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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,662 2,385 3,857
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.16% 15.25% 11.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.64% 40.80% 28.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,114 1,440 3,083
10th Percentile £44,650 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £142,500
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 5,425 5,846 13,732
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.62% 37.37% 40.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,063 4,062 11,354
10th Percentile £39,854 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £103,750
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 26 June 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 69 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
2 49 (2.95%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.23%) Apache
4 18 (1.08%) SAS
5 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.54%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.060%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.060%) CMS
10 1 (0.060%) Confluence
10 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.060%) nginx
10 1 (0.060%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Blender
6 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Lightworks
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.060%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 656 (39.47%) AWS
2 533 (32.07%) Azure
3 277 (16.67%) GCP
4 138 (8.30%) Power Platform
5 128 (7.70%) SaaS
6 106 (6.38%) GitHub
7 103 (6.20%) Serverless
8 85 (5.11%) Amazon S3
9 71 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
10 63 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
11 55 (3.31%) Azure Data Factory
11 55 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
13 50 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
14 47 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
15 46 (2.77%) Amazon EKS
16 42 (2.53%) Snowflake
17 41 (2.47%) dbt
18 39 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 37 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 197 (11.85%) Broadband
2 80 (4.81%) Firewall
3 48 (2.89%) VPN
4 27 (1.62%) LAN
4 27 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (1.56%) WAN
6 23 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 22 (1.32%) DNS
7 22 (1.32%) VLAN
8 19 (1.14%) Network Security
8 19 (1.14%) Wireshark
9 17 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
9 17 (1.02%) NGFW
10 16 (0.96%) BGP
10 16 (0.96%) Wireless
11 15 (0.90%) VXLAN
12 13 (0.78%) MPLS
12 13 (0.78%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.72%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.66%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (8.18%) PostgreSQL
2 109 (6.56%) Power BI
3 88 (5.29%) SQL Server
4 72 (4.33%) MongoDB
5 69 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (3.61%) Relational Database
7 58 (3.49%) BigQuery
8 57 (3.43%) Metadata
9 52 (3.13%) NoSQL
10 51 (3.07%) Tableau
11 46 (2.77%) Data Lake
12 39 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
13 36 (2.17%) Big Data
13 36 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
14 33 (1.99%) MySQL
15 32 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
16 31 (1.87%) Delta Lake
16 31 (1.87%) Semantic Layer
17 27 (1.62%) Redis
18 25 (1.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 147 (8.84%) Git
2 65 (3.91%) Jenkins
3 60 (3.61%) GitLab
4 32 (1.93%) JIRA
5 13 (0.78%) MLflow
5 13 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
6 12 (0.72%) Jaeger
7 10 (0.60%) Claude Code
8 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.42%) JMeter
8 7 (0.42%) Selenium
8 7 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.36%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.30%) Locust
10 5 (0.30%) Postman
10 5 (0.30%) Subversion
11 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 471 (28.34%) Social Skills
2 361 (21.72%) Finance
3 292 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (6.50%) Public Sector
6 99 (5.96%) Banking
7 70 (4.21%) Law
8 66 (3.97%) Retail
9 51 (3.07%) Marketing
9 51 (3.07%) Telecoms
10 49 (2.95%) Front Office
11 46 (2.77%) Legal
12 45 (2.71%) Games
13 27 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.14%) Electronics
15 17 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (0.96%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.78%) Publishing
18 12 (0.72%) Tech for Good
19 11 (0.66%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 389 (23.41%) Senior
2 331 (19.92%) Developer
3 275 (16.55%) Lead
4 196 (11.79%) Data Engineer
5 194 (11.67%) Software Engineer
6 156 (9.39%) Python Engineer
7 111 (6.68%) Python Developer
8 96 (5.78%) Analyst
9 95 (5.72%) Platform Engineer
10 92 (5.54%) Data Scientist
11 70 (4.21%) Senior Developer
12 69 (4.15%) Lead Developer
13 65 (3.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 64 (3.85%) AWS Engineer
15 60 (3.61%) Data Analyst
16 58 (3.49%) Senior Data Engineer
17 55 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
18 50 (3.01%) Architect
18 50 (3.01%) Senior Software Engineer
19 48 (2.89%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (8.54%) React
2 103 (6.20%) Node.js
3 96 (5.78%) PyTorch
4 93 (5.60%) Kafka
5 86 (5.17%) TensorFlow
6 75 (4.51%) REST
7 74 (4.45%) .NET
8 68 (4.09%) PySpark
9 67 (4.03%) RESTful
10 57 (3.43%) Django
10 57 (3.43%) FastAPI
11 51 (3.07%) LangChain
12 48 (2.89%) gRPC
13 39 (2.35%) Vue
14 35 (2.11%) JSON
15 33 (1.99%) Flask
16 32 (1.93%) Redux
17 29 (1.74%) GraphQL
17 29 (1.74%) LangGraph
18 28 (1.68%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 209 (12.58%) Cloud Native
2 178 (10.71%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (6.26%) Video\Live Streaming
4 80 (4.81%) Algorithms
5 69 (4.15%) Data Structures
6 62 (3.73%) AI Agents
7 60 (3.61%) Product Ownership
8 57 (3.43%) Low-Code
9 55 (3.31%) Over-the-Top Content
10 46 (2.77%) Onboarding
11 43 (2.59%) Public Cloud
12 38 (2.29%) Fixed Income
13 37 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
14 35 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
15 30 (1.81%) Data Centre
16 29 (1.74%) Equities
16 29 (1.74%) Management Information System
16 29 (1.74%) Virtual Team
17 26 (1.56%) Security Posture
18 23 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 192 (11.55%) Linux
2 67 (4.03%) Windows
3 39 (2.35%) Unix
4 32 (1.93%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.72%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.54%) Debian
7 8 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.42%) Android
9 5 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.12%) Solaris
13 1 (0.060%) AIX
13 1 (0.060%) CentOS
13 1 (0.060%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.060%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (33.75%) CI/CD
2 560 (33.69%) AI
3 508 (30.57%) Software Engineering
4 404 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
5 390 (23.47%) Agile
6 363 (21.84%) Machine Learning
7 343 (20.64%) Mentoring
8 326 (19.61%) DevOps
9 319 (19.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 302 (18.17%) Analytics
11 289 (17.39%) Data Science
12 221 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 218 (13.12%) Containerisation
14 217 (13.06%) Roadmaps
15 215 (12.94%) Data Pipeline
16 206 (12.39%) Data Engineering
17 205 (12.33%) Data Modelling
18 203 (12.21%) Observability
19 191 (11.49%) Decision-Making
19 191 (11.49%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 475 (28.58%) SQL
2 272 (16.37%) Java
3 224 (13.48%) JavaScript
4 182 (10.95%) Go
5 156 (9.39%) PowerShell
6 147 (8.84%) Bash
7 144 (8.66%) C#
8 142 (8.54%) TypeScript
9 84 (5.05%) Scala
10 77 (4.63%) C++
11 54 (3.25%) R
12 41 (2.47%) C
13 40 (2.41%) PHP
14 32 (1.93%) Bicep
15 21 (1.26%) VBA
16 19 (1.14%) Ruby
17 18 (1.08%) T-SQL
18 17 (1.02%) Apex Code
19 15 (0.90%) Groovy
19 15 (0.90%) Rust
Qualifications
1 236 (14.20%) Degree
2 161 (9.69%) Security Cleared
3 129 (7.76%) SC Cleared
4 70 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (3.55%) Azure Certification
6 34 (2.05%) AWS Certification
7 30 (1.81%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.08%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.08%) PhD
10 13 (0.78%) OSCP
11 11 (0.66%) ACCA
11 11 (0.66%) CEH
11 11 (0.66%) CIMA
11 11 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (0.66%) CREST Certified
12 10 (0.60%) CISSP
13 9 (0.54%) GIAC
14 8 (0.48%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (8.78%) Data Quality
2 94 (5.66%) QA
3 43 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.08%) NIST
6 16 (0.96%) GDPR
7 13 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.54%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.48%) SLA
10 6 (0.36%) GRC
10 6 (0.36%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.30%) PMO
11 5 (0.30%) WCAG
12 4 (0.24%) GAAP
12 4 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.24%) IFRS
13 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 263 (15.82%) Docker
2 34 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.20%) Firmware
5 19 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.42%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) KVM
7 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.18%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 271 (16.31%) Terraform
2 222 (13.36%) Kubernetes
3 108 (6.50%) Ansible
4 84 (5.05%) Grafana
5 65 (3.91%) Prometheus
6 35 (2.11%) Argo
7 18 (1.08%) Kustomize
8 17 (1.02%) Istio
9 12 (0.72%) Packer
9 12 (0.72%) Proxmox
10 9 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (0.54%) Kubeflow
10 9 (0.54%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.42%) Puppet
11 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.36%) Graylog
13 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.30%) FTK
13 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 242 (14.56%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.10%) Databricks
3 71 (4.27%) Google
4 54 (3.25%) Cisco
5 48 (2.89%) VMware
6 45 (2.71%) Typelevel
7 36 (2.17%) OpenAI
8 31 (1.87%) Oracle
9 30 (1.81%) Salesforce
10 28 (1.68%) Foundry
11 27 (1.62%) Palo Alto
12 23 (1.38%) Red Hat
13 21 (1.26%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.26%) Splunk
14 16 (0.96%) F5
14 16 (0.96%) ServiceNow
15 15 (0.90%) Arista
15 15 (0.90%) Aruba
15 15 (0.90%) NetScout
16 13 (0.78%) MuleSoft