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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,432 2,357 3,188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.71% 15.60% 11.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.14% 34.65% 25.67%
Number of salaries quoted 938 1,583 2,616
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £69,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.91% -2.80%

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 4,455 6,803 12,420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.09% 45.04% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,253 4,454 10,825
10th Percentile £38,553 £40,075 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 26 February 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 85 (5.94%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (3.14%) Apache Spark
3 41 (2.86%) Apache
4 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.26%) SAS
6 16 (1.12%) SharePoint
7 15 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 13 (0.91%) Confluence
9 11 (0.77%) Tomcat
9 11 (0.77%) WebSphere
9 11 (0.77%) WebSphere Application Server
10 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.35%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.35%) GeoServer
11 5 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.28%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
13 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 43 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.28%) Simulink
6 2 (0.14%) SPSS
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.070%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.070%) Notion
7 1 (0.070%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.42%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.35%) Shopify
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.070%) Actimize
7 1 (0.070%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.070%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 591 (41.27%) AWS
2 574 (40.08%) Azure
3 216 (15.08%) GCP
4 197 (13.76%) GitHub
5 178 (12.43%) Power Platform
6 146 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
7 125 (8.73%) Serverless
8 98 (6.84%) SaaS
9 95 (6.63%) Amazon S3
10 86 (6.01%) GitHub Actions
11 81 (5.66%) Snowflake
12 78 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
13 76 (5.31%) AWS Lambda
13 76 (5.31%) dbt
14 57 (3.98%) AWS CloudFormation
15 55 (3.84%) Amazon EKS
16 54 (3.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 51 (3.56%) OCI
18 48 (3.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 45 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 92 (6.42%) Broadband
2 56 (3.91%) Firewall
3 37 (2.58%) TCP/IP
4 35 (2.44%) VPN
5 30 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.82%) Wireshark
7 22 (1.54%) VLAN
8 20 (1.40%) BGP
9 17 (1.19%) LAN
9 17 (1.19%) NGFW
10 16 (1.12%) WAN
11 15 (1.05%) MPLS
11 15 (1.05%) VXLAN
12 13 (0.91%) DNS
13 12 (0.84%) Ethernet VPN
13 12 (0.84%) SSL
14 11 (0.77%) 4G
14 11 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.77%) IOS XR
14 11 (0.77%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (10.89%) Power BI
2 101 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
3 91 (6.35%) Tableau
4 88 (6.15%) SQL Server
5 82 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
6 71 (4.96%) NoSQL
7 57 (3.98%) Metadata
8 56 (3.91%) Data Lake
9 54 (3.77%) Relational Database
10 44 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
11 43 (3.00%) Apache Iceberg
12 42 (2.93%) BigQuery
13 40 (2.79%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
15 33 (2.30%) Amazon Athena
15 33 (2.30%) MongoDB
16 31 (2.16%) Delta Lake
17 29 (2.03%) MySQL
18 26 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
19 24 (1.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 113 (7.89%) Git
2 85 (5.94%) Jenkins
3 52 (3.63%) JIRA
4 47 (3.28%) GitLab
5 33 (2.30%) Oracle Forms
6 20 (1.40%) Selenium
7 19 (1.33%) Jaeger
8 15 (1.05%) MLflow
9 11 (0.77%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.70%) ER Studio
10 10 (0.70%) ERwin
11 9 (0.63%) JUnit
12 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.35%) Postman
14 5 (0.35%) Subversion
14 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.28%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 458 (31.98%) Social Skills
2 385 (26.89%) Finance
3 223 (15.57%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (6.63%) Public Sector
6 88 (6.15%) Banking
7 67 (4.68%) Front Office
7 67 (4.68%) Law
8 49 (3.42%) Retail
9 42 (2.93%) Telecoms
10 41 (2.86%) Marketing
11 32 (2.23%) Legal
12 31 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (1.82%) Publishing
14 23 (1.61%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.54%) Investment Banking
16 21 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.47%) Tech for Good
17 20 (1.40%) Financial Institution
18 19 (1.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 311 (21.72%) Senior
2 296 (20.67%) Developer
3 193 (13.48%) Lead
4 187 (13.06%) Data Engineer
5 149 (10.41%) Software Engineer
6 124 (8.66%) Python Developer
7 121 (8.45%) Python Engineer
8 93 (6.49%) Analyst
9 89 (6.22%) Cloud Engineer
10 72 (5.03%) Lead Developer
11 65 (4.54%) AWS Engineer
12 63 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
13 59 (4.12%) Architect
13 59 (4.12%) Senior Data Engineer
14 54 (3.77%) Python Software Engineer
15 51 (3.56%) Applications Engineer
15 51 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
16 50 (3.49%) React Developer
17 48 (3.35%) Senior Developer
18 47 (3.28%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (11.03%) React
2 100 (6.98%) Node.js
3 84 (5.87%) Kafka
4 73 (5.10%) RESTful
5 68 (4.75%) Django
6 63 (4.40%) .NET
7 57 (3.98%) REST
8 52 (3.63%) SOAP
9 51 (3.56%) JSON
9 51 (3.56%) PySpark
10 47 (3.28%) PyTorch
10 47 (3.28%) Vue
11 46 (3.21%) TensorFlow
12 42 (2.93%) gRPC
13 41 (2.86%) XML
14 40 (2.79%) Elastic Stack
14 40 (2.79%) Flask
15 36 (2.51%) HTML
16 35 (2.44%) AngularJS
17 33 (2.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 120 (8.38%) Cloud Native
2 84 (5.87%) Product Ownership
3 82 (5.73%) Distributed Systems
4 66 (4.61%) Algorithms
5 65 (4.54%) Enterprise Software
6 56 (3.91%) Data Structures
7 53 (3.70%) Onboarding
8 51 (3.56%) Fixed Income
9 48 (3.35%) Low-Code
10 39 (2.72%) Video\Live Streaming
11 35 (2.44%) Equities
12 33 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
13 32 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
14 30 (2.09%) Data Centre
14 30 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
14 30 (2.09%) Over-the-Top Content
15 27 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 24 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
17 23 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
18 22 (1.54%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 191 (13.34%) Linux
2 80 (5.59%) Unix
3 68 (4.75%) Windows
4 23 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (0.77%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.49%) Debian
8 6 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.28%) Android
9 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.28%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.21%) VMS
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.070%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.070%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 452 (31.56%) Agile
3 440 (30.73%) DevOps
4 349 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
5 347 (24.23%) AI
6 333 (23.25%) Software Engineering
7 270 (18.85%) Analytics
8 259 (18.09%) Mentoring
9 240 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 223 (15.57%) Infrastructure as Code
11 215 (15.01%) Data Modelling
12 213 (14.87%) Machine Learning
13 207 (14.46%) Data Science
14 205 (14.32%) Coaching
15 203 (14.18%) Data Pipeline
16 199 (13.90%) Data Engineering
17 195 (13.62%) Containerisation
18 184 (12.85%) Business Intelligence
19 165 (11.52%) Test Automation
20 153 (10.68%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 476 (33.24%) SQL
2 308 (21.51%) Java
3 259 (18.09%) JavaScript
4 154 (10.75%) Bash
5 148 (10.34%) PowerShell
6 145 (10.13%) TypeScript
7 137 (9.57%) Go
8 97 (6.77%) C#
9 69 (4.82%) Scala
10 66 (4.61%) C++
11 50 (3.49%) R
12 45 (3.14%) C
13 39 (2.72%) Shell Script
14 36 (2.51%) PL/SQL
15 27 (1.89%) Bicep
16 21 (1.47%) T-SQL
17 20 (1.40%) Apex Code
18 15 (1.05%) VBA
19 14 (0.98%) PHP
20 11 (0.77%) Perl
Qualifications
1 273 (19.06%) Degree
2 164 (11.45%) Security Cleared
3 134 (9.36%) SC Cleared
4 84 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 81 (5.66%) AWS Certification
6 53 (3.70%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
12 22 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 18 (1.26%) CEH
14 17 (1.19%) PhD
15 14 (0.98%) ACCA
15 14 (0.98%) CIMA
16 12 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
17 11 (0.77%) DBS Check
18 10 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
19 8 (0.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (8.10%) Data Quality
2 79 (5.52%) QA
3 50 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.82%) NIST
5 25 (1.75%) GDPR
6 19 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 18 (1.26%) SLA
8 14 (0.98%) SOC 2
9 13 (0.91%) ISO 22301
10 10 (0.70%) GRC
11 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.14%) ECSS
12 2 (0.14%) EMIR
12 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.070%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.070%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.070%) SEPA
System Software
1 252 (17.60%) Docker
2 44 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.56%) Firmware
5 8 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.42%) vSphere
7 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.14%) Ceph
10 2 (0.14%) KVM
10 2 (0.14%) Lustre
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.070%) NFS
11 1 (0.070%) vCloud
11 1 (0.070%) Xen
Systems Management
1 306 (21.37%) Terraform
2 227 (15.85%) Kubernetes
3 119 (8.31%) Ansible
4 71 (4.96%) Grafana
5 63 (4.40%) Prometheus
6 43 (3.00%) Single Sign-On
7 38 (2.65%) Argo
8 20 (1.40%) Kustomize
9 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.42%) Control-M
10 6 (0.42%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.35%) FTK
11 5 (0.35%) Puppet
11 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (0.28%) Cilium
12 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.28%) logstash
12 4 (0.28%) QRadar
12 4 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 198 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 108 (7.54%) Databricks
3 86 (6.01%) Oracle
4 80 (5.59%) Google
5 47 (3.28%) VMware
6 43 (3.00%) Salesforce
7 33 (2.30%) Cisco
7 33 (2.30%) Red Hat
8 29 (2.03%) MuleSoft
9 27 (1.89%) IBM
9 27 (1.89%) Typelevel
10 21 (1.47%) Commvault
11 18 (1.26%) Okta
12 17 (1.19%) Talend
13 15 (1.05%) Arista
13 15 (1.05%) Aruba
13 15 (1.05%) NetScout
13 15 (1.05%) SAP
14 14 (0.98%) Informatica
14 14 (0.98%) OpenAI