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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 17 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,875 1,981 3,015
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.53% 11.82% 13.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.24% 40.04% 34.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 1,091 2,128
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,350 £55,000 £58,750
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 £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 6,200 4,947 8,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.91% 29.51% 39.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,577 3,265 5,651
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £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 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 6 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 50 (2.67%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.35%) Apache
3 41 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.91%) SharePoint
5 12 (0.64%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.48%) SAS
7 8 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.32%) Confluence
9 5 (0.27%) nginx
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.16%) CMS
10 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.11%) Hedera
11 2 (0.11%) IIS
11 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 54 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.37%) Simulink
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.27%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 3 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.053%) Revit
9 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.053%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.053%) Actimize
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.053%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 649 (34.61%) AWS
2 612 (32.64%) Azure
3 294 (15.68%) GCP
4 174 (9.28%) Power Platform
5 168 (8.96%) SaaS
6 135 (7.20%) GitHub
7 78 (4.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 78 (4.16%) Serverless
8 73 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
9 70 (3.73%) Snowflake
10 68 (3.63%) GitHub Actions
11 67 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
12 61 (3.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 59 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (2.93%) Amazon S3
15 54 (2.88%) dbt
16 52 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
17 35 (1.87%) Anthropic Claude
18 34 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (1.76%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.89%) Broadband
2 68 (3.63%) Firewall
3 61 (3.25%) TCP/IP
4 48 (2.56%) VPN
5 35 (1.87%) DNS
6 29 (1.55%) WAN
7 27 (1.44%) LAN
7 27 (1.44%) Network Security
8 25 (1.33%) BGP
8 25 (1.33%) Wireless
9 19 (1.01%) VLAN
10 15 (0.80%) DHCP
10 15 (0.80%) OSPF
11 14 (0.75%) 5G
11 14 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (0.64%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
13 9 (0.48%) MPLS
13 9 (0.48%) VXLAN
14 8 (0.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (8.05%) Power BI
2 134 (7.15%) PostgreSQL
3 122 (6.51%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (4.59%) SQL Server
5 76 (4.05%) MongoDB
6 68 (3.63%) Data Lake
7 67 (3.57%) Metadata
8 64 (3.41%) NoSQL
9 49 (2.61%) Tableau
10 47 (2.51%) Big Data
11 46 (2.45%) Relational Database
12 44 (2.35%) BigQuery
13 42 (2.24%) Delta Lake
14 33 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
15 32 (1.71%) MySQL
16 31 (1.65%) DynamoDB
17 27 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
17 27 (1.44%) Star Schema
18 25 (1.33%) Semantic Layer
19 24 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 191 (10.19%) Git
2 85 (4.53%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.25%) GitLab
4 38 (2.03%) JIRA
5 22 (1.17%) Claude Code
6 17 (0.91%) TeamCity
7 16 (0.85%) MLflow
8 13 (0.69%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.64%) Bitbucket
9 12 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
10 10 (0.53%) Selenium
11 9 (0.48%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
12 7 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.27%) Poetry
13 5 (0.27%) Postman
13 5 (0.27%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.27%) Subversion
14 4 (0.21%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.21%) PetaLinux
General
1 600 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 445 (23.73%) Finance
3 326 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (7.41%) Banking
5 138 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 128 (6.83%) Public Sector
7 123 (6.56%) Legal
8 102 (5.44%) Law
9 97 (5.17%) Marketing
10 79 (4.21%) Retail
11 47 (2.51%) Front Office
12 40 (2.13%) Games
13 36 (1.92%) Electronics
14 34 (1.81%) Telecoms
15 20 (1.07%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.07%) Financial Institution
15 20 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (0.80%) Local Government
18 13 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 545 (29.07%) Senior
2 278 (14.83%) Software Engineer
3 272 (14.51%) Developer
4 230 (12.27%) Lead
5 219 (11.68%) Data Engineer
6 213 (11.36%) Python Engineer
7 133 (7.09%) Analyst
8 117 (6.24%) Python Developer
9 104 (5.55%) Python Software Engineer
10 100 (5.33%) Data Scientist
11 85 (4.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 83 (4.43%) Senior Data Engineer
13 79 (4.21%) Senior Software Engineer
14 75 (4.00%) Senior Developer
15 72 (3.84%) Architect
16 68 (3.63%) Data Analyst
17 64 (3.41%) Consultant
18 57 (3.04%) Platform Engineer
19 54 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
19 54 (2.88%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (14.93%) Terraform
2 126 (6.72%) React
3 103 (5.49%) PySpark
4 96 (5.12%) Node.js
5 81 (4.32%) .NET
6 75 (4.00%) PyTorch
6 75 (4.00%) RESTful
7 69 (3.68%) LangChain
8 67 (3.57%) REST
8 67 (3.57%) TensorFlow
9 58 (3.09%) FastAPI
10 57 (3.04%) Django
11 48 (2.56%) Kafka
12 46 (2.45%) LangGraph
13 44 (2.35%) Next.js
14 32 (1.71%) Pandas
14 32 (1.71%) Spring
14 32 (1.71%) Spring Boot
15 30 (1.60%) scikit-learn
16 27 (1.44%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 249 (13.28%) Cloud Native
2 169 (9.01%) Distributed Systems
3 99 (5.28%) AI Agents
4 71 (3.79%) Virtual Team
5 69 (3.68%) Algorithms
6 53 (2.83%) Product Ownership
7 45 (2.40%) Data Structures
8 40 (2.13%) Blog
8 40 (2.13%) Video\Live Streaming
9 37 (1.97%) Credit Risk
10 36 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
11 35 (1.87%) Management Information System
12 34 (1.81%) Low-Code
12 34 (1.81%) Onboarding
13 33 (1.76%) Hedge funds
14 28 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
15 27 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
15 27 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
15 27 (1.44%) Security Posture
16 26 (1.39%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 205 (10.93%) Linux
2 80 (4.27%) Windows
3 33 (1.76%) Unix
4 17 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.43%) Android
10 7 (0.37%) Debian
11 5 (0.27%) 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 (0.053%) AIX
14 1 (0.053%) CentOS
14 1 (0.053%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 770 (41.07%) AI
2 627 (33.44%) Software Engineering
3 586 (31.25%) CI/CD
4 441 (23.52%) Analytics
5 429 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
6 403 (21.49%) Mentoring
7 391 (20.85%) DevOps
8 377 (20.11%) Agile
9 368 (19.63%) Machine Learning
10 331 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
11 326 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 264 (14.08%) Test Automation
13 253 (13.49%) Data Pipeline
14 252 (13.44%) Data Science
15 249 (13.28%) Decision-Making
16 246 (13.12%) Data Engineering
17 243 (12.96%) Observability
18 240 (12.80%) Data Modelling
19 239 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
20 223 (11.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 650 (34.67%) SQL
2 255 (13.60%) JavaScript
3 253 (13.49%) Java
4 223 (11.89%) C#
5 210 (11.20%) PowerShell
6 199 (10.61%) TypeScript
7 146 (7.79%) Bash
8 113 (6.03%) Go
9 95 (5.07%) C++
10 75 (4.00%) R
11 53 (2.83%) C
12 50 (2.67%) Bicep
13 37 (1.97%) Rust
13 37 (1.97%) Scala
14 27 (1.44%) PHP
15 23 (1.23%) MATLAB
15 23 (1.23%) Ruby
15 23 (1.23%) VBA
16 22 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 15 (0.80%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 242 (12.91%) Degree
2 230 (12.27%) Security Cleared
3 184 (9.81%) SC Cleared
4 67 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (2.93%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.29%) Master's Degree
7 35 (1.87%) DV Cleared
8 33 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.12%) PhD
11 20 (1.07%) CISSP
12 18 (0.96%) GIAC
12 18 (0.96%) SnowPro
13 17 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
14 15 (0.80%) AWS Certification
15 13 (0.69%) CCNP
15 13 (0.69%) OSCP
16 12 (0.64%) DBS Check
17 11 (0.59%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (10.77%) Data Quality
2 117 (6.24%) QA
3 49 (2.61%) Accessibility
4 47 (2.51%) GDPR
5 40 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (1.76%) NIST
7 23 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.43%) SLA
11 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.21%) ECSS
13 4 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.21%) MiFID
13 4 (0.21%) NCSC
14 3 (0.16%) COPPA
14 3 (0.16%) UCITS
15 2 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 233 (12.43%) Docker
2 20 (1.07%) Firmware
2 20 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (1.01%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.53%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 4 (0.21%) vSphere
8 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.11%) NFS
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.053%) HDFS
10 1 (0.053%) QEMU
10 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 243 (12.96%) Kubernetes
2 98 (5.23%) Ansible
3 83 (4.43%) Grafana
4 54 (2.88%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.07%) Argo
6 13 (0.69%) Istio
6 13 (0.69%) Progress Chef
7 11 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.37%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.37%) Puppet
9 6 (0.32%) Cilium
9 6 (0.32%) Graylog
9 6 (0.32%) Packer
9 6 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.27%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.21%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.21%) linkerd
11 4 (0.21%) Podman
Vendors
1 284 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 142 (7.57%) Databricks
3 102 (5.44%) Google
4 51 (2.72%) OpenAI
5 45 (2.40%) Oracle
6 40 (2.13%) Cisco
7 28 (1.49%) Foundry
7 28 (1.49%) Splunk
8 26 (1.39%) VMware
9 23 (1.23%) Informatica
10 19 (1.01%) New Relic
10 19 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 17 (0.91%) Dynatrace
11 17 (0.91%) Red Hat
12 16 (0.85%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.75%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.69%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.64%) Talend
16 11 (0.59%) Palantir
17 10 (0.53%) Alteryx