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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,498 2,096 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.35% 15.71% 10.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.40% 37.08% 26.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 1,569 2,854
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,988
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £130,000 £135,000
UK median annual salary £66,720 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -11.04% +11.11% -6.90%

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 4,771 5,652 13,342
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.59% 42.36% 41.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,498 4,501 11,462
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 24 April 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 78 (5.21%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (3.00%) Apache Spark
3 34 (2.27%) Apache
4 17 (1.13%) SAS
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.33%) Confluence
7 5 (0.33%) GeoServer
7 5 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.20%) nginx
9 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.13%) CMS
11 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) SPSS
6 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.067%) Notion
6 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.13%) Shopify
6 1 (0.067%) Actimize
6 1 (0.067%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.067%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 619 (41.32%) AWS
2 546 (36.45%) Azure
3 244 (16.29%) GCP
4 174 (11.62%) GitHub
5 160 (10.68%) Power Platform
6 128 (8.54%) Serverless
7 111 (7.41%) SaaS
8 106 (7.08%) Amazon S3
9 100 (6.68%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (5.67%) AWS Lambda
11 80 (5.34%) GitHub Actions
12 74 (4.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 56 (3.74%) Amazon EKS
14 54 (3.60%) Snowflake
15 51 (3.40%) dbt
16 49 (3.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 44 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
18 42 (2.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 39 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
19 39 (2.60%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.41%) Broadband
2 71 (4.74%) Firewall
3 39 (2.60%) VPN
4 26 (1.74%) VLAN
4 26 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (1.60%) LAN
5 24 (1.60%) TCP/IP
6 22 (1.47%) WAN
7 19 (1.27%) BGP
7 19 (1.27%) DNS
7 19 (1.27%) Wireshark
8 17 (1.13%) NGFW
9 16 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
10 15 (1.00%) MPLS
10 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
11 14 (0.93%) Network Security
12 12 (0.80%) 4G
12 12 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
13 11 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (0.73%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (8.88%) Power BI
2 109 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
3 93 (6.21%) SQL Server
4 70 (4.67%) NoSQL
5 69 (4.61%) Tableau
6 67 (4.47%) Data Warehouse
7 64 (4.27%) Relational Database
8 58 (3.87%) Metadata
9 50 (3.34%) Data Lake
10 45 (3.00%) MongoDB
11 44 (2.94%) BigQuery
12 43 (2.87%) Amazon Redshift
13 41 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
14 29 (1.94%) Delta Lake
14 29 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
15 27 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
16 26 (1.74%) MySQL
17 22 (1.47%) Redis
18 21 (1.40%) Apache Iceberg
19 19 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 133 (8.88%) Git
2 62 (4.14%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.54%) GitLab
4 34 (2.27%) JIRA
5 19 (1.27%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.07%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.07%) Selenium
7 15 (1.00%) MLflow
8 12 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.53%) JMeter
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
10 7 (0.47%) Locust
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.33%) Subversion
13 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.27%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 452 (30.17%) Social Skills
2 343 (22.90%) Finance
3 231 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.54%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.94%) Banking
7 66 (4.41%) Law
8 61 (4.07%) Retail
9 55 (3.67%) Front Office
10 48 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.54%) Marketing
12 36 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
13 33 (2.20%) Legal
14 25 (1.67%) Publishing
15 24 (1.60%) Games
16 19 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.27%) Health Technology
17 18 (1.20%) Tech for Good
18 17 (1.13%) Financial Institution
19 16 (1.07%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 325 (21.70%) Senior
2 314 (20.96%) Developer
3 238 (15.89%) Lead
4 197 (13.15%) Data Engineer
5 167 (11.15%) Software Engineer
6 138 (9.21%) Python Engineer
7 123 (8.21%) Python Developer
8 79 (5.27%) Analyst
9 76 (5.07%) Platform Engineer
10 72 (4.81%) Lead Developer
11 60 (4.01%) AWS Engineer
12 59 (3.94%) Senior Developer
13 57 (3.81%) Senior Data Engineer
14 56 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
15 55 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
16 52 (3.47%) React Developer
17 51 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
18 50 (3.34%) Software Developer
19 48 (3.20%) Data Scientist
20 43 (2.87%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (11.28%) React
2 106 (7.08%) Kafka
3 98 (6.54%) Node.js
4 72 (4.81%) .NET
5 68 (4.54%) REST
6 67 (4.47%) Django
6 67 (4.47%) PySpark
7 58 (3.87%) PyTorch
8 54 (3.60%) RESTful
9 52 (3.47%) gRPC
10 50 (3.34%) TensorFlow
11 43 (2.87%) JSON
12 42 (2.80%) FastAPI
13 40 (2.67%) Vue
14 38 (2.54%) Flask
15 37 (2.47%) Elastic Stack
16 33 (2.20%) Redux
17 31 (2.07%) AngularJS
17 31 (2.07%) HTML
18 30 (2.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 128 (8.54%) Cloud Native
2 111 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.41%) Video\Live Streaming
5 64 (4.27%) Algorithms
6 62 (4.14%) Data Structures
7 51 (3.40%) Low-Code
8 50 (3.34%) Onboarding
8 50 (3.34%) Over-the-Top Content
9 39 (2.60%) Fixed Income
9 39 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
12 31 (2.07%) Public Cloud
13 27 (1.80%) Data Centre
14 26 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 26 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.60%) AI Agents
15 24 (1.60%) Equities
16 22 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 172 (11.48%) Linux
2 55 (3.67%) Windows
3 50 (3.34%) Unix
4 27 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.40%) Android
7 6 (0.40%) Debian
8 3 (0.20%) CentOS
8 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.067%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.067%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (36.32%) CI/CD
2 416 (27.77%) Agile
3 401 (26.77%) Software Engineering
4 389 (25.97%) DevOps
5 367 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
6 357 (23.83%) AI
7 291 (19.43%) Mentoring
8 256 (17.09%) Analytics
9 254 (16.96%) Machine Learning
10 235 (15.69%) Infrastructure as Code
11 232 (15.49%) Containerisation
12 230 (15.35%) Data Science
13 229 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 221 (14.75%) Data Pipeline
15 216 (14.42%) Data Modelling
16 201 (13.42%) Data Engineering
17 184 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
18 173 (11.55%) Full-Stack Development
19 171 (11.42%) Test Automation
20 170 (11.35%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 451 (30.11%) SQL
2 317 (21.16%) Java
3 240 (16.02%) JavaScript
4 182 (12.15%) Go
5 154 (10.28%) TypeScript
6 139 (9.28%) Bash
7 137 (9.15%) PowerShell
8 128 (8.54%) C#
9 93 (6.21%) Scala
10 61 (4.07%) C++
11 43 (2.87%) R
12 30 (2.00%) C
12 30 (2.00%) PHP
13 22 (1.47%) Apex Code
13 22 (1.47%) T-SQL
14 21 (1.40%) Shell Script
15 19 (1.27%) PL/SQL
16 17 (1.13%) Bicep
16 17 (1.13%) VBA
17 12 (0.80%) Perl
Qualifications
1 259 (17.29%) Degree
2 123 (8.21%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.28%) SC Cleared
4 91 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 51 (3.40%) AWS Certification
7 29 (1.94%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 16 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.07%) DV Cleared
10 16 (1.07%) PhD
11 15 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.93%) CEH
13 13 (0.87%) ACCA
13 13 (0.87%) CIMA
14 11 (0.73%) CREST Certified
14 11 (0.73%) OSCP
15 9 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.53%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.28%) Data Quality
2 109 (7.28%) QA
3 46 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.74%) NIST
6 17 (1.13%) GDPR
7 14 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.80%) ISO 22301
9 10 (0.67%) SLA
9 10 (0.67%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.47%) GRC
11 5 (0.33%) PMO
11 5 (0.33%) WCAG
12 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) EMIR
13 3 (0.20%) GAAP
13 3 (0.20%) IFRS
13 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 284 (18.96%) Docker
2 43 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 286 (19.09%) Terraform
2 249 (16.62%) Kubernetes
3 114 (7.61%) Ansible
4 87 (5.81%) Grafana
5 67 (4.47%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.74%) Argo
7 23 (1.54%) Kustomize
8 21 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.80%) Istio
10 8 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.53%) Packer
10 8 (0.53%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.40%) Puppet
12 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.33%) FTK
12 5 (0.33%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.33%) SCCM
13 4 (0.27%) Control-M
13 4 (0.27%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.27%) logstash
Vendors
1 223 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.94%) Databricks
3 71 (4.74%) Google
4 56 (3.74%) Oracle
5 53 (3.54%) VMware
6 49 (3.27%) Cisco
7 45 (3.00%) Typelevel
8 39 (2.60%) Salesforce
9 32 (2.14%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.54%) Palo Alto
11 20 (1.34%) Commvault
11 20 (1.34%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.27%) MuleSoft
13 18 (1.20%) Foundry
14 16 (1.07%) Fortinet
14 16 (1.07%) SAP
15 15 (1.00%) Arista
15 15 (1.00%) Aruba
15 15 (1.00%) NetScout
16 14 (0.93%) Splunk