
18 45 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
19 44 (2.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 37 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.49%) Broadband
2 68 (4.58%) Firewall
3 39 (2.62%) VPN
4 34 (2.29%) TCP/IP
5 27 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (1.68%) VLAN
7 23 (1.55%) Wireshark
8 21 (1.41%) LAN
9 20 (1.35%) BGP
10 19 (1.28%) WAN
11 17 (1.14%) Network Security
11 17 (1.14%) NGFW
12 16 (1.08%) DNS
13 15 (1.01%) MPLS
13 15 (1.01%) VXLAN
14 14 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.81%) Ethernet VPN
16 11 (0.74%) 4G
16 11 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
16 11 (0.74%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (8.75%) Power BI
2 110 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (6.19%) SQL Server
4 75 (5.05%) NoSQL
5 70 (4.71%) Tableau
6 67 (4.51%) Relational Database
7 66 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
8 55 (3.70%) Metadata
9 49 (3.30%) Data Lake
10 47 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
11 45 (3.03%) BigQuery
12 44 (2.96%) MongoDB
13 41 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
14 35 (2.36%) Elasticsearch
15 30 (2.02%) Delta Lake
16 28 (1.88%) Redis
17 27 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
18 24 (1.62%) MySQL
19 21 (1.41%) Apache Iceberg
20 19 (1.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 129 (8.68%) Git
2 63 (4.24%) Jenkins
3 55 (3.70%) GitLab
4 35 (2.36%) JIRA
5 19 (1.28%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.08%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.08%) Selenium
7 15 (1.01%) MLflow
8 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.54%) JMeter
9 8 (0.54%) JUnit
10 7 (0.47%) Locust
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.34%) Subversion
12 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 474 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 348 (23.42%) Finance
3 233 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.59%) Public Sector
6 90 (6.06%) Banking
7 72 (4.85%) Law
8 64 (4.31%) Retail
9 57 (3.84%) Front Office
10 48 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.42%) Marketing
13 35 (2.36%) Legal
14 26 (1.75%) Publishing
15 24 (1.62%) Games
16 22 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
16 22 (1.48%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.35%) Health Technology
18 19 (1.28%) Tech for Good
19 18 (1.21%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 318 (21.40%) Senior
2 310 (20.86%) Developer
3 229 (15.41%) Lead
4 194 (13.06%) Data Engineer
5 154 (10.36%) Software Engineer
6 132 (8.88%) Python Engineer
7 123 (8.28%) Python Developer
8 77 (5.18%) Platform Engineer
9 74 (4.98%) Lead Developer
10 73 (4.91%) Analyst
11 59 (3.97%) AWS Engineer
12 58 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
12 58 (3.90%) Senior Data Engineer
13 56 (3.77%) Senior Developer
14 53 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
15 52 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
15 52 (3.50%) React Developer
16 47 (3.16%) Architect
16 47 (3.16%) Software Developer
17 43 (2.89%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (11.10%) React
2 102 (6.86%) Kafka
3 91 (6.12%) Node.js
4 77 (5.18%) Django
5 73 (4.91%) REST
6 68 (4.58%) .NET
7 66 (4.44%) PySpark
8 60 (4.04%) RESTful
9 55 (3.70%) PyTorch
10 52 (3.50%) gRPC
11 47 (3.16%) TensorFlow
12 45 (3.03%) FastAPI
12 45 (3.03%) JSON
12 45 (3.03%) Vue
13 43 (2.89%) Flask
14 41 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
15 36 (2.42%) HTML
16 35 (2.36%) SOAP
17 34 (2.29%) CSS
18 33 (2.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.41%) Cloud Native
2 116 (7.81%) Distributed Systems
3 77 (5.18%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.44%) Video\Live Streaming
5 65 (4.37%) Algorithms
5 65 (4.37%) Data Structures
6 58 (3.90%) Low-Code
7 50 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 50 (3.36%) Over-the-Top Content
8 41 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (2.69%) Fixed Income
9 40 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
10 36 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 31 (2.09%) Data Centre
12 30 (2.02%) Public Cloud
13 29 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
14 24 (1.62%) Equities
14 24 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
14 24 (1.62%) Security Posture
15 22 (1.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 191 (12.85%) Linux
2 66 (4.44%) Unix
3 60 (4.04%) Windows
4 26 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.67%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.40%) Android
9 6 (0.40%) Debian
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
12 1 (0.067%) AIX
12 1 (0.067%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (37.48%) CI/CD
2 424 (28.53%) Agile
3 403 (27.12%) DevOps
4 388 (26.11%) Software Engineering
5 381 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
6 346 (23.28%) AI
7 279 (18.78%) Mentoring
8 250 (16.82%) Analytics
9 243 (16.35%) Machine Learning
10 241 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 239 (16.08%) Infrastructure as Code
12 238 (16.02%) Containerisation
13 221 (14.87%) Data Science
14 216 (14.54%) Data Pipeline
15 214 (14.40%) Data Modelling
16 196 (13.19%) Data Engineering
17 174 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
18 173 (11.64%) Coaching
19 172 (11.57%) Test Automation
20 168 (11.31%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 452 (30.42%) SQL
2 310 (20.86%) Java
3 243 (16.35%) JavaScript
4 187 (12.58%) Go
5 144 (9.69%) TypeScript
6 141 (9.49%) Bash
7 139 (9.35%) PowerShell
8 126 (8.48%) C#
9 89 (5.99%) Scala
10 65 (4.37%) C++
11 43 (2.89%) R
12 32 (2.15%) C
13 25 (1.68%) PHP
14 23 (1.55%) Apex Code
14 23 (1.55%) Shell Script
15 22 (1.48%) T-SQL
16 19 (1.28%) PL/SQL
17 18 (1.21%) Bicep
18 15 (1.01%) VBA
19 11 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 266 (17.90%) Degree
2 128 (8.61%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 95 (6.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.84%) AWS Certification
6 50 (3.36%) Azure Certification
7 27 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 26 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.28%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (1.21%) CEH
10 18 (1.21%) PhD
11 17 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.94%) OSCP
13 13 (0.87%) ACCA
13 13 (0.87%) CIMA
14 12 (0.81%) CREST Certified
15 7 (0.47%) CCNP
15 7 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (8.21%) Data Quality
2 108 (7.27%) QA
3 51 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.82%) NIST
5 26 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.35%) GDPR
6 20 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 14 (0.94%) SOC 2
8 13 (0.87%) ISO 22301
9 11 (0.74%) SLA
10 10 (0.67%) GRC
11 5 (0.34%) PMO
11 5 (0.34%) WCAG
12 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) EMIR
13 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.13%) ECSS
14 2 (0.13%) GAAP
14 2 (0.13%) IFRS
System Software
1 297 (19.99%) Docker
2 40 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.13%) Ceph
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 2 (0.13%) Lustre
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) vCloud
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 300 (20.19%) Terraform
2 251 (16.89%) Kubernetes
3 115 (7.74%) Ansible
4 86 (5.79%) Grafana
5 68 (4.58%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.56%) Argo
7 20 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.28%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.54%) Istio
9 8 (0.54%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.47%) Packer
11 6 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.34%) FTK
12 5 (0.34%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.34%) Puppet
12 5 (0.34%) SCCM
13 4 (0.27%) Cilium
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 213 (14.33%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.08%) Databricks
3 77 (5.18%) Google
4 61 (4.10%) Oracle
5 53 (3.57%) VMware
6 46 (3.10%) Cisco
7 45 (3.03%) Typelevel
8 41 (2.76%) Salesforce
9 28 (1.88%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.55%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.41%) Commvault
12 20 (1.35%) Palo Alto
13 18 (1.21%) SAP
13 18 (1.21%) Splunk
14 17 (1.14%) IBM
15 16 (1.08%) Foundry
15 16 (1.08%) Talend
16 15 (1.01%) Aruba
16 15 (1.01%) Informatica
16 15 (1.01%) NetScout