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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,921 1,944 2,982
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.71% 11.76% 13.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.93% 39.56% 34.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,299 1,066 2,112
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,713
25th Percentile £55,738 £55,000 £58,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,275 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.07% -3.33% +4.17%

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 6,210 4,914 8,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.92% 29.73% 40.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,539 3,243 5,588
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,112
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.97% -2.90%

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 12 October 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 49 (2.55%) Apache Spark
2 45 (2.34%) Apache
3 41 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (0.83%) SharePoint
5 12 (0.62%) Jupyter
6 10 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.47%) SAS
8 7 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 6 (0.31%) Confluence
9 6 (0.31%) nginx
10 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.16%) CMS
12 2 (0.10%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.10%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.10%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.10%) IIS
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.15%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.42%) Simulink
4 7 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.31%) Lightworks
5 6 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.16%) Blender
6 3 (0.16%) Maya
6 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.10%) Revit
7 2 (0.10%) Trello
8 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.052%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.26%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.10%) Shopify
5 1 (0.052%) Actimize
5 1 (0.052%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.052%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 661 (34.41%) AWS
2 620 (32.27%) Azure
3 307 (15.98%) GCP
4 179 (9.32%) SaaS
5 178 (9.27%) Power Platform
6 142 (7.39%) GitHub
7 78 (4.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 78 (4.06%) Serverless
8 75 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
9 73 (3.80%) Snowflake
10 70 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
11 64 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
12 62 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 61 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
14 56 (2.92%) Amazon S3
14 56 (2.92%) dbt
15 52 (2.71%) AWS Lambda
16 38 (1.98%) Anthropic Claude
17 37 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
18 36 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.80%) Broadband
2 69 (3.59%) Firewall
2 69 (3.59%) TCP/IP
3 54 (2.81%) VPN
4 33 (1.72%) BGP
5 32 (1.67%) Network Security
6 31 (1.61%) DNS
7 29 (1.51%) WAN
8 27 (1.41%) LAN
9 23 (1.20%) VLAN
9 23 (1.20%) Wireless
10 15 (0.78%) OSPF
11 14 (0.73%) 5G
11 14 (0.73%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (0.62%) DHCP
12 12 (0.62%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.47%) Ethernet VPN
13 9 (0.47%) HTTP
13 9 (0.47%) MPLS
13 9 (0.47%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (8.07%) Power BI
2 142 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
3 130 (6.77%) Data Warehouse
4 85 (4.42%) SQL Server
5 75 (3.90%) MongoDB
6 69 (3.59%) Data Lake
6 69 (3.59%) Metadata
7 64 (3.33%) NoSQL
8 51 (2.65%) Big Data
9 49 (2.55%) Relational Database
9 49 (2.55%) Tableau
10 45 (2.34%) BigQuery
11 42 (2.19%) Delta Lake
12 41 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
13 33 (1.72%) MySQL
14 29 (1.51%) DynamoDB
15 26 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
15 26 (1.35%) Star Schema
16 24 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
16 24 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 189 (9.84%) Git
2 86 (4.48%) Jenkins
3 65 (3.38%) GitLab
4 37 (1.93%) JIRA
5 25 (1.30%) Claude Code
5 25 (1.30%) TeamCity
6 17 (0.88%) MLflow
7 13 (0.68%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
9 11 (0.57%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.57%) Selenium
10 10 (0.52%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (0.36%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.31%) Postman
14 5 (0.26%) Poetry
14 5 (0.26%) Subversion
15 4 (0.21%) Burp Suite
15 4 (0.21%) Metasploit
General
1 619 (32.22%) Social Skills
2 468 (24.36%) Finance
3 341 (17.75%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (8.07%) Banking
5 140 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 129 (6.72%) Public Sector
7 126 (6.56%) Legal
8 104 (5.41%) Law
8 104 (5.41%) Marketing
9 85 (4.42%) Retail
10 51 (2.65%) Front Office
11 40 (2.08%) Games
12 35 (1.82%) Electronics
12 35 (1.82%) Telecoms
13 27 (1.41%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.09%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.04%) Back Office
16 19 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
17 18 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 551 (28.68%) Senior
2 297 (15.46%) Software Engineer
3 279 (14.52%) Developer
4 232 (12.08%) Lead
5 225 (11.71%) Data Engineer
6 218 (11.35%) Python Engineer
7 134 (6.98%) Analyst
8 124 (6.45%) Python Developer
9 115 (5.99%) Python Software Engineer
10 107 (5.57%) Data Scientist
11 91 (4.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 82 (4.27%) Senior Software Engineer
13 81 (4.22%) Senior Data Engineer
14 79 (4.11%) Architect
14 79 (4.11%) Senior Developer
15 69 (3.59%) Data Analyst
16 67 (3.49%) Consultant
17 57 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
18 53 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
18 53 (2.76%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 294 (15.30%) Terraform
2 128 (6.66%) React
3 111 (5.78%) PySpark
4 98 (5.10%) Node.js
5 84 (4.37%) .NET
6 78 (4.06%) RESTful
7 75 (3.90%) LangChain
7 75 (3.90%) PyTorch
8 71 (3.70%) REST
9 67 (3.49%) TensorFlow
10 57 (2.97%) Django
10 57 (2.97%) FastAPI
11 49 (2.55%) LangGraph
12 45 (2.34%) Kafka
13 44 (2.29%) Next.js
14 32 (1.67%) Spring
14 32 (1.67%) Spring Boot
15 31 (1.61%) Pandas
16 30 (1.56%) scikit-learn
17 27 (1.41%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 256 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 176 (9.16%) Distributed Systems
3 108 (5.62%) AI Agents
4 71 (3.70%) Algorithms
5 69 (3.59%) Virtual Team
6 53 (2.76%) Product Ownership
7 48 (2.50%) Blog
8 44 (2.29%) Data Structures
9 40 (2.08%) Management Information System
9 40 (2.08%) Video\Live Streaming
10 39 (2.03%) Credit Risk
10 39 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
11 37 (1.93%) Onboarding
12 36 (1.87%) Hedge funds
13 33 (1.72%) Low-Code
14 28 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
14 28 (1.46%) Security Posture
15 27 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
15 27 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
16 25 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 214 (11.14%) Linux
2 79 (4.11%) Windows
3 33 (1.72%) Unix
4 17 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.83%) Ubuntu
6 13 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.57%) macOS
8 9 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
9 7 (0.36%) Debian
10 6 (0.31%) Android
11 5 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
12 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
13 3 (0.16%) Solaris
14 1 (0.052%) AIX
14 1 (0.052%) CentOS
14 1 (0.052%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.052%) VMS
14 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (42.17%) AI
2 648 (33.73%) Software Engineering
3 603 (31.39%) CI/CD
4 457 (23.79%) Analytics
5 442 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
6 402 (20.93%) Mentoring
7 394 (20.51%) DevOps
8 388 (20.20%) Machine Learning
9 379 (19.73%) Agile
10 339 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
11 326 (16.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 280 (14.58%) Test Automation
13 264 (13.74%) Data Pipeline
14 263 (13.69%) Data Science
15 258 (13.43%) Decision-Making
16 256 (13.33%) Data Engineering
17 248 (12.91%) Observability
18 246 (12.81%) Data Modelling
19 245 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
20 225 (11.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 672 (34.98%) SQL
2 261 (13.59%) Java
3 257 (13.38%) JavaScript
4 226 (11.76%) C#
5 208 (10.83%) PowerShell
5 208 (10.83%) TypeScript
6 152 (7.91%) Bash
7 126 (6.56%) Go
8 95 (4.95%) C++
9 86 (4.48%) R
10 54 (2.81%) C
11 50 (2.60%) Bicep
12 45 (2.34%) Rust
13 39 (2.03%) Scala
14 25 (1.30%) PHP
15 24 (1.25%) MATLAB
16 22 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 22 (1.15%) Ruby
16 22 (1.15%) VBA
17 15 (0.78%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 243 (12.65%) Degree
2 230 (11.97%) Security Cleared
3 183 (9.53%) SC Cleared
4 62 (3.23%) Azure Certification
4 62 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (2.34%) Master's Degree
6 34 (1.77%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.25%) CISSP
10 22 (1.15%) PhD
11 21 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (0.99%) GIAC
12 19 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
13 18 (0.94%) SnowPro
14 16 (0.83%) AWS Certification
15 15 (0.78%) CISM
16 12 (0.62%) CCNP
17 11 (0.57%) OSCP
18 10 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (11.04%) Data Quality
2 114 (5.93%) QA
3 55 (2.86%) Accessibility
4 49 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.29%) GDPR
6 36 (1.87%) NIST
7 30 (1.56%) PCI DSS
8 21 (1.09%) SOC 2
9 18 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.31%) SLA
13 5 (0.26%) ECSS
13 5 (0.26%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.21%) COPPA
14 4 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.21%) MiFID
14 4 (0.21%) NCSC
15 3 (0.16%) UCITS
16 2 (0.10%) IFRS
System Software
1 237 (12.34%) Docker
2 21 (1.09%) Firmware
2 21 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.52%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.31%) KVM
8 5 (0.26%) vSphere
9 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.10%) NFS
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.052%) HDFS
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
11 1 (0.052%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 255 (13.27%) Kubernetes
2 100 (5.21%) Ansible
3 93 (4.84%) Grafana
4 58 (3.02%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.04%) Argo
6 15 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (0.68%) Istio
7 13 (0.68%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.52%) Cilium
9 7 (0.36%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.36%) Puppet
10 6 (0.31%) Graylog
10 6 (0.31%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (0.26%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.26%) Packer
12 4 (0.21%) Kibana
12 4 (0.21%) Nagios
12 4 (0.21%) Nmap
Vendors
1 294 (15.30%) Microsoft
2 148 (7.70%) Databricks
3 123 (6.40%) Google
4 51 (2.65%) OpenAI
5 46 (2.39%) Oracle
6 41 (2.13%) Cisco
7 32 (1.67%) Foundry
8 30 (1.56%) Splunk
9 27 (1.41%) VMware
10 23 (1.20%) Informatica
11 20 (1.04%) New Relic
12 18 (0.94%) Red Hat
12 18 (0.94%) ServiceNow
13 17 (0.88%) Dynatrace
13 17 (0.88%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.73%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.68%) HubSpot
15 13 (0.68%) Palantir
16 12 (0.62%) Talend
17 10 (0.52%) Alteryx