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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,682 2,377 3,826
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.13% 15.05% 11.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.37% 40.81% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,133 1,443 3,062
10th Percentile £44,500 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £105,000
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 5,538 5,824 13,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.78% 36.87% 40.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,183 4,050 11,201
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £104,000
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 30 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 69 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
2 49 (2.91%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.20%) Apache
4 17 (1.01%) SAS
5 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.54%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.059%) Camunda
9 1 (0.059%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.059%) CMS
9 1 (0.059%) Confluence
9 1 (0.059%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.059%) nginx
9 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Blender
6 3 (0.18%) Lightworks
6 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 3 (0.18%) Simulink
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.30%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.059%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 668 (39.71%) AWS
2 544 (32.34%) Azure
3 283 (16.83%) GCP
4 137 (8.15%) Power Platform
5 123 (7.31%) SaaS
6 109 (6.48%) GitHub
7 105 (6.24%) Serverless
8 85 (5.05%) Amazon S3
9 71 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
10 66 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
11 58 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
13 53 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
14 49 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
15 48 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
16 45 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
17 44 (2.62%) Snowflake
18 43 (2.56%) dbt
19 38 (2.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 36 (2.14%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 197 (11.71%) Broadband
2 83 (4.93%) Firewall
3 51 (3.03%) VPN
4 28 (1.66%) LAN
5 27 (1.61%) WAN
5 27 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
6 24 (1.43%) TCP/IP
7 23 (1.37%) DNS
8 22 (1.31%) VLAN
9 20 (1.19%) Network Security
10 19 (1.13%) Wireshark
11 18 (1.07%) Wireless
12 17 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (1.01%) NGFW
13 16 (0.95%) BGP
14 15 (0.89%) VXLAN
15 13 (0.77%) MPLS
15 13 (0.77%) SD-WAN
16 12 (0.71%) Unified Communications
17 11 (0.65%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (8.20%) PostgreSQL
2 108 (6.42%) Power BI
3 88 (5.23%) SQL Server
4 71 (4.22%) MongoDB
5 69 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
6 61 (3.63%) Relational Database
7 58 (3.45%) BigQuery
8 57 (3.39%) Metadata
9 52 (3.09%) NoSQL
10 50 (2.97%) Tableau
11 46 (2.73%) Data Lake
12 37 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
13 36 (2.14%) Big Data
13 36 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
14 33 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
14 33 (1.96%) MySQL
15 31 (1.84%) Delta Lake
15 31 (1.84%) Semantic Layer
16 26 (1.55%) Redis
17 25 (1.49%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 149 (8.86%) Git
2 68 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 60 (3.57%) GitLab
4 34 (2.02%) JIRA
5 14 (0.83%) MLflow
6 13 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
7 12 (0.71%) Jaeger
8 11 (0.65%) Claude Code
9 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.42%) JMeter
9 7 (0.42%) LabVIEW
9 7 (0.42%) Selenium
9 7 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.30%) Locust
10 5 (0.30%) Postman
10 5 (0.30%) Subversion
11 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 476 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 363 (21.58%) Finance
3 292 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 109 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 98 (5.83%) Banking
7 70 (4.16%) Law
8 66 (3.92%) Retail
9 51 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 50 (2.97%) Front Office
10 50 (2.97%) Marketing
11 47 (2.79%) Legal
12 44 (2.62%) Games
13 29 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.19%) Electronics
15 17 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (0.95%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.71%) Publishing
17 12 (0.71%) Tech for Good
18 11 (0.65%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 399 (23.72%) Senior
2 332 (19.74%) Developer
3 278 (16.53%) Lead
4 201 (11.95%) Software Engineer
5 197 (11.71%) Data Engineer
6 158 (9.39%) Python Engineer
7 112 (6.66%) Python Developer
8 95 (5.65%) Analyst
8 95 (5.65%) Platform Engineer
9 91 (5.41%) Data Scientist
10 74 (4.40%) Senior Developer
11 68 (4.04%) Lead Developer
12 64 (3.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 63 (3.75%) AWS Engineer
14 59 (3.51%) Data Analyst
15 58 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
15 58 (3.45%) Senior Data Engineer
16 52 (3.09%) Senior Software Engineer
17 51 (3.03%) Architect
18 49 (2.91%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (8.62%) React
2 104 (6.18%) Node.js
3 95 (5.65%) PyTorch
4 93 (5.53%) Kafka
5 86 (5.11%) TensorFlow
6 76 (4.52%) REST
7 74 (4.40%) .NET
8 69 (4.10%) PySpark
9 67 (3.98%) RESTful
10 57 (3.39%) Django
10 57 (3.39%) FastAPI
11 52 (3.09%) LangChain
12 48 (2.85%) gRPC
13 40 (2.38%) Vue
14 35 (2.08%) JSON
15 33 (1.96%) Flask
16 32 (1.90%) Redux
17 30 (1.78%) GraphQL
18 29 (1.72%) LangGraph
18 29 (1.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 215 (12.78%) Cloud Native
2 182 (10.82%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (6.18%) Video\Live Streaming
4 82 (4.88%) Algorithms
5 69 (4.10%) AI Agents
5 69 (4.10%) Data Structures
6 60 (3.57%) Product Ownership
7 56 (3.33%) Low-Code
8 55 (3.27%) Over-the-Top Content
9 46 (2.73%) Onboarding
10 44 (2.62%) Public Cloud
11 38 (2.26%) Fixed Income
12 37 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
13 35 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
14 31 (1.84%) Data Centre
14 31 (1.84%) Equities
14 31 (1.84%) Management Information System
15 29 (1.72%) Virtual Team
16 25 (1.49%) Security Posture
17 23 (1.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 197 (11.71%) Linux
2 68 (4.04%) Windows
3 41 (2.44%) Unix
4 32 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.71%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.54%) Debian
7 8 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.42%) Android
9 5 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.12%) Solaris
13 1 (0.059%) AIX
13 1 (0.059%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.059%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.059%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 566 (33.65%) CI/CD
2 565 (33.59%) AI
3 517 (30.74%) Software Engineering
4 413 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
5 397 (23.60%) Agile
6 363 (21.58%) Machine Learning
7 350 (20.81%) Mentoring
8 334 (19.86%) DevOps
9 324 (19.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 302 (17.95%) Analytics
11 291 (17.30%) Data Science
12 229 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 222 (13.20%) Containerisation
14 218 (12.96%) Roadmaps
15 213 (12.66%) Data Pipeline
16 207 (12.31%) Data Engineering
17 206 (12.25%) Observability
18 202 (12.01%) Data Modelling
19 194 (11.53%) Full-Stack Development
19 194 (11.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 478 (28.42%) SQL
2 277 (16.47%) Java
3 229 (13.61%) JavaScript
4 185 (11.00%) Go
5 159 (9.45%) PowerShell
6 148 (8.80%) Bash
7 146 (8.68%) C#
7 146 (8.68%) TypeScript
8 84 (4.99%) Scala
9 80 (4.76%) C++
10 53 (3.15%) R
11 44 (2.62%) C
12 40 (2.38%) PHP
13 33 (1.96%) Bicep
14 22 (1.31%) VBA
15 20 (1.19%) Ruby
16 18 (1.07%) T-SQL
17 17 (1.01%) Rust
18 16 (0.95%) Apex Code
18 16 (0.95%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 237 (14.09%) Degree
2 166 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 133 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 34 (2.02%) AWS Certification
7 32 (1.90%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.31%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.13%) PhD
11 18 (1.07%) DBS Check
12 13 (0.77%) OSCP
13 12 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (0.65%) CEH
14 11 (0.65%) CREST Certified
15 10 (0.59%) ACCA
15 10 (0.59%) CIMA
15 10 (0.59%) CISSP
16 9 (0.54%) GIAC
17 8 (0.48%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.56%) Data Quality
2 94 (5.59%) QA
3 44 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.13%) NIST
6 16 (0.95%) GDPR
7 14 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.54%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.48%) SLA
10 6 (0.36%) GRC
10 6 (0.36%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.30%) PMO
11 5 (0.30%) WCAG
12 4 (0.24%) GAAP
12 4 (0.24%) IFRS
13 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.18%) ECSS
13 3 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 267 (15.87%) Docker
2 34 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.25%) Firmware
5 19 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.42%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.36%) KVM
7 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.18%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.059%) Xen
Systems Management
1 275 (16.35%) Terraform
2 227 (13.50%) Kubernetes
3 109 (6.48%) Ansible
4 84 (4.99%) Grafana
5 65 (3.86%) Prometheus
6 35 (2.08%) Argo
7 18 (1.07%) Kustomize
8 17 (1.01%) Istio
9 12 (0.71%) Packer
9 12 (0.71%) Proxmox
10 10 (0.59%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
11 9 (0.54%) Kubeflow
12 7 (0.42%) Puppet
12 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.36%) Graylog
14 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.30%) FTK
14 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 245 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 121 (7.19%) Databricks
3 73 (4.34%) Google
4 55 (3.27%) Cisco
5 48 (2.85%) VMware
6 45 (2.68%) Typelevel
7 38 (2.26%) OpenAI
8 32 (1.90%) Oracle
9 29 (1.72%) Foundry
10 28 (1.66%) Salesforce
11 27 (1.61%) Palo Alto
12 23 (1.37%) Red Hat
13 21 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.25%) Splunk
14 18 (1.07%) ServiceNow
15 17 (1.01%) F5
16 15 (0.89%) Arista
16 15 (0.89%) Aruba
16 15 (0.89%) NetScout
17 12 (0.71%) Commvault