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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,785 2,317 3,315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.21% 14.09% 11.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.39% 40.23% 30.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 1,408 2,641
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £59,688 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,400
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -0.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £103,000 £110,000
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 5,873 5,760 10,780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.01% 35.02% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,420 4,009 8,657
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
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 25 July 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 55 (3.08%) Apache Airflow
2 53 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.07%) Apache
4 14 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 13 (0.73%) SAS
6 9 (0.50%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.11%) Confluence
9 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) Camunda
10 1 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) CMS
10 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.056%) nginx
10 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.22%) Simulink
5 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Blender
6 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) SPSS
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 668 (37.42%) AWS
2 559 (31.32%) Azure
3 302 (16.92%) GCP
4 164 (9.19%) SaaS
5 141 (7.90%) Power Platform
6 115 (6.44%) GitHub
7 96 (5.38%) Serverless
8 71 (3.98%) Amazon S3
9 66 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
10 59 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
11 58 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 58 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
13 53 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
14 52 (2.91%) Snowflake
15 47 (2.63%) dbt
16 44 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
17 37 (2.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 35 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
18 35 (1.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 172 (9.64%) Broadband
2 78 (4.37%) Firewall
3 49 (2.75%) VPN
4 37 (2.07%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.57%) DNS
6 27 (1.51%) WAN
7 26 (1.46%) LAN
8 22 (1.23%) Wireless
9 19 (1.06%) Network Security
10 18 (1.01%) VLAN
11 17 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.62%) Unified Communications
14 10 (0.56%) 5G
14 10 (0.56%) DHCP
15 9 (0.50%) BGP
15 9 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.50%) MQTT
15 9 (0.50%) WebEx
15 9 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (8.52%) PostgreSQL
2 116 (6.50%) Power BI
3 85 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
4 84 (4.71%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.20%) MongoDB
6 58 (3.25%) Data Lake
7 56 (3.14%) Metadata
8 49 (2.75%) BigQuery
8 49 (2.75%) Relational Database
9 48 (2.69%) Tableau
10 44 (2.46%) Big Data
10 44 (2.46%) NoSQL
11 34 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
12 33 (1.85%) MySQL
13 31 (1.74%) Delta Lake
14 29 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
15 28 (1.57%) Redis
15 28 (1.57%) Semantic Layer
16 26 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
17 24 (1.34%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 162 (9.08%) Git
2 78 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 62 (3.47%) GitLab
4 34 (1.90%) JIRA
5 15 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (0.73%) MLflow
7 11 (0.62%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.62%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.50%) JMeter
9 7 (0.39%) Postman
9 7 (0.39%) Selenium
10 6 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.28%) Locust
11 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 562 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 394 (22.07%) Finance
3 287 (16.08%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (5.71%) Legal
6 101 (5.66%) Banking
7 100 (5.60%) Law
8 99 (5.55%) Public Sector
9 63 (3.53%) Retail
10 58 (3.25%) Marketing
11 49 (2.75%) Front Office
12 46 (2.58%) Games
13 41 (2.30%) Telecoms
14 32 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.40%) Electronics
16 17 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (0.84%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.67%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
19 11 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 486 (27.23%) Senior
2 326 (18.26%) Developer
3 264 (14.79%) Lead
4 230 (12.89%) Software Engineer
5 198 (11.09%) Data Engineer
6 168 (9.41%) Python Engineer
7 107 (5.99%) Python Developer
8 98 (5.49%) Data Scientist
9 93 (5.21%) Analyst
10 86 (4.82%) Platform Engineer
11 84 (4.71%) Senior Developer
12 65 (3.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 65 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
13 63 (3.53%) Senior Data Engineer
14 60 (3.36%) Lead Developer
15 58 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
16 57 (3.19%) Architect
17 56 (3.14%) AWS Engineer
17 56 (3.14%) Data Analyst
17 56 (3.14%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (8.35%) React
2 109 (6.11%) Node.js
3 92 (5.15%) Kafka
4 90 (5.04%) PyTorch
5 82 (4.59%) REST
6 81 (4.54%) TensorFlow
7 79 (4.43%) .NET
8 77 (4.31%) PySpark
9 68 (3.81%) Django
9 68 (3.81%) RESTful
10 62 (3.47%) FastAPI
11 56 (3.14%) LangChain
12 46 (2.58%) gRPC
13 39 (2.18%) Vue
14 36 (2.02%) Pandas
15 35 (1.96%) Flask
16 33 (1.85%) Next.js
17 32 (1.79%) GraphQL
17 32 (1.79%) Redux
17 32 (1.79%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 226 (12.66%) Cloud Native
2 199 (11.15%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (5.77%) Video\Live Streaming
4 81 (4.54%) Algorithms
5 80 (4.48%) Virtual Team
6 76 (4.26%) AI Agents
7 64 (3.59%) Data Structures
8 55 (3.08%) Product Ownership
9 53 (2.97%) Over-the-Top Content
10 50 (2.80%) Low-Code
11 47 (2.63%) Onboarding
12 42 (2.35%) Public Cloud
13 39 (2.18%) Fixed Income
14 36 (2.02%) Management Information System
14 36 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
15 32 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
16 28 (1.57%) Equities
17 27 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
17 27 (1.51%) Security Posture
18 24 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 210 (11.76%) Linux
2 79 (4.43%) Windows
3 37 (2.07%) Unix
4 32 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.67%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Debian
6 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.39%) Android
8 6 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.056%) AIX
11 1 (0.056%) CentOS
11 1 (0.056%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.056%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 628 (35.18%) AI
2 605 (33.89%) Software Engineering
3 594 (33.28%) CI/CD
4 433 (24.26%) Problem-Solving
5 405 (22.69%) Agile
6 386 (21.62%) Mentoring
7 385 (21.57%) Machine Learning
8 379 (21.23%) DevOps
9 336 (18.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 324 (18.15%) Analytics
11 300 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 295 (16.53%) Data Science
13 253 (14.17%) Test Automation
14 227 (12.72%) Containerisation
15 226 (12.66%) Observability
16 219 (12.27%) Roadmaps
17 216 (12.10%) Data Pipeline
18 211 (11.82%) Data Engineering
19 208 (11.65%) Decision-Making
20 207 (11.60%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 506 (28.35%) SQL
2 282 (15.80%) JavaScript
3 274 (15.35%) Java
4 216 (12.10%) PowerShell
5 204 (11.43%) C#
6 196 (10.98%) TypeScript
7 169 (9.47%) Go
8 137 (7.68%) Bash
9 97 (5.43%) C++
10 81 (4.54%) Scala
11 55 (3.08%) R
12 52 (2.91%) C
13 39 (2.18%) Bicep
14 38 (2.13%) PHP
15 27 (1.51%) VBA
16 25 (1.40%) Rust
17 22 (1.23%) Ruby
18 17 (0.95%) Groovy
19 15 (0.84%) MATLAB
19 15 (0.84%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 239 (13.39%) Degree
2 190 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 155 (8.68%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.47%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 32 (1.79%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.29%) PhD
10 17 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.78%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.78%) OSCP
13 13 (0.73%) CISSP
13 13 (0.73%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.67%) CCNP
14 12 (0.67%) CEH
14 12 (0.67%) SnowPro
15 11 (0.62%) GIAC
16 9 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (8.63%) Data Quality
2 145 (8.12%) QA
3 42 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.40%) GDPR
6 22 (1.23%) NIST
7 15 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.45%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.39%) SLA
10 5 (0.28%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.28%) PMO
10 5 (0.28%) WCAG
11 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.22%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.22%) GAAP
11 4 (0.22%) GRC
11 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.22%) IFRS
12 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 274 (15.35%) Docker
2 33 (1.85%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.23%) Firmware
5 20 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.50%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.45%) KVM
8 7 (0.39%) vSphere
9 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.056%) Xen
Systems Management
1 265 (14.85%) Terraform
2 232 (13.00%) Kubernetes
3 100 (5.60%) Ansible
4 93 (5.21%) Grafana
5 56 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.23%) Argo
7 18 (1.01%) Istio
8 12 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.56%) Packer
9 10 (0.56%) Proxmox
10 9 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (0.50%) Puppet
11 7 (0.39%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.34%) Graylog
12 6 (0.34%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 268 (15.01%) Microsoft
2 130 (7.28%) Databricks
3 63 (3.53%) Google
4 51 (2.86%) Cisco
5 46 (2.58%) VMware
6 45 (2.52%) Typelevel
7 39 (2.18%) Oracle
8 38 (2.13%) OpenAI
9 29 (1.62%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.57%) Foundry
11 25 (1.40%) Red Hat
12 24 (1.34%) Fortinet
12 24 (1.34%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.34%) Splunk
13 20 (1.12%) Salesforce
14 19 (1.06%) F5
15 15 (0.84%) Informatica
16 12 (0.67%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.67%) New Relic
17 11 (0.62%) Alteryx