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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,348 2,485 2,577
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.84% 14.40% 13.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.53% 33.85% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 958 1,739 2,096
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £44,632
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,612 £95,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £122,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.27% +0.82%

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 4,144 7,342 9,192
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.17% 42.56% 46.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,170 4,710 7,773
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,198 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,692 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £84,964 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 December 2025.

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
1 116 (8.61%) Apache Airflow
2 68 (5.04%) Apache
3 37 (2.74%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.56%) Confluence
5 19 (1.41%) SharePoint
6 17 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 16 (1.19%) Tomcat
7 16 (1.19%) WebSphere
7 16 (1.19%) WebSphere Application Server
8 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (0.74%) Apache Solr
10 9 (0.67%) SAS
11 8 (0.59%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.37%) Anypoint
12 5 (0.37%) CMS
12 5 (0.37%) GeoServer
13 4 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
14 3 (0.22%) Apache Pulsar
14 3 (0.22%) nginx
15 2 (0.15%) Mendix
Applications
1 55 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.37%) Simulink
5 2 (0.15%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.15%) SPSS
5 2 (0.15%) Weka
6 1 (0.074%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.074%) Blender
6 1 (0.074%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.074%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.074%) Notion
Business Applications
1 39 (2.89%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (0.59%) Workday HCM
3 7 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.45%) Shopify
5 3 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.22%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.074%) Actimize
7 1 (0.074%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.074%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.074%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.074%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 548 (40.65%) Azure
2 545 (40.43%) AWS
3 196 (14.54%) GitHub
4 177 (13.13%) GCP
4 177 (13.13%) Power Platform
5 159 (11.80%) Azure DevOps
6 124 (9.20%) Snowflake
7 121 (8.98%) dbt
7 121 (8.98%) Serverless
8 85 (6.31%) GitHub Actions
9 83 (6.16%) AWS Lambda
10 75 (5.56%) Amazon S3
11 73 (5.42%) SaaS
12 68 (5.04%) Azure Data Factory
13 57 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
14 50 (3.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 49 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
16 46 (3.41%) OCI
17 45 (3.34%) Entra ID
18 41 (3.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.26%) Firewall
2 36 (2.67%) TCP/IP
3 31 (2.30%) VPN
4 28 (2.08%) WAN
5 24 (1.78%) LAN
6 17 (1.26%) Broadband
6 17 (1.26%) DNS
6 17 (1.26%) SSL
7 14 (1.04%) SD-WAN
8 13 (0.96%) BGP
8 13 (0.96%) Network Security
8 13 (0.96%) Wireshark
9 9 (0.67%) OSPF
9 9 (0.67%) VLAN
9 9 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.67%) Wireless
10 8 (0.59%) SAN
11 7 (0.52%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.52%) Internet
12 6 (0.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (12.31%) Power BI
2 115 (8.53%) PostgreSQL
3 110 (8.16%) Data Warehouse
4 93 (6.90%) Data Lake
5 84 (6.23%) Apache Iceberg
5 84 (6.23%) Tableau
6 82 (6.08%) Amazon Athena
7 73 (5.42%) Apache Arrow
7 73 (5.42%) Dremio
8 70 (5.19%) SQL Server
9 67 (4.97%) NoSQL
10 48 (3.56%) Elasticsearch
11 41 (3.04%) Apache Ignite
12 40 (2.97%) Relational Database
13 39 (2.89%) Amazon RDS
14 35 (2.60%) Metadata
15 33 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
15 33 (2.45%) MySQL
16 29 (2.15%) DynamoDB
17 28 (2.08%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 120 (8.90%) Git
2 102 (7.57%) Jenkins
3 59 (4.38%) JIRA
4 37 (2.74%) GitLab
4 37 (2.74%) Oracle Forms
5 23 (1.71%) Selenium
6 12 (0.89%) ER Studio
6 12 (0.89%) ERwin
7 11 (0.82%) JUnit
8 10 (0.74%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.74%) MLflow
9 9 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.45%) LoadRunner
10 6 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.37%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.37%) JMeter
12 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 454 (33.68%) Finance
2 401 (29.75%) Social Skills
3 174 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (8.90%) Front Office
5 114 (8.46%) Banking
6 59 (4.38%) Marketing
7 58 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (4.23%) Investment Banking
8 57 (4.23%) Public Sector
9 49 (3.64%) Law
10 46 (3.41%) Retail
11 32 (2.37%) Health Technology
11 32 (2.37%) Tech for Good
12 31 (2.30%) Publishing
13 27 (2.00%) Manufacturing
13 27 (2.00%) Telecoms
14 26 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.63%) Legal
16 20 (1.48%) Electronics
17 17 (1.26%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 322 (23.89%) Senior
2 275 (20.40%) Developer
3 164 (12.17%) Software Engineer
4 157 (11.65%) Data Engineer
5 142 (10.53%) Python Engineer
6 130 (9.64%) Python Developer
7 125 (9.27%) Lead
8 106 (7.86%) Analyst
9 103 (7.64%) AWS Engineer
10 95 (7.05%) Python Software Engineer
11 80 (5.93%) Cloud Engineer
12 76 (5.64%) Architect
13 73 (5.42%) AWS Software Engineer
14 65 (4.82%) AWS Developer
15 58 (4.30%) DevOps Engineer
15 58 (4.30%) Senior Developer
16 56 (4.15%) Applications Engineer
17 55 (4.08%) Lead Developer
17 55 (4.08%) Senior Data Engineer
18 54 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (11.13%) React
2 98 (7.27%) Node.js
2 98 (7.27%) Pandas
3 92 (6.82%) RESTful
4 83 (6.16%) NumPy
5 73 (5.42%) SciPy
6 68 (5.04%) Kafka
7 64 (4.75%) Vue
8 63 (4.67%) Django
9 54 (4.01%) .NET
10 53 (3.93%) AngularJS
11 52 (3.86%) gRPC
11 52 (3.86%) REST
12 50 (3.71%) SOAP
13 47 (3.49%) PySpark
14 46 (3.41%) Flask
15 43 (3.19%) JSON
16 42 (3.12%) XML
17 41 (3.04%) Protocol Buffers
18 39 (2.89%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 124 (9.20%) Cloud Native
2 93 (6.90%) Fixed Income
3 81 (6.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 78 (5.79%) Equities
4 78 (5.79%) Product Ownership
5 67 (4.97%) Enterprise Software
6 60 (4.45%) Algorithms
7 55 (4.08%) Hedge funds
8 51 (3.78%) Management Information System
9 49 (3.64%) Derivative
9 49 (3.64%) Onboarding
10 46 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
11 41 (3.04%) Pricing Data
12 37 (2.74%) Data Structures
13 33 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 33 (2.45%) Low-Code
14 26 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
16 20 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
16 20 (1.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 194 (14.39%) Linux
2 92 (6.82%) Windows
3 71 (5.27%) Unix
4 33 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (1.78%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.59%) Debian
7 8 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.59%) Solaris
8 7 (0.52%) VMS
9 5 (0.37%) CentOS
10 2 (0.15%) Android
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.074%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.074%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.074%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.074%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (37.24%) Agile
2 468 (34.72%) CI/CD
3 435 (32.27%) DevOps
4 317 (23.52%) AI
5 305 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
6 299 (22.18%) Software Engineering
7 273 (20.25%) Analytics
8 215 (15.95%) Asset Management
9 213 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 200 (14.84%) Mentoring
11 190 (14.09%) Business Intelligence
12 180 (13.35%) Data Modelling
13 178 (13.20%) Infrastructure as Code
14 176 (13.06%) Data Pipeline
15 175 (12.98%) Data Engineering
16 172 (12.76%) Machine Learning
17 171 (12.69%) Coaching
17 171 (12.69%) Data Science
18 159 (11.80%) Test Automation
19 158 (11.72%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 509 (37.76%) SQL
2 274 (20.33%) Java
3 263 (19.51%) JavaScript
4 179 (13.28%) TypeScript
5 148 (10.98%) PowerShell
6 145 (10.76%) Bash
7 103 (7.64%) C#
8 69 (5.12%) Go
9 56 (4.15%) C++
9 56 (4.15%) R
10 45 (3.34%) PL/SQL
10 45 (3.34%) Shell Script
11 40 (2.97%) C
12 39 (2.89%) Scala
13 36 (2.67%) Bicep
14 20 (1.48%) PHP
15 19 (1.41%) Perl
16 15 (1.11%) MATLAB
17 14 (1.04%) T-SQL
18 12 (0.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 232 (17.21%) Degree
2 137 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 111 (8.23%) SC Cleared
4 82 (6.08%) AWS Certification
5 71 (5.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 54 (4.01%) Azure Certification
7 37 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (2.52%) Master's Degree
9 29 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
12 19 (1.41%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.41%) PhD
13 18 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
14 17 (1.26%) CISSP
15 16 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
17 12 (0.89%) CEH
18 11 (0.82%) DBS Check
19 10 (0.74%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.86%) Data Quality
2 77 (5.71%) QA
3 44 (3.26%) GDPR
4 37 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (2.00%) Accessibility
6 25 (1.85%) SLA
7 23 (1.71%) NIST
8 11 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 10 (0.74%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.59%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.30%) GRC
13 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.15%) ECSS
13 2 (0.15%) EMIR
14 1 (0.074%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.074%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.074%) SEPA
System Software
1 208 (15.43%) Docker
2 37 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.59%) Firmware
5 8 (0.59%) vSphere
6 6 (0.45%) NFS
7 4 (0.30%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.15%) Ceph
9 2 (0.15%) Lustre
10 1 (0.074%) HDFS
10 1 (0.074%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.074%) vCloud
10 1 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 274 (20.33%) Terraform
2 219 (16.25%) Kubernetes
3 115 (8.53%) Ansible
4 60 (4.45%) Grafana
5 46 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
6 36 (2.67%) Prometheus
7 19 (1.41%) Argo
8 12 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
9 6 (0.45%) Control-M
10 5 (0.37%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.30%) Cilium
11 4 (0.30%) logstash
11 4 (0.30%) Nmap
11 4 (0.30%) QRadar
12 3 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 3 (0.22%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.22%) Puppet
13 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 186 (13.80%) Microsoft
2 116 (8.61%) Databricks
3 94 (6.97%) Oracle
4 57 (4.23%) Google
5 54 (4.01%) Red Hat
6 35 (2.60%) VMware
7 27 (2.00%) IBM
8 25 (1.85%) Cisco
9 24 (1.78%) Salesforce
10 21 (1.56%) MuleSoft
11 20 (1.48%) Okta
12 19 (1.41%) Talend
13 18 (1.34%) ServiceNow
14 17 (1.26%) Commvault
14 17 (1.26%) SAP
15 13 (0.96%) Workday
16 11 (0.82%) Informatica
17 10 (0.74%) Dell
17 10 (0.74%) Palo Alto
17 10 (0.74%) Splunk
3,007 hybrid/remote Python jobs