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

 6 months to
31 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,829 2,102 3,172
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.84% 12.73% 13.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.99% 39.39% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 1,252 2,425
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £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 £112,500
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 6,098 5,336 9,332
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.14% 32.31% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,583 3,679 6,855
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,450 £39,573
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,879
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +1.78% -3.26%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
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 31 August 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 47 (2.57%) Apache Spark
2 43 (2.35%) Apache Airflow
3 42 (2.30%) Apache
4 16 (0.87%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.60%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.49%) SAS
7 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.16%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.11%) CMS
9 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.055%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.055%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.055%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.055%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.09%) Chatbot
3 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.33%) Simulink
6 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
6 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) 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 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 654 (35.76%) AWS
2 578 (31.60%) Azure
3 285 (15.58%) GCP
4 157 (8.58%) Power Platform
5 152 (8.31%) SaaS
6 116 (6.34%) GitHub
7 86 (4.70%) Serverless
8 71 (3.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 68 (3.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 65 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
11 61 (3.34%) Amazon S3
12 59 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
13 57 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
13 57 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
14 56 (3.06%) Snowflake
15 52 (2.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 45 (2.46%) dbt
17 38 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
18 35 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
19 34 (1.86%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 124 (6.78%) Broadband
2 75 (4.10%) Firewall
3 52 (2.84%) TCP/IP
4 40 (2.19%) VPN
5 35 (1.91%) DNS
6 33 (1.80%) WAN
7 31 (1.69%) LAN
8 26 (1.42%) Network Security
9 25 (1.37%) Wireless
10 17 (0.93%) VLAN
11 15 (0.82%) BGP
12 14 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (0.77%) DHCP
12 14 (0.77%) SD-WAN
13 13 (0.71%) 5G
13 13 (0.71%) OSPF
14 11 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.49%) MPLS
16 8 (0.44%) Unified Communications
16 8 (0.44%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
2 133 (7.27%) Power BI
3 104 (5.69%) Data Warehouse
4 85 (4.65%) SQL Server
5 80 (4.37%) MongoDB
6 63 (3.44%) Data Lake
7 62 (3.39%) NoSQL
8 54 (2.95%) Relational Database
9 51 (2.79%) Metadata
10 47 (2.57%) Big Data
10 47 (2.57%) Tableau
11 42 (2.30%) Delta Lake
12 41 (2.24%) BigQuery
13 32 (1.75%) MySQL
14 30 (1.64%) DynamoDB
15 27 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
16 24 (1.31%) Semantic Layer
17 23 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
18 21 (1.15%) Star Schema
19 20 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 185 (10.11%) Git
2 81 (4.43%) Jenkins
3 56 (3.06%) GitLab
4 35 (1.91%) JIRA
5 17 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.77%) MLflow
7 13 (0.71%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.71%) LabVIEW
8 11 (0.60%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.49%) Selenium
10 8 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (0.38%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.33%) JMeter
12 6 (0.33%) Postman
12 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
15 3 (0.16%) Cucumber
15 3 (0.16%) Mercurial
General
1 582 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 409 (22.36%) Finance
3 299 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (6.34%) Legal
6 112 (6.12%) Banking
7 108 (5.90%) Public Sector
8 93 (5.08%) Law
9 80 (4.37%) Marketing
10 70 (3.83%) Retail
11 43 (2.35%) Games
12 41 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 34 (1.86%) Electronics
14 28 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.37%) Front Office
16 19 (1.04%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (0.82%) Local Government
18 13 (0.71%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 512 (27.99%) Senior
2 268 (14.65%) Developer
3 227 (12.41%) Lead
4 225 (12.30%) Software Engineer
5 198 (10.83%) Data Engineer
6 188 (10.28%) Python Engineer
7 109 (5.96%) Analyst
8 103 (5.63%) Python Developer
9 97 (5.30%) Data Scientist
10 78 (4.26%) Senior Developer
11 72 (3.94%) Architect
11 72 (3.94%) Senior Software Engineer
12 71 (3.88%) Platform Engineer
13 66 (3.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 63 (3.44%) Python Software Engineer
15 61 (3.34%) Senior Data Engineer
16 57 (3.12%) Engineering Manager
17 56 (3.06%) AWS Engineer
17 56 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
17 56 (3.06%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (15.53%) Terraform
2 131 (7.16%) React
3 96 (5.25%) PySpark
4 88 (4.81%) Node.js
5 84 (4.59%) .NET
6 83 (4.54%) PyTorch
7 75 (4.10%) REST
8 70 (3.83%) TensorFlow
9 67 (3.66%) Django
10 66 (3.61%) RESTful
11 60 (3.28%) FastAPI
12 57 (3.12%) Kafka
13 54 (2.95%) LangChain
14 44 (2.41%) Next.js
15 37 (2.02%) Pandas
16 34 (1.86%) CSS
17 33 (1.80%) scikit-learn
18 29 (1.59%) Flask
18 29 (1.59%) LangGraph
18 29 (1.59%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 239 (13.07%) Cloud Native
2 184 (10.06%) Distributed Systems
3 85 (4.65%) Algorithms
4 82 (4.48%) AI Agents
5 80 (4.37%) Virtual Team
6 67 (3.66%) Video\Live Streaming
7 59 (3.23%) Product Ownership
8 48 (2.62%) Data Structures
9 43 (2.35%) Low-Code
10 42 (2.30%) Onboarding
11 37 (2.02%) Management Information System
11 37 (2.02%) Public Cloud
12 34 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
13 32 (1.75%) Blog
14 29 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
15 27 (1.48%) Credit Risk
16 26 (1.42%) Security Posture
17 25 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
17 25 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
17 25 (1.37%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 213 (11.65%) Linux
2 81 (4.43%) Windows
3 37 (2.02%) Unix
4 28 (1.53%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.82%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.38%) Android
7 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.33%) Debian
8 6 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.22%) Solaris
10 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
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 (38.00%) AI
2 593 (32.42%) Software Engineering
3 565 (30.89%) CI/CD
4 430 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
5 402 (21.98%) Mentoring
6 383 (20.94%) DevOps
7 379 (20.72%) Analytics
7 379 (20.72%) Machine Learning
8 375 (20.50%) Agile
9 344 (18.81%) Infrastructure as Code
10 327 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 268 (14.65%) Data Science
12 256 (14.00%) Test Automation
13 239 (13.07%) Observability
14 227 (12.41%) Roadmaps
15 224 (12.25%) Decision-Making
16 221 (12.08%) Data Pipeline
17 219 (11.97%) Data Engineering
18 216 (11.81%) Data Modelling
19 212 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 577 (31.55%) SQL
2 258 (14.11%) JavaScript
3 245 (13.40%) Java
4 228 (12.47%) C#
5 216 (11.81%) PowerShell
6 188 (10.28%) TypeScript
7 130 (7.11%) Bash
8 125 (6.83%) Go
9 99 (5.41%) C++
10 55 (3.01%) Scala
11 54 (2.95%) R
12 48 (2.62%) C
13 47 (2.57%) Bicep
14 38 (2.08%) PHP
15 29 (1.59%) Rust
16 27 (1.48%) Ruby
17 26 (1.42%) VBA
18 22 (1.20%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.98%) Groovy
20 16 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 244 (13.34%) Degree
2 211 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 166 (9.08%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.34%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.35%) Master's Degree
7 40 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.26%) PhD
10 21 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (0.98%) SnowPro
13 16 (0.87%) CISSP
14 15 (0.82%) AWS Certification
15 14 (0.77%) CCNP
16 13 (0.71%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.71%) GIAC
16 13 (0.71%) OSCP
17 12 (0.66%) CEH
17 12 (0.66%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (9.19%) Data Quality
2 140 (7.65%) QA
3 42 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 36 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.75%) GDPR
6 25 (1.37%) NIST
7 13 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.49%) SLA
10 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.33%) PMO
10 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
13 3 (0.16%) ECSS
13 3 (0.16%) GAAP
13 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.16%) UCITS
System Software
1 246 (13.45%) Docker
2 26 (1.42%) Firmware
2 26 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.31%) Active Directory
4 21 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.38%) vSphere
7 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.33%) KVM
8 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.055%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 233 (12.74%) Kubernetes
2 106 (5.80%) Ansible
3 88 (4.81%) Grafana
4 49 (2.68%) Prometheus
5 21 (1.15%) Istio
6 20 (1.09%) Argo
7 13 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.55%) Packer
9 8 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
10 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.38%) Puppet
11 6 (0.33%) Graylog
11 6 (0.33%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.22%) linkerd
12 4 (0.22%) Podman
12 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 285 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 142 (7.76%) Databricks
3 72 (3.94%) Google
4 53 (2.90%) Cisco
5 47 (2.57%) OpenAI
6 37 (2.02%) VMware
7 36 (1.97%) Oracle
8 27 (1.48%) Splunk
9 26 (1.42%) Palo Alto
10 25 (1.37%) Red Hat
11 23 (1.26%) ServiceNow
12 22 (1.20%) Fortinet
12 22 (1.20%) Foundry
13 18 (0.98%) Informatica
13 18 (0.98%) Typelevel
14 17 (0.93%) F5
15 16 (0.87%) Dynatrace
15 16 (0.87%) New Relic
16 14 (0.77%) HubSpot
17 10 (0.55%) Alteryx
1,708 hybrid/remote Python jobs