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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,737 2,379 3,751
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.15% 14.44% 11.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.18% 40.27% 29.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 1,452 3,002
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,023 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £105,000
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 5,755 5,908 12,826
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.00% 35.87% 40.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,361 4,114 10,500
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
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 11 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 60 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
2 51 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 39 (2.25%) Apache
4 17 (0.98%) SAS
5 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.63%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.12%) Confluence
9 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.058%) Camunda
10 1 (0.058%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.058%) CMS
10 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.058%) nginx
10 1 (0.058%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.23%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.23%) Simulink
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Blender
6 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.12%) SPSS
8 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.29%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.23%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.058%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 674 (38.80%) AWS
2 566 (32.58%) Azure
3 289 (16.64%) GCP
4 142 (8.18%) SaaS
5 139 (8.00%) Power Platform
6 112 (6.45%) GitHub
7 102 (5.87%) Serverless
8 80 (4.61%) Amazon S3
9 69 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
10 64 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (3.28%) Azure Data Factory
13 55 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
14 49 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
15 47 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
16 46 (2.65%) Snowflake
17 44 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
17 44 (2.53%) dbt
18 41 (2.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 37 (2.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 181 (10.42%) Broadband
2 89 (5.12%) Firewall
3 55 (3.17%) VPN
4 31 (1.78%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.67%) LAN
5 29 (1.67%) WAN
6 27 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (1.50%) DNS
8 22 (1.27%) VLAN
9 20 (1.15%) Network Security
9 20 (1.15%) Wireless
10 19 (1.09%) Wireshark
11 17 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (0.98%) NGFW
12 15 (0.86%) SD-WAN
12 15 (0.86%) VXLAN
13 12 (0.69%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.63%) BGP
14 11 (0.63%) DHCP
15 9 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (8.46%) PostgreSQL
2 112 (6.45%) Power BI
3 85 (4.89%) SQL Server
4 80 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
5 77 (4.43%) MongoDB
6 57 (3.28%) Metadata
7 56 (3.22%) Relational Database
8 54 (3.11%) Data Lake
9 52 (2.99%) BigQuery
10 50 (2.88%) NoSQL
11 47 (2.71%) Tableau
12 41 (2.36%) Big Data
13 35 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
13 35 (2.01%) MySQL
14 32 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
15 30 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
15 30 (1.73%) Delta Lake
16 29 (1.67%) Semantic Layer
17 27 (1.55%) Redis
18 25 (1.44%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 148 (8.52%) Git
2 70 (4.03%) Jenkins
3 60 (3.45%) GitLab
4 35 (2.01%) JIRA
5 13 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
6 12 (0.69%) MLflow
7 11 (0.63%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.58%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.52%) JMeter
10 8 (0.46%) Selenium
11 7 (0.40%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.40%) Jaeger
11 7 (0.40%) Postman
12 6 (0.35%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.29%) Locust
13 5 (0.29%) Subversion
14 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.17%) Maven
General
1 522 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 378 (21.76%) Finance
3 299 (17.21%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (7.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 117 (6.74%) Public Sector
6 105 (6.04%) Banking
7 102 (5.87%) Law
8 71 (4.09%) Legal
9 70 (4.03%) Retail
10 49 (2.82%) Front Office
10 49 (2.82%) Marketing
11 44 (2.53%) Telecoms
12 43 (2.48%) Games
13 32 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.32%) Electronics
15 19 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (0.92%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.75%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.69%) Tech for Good
19 11 (0.63%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 443 (25.50%) Senior
2 327 (18.83%) Developer
3 274 (15.77%) Lead
4 214 (12.32%) Software Engineer
5 205 (11.80%) Data Engineer
6 153 (8.81%) Python Engineer
7 105 (6.04%) Python Developer
8 95 (5.47%) Analyst
9 91 (5.24%) Data Scientist
9 91 (5.24%) Platform Engineer
10 81 (4.66%) Senior Developer
11 67 (3.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 64 (3.68%) Lead Developer
13 62 (3.57%) Senior Data Engineer
14 61 (3.51%) AWS Engineer
15 60 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
16 59 (3.40%) Data Analyst
17 57 (3.28%) Full-Stack Developer
18 52 (2.99%) Architect
18 52 (2.99%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (8.29%) React
2 105 (6.04%) Node.js
3 99 (5.70%) Kafka
4 91 (5.24%) PyTorch
5 83 (4.78%) TensorFlow
6 76 (4.38%) PySpark
6 76 (4.38%) REST
7 75 (4.32%) .NET
8 71 (4.09%) RESTful
9 62 (3.57%) FastAPI
10 59 (3.40%) Django
11 54 (3.11%) LangChain
12 49 (2.82%) gRPC
13 41 (2.36%) Vue
14 37 (2.13%) Flask
15 35 (2.01%) JSON
16 32 (1.84%) GraphQL
16 32 (1.84%) Redux
16 32 (1.84%) Spring
17 31 (1.78%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 223 (12.84%) Cloud Native
2 187 (10.77%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (5.93%) Video\Live Streaming
4 78 (4.49%) Algorithms
5 75 (4.32%) AI Agents
6 69 (3.97%) Data Structures
7 58 (3.34%) Product Ownership
8 54 (3.11%) Over-the-Top Content
8 54 (3.11%) Virtual Team
9 51 (2.94%) Low-Code
10 47 (2.71%) Onboarding
11 44 (2.53%) Public Cloud
12 40 (2.30%) Fixed Income
13 36 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
14 35 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
14 35 (2.01%) Management Information System
15 32 (1.84%) Data Centre
16 30 (1.73%) Equities
17 26 (1.50%) Security Posture
18 25 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 206 (11.86%) Linux
2 76 (4.38%) Windows
3 38 (2.19%) Unix
4 33 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.75%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.52%) Debian
7 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.40%) Android
9 6 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.058%) AIX
13 1 (0.058%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.058%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (33.97%) AI
2 587 (33.79%) CI/CD
3 561 (32.30%) Software Engineering
4 434 (24.99%) Problem-Solving
5 396 (22.80%) Agile
6 375 (21.59%) Mentoring
7 368 (21.19%) Machine Learning
8 365 (21.01%) DevOps
9 336 (19.34%) Infrastructure as Code
10 321 (18.48%) Analytics
11 287 (16.52%) Data Science
12 268 (15.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 227 (13.07%) Test Automation
14 226 (13.01%) Containerisation
15 219 (12.61%) Data Pipeline
16 217 (12.49%) Roadmaps
17 214 (12.32%) Observability
18 211 (12.15%) Data Engineering
19 208 (11.97%) Data Modelling
19 208 (11.97%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 495 (28.50%) SQL
2 284 (16.35%) Java
3 253 (14.57%) JavaScript
4 195 (11.23%) PowerShell
5 178 (10.25%) Go
6 174 (10.02%) C#
7 170 (9.79%) TypeScript
8 144 (8.29%) Bash
9 91 (5.24%) C++
10 82 (4.72%) Scala
11 54 (3.11%) R
12 51 (2.94%) C
13 39 (2.25%) PHP
14 38 (2.19%) Bicep
15 24 (1.38%) VBA
16 23 (1.32%) Rust
17 21 (1.21%) Ruby
18 19 (1.09%) Groovy
19 17 (0.98%) T-SQL
20 16 (0.92%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 238 (13.70%) Degree
2 181 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 145 (8.35%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.51%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.01%) Master's Degree
7 28 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.50%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.27%) PhD
10 21 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (0.98%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.81%) OSCP
13 12 (0.69%) CEH
13 12 (0.69%) CREST Certified
14 11 (0.63%) CISSP
15 10 (0.58%) CCNP
15 10 (0.58%) GIAC
15 10 (0.58%) SnowPro
16 8 (0.46%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.98%) Data Quality
2 120 (6.91%) QA
3 48 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.44%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.32%) NIST
6 21 (1.21%) GDPR
7 17 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.58%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.46%) SLA
10 6 (0.35%) GRC
10 6 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 6 (0.35%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.29%) PMO
11 5 (0.29%) WCAG
12 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.23%) GAAP
12 4 (0.23%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
13 3 (0.17%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 271 (15.60%) Docker
2 34 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.27%) Firmware
5 19 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.40%) KVM
7 7 (0.40%) vSphere
8 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.17%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.058%) Xen
Systems Management
1 284 (16.35%) Terraform
2 233 (13.41%) Kubernetes
3 114 (6.56%) Ansible
4 90 (5.18%) Grafana
5 61 (3.51%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.67%) Argo
7 17 (0.98%) Istio
8 12 (0.69%) Kustomize
8 12 (0.69%) Packer
8 12 (0.69%) Proxmox
9 10 (0.58%) Progress Chef
10 9 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (0.52%) Puppet
11 8 (0.46%) Kubeflow
12 7 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.35%) Graylog
14 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.29%) FTK
14 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 256 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 122 (7.02%) Databricks
3 64 (3.68%) Google
4 51 (2.94%) VMware
5 50 (2.88%) Cisco
6 45 (2.59%) Typelevel
7 40 (2.30%) OpenAI
8 37 (2.13%) Oracle
9 29 (1.67%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.61%) Foundry
11 25 (1.44%) Salesforce
12 24 (1.38%) Red Hat
12 24 (1.38%) Splunk
13 23 (1.32%) Fortinet
14 22 (1.27%) ServiceNow
15 21 (1.21%) F5
16 17 (0.98%) Arista
17 16 (0.92%) Informatica
18 15 (0.86%) Aruba
18 15 (0.86%) NetScout