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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,418 2,218 3,353
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.46% 15.97% 11.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.00% 34.76% 25.64%
Number of salaries quoted 944 1,586 2,766
10th Percentile £42,575 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £94,688
90th Percentile £117,500 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -4.80%

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 4,431 6,381 13,075
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.42% 45.95% 43.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,230 4,545 11,380
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £110,000 £97,625
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 12 March 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 76 (5.36%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.54%) Apache
4 19 (1.34%) SAS
5 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.85%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.56%) Confluence
8 8 (0.56%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.56%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
9 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.35%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.35%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.28%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 37 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.63%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.21%) Simulink
6 2 (0.14%) SPSS
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.071%) Notion
7 1 (0.071%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (1.90%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.35%) Shopify
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.21%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.071%) Actimize
6 1 (0.071%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.071%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.071%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 593 (41.82%) AWS
2 541 (38.15%) Azure
3 218 (15.37%) GCP
4 189 (13.33%) GitHub
5 160 (11.28%) Power Platform
6 127 (8.96%) Serverless
7 124 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
8 114 (8.04%) SaaS
9 101 (7.12%) Amazon S3
10 84 (5.92%) GitHub Actions
11 80 (5.64%) AWS Lambda
12 75 (5.29%) Azure Data Factory
13 69 (4.87%) dbt
14 67 (4.72%) Snowflake
15 52 (3.67%) Amazon EKS
15 52 (3.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 49 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
17 45 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 43 (3.03%) OCI
19 41 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 101 (7.12%) Broadband
2 59 (4.16%) Firewall
3 36 (2.54%) TCP/IP
3 36 (2.54%) VPN
4 31 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (1.83%) Wireshark
6 23 (1.62%) VLAN
7 20 (1.41%) BGP
8 17 (1.20%) NGFW
9 16 (1.13%) LAN
10 15 (1.06%) MPLS
10 15 (1.06%) VXLAN
10 15 (1.06%) WAN
11 13 (0.92%) DNS
12 12 (0.85%) Ethernet VPN
12 12 (0.85%) Network Security
13 11 (0.78%) 4G
13 11 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (0.78%) IOS XR
14 10 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (9.80%) Power BI
2 98 (6.91%) PostgreSQL
3 86 (6.06%) SQL Server
4 79 (5.57%) Tableau
5 72 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
6 69 (4.87%) NoSQL
7 57 (4.02%) Metadata
7 57 (4.02%) Relational Database
8 52 (3.67%) Data Lake
9 46 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
10 42 (2.96%) BigQuery
11 40 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 37 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
13 33 (2.33%) MongoDB
14 32 (2.26%) Delta Lake
15 31 (2.19%) Apache Iceberg
16 28 (1.97%) MySQL
16 28 (1.97%) Redis
17 26 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
18 20 (1.41%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 116 (8.18%) Git
2 73 (5.15%) Jenkins
3 52 (3.67%) GitLab
4 42 (2.96%) JIRA
5 25 (1.76%) Oracle Forms
6 19 (1.34%) Jaeger
7 18 (1.27%) Selenium
8 15 (1.06%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.99%) MLflow
10 8 (0.56%) JMeter
10 8 (0.56%) JUnit
11 7 (0.49%) ER Studio
11 7 (0.49%) ERwin
11 7 (0.49%) Postman
11 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.42%) Locust
12 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.35%) Subversion
13 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 455 (32.09%) Social Skills
2 353 (24.89%) Finance
3 221 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.99%) Banking
7 66 (4.65%) Law
8 60 (4.23%) Front Office
9 51 (3.60%) Retail
10 44 (3.10%) Telecoms
11 40 (2.82%) Marketing
12 33 (2.33%) Legal
13 32 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.83%) Publishing
15 23 (1.62%) Manufacturing
16 22 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.48%) Financial Institution
18 20 (1.41%) Health Technology
18 20 (1.41%) Tech for Good
19 19 (1.34%) Games
Job Titles
1 307 (21.65%) Senior
2 301 (21.23%) Developer
3 207 (14.60%) Lead
4 181 (12.76%) Data Engineer
5 154 (10.86%) Software Engineer
6 121 (8.53%) Python Developer
7 118 (8.32%) Python Engineer
8 81 (5.71%) Analyst
8 81 (5.71%) Lead Developer
9 76 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
10 63 (4.44%) Platform Engineer
11 57 (4.02%) Senior Data Engineer
12 56 (3.95%) AWS Engineer
13 55 (3.88%) Architect
14 54 (3.81%) Senior Developer
15 52 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
16 51 (3.60%) React Developer
17 47 (3.31%) Lead Python Developer
18 45 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
19 43 (3.03%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (11.21%) React
2 101 (7.12%) Node.js
3 93 (6.56%) Kafka
4 73 (5.15%) Django
5 67 (4.72%) .NET
6 66 (4.65%) RESTful
7 62 (4.37%) REST
8 52 (3.67%) PySpark
9 48 (3.39%) JSON
10 46 (3.24%) gRPC
10 46 (3.24%) PyTorch
11 45 (3.17%) SOAP
11 45 (3.17%) TensorFlow
12 43 (3.03%) Flask
13 41 (2.89%) Vue
14 39 (2.75%) Elastic Stack
14 39 (2.75%) XML
15 37 (2.61%) HTML
16 36 (2.54%) FastAPI
17 34 (2.40%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 116 (8.18%) Cloud Native
2 93 (6.56%) Distributed Systems
3 74 (5.22%) Product Ownership
4 65 (4.58%) Algorithms
5 60 (4.23%) Data Structures
6 53 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
7 49 (3.46%) Onboarding
8 48 (3.39%) Low-Code
8 48 (3.39%) Video\Live Streaming
9 46 (3.24%) Fixed Income
10 38 (2.68%) Over-the-Top Content
11 36 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
12 34 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
13 31 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (2.12%) Data Centre
15 25 (1.76%) Equities
15 25 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
16 22 (1.55%) Public Cloud
17 21 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
18 19 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 188 (13.26%) Linux
2 77 (5.43%) Unix
3 63 (4.44%) Windows
4 24 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.42%) Debian
9 4 (0.28%) Android
9 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.28%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.071%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.071%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.071%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.071%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (38.22%) CI/CD
2 425 (29.97%) Agile
3 416 (29.34%) DevOps
4 353 (24.89%) Software Engineering
5 352 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
6 331 (23.34%) AI
7 255 (17.98%) Analytics
7 255 (17.98%) Mentoring
8 234 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 222 (15.66%) Infrastructure as Code
10 220 (15.51%) Machine Learning
11 217 (15.30%) Containerisation
12 208 (14.67%) Data Modelling
13 206 (14.53%) Data Science
14 203 (14.32%) Data Pipeline
15 185 (13.05%) Data Engineering
16 179 (12.62%) Coaching
17 169 (11.92%) Business Intelligence
18 166 (11.71%) Test Automation
19 149 (10.51%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 440 (31.03%) SQL
2 298 (21.02%) Java
3 257 (18.12%) JavaScript
4 153 (10.79%) Go
5 145 (10.23%) Bash
6 141 (9.94%) TypeScript
7 137 (9.66%) PowerShell
8 99 (6.98%) C#
9 76 (5.36%) Scala
10 61 (4.30%) C++
11 46 (3.24%) R
12 40 (2.82%) C
13 31 (2.19%) Shell Script
14 28 (1.97%) PL/SQL
15 24 (1.69%) Bicep
16 22 (1.55%) Apex Code
17 20 (1.41%) T-SQL
18 19 (1.34%) PHP
19 15 (1.06%) VBA
20 9 (0.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 266 (18.76%) Degree
2 144 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 116 (8.18%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 70 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 51 (3.60%) Azure Certification
7 31 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
11 20 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.41%) CEH
11 20 (1.41%) DV Cleared
12 17 (1.20%) PhD
13 15 (1.06%) ACCA
13 15 (1.06%) CIMA
14 11 (0.78%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
16 8 (0.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (8.25%) Data Quality
2 89 (6.28%) QA
3 53 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.97%) NIST
5 25 (1.76%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.34%) GDPR
6 19 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 17 (1.20%) SLA
8 15 (1.06%) ISO 22301
9 13 (0.92%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.71%) GRC
11 4 (0.28%) WCAG
12 3 (0.21%) EMIR
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.14%) IFRS
13 2 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 269 (18.97%) Docker
2 40 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.78%) Firmware
4 11 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.42%) vSphere
6 5 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.14%) Ceph
9 2 (0.14%) KVM
9 2 (0.14%) Lustre
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.071%) vCloud
10 1 (0.071%) Xen
Systems Management
1 296 (20.87%) Terraform
2 231 (16.29%) Kubernetes
3 116 (8.18%) Ansible
4 73 (5.15%) Grafana
5 63 (4.44%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.68%) Argo
7 32 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.41%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.42%) Control-M
11 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.35%) FTK
11 5 (0.35%) Puppet
11 5 (0.35%) SCCM
12 4 (0.28%) Cilium
12 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.28%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.28%) logstash
12 4 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 199 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 106 (7.48%) Databricks
3 76 (5.36%) Oracle
4 75 (5.29%) Google
5 52 (3.67%) VMware
6 43 (3.03%) Salesforce
7 38 (2.68%) Cisco
8 34 (2.40%) Typelevel
9 30 (2.12%) Red Hat
10 27 (1.90%) MuleSoft
11 25 (1.76%) IBM
12 22 (1.55%) Commvault
13 18 (1.27%) Talend
14 16 (1.13%) SAP
15 15 (1.06%) Arista
15 15 (1.06%) Aruba
15 15 (1.06%) Informatica
15 15 (1.06%) NetScout
16 14 (0.99%) OpenAI
16 14 (0.99%) Splunk