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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 7 16
Rank change year-on-year -13 +9 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,541 2,422 3,585
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.31% 16.55% 11.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.17% 40.06% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 1,488 2,890
10th Percentile £44,500 £46,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £54,734 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £72,500 £72,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.35% +1.40%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £96,539
90th Percentile £110,000 £133,250 £138,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £73,935 £69,500
% change year-on-year -5.32% +6.38% -4.14%

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 4,944 6,046 13,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.68% 41.32% 41.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,650 4,258 11,373
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 £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 15 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 (4.87%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (3.24%) Apache Spark
3 35 (2.27%) Apache
4 22 (1.43%) SAS
5 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.32%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.26%) Confluence
8 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) CMS
10 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 1 (0.065%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.065%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.065%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.52%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) SPSS
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.065%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.065%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.065%) Actimize
5 1 (0.065%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.065%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.065%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 617 (40.04%) AWS
2 547 (35.50%) Azure
3 248 (16.09%) GCP
4 155 (10.06%) Power Platform
5 142 (9.21%) GitHub
6 116 (7.53%) Serverless
7 114 (7.40%) SaaS
8 100 (6.49%) Amazon S3
9 94 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
10 80 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
11 72 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
12 68 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
13 52 (3.37%) Snowflake
14 50 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
15 48 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
15 48 (3.11%) dbt
16 47 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 40 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
18 39 (2.53%) Azure Machine Learning
19 36 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 165 (10.71%) Broadband
2 73 (4.74%) Firewall
3 38 (2.47%) VPN
4 25 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (1.56%) LAN
6 23 (1.49%) VLAN
7 22 (1.43%) WAN
8 19 (1.23%) Wireshark
9 18 (1.17%) DNS
9 18 (1.17%) TCP/IP
10 17 (1.10%) BGP
10 17 (1.10%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (1.10%) NGFW
11 15 (0.97%) Network Security
11 15 (0.97%) VXLAN
12 14 (0.91%) MPLS
13 12 (0.78%) 4G
13 12 (0.78%) Ethernet VPN
13 12 (0.78%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (8.18%) Power BI
2 115 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (5.71%) SQL Server
4 65 (4.22%) Tableau
5 61 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
6 59 (3.83%) Metadata
6 59 (3.83%) MongoDB
7 57 (3.70%) NoSQL
8 55 (3.57%) Data Lake
9 53 (3.44%) Relational Database
10 50 (3.24%) BigQuery
11 40 (2.60%) Amazon Redshift
12 39 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
13 38 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
14 30 (1.95%) Delta Lake
15 28 (1.82%) MySQL
16 26 (1.69%) Redis
17 24 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
18 23 (1.49%) DynamoDB
19 21 (1.36%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 135 (8.76%) Git
2 57 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 46 (2.99%) GitLab
4 33 (2.14%) JIRA
5 18 (1.17%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.04%) MLflow
7 12 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.52%) JMeter
9 8 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 7 (0.45%) Locust
11 6 (0.39%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.39%) Selenium
12 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.32%) Subversion
13 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.26%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.26%) ERwin
13 4 (0.26%) Postman
14 3 (0.19%) Claude Code
General
1 435 (28.23%) Social Skills
2 339 (22.00%) Finance
3 251 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
4 123 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 112 (7.27%) Public Sector
6 92 (5.97%) Banking
7 70 (4.54%) Law
8 64 (4.15%) Retail
9 52 (3.37%) Front Office
10 46 (2.99%) Telecoms
11 44 (2.86%) Marketing
12 40 (2.60%) Games
12 40 (2.60%) Legal
13 29 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.43%) Publishing
15 19 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.04%) Health Technology
16 16 (1.04%) Manufacturing
17 15 (0.97%) Tech for Good
18 13 (0.84%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 346 (22.45%) Senior
2 307 (19.92%) Developer
3 250 (16.22%) Lead
4 199 (12.91%) Data Engineer
5 176 (11.42%) Software Engineer
6 149 (9.67%) Python Engineer
7 122 (7.92%) Python Developer
8 91 (5.91%) Platform Engineer
9 82 (5.32%) Analyst
10 65 (4.22%) Data Scientist
11 62 (4.02%) Lead Developer
12 59 (3.83%) Senior Data Engineer
12 59 (3.83%) Senior Developer
13 58 (3.76%) AWS Engineer
14 55 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
15 50 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
16 49 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
16 49 (3.18%) React Developer
17 46 (2.99%) Architect
18 44 (2.86%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (10.45%) React
2 105 (6.81%) Kafka
3 99 (6.42%) Node.js
4 76 (4.93%) .NET
5 71 (4.61%) PySpark
6 64 (4.15%) REST
7 63 (4.09%) PyTorch
8 61 (3.96%) RESTful
9 58 (3.76%) Django
10 55 (3.57%) TensorFlow
11 50 (3.24%) gRPC
12 44 (2.86%) FastAPI
13 39 (2.53%) JSON
14 33 (2.14%) Redux
14 33 (2.14%) Vue
15 29 (1.88%) CSS
16 28 (1.82%) GraphQL
16 28 (1.82%) HTML
16 28 (1.82%) Pandas
16 28 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (9.67%) Cloud Native
2 137 (8.89%) Distributed Systems
3 83 (5.39%) Video\Live Streaming
4 74 (4.80%) Algorithms
5 69 (4.48%) Product Ownership
6 62 (4.02%) Data Structures
7 61 (3.96%) Low-Code
8 51 (3.31%) Over-the-Top Content
9 46 (2.99%) Onboarding
10 40 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
11 36 (2.34%) Fixed Income
12 33 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
13 32 (2.08%) AI Agents
13 32 (2.08%) Public Cloud
14 28 (1.82%) Data Centre
14 28 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (1.69%) Equities
16 25 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
16 25 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (1.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 180 (11.68%) Linux
2 58 (3.76%) Windows
3 43 (2.79%) Unix
4 27 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.65%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.45%) Android
8 6 (0.39%) Debian
8 6 (0.39%) 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 (0.065%) AIX
12 1 (0.065%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.065%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.065%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (34.65%) CI/CD
2 435 (28.23%) Software Engineering
3 401 (26.02%) Agile
4 400 (25.96%) AI
5 373 (24.21%) DevOps
6 352 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
7 298 (19.34%) Mentoring
8 292 (18.95%) Machine Learning
9 275 (17.85%) Analytics
10 264 (17.13%) Infrastructure as Code
11 249 (16.16%) Data Science
12 225 (14.60%) Data Pipeline
13 221 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 217 (14.08%) Data Modelling
15 212 (13.76%) Containerisation
16 204 (13.24%) Data Engineering
17 182 (11.81%) Full-Stack Development
18 178 (11.55%) Test Automation
19 175 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
20 158 (10.25%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 448 (29.07%) SQL
2 299 (19.40%) Java
3 230 (14.93%) JavaScript
4 188 (12.20%) Go
5 154 (9.99%) TypeScript
6 139 (9.02%) PowerShell
7 138 (8.96%) Bash
8 135 (8.76%) C#
9 95 (6.16%) Scala
10 69 (4.48%) C++
11 50 (3.24%) R
12 36 (2.34%) C
13 32 (2.08%) PHP
14 23 (1.49%) T-SQL
15 20 (1.30%) Apex Code
16 19 (1.23%) Bicep
17 17 (1.10%) VBA
18 15 (0.97%) PL/SQL
18 15 (0.97%) Shell Script
19 13 (0.84%) Perl
Qualifications
1 244 (15.83%) Degree
2 132 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 80 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.50%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.79%) AWS Certification
7 26 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.30%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.23%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.97%) PhD
11 13 (0.84%) ACCA
11 13 (0.84%) CIMA
12 12 (0.78%) CEH
12 12 (0.78%) OSCP
13 10 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.65%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.52%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (8.83%) Data Quality
2 105 (6.81%) QA
3 40 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.56%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.43%) NIST
6 17 (1.10%) GDPR
7 12 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.71%) ISO 22301
9 8 (0.52%) SLA
9 8 (0.52%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.39%) GRC
11 5 (0.32%) PMO
11 5 (0.32%) WCAG
12 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.19%) GAAP
13 3 (0.19%) IFRS
13 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.13%) EMIR
14 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 261 (16.94%) Docker
2 39 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.84%) Firmware
6 7 (0.45%) vSphere
7 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.32%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.26%) KVM
10 3 (0.19%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 281 (18.23%) Terraform
2 226 (14.67%) Kubernetes
3 112 (7.27%) Ansible
4 76 (4.93%) Grafana
5 62 (4.02%) Prometheus
6 36 (2.34%) Argo
7 22 (1.43%) Kustomize
8 17 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.78%) Istio
10 11 (0.71%) Packer
11 10 (0.65%) Proxmox
12 9 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
13 6 (0.39%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.39%) Puppet
14 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.32%) FTK
14 5 (0.32%) SCCM
15 4 (0.26%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.26%) logstash
15 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 232 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 120 (7.79%) Databricks
3 74 (4.80%) Google
4 52 (3.37%) Cisco
5 51 (3.31%) VMware
6 45 (2.92%) Typelevel
7 36 (2.34%) Oracle
8 35 (2.27%) Salesforce
9 28 (1.82%) OpenAI
10 27 (1.75%) Red Hat
11 26 (1.69%) Palo Alto
12 20 (1.30%) Foundry
13 18 (1.17%) Fortinet
14 17 (1.10%) Commvault
15 15 (0.97%) Arista
15 15 (0.97%) Aruba
15 15 (0.97%) F5
15 15 (0.97%) MuleSoft
15 15 (0.97%) NetScout
15 15 (0.97%) Splunk