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

 6 months to
19 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,838 2,115 3,151
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.03% 12.83% 12.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.21% 39.57% 33.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 1,267 2,475
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £75,000 £79,932
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.17% +6.58%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £143,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -2.03% +2.07%

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 6,085 5,345 9,497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.58% 32.41% 38.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,574 3,682 7,299
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,438 £85,000 £84,964
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 19 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 49 (2.67%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.39%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (2.23%) Apache
4 17 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.54%) Jupyter
5 10 (0.54%) SAS
6 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.16%) Confluence
7 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
8 2 (0.11%) nginx
8 2 (0.11%) WordPress
9 1 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.054%) CMS
9 1 (0.054%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.054%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.054%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.054%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.76%) Chatbot
3 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.27%) 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 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.054%) 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 (0.054%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.054%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 671 (36.51%) AWS
2 573 (31.18%) Azure
3 299 (16.27%) GCP
4 156 (8.49%) SaaS
5 148 (8.05%) Power Platform
6 113 (6.15%) GitHub
7 93 (5.06%) Serverless
8 68 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 65 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
10 63 (3.43%) Amazon S3
10 63 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
10 63 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
11 55 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
11 55 (2.99%) Snowflake
12 54 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
13 48 (2.61%) dbt
14 47 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 40 (2.18%) Amazon EC2
16 35 (1.90%) Datadog
17 31 (1.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 136 (7.40%) Broadband
2 76 (4.13%) Firewall
3 49 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 42 (2.29%) VPN
5 33 (1.80%) DNS
6 32 (1.74%) WAN
7 31 (1.69%) LAN
8 26 (1.41%) Network Security
9 24 (1.31%) Wireless
10 16 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (0.87%) VLAN
11 14 (0.76%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.71%) BGP
12 13 (0.71%) DHCP
13 12 (0.65%) 5G
14 11 (0.60%) OSPF
15 9 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.49%) MPLS
15 9 (0.49%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.49%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (7.73%) PostgreSQL
2 125 (6.80%) Power BI
3 96 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
4 83 (4.52%) SQL Server
5 78 (4.24%) MongoDB
6 63 (3.43%) Data Lake
7 55 (2.99%) NoSQL
7 55 (2.99%) Relational Database
8 51 (2.77%) Tableau
9 48 (2.61%) Big Data
9 48 (2.61%) Metadata
10 41 (2.23%) BigQuery
11 38 (2.07%) Delta Lake
12 30 (1.63%) MySQL
13 28 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
13 28 (1.52%) DynamoDB
14 24 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
15 23 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
16 22 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
16 22 (1.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 178 (9.68%) Git
2 82 (4.46%) Jenkins
3 59 (3.21%) GitLab
4 37 (2.01%) JIRA
5 17 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.71%) MLflow
7 11 (0.60%) LabVIEW
8 10 (0.54%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.49%) JMeter
9 9 (0.49%) Selenium
10 8 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (0.38%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.38%) Postman
12 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.27%) Locust
13 5 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
13 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 584 (31.77%) Social Skills
2 425 (23.12%) Finance
3 299 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (7.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 117 (6.37%) Legal
6 109 (5.93%) Banking
6 109 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 94 (5.11%) Law
8 79 (4.30%) Marketing
9 69 (3.75%) Retail
10 45 (2.45%) Games
11 42 (2.29%) Telecoms
12 36 (1.96%) Front Office
13 33 (1.80%) Electronics
14 30 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.03%) Aerospace
16 18 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (0.76%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.65%) Advertising
18 12 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 504 (27.42%) Senior
2 289 (15.72%) Developer
3 245 (13.33%) Lead
4 230 (12.51%) Software Engineer
5 200 (10.88%) Data Engineer
6 185 (10.07%) Python Engineer
7 107 (5.82%) Analyst
8 106 (5.77%) Python Developer
9 96 (5.22%) Data Scientist
10 82 (4.46%) Senior Developer
11 74 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
12 68 (3.70%) Architect
13 67 (3.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 67 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
14 59 (3.21%) Senior Data Engineer
15 57 (3.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 56 (3.05%) DevOps Engineer
16 56 (3.05%) Engineering Manager
16 56 (3.05%) Senior Data Scientist
17 54 (2.94%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (7.94%) React
2 99 (5.39%) Node.js
3 89 (4.84%) PySpark
4 84 (4.57%) .NET
5 81 (4.41%) PyTorch
6 78 (4.24%) REST
7 71 (3.86%) Kafka
8 69 (3.75%) TensorFlow
9 68 (3.70%) Django
10 67 (3.65%) RESTful
11 65 (3.54%) FastAPI
12 53 (2.88%) LangChain
13 41 (2.23%) Next.js
14 37 (2.01%) Pandas
15 34 (1.85%) CSS
16 33 (1.80%) Vue
17 32 (1.74%) scikit-learn
18 31 (1.69%) Spring
19 30 (1.63%) Flask
19 30 (1.63%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 238 (12.95%) Cloud Native
2 192 (10.45%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (4.79%) Algorithms
4 82 (4.46%) AI Agents
5 80 (4.35%) Virtual Team
6 76 (4.13%) Video\Live Streaming
7 55 (2.99%) Product Ownership
8 48 (2.61%) Data Structures
9 46 (2.50%) Onboarding
10 43 (2.34%) Low-Code
11 39 (2.12%) Public Cloud
12 38 (2.07%) Management Information System
13 37 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
14 34 (1.85%) Over-the-Top Content
15 32 (1.74%) Blog
16 30 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
17 28 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
18 27 (1.47%) Credit Risk
18 27 (1.47%) Security Posture
19 23 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 217 (11.81%) Linux
2 82 (4.46%) Windows
3 41 (2.23%) Unix
4 29 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.76%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.38%) Android
8 7 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
8 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.27%) Debian
10 4 (0.22%) Solaris
11 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.054%) AIX
13 1 (0.054%) CentOS
13 1 (0.054%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 686 (37.32%) AI
2 602 (32.75%) Software Engineering
3 576 (31.34%) CI/CD
4 444 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
5 404 (21.98%) Mentoring
6 395 (21.49%) Agile
7 385 (20.95%) DevOps
7 385 (20.95%) Machine Learning
8 370 (20.13%) Analytics
9 349 (18.99%) Infrastructure as Code
10 330 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 272 (14.80%) Data Science
12 262 (14.25%) Test Automation
13 239 (13.00%) Observability
14 228 (12.40%) Decision-Making
15 224 (12.19%) Roadmaps
16 220 (11.97%) Data Pipeline
17 214 (11.64%) Data Engineering
18 213 (11.59%) Data Modelling
19 208 (11.32%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 557 (30.30%) SQL
2 278 (15.13%) JavaScript
3 261 (14.20%) Java
4 223 (12.13%) C#
5 217 (11.81%) PowerShell
6 202 (10.99%) TypeScript
7 142 (7.73%) Go
8 132 (7.18%) Bash
9 97 (5.28%) C++
10 63 (3.43%) Scala
11 53 (2.88%) R
12 46 (2.50%) C
13 44 (2.39%) Bicep
14 38 (2.07%) PHP
15 29 (1.58%) VBA
16 27 (1.47%) Ruby
17 26 (1.41%) Rust
18 21 (1.14%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.98%) Groovy
20 14 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 241 (13.11%) Degree
2 215 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 171 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 71 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.26%) Azure Certification
6 44 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 40 (2.18%) DV Cleared
8 28 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.31%) PhD
10 21 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.87%) CISSP
12 16 (0.87%) SnowPro
13 15 (0.82%) AWS Certification
14 14 (0.76%) CCNP
14 14 (0.76%) OSCP
15 13 (0.71%) CEH
15 13 (0.71%) CREST Certified
15 13 (0.71%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.71%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (8.87%) Data Quality
2 145 (7.89%) QA
3 46 (2.50%) Accessibility
4 38 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.58%) GDPR
6 27 (1.47%) NIST
7 12 (0.65%) 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%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.27%) WCAG
12 4 (0.22%) GAAP
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) IFRS
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
13 3 (0.16%) ECSS
13 3 (0.16%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 258 (14.04%) Docker
2 29 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (1.41%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.31%) Firmware
5 22 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.44%) vSphere
8 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.33%) KVM
8 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 281 (15.29%) Terraform
2 237 (12.89%) Kubernetes
3 104 (5.66%) Ansible
4 92 (5.01%) Grafana
5 50 (2.72%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.14%) Istio
7 20 (1.09%) Argo
8 13 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.54%) Packer
10 9 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
11 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
11 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 7 (0.38%) Puppet
11 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.33%) Graylog
12 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.33%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.22%) linkerd
13 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 279 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 140 (7.62%) Databricks
3 73 (3.97%) Google
4 54 (2.94%) Cisco
5 42 (2.29%) OpenAI
5 42 (2.29%) VMware
6 38 (2.07%) Oracle
7 28 (1.52%) Palo Alto
7 28 (1.52%) Splunk
8 27 (1.47%) Red Hat
8 27 (1.47%) Typelevel
9 23 (1.25%) Fortinet
9 23 (1.25%) Foundry
9 23 (1.25%) ServiceNow
10 18 (0.98%) F5
11 16 (0.87%) Informatica
11 16 (0.87%) New Relic
12 14 (0.76%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.76%) HubSpot
13 12 (0.65%) Salesforce
1,868 hybrid/remote Python jobs