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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,491 2,070 3,470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.66% 16.01% 10.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.72% 35.99% 25.97%
Number of salaries quoted 996 1,584 2,830
10th Percentile £42,625 £46,325 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £101,563 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £127,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -6.90%

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 4,701 5,751 13,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.29% 44.49% 42.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,426 4,536 11,534
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.31% +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 9 April 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 83 (5.57%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (3.02%) Apache Spark
3 38 (2.55%) Apache
4 18 (1.21%) SAS
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.40%) Confluence
8 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Mendix
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 11 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.13%) SPSS
4 2 (0.13%) Weka
5 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.067%) Notion
5 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.067%) Actimize
5 1 (0.067%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.067%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 636 (42.66%) AWS
2 547 (36.69%) Azure
3 251 (16.83%) GCP
4 184 (12.34%) GitHub
5 156 (10.46%) Power Platform
6 132 (8.85%) Serverless
7 110 (7.38%) Amazon S3
7 110 (7.38%) SaaS
8 104 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
9 86 (5.77%) AWS Lambda
10 85 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
11 80 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
12 61 (4.09%) dbt
13 60 (4.02%) Amazon EKS
14 56 (3.76%) Snowflake
15 52 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 49 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
17 46 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
18 45 (3.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 36 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 142 (9.52%) Broadband
2 67 (4.49%) Firewall
3 38 (2.55%) VPN
4 34 (2.28%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (1.68%) VLAN
7 24 (1.61%) Wireshark
8 20 (1.34%) BGP
8 20 (1.34%) LAN
9 18 (1.21%) WAN
10 17 (1.14%) Network Security
10 17 (1.14%) NGFW
11 15 (1.01%) MPLS
11 15 (1.01%) VXLAN
12 14 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (0.94%) DNS
13 12 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.74%) 4G
14 11 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.74%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (8.85%) Power BI
2 110 (7.38%) PostgreSQL
3 93 (6.24%) SQL Server
4 74 (4.96%) NoSQL
5 71 (4.76%) Tableau
6 67 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
7 65 (4.36%) Relational Database
8 55 (3.69%) Metadata
9 54 (3.62%) Data Lake
10 49 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
11 45 (3.02%) BigQuery
12 42 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
12 42 (2.82%) MongoDB
13 36 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
14 31 (2.08%) Delta Lake
15 29 (1.95%) Redis
16 27 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
17 25 (1.68%) Apache Iceberg
18 24 (1.61%) MySQL
19 20 (1.34%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 131 (8.79%) Git
2 66 (4.43%) Jenkins
3 57 (3.82%) GitLab
4 35 (2.35%) JIRA
5 19 (1.27%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.07%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.07%) Selenium
7 15 (1.01%) MLflow
8 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.54%) JMeter
9 8 (0.54%) JUnit
10 7 (0.47%) Locust
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.34%) Subversion
12 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 475 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 356 (23.88%) Finance
3 233 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 99 (6.64%) Public Sector
6 94 (6.30%) Banking
7 70 (4.69%) Law
8 61 (4.09%) Front Office
9 60 (4.02%) Retail
10 48 (3.22%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.55%) Marketing
12 37 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.35%) Legal
14 26 (1.74%) Publishing
15 25 (1.68%) Games
16 22 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (1.41%) Financial Institution
18 20 (1.34%) Health Technology
18 20 (1.34%) Tech for Good
19 18 (1.21%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 316 (21.19%) Senior
2 312 (20.93%) Developer
3 229 (15.36%) Lead
4 193 (12.94%) Data Engineer
5 155 (10.40%) Software Engineer
6 135 (9.05%) Python Engineer
7 125 (8.38%) Python Developer
8 76 (5.10%) Lead Developer
9 75 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
10 74 (4.96%) Analyst
11 62 (4.16%) AWS Engineer
12 60 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (3.82%) Senior Data Engineer
14 55 (3.69%) Senior Developer
15 53 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
15 53 (3.55%) Full-Stack Developer
16 52 (3.49%) React Developer
17 47 (3.15%) Architect
18 46 (3.09%) Software Developer
19 44 (2.95%) Lead Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (11.07%) React
2 102 (6.84%) Kafka
3 91 (6.10%) Node.js
4 79 (5.30%) Django
5 73 (4.90%) REST
6 67 (4.49%) .NET
7 65 (4.36%) PySpark
8 60 (4.02%) RESTful
9 56 (3.76%) gRPC
9 56 (3.76%) PyTorch
10 49 (3.29%) TensorFlow
11 46 (3.09%) JSON
12 45 (3.02%) Vue
13 44 (2.95%) FastAPI
13 44 (2.95%) Flask
14 41 (2.75%) Elastic Stack
15 37 (2.48%) HTML
16 35 (2.35%) CSS
16 35 (2.35%) SOAP
17 33 (2.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.25%) Cloud Native
2 116 (7.78%) Distributed Systems
3 75 (5.03%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.43%) Algorithms
4 66 (4.43%) Video\Live Streaming
5 65 (4.36%) Data Structures
6 57 (3.82%) Low-Code
7 51 (3.42%) Onboarding
8 50 (3.35%) Over-the-Top Content
9 44 (2.95%) Fixed Income
10 40 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
12 36 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
13 31 (2.08%) Data Centre
14 30 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (2.01%) Public Cloud
15 28 (1.88%) Equities
16 24 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
17 23 (1.54%) Private Cloud
18 22 (1.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 194 (13.01%) Linux
2 70 (4.69%) Unix
3 62 (4.16%) Windows
4 26 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.67%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.40%) Debian
8 5 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Android
9 4 (0.27%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.067%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.067%) Solaris
12 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (37.69%) CI/CD
2 430 (28.84%) Agile
3 407 (27.30%) DevOps
4 386 (25.89%) Software Engineering
5 380 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
6 344 (23.07%) AI
7 279 (18.71%) Mentoring
8 252 (16.90%) Analytics
9 244 (16.36%) Machine Learning
10 242 (16.23%) Infrastructure as Code
11 240 (16.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 239 (16.03%) Containerisation
13 225 (15.09%) Data Science
14 216 (14.49%) Data Modelling
15 215 (14.42%) Data Pipeline
16 196 (13.15%) Data Engineering
17 174 (11.67%) Business Intelligence
18 173 (11.60%) Test Automation
19 172 (11.54%) Coaching
20 165 (11.07%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 455 (30.52%) SQL
2 309 (20.72%) Java
3 246 (16.50%) JavaScript
4 183 (12.27%) Go
5 144 (9.66%) TypeScript
6 141 (9.46%) Bash
7 139 (9.32%) PowerShell
8 123 (8.25%) C#
9 89 (5.97%) Scala
10 66 (4.43%) C++
11 44 (2.95%) R
12 32 (2.15%) C
13 25 (1.68%) PHP
14 23 (1.54%) Apex Code
14 23 (1.54%) Shell Script
15 22 (1.48%) T-SQL
16 20 (1.34%) Bicep
17 19 (1.27%) PL/SQL
18 15 (1.01%) VBA
19 11 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 268 (17.97%) Degree
2 132 (8.85%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 94 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (4.02%) AWS Certification
6 51 (3.42%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (1.34%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.27%) CEH
10 18 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (1.21%) PhD
11 17 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 17 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.94%) ACCA
12 14 (0.94%) CIMA
13 12 (0.80%) OSCP
14 10 (0.67%) CREST Certified
15 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (8.18%) Data Quality
2 106 (7.11%) QA
3 52 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.88%) NIST
5 26 (1.74%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.27%) GDPR
8 14 (0.94%) ISO 22301
8 14 (0.94%) SLA
8 14 (0.94%) SOC 2
9 10 (0.67%) GRC
10 5 (0.34%) PMO
10 5 (0.34%) WCAG
11 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.20%) EMIR
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.13%) ECSS
13 2 (0.13%) GAAP
13 2 (0.13%) IFRS
System Software
1 298 (19.99%) Docker
2 40 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Firmware
6 7 (0.47%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.13%) Ceph
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 2 (0.13%) Lustre
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) vCloud
10 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 303 (20.32%) Terraform
2 250 (16.77%) Kubernetes
3 118 (7.91%) Ansible
4 86 (5.77%) Grafana
5 67 (4.49%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.55%) Argo
7 20 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.27%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.54%) Istio
9 8 (0.54%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.47%) Packer
11 6 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.34%) FTK
12 5 (0.34%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.34%) Puppet
12 5 (0.34%) SCCM
13 4 (0.27%) Cilium
13 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
13 4 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 210 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.05%) Databricks
3 78 (5.23%) Google
4 62 (4.16%) Oracle
5 55 (3.69%) VMware
6 47 (3.15%) Cisco
7 45 (3.02%) Typelevel
8 42 (2.82%) Salesforce
9 29 (1.95%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.54%) MuleSoft
11 22 (1.48%) Commvault
12 21 (1.41%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.27%) IBM
13 19 (1.27%) Splunk
14 18 (1.21%) SAP
15 16 (1.07%) Foundry
15 16 (1.07%) Talend
16 15 (1.01%) Aruba
16 15 (1.01%) Informatica
16 15 (1.01%) NetScout