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

 6 months to
4 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,813 2,045 3,112
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.76% 12.74% 13.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.74% 40.50% 34.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,233 1,197 2,361
10th Percentile £44,800 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £136,250 £143,750
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 6,097 5,050 9,092
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.08% 31.47% 38.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4,586 3,426 6,598
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 4 September 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 45 (2.48%) Apache Spark
2 43 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
3 42 (2.32%) Apache
4 16 (0.88%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.50%) SAS
7 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.17%) Confluence
8 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.11%) CMS
9 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.055%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.055%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.055%) Tomcat
Applications
1 49 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.16%) Chatbot
3 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.33%) Simulink
6 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
6 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.17%) Blender
7 3 (0.17%) Maya
7 3 (0.17%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.11%) SPSS
9 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.055%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 646 (35.63%) AWS
2 575 (31.72%) Azure
3 283 (15.61%) GCP
4 158 (8.71%) Power Platform
5 147 (8.11%) SaaS
6 119 (6.56%) GitHub
7 82 (4.52%) Serverless
8 73 (4.03%) Azure Data Factory
9 69 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 68 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
11 61 (3.36%) GitHub Actions
12 60 (3.31%) Amazon S3
13 57 (3.14%) Snowflake
14 56 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
14 56 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
15 55 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 44 (2.43%) dbt
17 36 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
18 35 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
19 34 (1.88%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 123 (6.78%) Broadband
2 71 (3.92%) Firewall
3 52 (2.87%) TCP/IP
4 38 (2.10%) VPN
5 35 (1.93%) DNS
6 32 (1.77%) WAN
7 30 (1.65%) LAN
8 26 (1.43%) Wireless
9 25 (1.38%) Network Security
10 16 (0.88%) VLAN
11 15 (0.83%) BGP
12 14 (0.77%) DHCP
12 14 (0.77%) SD-WAN
13 13 (0.72%) 5G
13 13 (0.72%) OSPF
14 12 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.50%) MPLS
16 7 (0.39%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.39%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (7.39%) Power BI
2 132 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
3 109 (6.01%) Data Warehouse
4 87 (4.80%) SQL Server
5 81 (4.47%) MongoDB
6 64 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 63 (3.47%) Data Lake
8 52 (2.87%) Metadata
8 52 (2.87%) Relational Database
9 47 (2.59%) Tableau
10 46 (2.54%) Big Data
11 42 (2.32%) Delta Lake
12 41 (2.26%) BigQuery
13 32 (1.77%) MySQL
14 31 (1.71%) DynamoDB
15 25 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
16 24 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
17 23 (1.27%) Star Schema
18 22 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
18 22 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 185 (10.20%) Git
2 81 (4.47%) Jenkins
3 55 (3.03%) GitLab
4 33 (1.82%) JIRA
5 17 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.77%) MLflow
7 13 (0.72%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.72%) LabVIEW
8 11 (0.61%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.50%) Selenium
10 8 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 8 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.39%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.33%) JMeter
12 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.28%) Postman
13 5 (0.28%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
14 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
14 4 (0.22%) Poetry
General
1 576 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 406 (22.39%) Finance
3 296 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (6.40%) Legal
6 108 (5.96%) Banking
7 106 (5.85%) Public Sector
8 91 (5.02%) Law
9 78 (4.30%) Marketing
10 67 (3.70%) Retail
11 42 (2.32%) Games
12 38 (2.10%) Telecoms
13 34 (1.88%) Electronics
14 27 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.38%) Front Office
16 19 (1.05%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (0.83%) Local Government
18 13 (0.72%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 509 (28.08%) Senior
2 265 (14.62%) Developer
3 228 (12.58%) Lead
4 225 (12.41%) Software Engineer
5 196 (10.81%) Data Engineer
6 185 (10.20%) Python Engineer
7 111 (6.12%) Analyst
8 101 (5.57%) Python Developer
9 98 (5.41%) Data Scientist
10 74 (4.08%) Senior Developer
11 71 (3.92%) Architect
11 71 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
12 70 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
13 66 (3.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 64 (3.53%) Python Software Engineer
14 64 (3.53%) Senior Data Engineer
15 58 (3.20%) Engineering Manager
16 57 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
17 56 (3.09%) Consultant
17 56 (3.09%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 282 (15.55%) Terraform
2 129 (7.12%) React
3 96 (5.30%) PySpark
4 89 (4.91%) Node.js
5 83 (4.58%) PyTorch
6 81 (4.47%) .NET
7 71 (3.92%) REST
8 70 (3.86%) TensorFlow
9 67 (3.70%) RESTful
10 66 (3.64%) Django
11 57 (3.14%) FastAPI
12 55 (3.03%) Kafka
13 54 (2.98%) LangChain
14 43 (2.37%) Next.js
15 37 (2.04%) Pandas
16 34 (1.88%) CSS
17 33 (1.82%) scikit-learn
18 29 (1.60%) LangGraph
18 29 (1.60%) Spring
19 28 (1.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 236 (13.02%) Cloud Native
2 182 (10.04%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (4.52%) AI Agents
3 82 (4.52%) Algorithms
4 80 (4.41%) Virtual Team
5 66 (3.64%) Video\Live Streaming
6 59 (3.25%) Product Ownership
7 47 (2.59%) Data Structures
8 42 (2.32%) Low-Code
9 41 (2.26%) Onboarding
10 37 (2.04%) Management Information System
10 37 (2.04%) Public Cloud
11 32 (1.77%) Blog
11 32 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
13 27 (1.49%) Credit Risk
13 27 (1.49%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
14 25 (1.38%) Over-the-Top Content
15 24 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 210 (11.58%) Linux
2 83 (4.58%) Windows
3 36 (1.99%) Unix
4 27 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.83%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.39%) Android
7 7 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.33%) Debian
8 6 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Solaris
10 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.055%) AIX
12 1 (0.055%) CentOS
12 1 (0.055%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.055%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 695 (38.33%) AI
2 590 (32.54%) Software Engineering
3 564 (31.11%) CI/CD
4 432 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
5 400 (22.06%) Mentoring
6 381 (21.01%) Analytics
7 379 (20.90%) Agile
8 378 (20.85%) DevOps
9 374 (20.63%) Machine Learning
10 342 (18.86%) Infrastructure as Code
11 327 (18.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 264 (14.56%) Data Science
13 252 (13.90%) Test Automation
14 244 (13.46%) Observability
15 228 (12.58%) Roadmaps
16 227 (12.52%) Decision-Making
17 223 (12.30%) Data Pipeline
18 222 (12.24%) Data Engineering
19 215 (11.86%) Data Modelling
20 212 (11.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 583 (32.16%) SQL
2 251 (13.84%) JavaScript
3 244 (13.46%) Java
4 228 (12.58%) C#
5 215 (11.86%) PowerShell
6 189 (10.42%) TypeScript
7 130 (7.17%) Bash
8 121 (6.67%) Go
9 100 (5.52%) C++
10 53 (2.92%) R
10 53 (2.92%) Scala
11 48 (2.65%) C
12 47 (2.59%) Bicep
13 36 (1.99%) PHP
14 30 (1.65%) Rust
15 27 (1.49%) Ruby
16 26 (1.43%) VBA
17 22 (1.21%) MATLAB
18 18 (0.99%) Groovy
19 16 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 243 (13.40%) Degree
2 211 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 165 (9.10%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.31%) Azure Certification
6 42 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 39 (2.15%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.21%) PhD
10 21 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (0.99%) SnowPro
12 17 (0.94%) CISSP
13 15 (0.83%) CCNP
14 14 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 14 (0.77%) OSCP
15 13 (0.72%) CREST Certified
15 13 (0.72%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.72%) GIAC
16 11 (0.61%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 135 (7.45%) QA
3 42 (2.32%) Accessibility
4 34 (1.88%) GDPR
4 34 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (1.32%) NIST
6 13 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.44%) SLA
9 7 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.28%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
12 4 (0.22%) PMO
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
13 3 (0.17%) GAAP
13 3 (0.17%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) UCITS
System Software
1 245 (13.51%) Docker
2 25 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.32%) Firmware
4 18 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.33%) KVM
6 6 (0.33%) vSphere
7 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.055%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 229 (12.63%) Kubernetes
2 106 (5.85%) Ansible
3 86 (4.74%) Grafana
4 48 (2.65%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.10%) Argo
6 19 (1.05%) Istio
7 14 (0.77%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.55%) Packer
9 7 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.39%) Kubeflow
9 7 (0.39%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.39%) Puppet
9 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.33%) Graylog
11 5 (0.28%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.22%) linkerd
12 4 (0.22%) Podman
12 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 288 (15.89%) Microsoft
2 140 (7.72%) Databricks
3 72 (3.97%) Google
4 51 (2.81%) Cisco
5 47 (2.59%) OpenAI
6 36 (1.99%) Oracle
7 34 (1.88%) VMware
8 26 (1.43%) Splunk
9 24 (1.32%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.27%) Foundry
10 23 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 21 (1.16%) Fortinet
12 20 (1.10%) Informatica
13 18 (0.99%) Typelevel
14 17 (0.94%) New Relic
15 16 (0.88%) Dynatrace
15 16 (0.88%) F5
16 14 (0.77%) HubSpot
17 10 (0.55%) Alteryx
2,890 hybrid/remote Python jobs