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

 6 months to
1 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,517 2,078 3,521
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 15.44% 10.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.87% 37.41% 26.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 1,566 2,869
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,375 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £132,500 £135,000
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 4,760 5,555 13,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 41.29% 40.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,497 4,448 11,434
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 £115,000 £100,000
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 1 May 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 80 (5.27%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (3.10%) Apache Spark
3 35 (2.31%) Apache
4 17 (1.12%) SAS
5 10 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.33%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.26%) Confluence
9 4 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
11 2 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.066%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.066%) Kinematics
Applications
1 30 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) SPSS
6 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.066%) Notion
6 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.066%) Actimize
5 1 (0.066%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.066%) Shopify
5 1 (0.066%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 621 (40.94%) AWS
2 541 (35.66%) Azure
3 246 (16.22%) GCP
4 164 (10.81%) GitHub
5 158 (10.42%) Power Platform
6 124 (8.17%) Serverless
7 111 (7.32%) SaaS
8 104 (6.86%) Amazon S3
9 97 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
10 83 (5.47%) AWS Lambda
11 76 (5.01%) GitHub Actions
12 72 (4.75%) Azure Data Factory
13 55 (3.63%) Snowflake
14 53 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
15 52 (3.43%) dbt
16 49 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 45 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
18 42 (2.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 38 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
19 38 (2.50%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 153 (10.09%) Broadband
2 70 (4.61%) Firewall
3 38 (2.50%) VPN
4 26 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (1.65%) VLAN
6 24 (1.58%) LAN
7 23 (1.52%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.38%) WAN
9 19 (1.25%) BGP
9 19 (1.25%) DNS
9 19 (1.25%) Wireshark
10 17 (1.12%) NGFW
11 16 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (0.99%) MPLS
12 15 (0.99%) VXLAN
13 13 (0.86%) Network Security
14 12 (0.79%) 4G
14 12 (0.79%) Ethernet VPN
15 11 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
15 11 (0.73%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (8.64%) Power BI
2 113 (7.45%) PostgreSQL
3 93 (6.13%) SQL Server
4 67 (4.42%) Tableau
5 65 (4.28%) NoSQL
6 64 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
7 63 (4.15%) Relational Database
8 62 (4.09%) Metadata
9 53 (3.49%) Data Lake
10 49 (3.23%) MongoDB
11 48 (3.16%) BigQuery
12 43 (2.83%) Amazon Redshift
13 40 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
14 34 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
15 30 (1.98%) Delta Lake
16 26 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
16 26 (1.71%) MySQL
17 24 (1.58%) Redis
18 22 (1.45%) Semantic Layer
19 21 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 132 (8.70%) Git
2 67 (4.42%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.49%) GitLab
4 33 (2.18%) JIRA
5 19 (1.25%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.05%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.05%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.05%) Selenium
7 15 (0.99%) MLflow
8 11 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.53%) JMeter
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
10 7 (0.46%) Locust
10 7 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.33%) Subversion
13 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.26%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.26%) ERwin
General
1 453 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 342 (22.54%) Finance
3 232 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 91 (6.00%) Banking
7 64 (4.22%) Law
8 61 (4.02%) Retail
9 54 (3.56%) Front Office
10 45 (2.97%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.44%) Marketing
12 34 (2.24%) Legal
13 33 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (1.91%) Games
15 25 (1.65%) Publishing
16 19 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.25%) Health Technology
17 18 (1.19%) Tech for Good
18 17 (1.12%) Financial Institution
18 17 (1.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 335 (22.08%) Senior
2 316 (20.83%) Developer
3 250 (16.48%) Lead
4 200 (13.18%) Data Engineer
5 168 (11.07%) Software Engineer
6 141 (9.29%) Python Engineer
7 124 (8.17%) Python Developer
8 81 (5.34%) Platform Engineer
9 80 (5.27%) Analyst
10 70 (4.61%) Lead Developer
11 59 (3.89%) Senior Developer
12 58 (3.82%) AWS Engineer
12 58 (3.82%) Senior Data Engineer
13 56 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
13 56 (3.69%) Full-Stack Developer
14 53 (3.49%) Data Scientist
14 53 (3.49%) Software Developer
15 52 (3.43%) React Developer
16 50 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
17 46 (3.03%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (10.88%) React
2 107 (7.05%) Kafka
3 103 (6.79%) Node.js
4 72 (4.75%) .NET
5 70 (4.61%) PySpark
6 65 (4.28%) Django
6 65 (4.28%) REST
7 63 (4.15%) PyTorch
8 57 (3.76%) RESTful
9 55 (3.63%) TensorFlow
10 51 (3.36%) gRPC
11 42 (2.77%) JSON
12 41 (2.70%) FastAPI
13 37 (2.44%) Vue
14 35 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
14 35 (2.31%) Flask
15 33 (2.18%) Redux
16 32 (2.11%) Spring
17 30 (1.98%) AngularJS
17 30 (1.98%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 146 (9.62%) Cloud Native
2 122 (8.04%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (4.81%) Video\Live Streaming
4 71 (4.68%) Product Ownership
5 67 (4.42%) Algorithms
6 61 (4.02%) Data Structures
7 54 (3.56%) Low-Code
8 51 (3.36%) Over-the-Top Content
9 47 (3.10%) Onboarding
10 39 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
11 38 (2.50%) Fixed Income
12 37 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
13 35 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
14 30 (1.98%) Public Cloud
15 28 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
15 28 (1.85%) Data Centre
16 27 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
17 25 (1.65%) AI Agents
18 24 (1.58%) Equities
19 22 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 169 (11.14%) Linux
2 54 (3.56%) Windows
3 45 (2.97%) Unix
4 26 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.40%) Android
7 6 (0.40%) Debian
7 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.20%) CentOS
8 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Solaris
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.066%) AIX
10 1 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.066%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.066%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (35.86%) CI/CD
2 415 (27.36%) Agile
3 412 (27.16%) Software Engineering
4 383 (25.25%) DevOps
5 364 (23.99%) AI
6 360 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
7 305 (20.11%) Mentoring
8 261 (17.21%) Machine Learning
9 257 (16.94%) Analytics
10 248 (16.35%) Infrastructure as Code
11 231 (15.23%) Data Science
12 227 (14.96%) Data Pipeline
13 226 (14.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 223 (14.70%) Containerisation
15 220 (14.50%) Data Modelling
16 211 (13.91%) Data Engineering
17 183 (12.06%) Test Automation
18 180 (11.87%) Business Intelligence
19 174 (11.47%) Full-Stack Development
20 167 (11.01%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 450 (29.66%) SQL
2 322 (21.23%) Java
3 232 (15.29%) JavaScript
4 185 (12.20%) Go
5 156 (10.28%) TypeScript
6 138 (9.10%) Bash
7 135 (8.90%) PowerShell
8 133 (8.77%) C#
9 95 (6.26%) Scala
10 64 (4.22%) C++
11 42 (2.77%) R
12 33 (2.18%) PHP
13 32 (2.11%) C
14 22 (1.45%) T-SQL
15 21 (1.38%) Apex Code
16 20 (1.32%) Shell Script
17 19 (1.25%) PL/SQL
18 18 (1.19%) Bicep
18 18 (1.19%) VBA
19 12 (0.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 249 (16.41%) Degree
2 130 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.66%) SC Cleared
4 86 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.56%) Azure Certification
6 48 (3.16%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.85%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.19%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.05%) PhD
12 15 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (0.92%) CEH
13 14 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.86%) ACCA
14 13 (0.86%) CIMA
15 11 (0.73%) OSCP
16 10 (0.66%) CREST Certified
17 8 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
18 7 (0.46%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (8.77%) Data Quality
2 113 (7.45%) QA
3 44 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.65%) NIST
6 16 (1.05%) GDPR
7 14 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.79%) ISO 22301
9 10 (0.66%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.53%) SLA
11 7 (0.46%) GRC
12 5 (0.33%) PMO
12 5 (0.33%) WCAG
13 4 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.20%) EMIR
14 3 (0.20%) GAAP
14 3 (0.20%) IFRS
14 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 273 (18.00%) Docker
2 42 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.79%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.13%) KVM
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 284 (18.72%) Terraform
2 238 (15.69%) Kubernetes
3 113 (7.45%) Ansible
4 84 (5.54%) Grafana
5 64 (4.22%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.64%) Argo
7 23 (1.52%) Kustomize
8 21 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.79%) Istio
10 10 (0.66%) Packer
11 8 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
11 8 (0.53%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.40%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.40%) Puppet
13 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.33%) FTK
13 5 (0.33%) SCCM
14 4 (0.26%) Control-M
14 4 (0.26%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 226 (14.90%) Microsoft
2 121 (7.98%) Databricks
3 73 (4.81%) Google
4 54 (3.56%) Oracle
5 51 (3.36%) VMware
6 48 (3.16%) Cisco
7 45 (2.97%) Typelevel
8 37 (2.44%) Salesforce
9 31 (2.04%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.52%) Palo Alto
11 21 (1.38%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.25%) Commvault
13 17 (1.12%) Foundry
13 17 (1.12%) MuleSoft
14 16 (1.05%) Fortinet
15 15 (0.99%) Arista
15 15 (0.99%) Aruba
15 15 (0.99%) NetScout
15 15 (0.99%) SAP
16 13 (0.86%) F5
1,036 hybrid/remote Python jobs