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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,649 2,383 3,888
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.19% 15.40% 11.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.87% 40.81% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,086 1,436 3,092
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,601 £42,250
25th Percentile £53,813 £58,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,685 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% -1.75% +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £100,000
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 5,342 5,839 14,092
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.52% 37.73% 40.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,967 4,047 11,666
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,965 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
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 20 June 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 72 (4.37%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (3.03%) Apache Spark
3 38 (2.30%) Apache
4 18 (1.09%) SAS
5 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.49%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.061%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.061%) CMS
10 1 (0.061%) Confluence
10 1 (0.061%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.061%) nginx
10 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Blender
6 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) SPSS
8 1 (0.061%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.061%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.061%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 647 (39.24%) AWS
2 522 (31.66%) Azure
3 276 (16.74%) GCP
4 135 (8.19%) Power Platform
5 124 (7.52%) SaaS
6 103 (6.25%) Serverless
7 102 (6.19%) GitHub
8 86 (5.22%) Amazon S3
9 72 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
10 60 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
11 55 (3.34%) Azure Data Factory
12 53 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
13 50 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
13 50 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
14 46 (2.79%) Amazon EKS
15 44 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
16 40 (2.43%) dbt
17 39 (2.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 39 (2.37%) Snowflake
18 37 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 202 (12.25%) Broadband
2 79 (4.79%) Firewall
3 47 (2.85%) VPN
4 27 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (1.58%) LAN
6 25 (1.52%) WAN
7 22 (1.33%) TCP/IP
7 22 (1.33%) VLAN
8 21 (1.27%) DNS
9 19 (1.15%) Network Security
9 19 (1.15%) Wireshark
10 17 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (1.03%) NGFW
11 16 (0.97%) BGP
12 15 (0.91%) VXLAN
12 15 (0.91%) Wireless
13 13 (0.79%) MPLS
13 13 (0.79%) SD-WAN
14 12 (0.73%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.67%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (6.55%) Power BI
3 86 (5.22%) SQL Server
4 71 (4.31%) MongoDB
5 69 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
6 65 (3.94%) Relational Database
7 60 (3.64%) BigQuery
7 60 (3.64%) NoSQL
8 55 (3.34%) Metadata
9 53 (3.21%) Tableau
10 47 (2.85%) Data Lake
11 38 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
12 36 (2.18%) Big Data
12 36 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
13 32 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
13 32 (1.94%) Semantic Layer
14 31 (1.88%) MySQL
15 30 (1.82%) Delta Lake
16 27 (1.64%) Redis
17 25 (1.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 145 (8.79%) Git
2 64 (3.88%) Jenkins
3 60 (3.64%) GitLab
4 34 (2.06%) JIRA
5 18 (1.09%) Jaeger
6 14 (0.85%) MLflow
7 13 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.61%) Claude Code
9 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.42%) JMeter
9 7 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.36%) Selenium
11 5 (0.30%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.30%) Locust
11 5 (0.30%) Postman
11 5 (0.30%) Subversion
12 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.18%) LabVIEW
13 3 (0.18%) Maven
General
1 454 (27.53%) Social Skills
2 355 (21.53%) Finance
3 286 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (6.49%) Public Sector
6 100 (6.06%) Banking
7 72 (4.37%) Law
8 63 (3.82%) Retail
9 52 (3.15%) Marketing
9 52 (3.15%) Telecoms
10 48 (2.91%) Front Office
11 47 (2.85%) Games
12 46 (2.79%) Legal
13 23 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.09%) Financial Institution
15 16 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.91%) Electronics
17 13 (0.79%) Publishing
18 12 (0.73%) Tech for Good
19 11 (0.67%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 379 (22.98%) Senior
2 327 (19.83%) Developer
3 279 (16.92%) Lead
4 195 (11.83%) Data Engineer
5 194 (11.76%) Software Engineer
6 160 (9.70%) Python Engineer
7 111 (6.73%) Python Developer
8 97 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
9 94 (5.70%) Analyst
10 91 (5.52%) Data Scientist
11 69 (4.18%) Lead Developer
12 66 (4.00%) Senior Developer
13 65 (3.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 64 (3.88%) AWS Engineer
15 60 (3.64%) Data Analyst
16 55 (3.34%) Full-Stack Developer
16 55 (3.34%) Senior Data Engineer
17 48 (2.91%) Architect
17 48 (2.91%) Senior Software Engineer
18 46 (2.79%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (8.91%) React
2 105 (6.37%) Node.js
3 95 (5.76%) Kafka
3 95 (5.76%) PyTorch
4 85 (5.15%) TensorFlow
5 73 (4.43%) REST
6 72 (4.37%) .NET
7 65 (3.94%) PySpark
7 65 (3.94%) RESTful
8 57 (3.46%) Django
9 55 (3.34%) FastAPI
10 49 (2.97%) LangChain
11 48 (2.91%) gRPC
12 39 (2.37%) Vue
13 35 (2.12%) JSON
14 34 (2.06%) Flask
15 32 (1.94%) Redux
16 29 (1.76%) GraphQL
17 28 (1.70%) CSS
17 28 (1.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 206 (12.49%) Cloud Native
2 176 (10.67%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (6.31%) Video\Live Streaming
4 82 (4.97%) Algorithms
5 67 (4.06%) Data Structures
6 64 (3.88%) Product Ownership
7 58 (3.52%) AI Agents
7 58 (3.52%) Low-Code
8 55 (3.34%) Over-the-Top Content
9 44 (2.67%) Onboarding
10 38 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
11 37 (2.24%) Fixed Income
11 37 (2.24%) Public Cloud
12 35 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (1.82%) Data Centre
13 30 (1.82%) Equities
14 28 (1.70%) Virtual Team
15 26 (1.58%) Management Information System
15 26 (1.58%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 193 (11.70%) Linux
2 63 (3.82%) Windows
3 43 (2.61%) Unix
4 31 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.73%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.55%) Debian
7 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.42%) Android
9 4 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.12%) Solaris
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) CentOS
12 1 (0.061%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.061%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 551 (33.41%) CI/CD
2 549 (33.29%) AI
3 497 (30.14%) Software Engineering
4 393 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
5 388 (23.53%) Agile
6 362 (21.95%) Machine Learning
7 344 (20.86%) Mentoring
8 328 (19.89%) DevOps
9 310 (18.80%) Infrastructure as Code
10 301 (18.25%) Analytics
11 292 (17.71%) Data Science
12 224 (13.58%) Containerisation
13 219 (13.28%) Data Pipeline
13 219 (13.28%) Roadmaps
14 213 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 205 (12.43%) Data Engineering
15 205 (12.43%) Data Modelling
16 197 (11.95%) Observability
17 192 (11.64%) Full-Stack Development
18 190 (11.52%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 475 (28.81%) SQL
2 280 (16.98%) Java
3 228 (13.83%) JavaScript
4 189 (11.46%) Go
5 153 (9.28%) PowerShell
6 151 (9.16%) Bash
7 147 (8.91%) TypeScript
8 139 (8.43%) C#
9 85 (5.15%) Scala
10 74 (4.49%) C++
11 52 (3.15%) R
12 39 (2.37%) PHP
13 38 (2.30%) C
14 27 (1.64%) Bicep
15 19 (1.15%) VBA
16 18 (1.09%) T-SQL
17 17 (1.03%) Apex Code
17 17 (1.03%) Ruby
18 15 (0.91%) Groovy
19 14 (0.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 232 (14.07%) Degree
2 157 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 126 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (3.58%) Azure Certification
6 42 (2.55%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.15%) DBS Check
10 15 (0.91%) PhD
11 13 (0.79%) OSCP
12 12 (0.73%) CEH
13 11 (0.67%) ACCA
13 11 (0.67%) CIMA
13 11 (0.67%) CREST Certified
14 10 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.61%) CISSP
15 9 (0.55%) GIAC
16 7 (0.42%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (8.91%) Data Quality
2 97 (5.88%) QA
3 41 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.15%) NIST
6 17 (1.03%) GDPR
7 13 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.49%) SLA
10 7 (0.42%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.36%) GRC
12 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.30%) PMO
12 5 (0.30%) WCAG
13 4 (0.24%) GAAP
13 4 (0.24%) IFRS
13 4 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 268 (16.25%) Docker
2 33 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.21%) Firmware
5 19 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.42%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) KVM
7 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.18%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.061%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 270 (16.37%) Terraform
2 229 (13.89%) Kubernetes
3 113 (6.85%) Ansible
4 81 (4.91%) Grafana
5 68 (4.12%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.43%) Argo
7 24 (1.46%) Kustomize
8 17 (1.03%) Istio
9 12 (0.73%) Packer
9 12 (0.73%) Proxmox
10 9 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (0.55%) Kubeflow
10 9 (0.55%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.42%) Puppet
11 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.36%) Graylog
13 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.30%) FTK
13 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 236 (14.31%) Microsoft
2 114 (6.91%) Databricks
3 78 (4.73%) Google
4 54 (3.27%) Cisco
5 49 (2.97%) VMware
6 45 (2.73%) Typelevel
7 34 (2.06%) OpenAI
8 29 (1.76%) Salesforce
9 27 (1.64%) Palo Alto
10 26 (1.58%) Oracle
11 25 (1.52%) Foundry
12 23 (1.39%) Red Hat
13 21 (1.27%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.27%) Splunk
14 16 (0.97%) F5
15 15 (0.91%) Arista
15 15 (0.91%) Aruba
15 15 (0.91%) NetScout
15 15 (0.91%) ServiceNow
16 13 (0.79%) Commvault