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

 6 months to
24 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 13 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,868 2,021 3,098
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.58% 12.36% 13.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.93% 39.55% 34.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,152 2,211
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,027 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,646
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 6,242 5,110 8,966
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.33% 31.24% 39.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,659 3,438 5,965
10th Percentile £39,163 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,725 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 24 September 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 48 (2.57%) Apache Spark
2 45 (2.41%) Apache
3 41 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.91%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.59%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.48%) SAS
7 7 (0.37%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.21%) nginx
8 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Hedera
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.07%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.37%) Simulink
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.27%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 3 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.054%) Revit
9 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.054%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.054%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.054%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 640 (34.26%) AWS
2 600 (32.12%) Azure
3 292 (15.63%) GCP
4 170 (9.10%) Power Platform
5 160 (8.57%) SaaS
6 128 (6.85%) GitHub
7 84 (4.50%) Serverless
8 79 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
9 74 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
10 67 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
11 65 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
11 65 (3.48%) Snowflake
12 62 (3.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 59 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
14 57 (3.05%) Amazon S3
15 54 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
16 48 (2.57%) dbt
17 36 (1.93%) Azure Databricks
18 34 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (1.77%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.34%) Broadband
2 67 (3.59%) Firewall
3 57 (3.05%) TCP/IP
4 41 (2.19%) VPN
5 34 (1.82%) DNS
6 31 (1.66%) WAN
7 29 (1.55%) LAN
8 26 (1.39%) Network Security
9 25 (1.34%) Wireless
10 20 (1.07%) BGP
11 19 (1.02%) VLAN
12 15 (0.80%) DHCP
12 15 (0.80%) OSPF
13 14 (0.75%) 5G
13 14 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (0.64%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
15 9 (0.48%) MPLS
15 9 (0.48%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (7.76%) Power BI
2 131 (7.01%) PostgreSQL
3 119 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
4 88 (4.71%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.01%) MongoDB
6 71 (3.80%) Data Lake
7 61 (3.27%) NoSQL
8 60 (3.21%) Metadata
9 52 (2.78%) Relational Database
10 49 (2.62%) Tableau
11 47 (2.52%) Big Data
12 46 (2.46%) BigQuery
13 44 (2.36%) Delta Lake
14 33 (1.77%) DynamoDB
15 29 (1.55%) MySQL
15 29 (1.55%) Star Schema
16 28 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
17 27 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
18 25 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
18 25 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 191 (10.22%) Git
2 82 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 54 (2.89%) GitLab
4 33 (1.77%) JIRA
5 17 (0.91%) Claude Code
6 15 (0.80%) MLflow
7 14 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
8 13 (0.70%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.64%) Bitbucket
9 12 (0.64%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.59%) Selenium
11 10 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
12 8 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (0.43%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.27%) JMeter
14 5 (0.27%) Poetry
14 5 (0.27%) Postman
14 5 (0.27%) Subversion
15 4 (0.21%) Metasploit
General
1 600 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 429 (22.97%) Finance
3 316 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 125 (6.69%) Public Sector
6 122 (6.53%) Banking
7 119 (6.37%) Legal
8 103 (5.51%) Law
9 89 (4.76%) Marketing
10 81 (4.34%) Retail
11 39 (2.09%) Front Office
12 38 (2.03%) Games
13 35 (1.87%) Electronics
14 34 (1.82%) Telecoms
15 23 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.07%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (0.86%) Financial Institution
19 15 (0.80%) Local Government
20 14 (0.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 533 (28.53%) Senior
2 269 (14.40%) Developer
3 256 (13.70%) Software Engineer
4 234 (12.53%) Lead
5 223 (11.94%) Data Engineer
6 207 (11.08%) Python Engineer
7 127 (6.80%) Analyst
8 108 (5.78%) Python Developer
9 102 (5.46%) Data Scientist
10 91 (4.87%) Python Software Engineer
11 82 (4.39%) Senior Data Engineer
12 76 (4.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 75 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
14 72 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 68 (3.64%) Architect
16 65 (3.48%) Data Analyst
17 61 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
18 60 (3.21%) Consultant
19 57 (3.05%) Senior Data Scientist
20 52 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (14.88%) Terraform
2 127 (6.80%) React
3 111 (5.94%) PySpark
4 90 (4.82%) Node.js
5 82 (4.39%) .NET
6 74 (3.96%) PyTorch
7 71 (3.80%) RESTful
8 67 (3.59%) REST
9 66 (3.53%) TensorFlow
10 62 (3.32%) Django
11 60 (3.21%) FastAPI
11 60 (3.21%) LangChain
12 49 (2.62%) Kafka
13 45 (2.41%) Next.js
14 38 (2.03%) LangGraph
15 36 (1.93%) Pandas
16 31 (1.66%) scikit-learn
17 30 (1.61%) CSS
18 29 (1.55%) Spring
19 28 (1.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 247 (13.22%) Cloud Native
2 174 (9.31%) Distributed Systems
3 92 (4.93%) AI Agents
4 75 (4.01%) Virtual Team
5 70 (3.75%) Algorithms
6 57 (3.05%) Product Ownership
7 49 (2.62%) Video\Live Streaming
8 46 (2.46%) Data Structures
9 40 (2.14%) Onboarding
10 38 (2.03%) Management Information System
11 37 (1.98%) Low-Code
12 36 (1.93%) Blog
13 34 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
14 33 (1.77%) Credit Risk
15 31 (1.66%) Public Cloud
16 29 (1.55%) Security Posture
17 28 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
18 27 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
18 27 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
18 27 (1.45%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 207 (11.08%) Linux
2 84 (4.50%) Windows
3 34 (1.82%) Unix
4 21 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.91%) Ubuntu
6 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.43%) Android
10 7 (0.37%) Debian
10 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.21%) Solaris
12 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.054%) AIX
14 1 (0.054%) CentOS
14 1 (0.054%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 737 (39.45%) AI
2 612 (32.76%) Software Engineering
3 579 (31.00%) CI/CD
4 431 (23.07%) Problem-Solving
5 427 (22.86%) Analytics
6 408 (21.84%) Mentoring
7 386 (20.66%) DevOps
8 374 (20.02%) Agile
9 358 (19.16%) Machine Learning
10 331 (17.72%) Infrastructure as Code
11 325 (17.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 255 (13.65%) Data Science
13 253 (13.54%) Test Automation
14 251 (13.44%) Data Pipeline
15 243 (13.01%) Data Engineering
16 239 (12.79%) Business Intelligence
16 239 (12.79%) Observability
17 237 (12.69%) Decision-Making
18 228 (12.21%) Data Modelling
19 225 (12.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 637 (34.10%) SQL
2 253 (13.54%) JavaScript
3 252 (13.49%) Java
4 230 (12.31%) C#
5 216 (11.56%) PowerShell
6 193 (10.33%) TypeScript
7 141 (7.55%) Bash
8 114 (6.10%) Go
9 102 (5.46%) C++
10 69 (3.69%) R
11 53 (2.84%) C
12 48 (2.57%) Bicep
13 47 (2.52%) Scala
14 34 (1.82%) Rust
15 31 (1.66%) PHP
16 25 (1.34%) Ruby
17 24 (1.28%) VBA
18 23 (1.23%) MATLAB
19 20 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 17 (0.91%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 242 (12.96%) Degree
2 228 (12.21%) Security Cleared
3 183 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (2.94%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.09%) Master's Degree
7 37 (1.98%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (0.96%) CISSP
11 18 (0.96%) GIAC
11 18 (0.96%) PhD
11 18 (0.96%) SnowPro
12 16 (0.86%) OSCP
13 15 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
14 14 (0.75%) CREST Certified
14 14 (0.75%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.70%) AWS Certification
15 13 (0.70%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (10.39%) Data Quality
2 124 (6.64%) QA
3 48 (2.57%) Accessibility
4 44 (2.36%) GDPR
5 37 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.50%) NIST
7 16 (0.86%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.43%) SLA
10 8 (0.43%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.21%) ECSS
13 4 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.21%) MiFID
13 4 (0.21%) NCSC
14 3 (0.16%) PMO
14 3 (0.16%) UCITS
15 2 (0.11%) IFRS
System Software
1 234 (12.53%) Docker
2 21 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (1.07%) Firmware
4 9 (0.48%) Hyper-V
4 9 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.32%) KVM
6 5 (0.27%) vSphere
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.054%) HDFS
9 1 (0.054%) NFS
9 1 (0.054%) QEMU
9 1 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 232 (12.42%) Kubernetes
2 101 (5.41%) Ansible
3 81 (4.34%) Grafana
4 54 (2.89%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.07%) Argo
6 14 (0.75%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.70%) Istio
8 9 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.37%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.37%) Packer
9 7 (0.37%) Puppet
10 6 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.32%) Graylog
10 6 (0.32%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.27%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.27%) Podman
12 4 (0.21%) Cilium
12 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.21%) linkerd
Vendors
1 291 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 144 (7.71%) Databricks
3 85 (4.55%) Google
4 50 (2.68%) OpenAI
5 45 (2.41%) Oracle
6 42 (2.25%) Cisco
7 31 (1.66%) Splunk
8 29 (1.55%) VMware
9 24 (1.28%) Foundry
10 23 (1.23%) Informatica
11 20 (1.07%) New Relic
11 20 (1.07%) Red Hat
12 19 (1.02%) ServiceNow
13 18 (0.96%) Fortinet
14 16 (0.86%) Dynatrace
14 16 (0.86%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.75%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.64%) Talend
17 11 (0.59%) F5
18 10 (0.54%) Alteryx
3,817 hybrid/remote Python jobs