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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,452 2,381 3,208
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.87% 15.28% 11.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.37% 34.08% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 959 1,590 2,630
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,188 £95,000
90th Percentile £114,000 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.59%

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 4,486 6,987 12,459
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.41% 44.85% 45.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,293 4,449 10,850
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 18 February 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 92 (6.34%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (3.24%) Apache Spark
3 43 (2.96%) Apache
4 20 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.24%) Confluence
5 18 (1.24%) SAS
6 17 (1.17%) SharePoint
7 16 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 12 (0.83%) Tomcat
8 12 (0.83%) WebSphere
8 12 (0.83%) WebSphere Application Server
9 7 (0.48%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.41%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.34%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
13 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 44 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.34%) Simulink
6 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.14%) SPSS
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.069%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.069%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.069%) Notion
7 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (2.55%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.48%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.34%) Shopify
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.21%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.069%) Actimize
6 1 (0.069%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.069%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 590 (40.63%) AWS
2 586 (40.36%) Azure
3 204 (14.05%) GCP
4 200 (13.77%) GitHub
5 186 (12.81%) Power Platform
6 154 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
7 128 (8.82%) Serverless
8 97 (6.68%) SaaS
9 95 (6.54%) Amazon S3
10 88 (6.06%) Snowflake
11 87 (5.99%) GitHub Actions
12 83 (5.72%) dbt
13 81 (5.58%) AWS Lambda
13 81 (5.58%) Azure Data Factory
14 61 (4.20%) AWS CloudFormation
15 57 (3.93%) Amazon EKS
16 55 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 53 (3.65%) OCI
18 50 (3.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 46 (3.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 80 (5.51%) Broadband
2 57 (3.93%) Firewall
3 38 (2.62%) TCP/IP
4 35 (2.41%) VPN
5 29 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.79%) Wireshark
7 20 (1.38%) BGP
7 20 (1.38%) VLAN
8 17 (1.17%) NGFW
9 16 (1.10%) LAN
9 16 (1.10%) WAN
10 15 (1.03%) MPLS
10 15 (1.03%) VXLAN
11 14 (0.96%) DNS
11 14 (0.96%) Network Security
12 13 (0.90%) SSL
13 12 (0.83%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.76%) 4G
14 11 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.76%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (11.29%) Power BI
2 101 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 94 (6.47%) Tableau
4 90 (6.20%) Data Warehouse
5 89 (6.13%) SQL Server
6 71 (4.89%) NoSQL
7 60 (4.13%) Data Lake
8 58 (3.99%) Metadata
9 54 (3.72%) Relational Database
10 48 (3.31%) Apache Iceberg
11 45 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
12 44 (3.03%) BigQuery
13 43 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
14 40 (2.75%) Amazon Redshift
15 39 (2.69%) Amazon Athena
16 34 (2.34%) MySQL
17 32 (2.20%) MongoDB
18 31 (2.13%) Delta Lake
19 25 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
20 24 (1.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (7.92%) Git
2 88 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 57 (3.93%) JIRA
4 44 (3.03%) GitLab
5 35 (2.41%) Oracle Forms
6 21 (1.45%) Selenium
7 19 (1.31%) Jaeger
8 17 (1.17%) MLflow
9 11 (0.76%) Cucumber
9 11 (0.76%) ER Studio
9 11 (0.76%) ERwin
10 10 (0.69%) JUnit
11 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.34%) JMeter
12 5 (0.34%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.34%) Postman
12 5 (0.34%) Subversion
13 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 454 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 396 (27.27%) Finance
3 227 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (6.34%) Public Sector
6 90 (6.20%) Banking
7 69 (4.75%) Front Office
8 67 (4.61%) Law
9 49 (3.37%) Retail
10 45 (3.10%) Marketing
11 40 (2.75%) Telecoms
12 31 (2.13%) Legal
13 29 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
14 27 (1.86%) Publishing
15 25 (1.72%) Manufacturing
16 24 (1.65%) Investment Banking
17 23 (1.58%) Tech for Good
18 20 (1.38%) Financial Institution
18 20 (1.38%) Health Technology
19 19 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 313 (21.56%) Senior
2 298 (20.52%) Developer
3 189 (13.02%) Data Engineer
4 188 (12.95%) Lead
5 143 (9.85%) Software Engineer
6 128 (8.82%) Python Developer
7 122 (8.40%) Python Engineer
8 100 (6.89%) Analyst
9 93 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
10 68 (4.68%) AWS Engineer
11 67 (4.61%) Lead Developer
12 63 (4.34%) Platform Engineer
13 61 (4.20%) Architect
14 60 (4.13%) Senior Data Engineer
15 58 (3.99%) Python Software Engineer
16 54 (3.72%) Applications Engineer
17 51 (3.51%) React Developer
18 50 (3.44%) AWS Developer
18 50 (3.44%) Senior Developer
19 49 (3.37%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (10.88%) React
2 99 (6.82%) Node.js
3 79 (5.44%) Kafka
4 78 (5.37%) RESTful
5 66 (4.55%) .NET
5 66 (4.55%) Django
6 54 (3.72%) PySpark
6 54 (3.72%) REST
7 53 (3.65%) SOAP
8 51 (3.51%) JSON
9 48 (3.31%) Vue
10 45 (3.10%) PyTorch
10 45 (3.10%) TensorFlow
11 43 (2.96%) XML
12 40 (2.75%) Elastic Stack
13 39 (2.69%) Flask
14 38 (2.62%) AngularJS
15 36 (2.48%) gRPC
15 36 (2.48%) HTML
16 34 (2.34%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.61%) Cloud Native
2 90 (6.20%) Product Ownership
3 74 (5.10%) Distributed Systems
4 68 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
5 66 (4.55%) Algorithms
6 56 (3.86%) Data Structures
7 54 (3.72%) Onboarding
8 50 (3.44%) Low-Code
9 49 (3.37%) Fixed Income
10 38 (2.62%) Equities
11 36 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 32 (2.20%) Data Centre
12 32 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 31 (2.13%) Management Information System
14 30 (2.07%) Video\Live Streaming
15 29 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
16 24 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
17 22 (1.52%) Hedge funds
17 22 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 198 (13.64%) Linux
2 82 (5.65%) Unix
3 76 (5.23%) Windows
4 26 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.83%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.62%) Debian
8 7 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.34%) VMS
10 4 (0.28%) Android
10 4 (0.28%) CentOS
10 4 (0.28%) Solaris
11 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.069%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.069%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.069%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (37.12%) CI/CD
2 463 (31.89%) Agile
3 453 (31.20%) DevOps
4 357 (24.59%) AI
5 346 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
6 324 (22.31%) Software Engineering
7 282 (19.42%) Analytics
8 263 (18.11%) Mentoring
9 243 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 226 (15.56%) Infrastructure as Code
11 217 (14.94%) Data Modelling
12 214 (14.74%) Machine Learning
13 210 (14.46%) Coaching
13 210 (14.46%) Data Engineering
14 209 (14.39%) Data Science
15 205 (14.12%) Data Pipeline
16 192 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
17 190 (13.09%) Containerisation
18 170 (11.71%) Test Automation
19 157 (10.81%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 497 (34.23%) SQL
2 310 (21.35%) Java
3 261 (17.98%) JavaScript
4 157 (10.81%) Bash
5 150 (10.33%) PowerShell
6 145 (9.99%) TypeScript
7 124 (8.54%) Go
8 101 (6.96%) C#
9 68 (4.68%) C++
10 65 (4.48%) Scala
11 56 (3.86%) R
12 46 (3.17%) C
13 43 (2.96%) Shell Script
14 38 (2.62%) PL/SQL
15 29 (2.00%) Bicep
16 21 (1.45%) T-SQL
17 18 (1.24%) Apex Code
17 18 (1.24%) PHP
18 13 (0.90%) VBA
19 12 (0.83%) Perl
Qualifications
1 275 (18.94%) Degree
2 167 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 135 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 88 (6.06%) AWS Certification
5 84 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (3.65%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.13%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 27 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 21 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 18 (1.24%) PhD
13 17 (1.17%) CEH
14 14 (0.96%) ACCA
14 14 (0.96%) CIMA
15 13 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
16 12 (0.83%) DBS Check
17 10 (0.69%) CISSP
17 10 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.13%) Data Quality
2 82 (5.65%) QA
3 50 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.86%) Accessibility
4 27 (1.86%) GDPR
5 24 (1.65%) NIST
6 21 (1.45%) SLA
7 19 (1.31%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.96%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.83%) ISO 22301
10 10 (0.69%) GRC
11 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) ECSS
13 2 (0.14%) EMIR
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.069%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.069%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.069%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.069%) SEPA
System Software
1 247 (17.01%) Docker
2 44 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.55%) Firmware
7 6 (0.41%) vSphere
8 5 (0.34%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
11 2 (0.14%) Ceph
11 2 (0.14%) KVM
11 2 (0.14%) Lustre
11 2 (0.14%) NFS
11 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.069%) HDFS
12 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.069%) Xen
Systems Management
1 319 (21.97%) Terraform
2 233 (16.05%) Kubernetes
3 127 (8.75%) Ansible
4 72 (4.96%) Grafana
5 64 (4.41%) Prometheus
6 45 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
7 38 (2.62%) Argo
8 20 (1.38%) Kustomize
9 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.41%) Control-M
10 6 (0.41%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.34%) FTK
11 5 (0.34%) Puppet
12 4 (0.28%) Cilium
12 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.28%) logstash
12 4 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 198 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 114 (7.85%) Databricks
3 86 (5.92%) Oracle
4 79 (5.44%) Google
5 45 (3.10%) VMware
6 40 (2.75%) Salesforce
7 35 (2.41%) Red Hat
8 30 (2.07%) Cisco
9 29 (2.00%) MuleSoft
10 26 (1.79%) IBM
11 20 (1.38%) Commvault
12 19 (1.31%) Okta
13 18 (1.24%) Typelevel
14 17 (1.17%) SAP
14 17 (1.17%) Talend
15 16 (1.10%) ServiceNow
16 15 (1.03%) Arista
16 15 (1.03%) Aruba
16 15 (1.03%) NetScout
16 15 (1.03%) OpenAI