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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,646 2,373 3,795
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.38% 15.70% 11.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.53% 40.68% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 1,428 3,023
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,161 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,938 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 5,220 5,834 13,867
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.59% 38.59% 40.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,832 4,044 11,564
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
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 11 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 78 (4.74%) Apache Airflow
2 51 (3.10%) Apache Spark
3 40 (2.43%) Apache
4 19 (1.15%) SAS
5 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.36%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.18%) Confluence
8 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.061%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.061%) nginx
10 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
5 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.18%) SPSS
5 3 (0.18%) Trello
6 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.43%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.061%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.061%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 642 (39.00%) AWS
2 537 (32.62%) Azure
3 271 (16.46%) GCP
4 140 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 118 (7.17%) SaaS
6 114 (6.93%) GitHub
7 105 (6.38%) Serverless
8 94 (5.71%) Amazon S3
9 73 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
10 72 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
11 60 (3.65%) Azure Data Factory
11 60 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
12 49 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
13 48 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
14 45 (2.73%) Snowflake
15 44 (2.67%) Amazon EKS
15 44 (2.67%) dbt
16 42 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
17 41 (2.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 38 (2.31%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 197 (11.97%) Broadband
2 78 (4.74%) Firewall
3 45 (2.73%) VPN
4 27 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (1.58%) LAN
6 25 (1.52%) WAN
7 22 (1.34%) VLAN
8 20 (1.22%) DNS
8 20 (1.22%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.15%) Wireshark
10 17 (1.03%) BGP
10 17 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (1.03%) Network Security
10 17 (1.03%) NGFW
11 15 (0.91%) MPLS
11 15 (0.91%) VXLAN
12 13 (0.79%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.79%) Wireless
13 12 (0.73%) 4G
13 12 (0.73%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (7.96%) PostgreSQL
2 112 (6.80%) Power BI
3 91 (5.53%) SQL Server
4 70 (4.25%) MongoDB
5 67 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
6 65 (3.95%) Relational Database
7 63 (3.83%) Metadata
8 60 (3.65%) BigQuery
9 57 (3.46%) NoSQL
9 57 (3.46%) Tableau
10 55 (3.34%) Data Lake
11 38 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
11 38 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
12 37 (2.25%) Amazon Redshift
13 36 (2.19%) Big Data
14 31 (1.88%) Delta Lake
14 31 (1.88%) Semantic Layer
15 29 (1.76%) MySQL
16 27 (1.64%) Redis
17 25 (1.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 136 (8.26%) Git
2 64 (3.89%) Jenkins
3 55 (3.34%) GitLab
4 30 (1.82%) JIRA
5 18 (1.09%) Jaeger
6 16 (0.97%) MLflow
7 13 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
8 8 (0.49%) Claude Code
9 7 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.36%) JMeter
11 5 (0.30%) Locust
11 5 (0.30%) Selenium
11 5 (0.30%) Subversion
12 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.24%) Postman
13 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 443 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 363 (22.05%) Finance
3 286 (17.38%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 113 (6.87%) Public Sector
6 100 (6.08%) Banking
7 72 (4.37%) Law
8 63 (3.83%) Retail
9 49 (2.98%) Front Office
9 49 (2.98%) Marketing
10 47 (2.86%) Games
10 47 (2.86%) Telecoms
11 45 (2.73%) Legal
12 24 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 17 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (0.79%) Electronics
15 13 (0.79%) Publishing
16 12 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.73%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 383 (23.27%) Senior
2 320 (19.44%) Developer
3 270 (16.40%) Lead
4 211 (12.82%) Data Engineer
5 187 (11.36%) Software Engineer
6 157 (9.54%) Python Engineer
7 113 (6.87%) Python Developer
8 96 (5.83%) Platform Engineer
9 93 (5.65%) Analyst
9 93 (5.65%) Data Scientist
10 66 (4.01%) Lead Developer
11 64 (3.89%) Senior Developer
12 62 (3.77%) AWS Engineer
12 62 (3.77%) Senior Data Engineer
13 60 (3.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 58 (3.52%) Data Analyst
15 53 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
16 50 (3.04%) DevOps Engineer
17 48 (2.92%) Cloud Engineer
18 45 (2.73%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (9.11%) React
2 106 (6.44%) Node.js
3 100 (6.08%) Kafka
4 92 (5.59%) PyTorch
5 83 (5.04%) TensorFlow
6 72 (4.37%) REST
7 70 (4.25%) .NET
7 70 (4.25%) PySpark
8 62 (3.77%) RESTful
9 57 (3.46%) Django
10 55 (3.34%) FastAPI
11 49 (2.98%) gRPC
12 42 (2.55%) LangChain
13 37 (2.25%) JSON
14 36 (2.19%) Vue
15 33 (2.00%) Flask
16 32 (1.94%) Redux
17 28 (1.70%) GraphQL
17 28 (1.70%) Web Services
18 27 (1.64%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 198 (12.03%) Cloud Native
2 169 (10.27%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (6.26%) Video\Live Streaming
4 80 (4.86%) Algorithms
5 70 (4.25%) Product Ownership
6 67 (4.07%) Data Structures
7 62 (3.77%) Low-Code
8 54 (3.28%) Over-the-Top Content
9 51 (3.10%) AI Agents
10 44 (2.67%) Onboarding
11 39 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (2.13%) Fixed Income
12 35 (2.13%) Public Cloud
13 34 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
14 30 (1.82%) Data Centre
15 26 (1.58%) Equities
16 25 (1.52%) Security Posture
17 24 (1.46%) Management Information System
18 23 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
18 23 (1.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 178 (10.81%) Linux
2 59 (3.58%) Windows
3 44 (2.67%) Unix
4 30 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.67%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.43%) Android
7 7 (0.43%) Debian
8 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.061%) AIX
11 1 (0.061%) CentOS
11 1 (0.061%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.061%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (33.35%) CI/CD
2 521 (31.65%) AI
3 479 (29.10%) Software Engineering
4 393 (23.88%) Agile
5 388 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
6 362 (21.99%) Machine Learning
7 351 (21.32%) DevOps
8 332 (20.17%) Mentoring
9 319 (19.38%) Analytics
10 306 (18.59%) Infrastructure as Code
11 297 (18.04%) Data Science
12 238 (14.46%) Data Pipeline
13 228 (13.85%) Containerisation
14 217 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 217 (13.18%) Data Modelling
15 214 (13.00%) Data Engineering
16 207 (12.58%) Roadmaps
17 191 (11.60%) Full-Stack Development
18 190 (11.54%) Observability
18 190 (11.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 483 (29.34%) SQL
2 284 (17.25%) Java
3 229 (13.91%) JavaScript
4 197 (11.97%) Go
5 152 (9.23%) TypeScript
6 151 (9.17%) Bash
6 151 (9.17%) PowerShell
7 137 (8.32%) C#
8 92 (5.59%) Scala
9 69 (4.19%) C++
10 56 (3.40%) R
11 36 (2.19%) PHP
12 32 (1.94%) C
13 24 (1.46%) Bicep
14 21 (1.28%) T-SQL
15 18 (1.09%) Apex Code
15 18 (1.09%) VBA
16 15 (0.91%) Groovy
16 15 (0.91%) Ruby
17 13 (0.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 230 (13.97%) Degree
2 148 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 121 (7.35%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 44 (2.67%) AWS Certification
7 23 (1.40%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.22%) DBS Check
9 20 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (0.85%) PhD
11 12 (0.73%) CEH
11 12 (0.73%) OSCP
12 11 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.61%) ACCA
13 10 (0.61%) CIMA
13 10 (0.61%) CREST Certified
14 9 (0.55%) CISSP
15 8 (0.49%) CCNP
16 7 (0.43%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (9.36%) Data Quality
2 99 (6.01%) QA
3 39 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.22%) NIST
6 16 (0.97%) GDPR
7 13 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.49%) ISO 22301
9 8 (0.49%) SLA
10 6 (0.36%) GRC
11 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.30%) PMO
11 5 (0.30%) WCAG
12 4 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.18%) GAAP
13 3 (0.18%) IFRS
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 266 (16.16%) Docker
2 35 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.97%) Firmware
6 7 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.43%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) KVM
7 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.18%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 281 (17.07%) Terraform
2 228 (13.85%) Kubernetes
3 111 (6.74%) Ansible
4 80 (4.86%) Grafana
5 68 (4.13%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.49%) Argo
7 24 (1.46%) Kustomize
8 15 (0.91%) Istio
9 12 (0.73%) Packer
9 12 (0.73%) Proxmox
10 11 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.49%) Kubeflow
13 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.36%) Graylog
14 6 (0.36%) Puppet
15 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.30%) FTK
15 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
15 5 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 241 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 116 (7.05%) Databricks
3 78 (4.74%) Google
4 55 (3.34%) Cisco
5 51 (3.10%) VMware
6 45 (2.73%) Typelevel
7 34 (2.07%) OpenAI
8 30 (1.82%) Salesforce
9 28 (1.70%) Oracle
10 27 (1.64%) Palo Alto
11 25 (1.52%) Red Hat
12 22 (1.34%) Foundry
13 21 (1.28%) Fortinet
14 20 (1.22%) Splunk
15 16 (0.97%) F5
16 15 (0.91%) Arista
16 15 (0.91%) Aruba
16 15 (0.91%) NetScout
16 15 (0.91%) ServiceNow
17 14 (0.85%) Commvault