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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,491 2,064 3,438
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.66% 16.07% 10.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.70% 35.93% 25.89%
Number of salaries quoted 999 1,580 2,805
10th Percentile £43,800 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £127,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 4,703 5,745 13,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.32% 44.72% 42.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,433 4,527 11,465
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 £112,500 £97,500
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 8 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 82 (5.50%) Apache Airflow
2 44 (2.95%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.48%) Apache
4 18 (1.21%) SAS
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.40%) Confluence
8 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Mendix
11 2 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 11 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) SPSS
4 2 (0.13%) Weka
5 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.067%) Notion
5 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.067%) Actimize
5 1 (0.067%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.067%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 638 (42.79%) AWS
2 548 (36.75%) Azure
3 251 (16.83%) GCP
4 184 (12.34%) GitHub
5 157 (10.53%) Power Platform
6 130 (8.72%) Serverless
7 110 (7.38%) Amazon S3
7 110 (7.38%) SaaS
8 104 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
9 85 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
10 84 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
11 81 (5.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 61 (4.09%) dbt
13 60 (4.02%) Amazon EKS
14 56 (3.76%) Snowflake
15 52 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 48 (3.22%) AWS CloudFormation
17 46 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
18 44 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 36 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 142 (9.52%) Broadband
2 65 (4.36%) Firewall
3 38 (2.55%) VPN
4 34 (2.28%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (1.68%) VLAN
7 24 (1.61%) Wireshark
8 20 (1.34%) BGP
8 20 (1.34%) LAN
9 18 (1.21%) WAN
10 17 (1.14%) Network Security
10 17 (1.14%) NGFW
11 15 (1.01%) MPLS
11 15 (1.01%) VXLAN
12 14 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (0.80%) DNS
13 12 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.74%) 4G
14 11 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.74%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (8.92%) Power BI
2 110 (7.38%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (6.17%) SQL Server
4 73 (4.90%) NoSQL
5 72 (4.83%) Tableau
6 67 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
7 65 (4.36%) Relational Database
8 55 (3.69%) Metadata
9 54 (3.62%) Data Lake
10 48 (3.22%) Amazon RDS
11 44 (2.95%) BigQuery
12 41 (2.75%) MongoDB
13 40 (2.68%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
15 31 (2.08%) Delta Lake
16 28 (1.88%) Redis
17 27 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
18 25 (1.68%) Apache Iceberg
19 24 (1.61%) MySQL
20 19 (1.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 128 (8.58%) Git
2 66 (4.43%) Jenkins
3 55 (3.69%) GitLab
4 35 (2.35%) JIRA
5 19 (1.27%) Jaeger
6 17 (1.14%) Selenium
7 16 (1.07%) Cucumber
7 16 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
8 15 (1.01%) MLflow
9 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.60%) JMeter
11 8 (0.54%) JUnit
12 7 (0.47%) Locust
12 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (0.40%) Postman
13 6 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.34%) Subversion
14 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 472 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 350 (23.47%) Finance
3 233 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 95 (6.37%) Banking
7 70 (4.69%) Law
8 61 (4.09%) Retail
9 60 (4.02%) Front Office
10 48 (3.22%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.55%) Marketing
12 37 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.35%) Legal
14 26 (1.74%) Publishing
15 25 (1.68%) Games
16 22 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.41%) Financial Institution
18 20 (1.34%) Tech for Good
19 19 (1.27%) Health Technology
19 19 (1.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 315 (21.13%) Senior
2 310 (20.79%) Developer
3 231 (15.49%) Lead
4 190 (12.74%) Data Engineer
5 155 (10.40%) Software Engineer
6 133 (8.92%) Python Engineer
7 125 (8.38%) Python Developer
8 76 (5.10%) Lead Developer
9 75 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
10 73 (4.90%) Analyst
11 62 (4.16%) AWS Engineer
12 60 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (3.82%) Senior Data Engineer
14 55 (3.69%) Architect
14 55 (3.69%) Senior Developer
15 54 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
16 53 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
17 52 (3.49%) React Developer
18 44 (2.95%) Lead Python Developer
18 44 (2.95%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (11.40%) React
2 103 (6.91%) Kafka
3 97 (6.51%) Node.js
4 85 (5.70%) Django
5 73 (4.90%) REST
6 67 (4.49%) .NET
7 65 (4.36%) PySpark
8 59 (3.96%) RESTful
9 56 (3.76%) gRPC
9 56 (3.76%) PyTorch
10 49 (3.29%) TensorFlow
11 45 (3.02%) JSON
12 44 (2.95%) Flask
12 44 (2.95%) Vue
13 43 (2.88%) FastAPI
14 41 (2.75%) Elastic Stack
15 37 (2.48%) HTML
16 35 (2.35%) SOAP
17 33 (2.21%) Web Services
17 33 (2.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.25%) Cloud Native
2 115 (7.71%) Distributed Systems
3 76 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.43%) Algorithms
4 66 (4.43%) Video\Live Streaming
5 65 (4.36%) Data Structures
6 57 (3.82%) Low-Code
7 51 (3.42%) Onboarding
8 50 (3.35%) Over-the-Top Content
9 44 (2.95%) Fixed Income
10 40 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
12 36 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
13 31 (2.08%) Data Centre
14 30 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
15 29 (1.95%) Public Cloud
16 27 (1.81%) Equities
17 25 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
18 23 (1.54%) Private Cloud
19 21 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 195 (13.08%) Linux
2 71 (4.76%) Unix
3 61 (4.09%) Windows
4 26 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.67%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.40%) Debian
8 5 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Android
9 4 (0.27%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.067%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.067%) Solaris
12 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (37.63%) CI/CD
2 436 (29.24%) Agile
3 408 (27.36%) DevOps
4 385 (25.82%) Software Engineering
5 378 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
6 342 (22.94%) AI
7 277 (18.58%) Mentoring
8 252 (16.90%) Analytics
9 246 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 244 (16.36%) Machine Learning
11 241 (16.16%) Infrastructure as Code
12 238 (15.96%) Containerisation
13 223 (14.96%) Data Science
14 214 (14.35%) Data Pipeline
15 213 (14.29%) Data Modelling
16 193 (12.94%) Data Engineering
17 175 (11.74%) Business Intelligence
18 174 (11.67%) Test Automation
19 170 (11.40%) Coaching
20 166 (11.13%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 449 (30.11%) SQL
2 308 (20.66%) Java
3 248 (16.63%) JavaScript
4 183 (12.27%) Go
5 144 (9.66%) TypeScript
6 141 (9.46%) Bash
7 137 (9.19%) PowerShell
8 119 (7.98%) C#
9 89 (5.97%) Scala
10 65 (4.36%) C++
11 45 (3.02%) R
12 32 (2.15%) C
13 23 (1.54%) Apex Code
13 23 (1.54%) PHP
13 23 (1.54%) Shell Script
14 22 (1.48%) T-SQL
15 20 (1.34%) Bicep
16 19 (1.27%) PL/SQL
17 15 (1.01%) VBA
18 11 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 264 (17.71%) Degree
2 138 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 106 (7.11%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (4.02%) AWS Certification
6 51 (3.42%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.27%) CEH
10 18 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (1.21%) PhD
11 17 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (1.01%) ACCA
12 15 (1.01%) CIMA
12 15 (1.01%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.80%) OSCP
14 10 (0.67%) CREST Certified
15 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (8.12%) Data Quality
2 105 (7.04%) QA
3 53 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.88%) NIST
5 24 (1.61%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.07%) GDPR
8 14 (0.94%) ISO 22301
8 14 (0.94%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.80%) SLA
10 10 (0.67%) GRC
11 5 (0.34%) PMO
11 5 (0.34%) WCAG
12 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) EMIR
13 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.13%) ECSS
14 2 (0.13%) GAAP
14 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 296 (19.85%) Docker
2 38 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Firmware
6 7 (0.47%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) Ceph
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 2 (0.13%) Lustre
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) vCloud
10 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 301 (20.19%) Terraform
2 250 (16.77%) Kubernetes
3 118 (7.91%) Ansible
4 86 (5.77%) Grafana
5 67 (4.49%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.55%) Argo
7 20 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.27%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.54%) Istio
9 8 (0.54%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.47%) Packer
11 6 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.34%) Control-M
12 5 (0.34%) FTK
12 5 (0.34%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.34%) Puppet
12 5 (0.34%) SCCM
13 4 (0.27%) Cilium
13 4 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 207 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.98%) Databricks
3 78 (5.23%) Google
4 64 (4.29%) Oracle
5 55 (3.69%) VMware
6 47 (3.15%) Cisco
7 45 (3.02%) Typelevel
8 42 (2.82%) Salesforce
9 29 (1.95%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.54%) MuleSoft
11 22 (1.48%) Commvault
12 21 (1.41%) Palo Alto
13 20 (1.34%) IBM
14 19 (1.27%) Splunk
15 18 (1.21%) SAP
16 16 (1.07%) Foundry
16 16 (1.07%) Talend
17 15 (1.01%) Aruba
17 15 (1.01%) Fortinet
17 15 (1.01%) NetScout