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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 13
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,364 2,374 2,913
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.81% 14.48% 12.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.52% 33.31% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 935 1,589 2,372
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,200 £42,874
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +6.27% +0.82%
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -

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 4,194 7,126 11,038
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.10% 43.46% 46.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,153 4,457 9,480
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,658
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,383 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,300 £108,750 £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 22 January 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 99 (7.26%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (4.18%) Apache
3 39 (2.86%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.54%) Confluence
5 18 (1.32%) SharePoint
6 17 (1.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 16 (1.17%) Tomcat
7 16 (1.17%) WebSphere
7 16 (1.17%) WebSphere Application Server
8 15 (1.10%) SAS
9 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (0.51%) Apache Solr
10 7 (0.51%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.37%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.37%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
13 3 (0.22%) Apache Pulsar
14 2 (0.15%) Luigi
14 2 (0.15%) Mendix
14 2 (0.15%) nginx
Applications
1 49 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.51%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.37%) Simulink
5 2 (0.15%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.15%) SPSS
5 2 (0.15%) Weka
6 1 (0.073%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.073%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.073%) Notion
6 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (2.86%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (0.59%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.59%) Workday HCM
3 6 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.44%) Shopify
4 3 (0.22%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.073%) Actimize
6 1 (0.073%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.073%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 542 (39.74%) Azure
2 541 (39.66%) AWS
3 201 (14.74%) GitHub
4 183 (13.42%) Power Platform
5 163 (11.95%) Azure DevOps
6 161 (11.80%) GCP
7 131 (9.60%) Serverless
8 108 (7.92%) Snowflake
9 92 (6.74%) dbt
10 89 (6.52%) Amazon S3
11 87 (6.38%) AWS Lambda
12 86 (6.30%) GitHub Actions
13 83 (6.09%) SaaS
14 78 (5.72%) Azure Data Factory
15 59 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
16 55 (4.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 52 (3.81%) Amazon EKS
18 49 (3.59%) OCI
19 45 (3.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 43 (3.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.37%) Firewall
2 45 (3.30%) Broadband
3 34 (2.49%) TCP/IP
4 29 (2.13%) VPN
5 21 (1.54%) LAN
5 21 (1.54%) WAN
5 21 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (1.39%) BGP
7 18 (1.32%) Wireshark
8 16 (1.17%) DNS
8 16 (1.17%) SSL
9 15 (1.10%) MPLS
10 13 (0.95%) Cisco IOS
11 12 (0.88%) Ethernet VPN
11 12 (0.88%) Network Security
12 11 (0.81%) 4G
12 11 (0.81%) IOS XR
13 10 (0.73%) NGFW
13 10 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.73%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (12.17%) Power BI
2 101 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
3 96 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
4 93 (6.82%) Tableau
5 81 (5.94%) NoSQL
6 78 (5.72%) Data Lake
6 78 (5.72%) SQL Server
7 63 (4.62%) Apache Iceberg
8 57 (4.18%) Amazon Athena
9 52 (3.81%) Relational Database
10 47 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
11 44 (3.23%) Apache Arrow
11 44 (3.23%) Dremio
12 42 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
13 40 (2.93%) Amazon Redshift
13 40 (2.93%) Metadata
14 36 (2.64%) BigQuery
15 32 (2.35%) MongoDB
16 28 (2.05%) Delta Lake
17 27 (1.98%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 120 (8.80%) Git
2 93 (6.82%) Jenkins
3 62 (4.55%) JIRA
4 37 (2.71%) Oracle Forms
5 35 (2.57%) GitLab
6 22 (1.61%) Selenium
7 19 (1.39%) Jaeger
8 13 (0.95%) MLflow
9 12 (0.88%) ER Studio
9 12 (0.88%) ERwin
10 11 (0.81%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.81%) JUnit
11 6 (0.44%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.37%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.37%) JMeter
12 5 (0.37%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.29%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.29%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 417 (30.57%) Social Skills
2 409 (29.99%) Finance
3 185 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (7.40%) Banking
5 83 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 77 (5.65%) Front Office
7 75 (5.50%) Public Sector
8 53 (3.89%) Marketing
9 50 (3.67%) Law
10 42 (3.08%) Retail
11 41 (3.01%) Investment Banking
12 39 (2.86%) Telecoms
13 33 (2.42%) Publishing
14 29 (2.13%) Tech for Good
15 27 (1.98%) Legal
16 26 (1.91%) Health Technology
16 26 (1.91%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
17 17 (1.25%) Electronics
17 17 (1.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 304 (22.29%) Senior
2 269 (19.72%) Developer
3 179 (13.12%) Data Engineer
4 154 (11.29%) Lead
5 134 (9.82%) Software Engineer
6 132 (9.68%) Python Developer
6 132 (9.68%) Python Engineer
7 101 (7.40%) Analyst
8 88 (6.45%) Cloud Engineer
9 80 (5.87%) AWS Engineer
10 72 (5.28%) Python Software Engineer
11 61 (4.47%) Architect
12 59 (4.33%) AWS Developer
13 57 (4.18%) Applications Engineer
14 55 (4.03%) Senior Data Engineer
14 55 (4.03%) Senior Developer
15 52 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
15 52 (3.81%) Platform Engineer
16 50 (3.67%) Lead Developer
17 46 (3.37%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (10.48%) React
2 85 (6.23%) Node.js
2 85 (6.23%) RESTful
3 63 (4.62%) Django
4 61 (4.47%) Pandas
5 56 (4.11%) .NET
5 56 (4.11%) Kafka
6 53 (3.89%) NumPy
6 53 (3.89%) PySpark
7 49 (3.59%) REST
7 49 (3.59%) SOAP
7 49 (3.59%) Vue
8 45 (3.30%) SciPy
9 44 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
10 42 (3.08%) JSON
10 42 (3.08%) XML
11 40 (2.93%) AngularJS
11 40 (2.93%) Flask
12 35 (2.57%) HTML
13 34 (2.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 116 (8.50%) Cloud Native
2 87 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 70 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
4 66 (4.84%) Algorithms
5 53 (3.89%) Fixed Income
6 51 (3.74%) Equities
6 51 (3.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 49 (3.59%) Onboarding
8 47 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (3.08%) Low-Code
10 41 (3.01%) Data Structures
11 37 (2.71%) Management Information System
12 36 (2.64%) Hedge funds
13 35 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
14 32 (2.35%) Derivative
15 31 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
16 24 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
16 24 (1.76%) Pricing Data
17 22 (1.61%) Data Centre
18 21 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 205 (15.03%) Linux
2 87 (6.38%) Unix
3 84 (6.16%) Windows
4 30 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.66%) Debian
8 8 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.59%) Solaris
9 7 (0.51%) VMS
10 4 (0.29%) CentOS
11 2 (0.15%) Android
11 2 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.15%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.073%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (34.31%) CI/CD
2 467 (34.24%) Agile
3 449 (32.92%) DevOps
4 335 (24.56%) AI
5 311 (22.80%) Problem-Solving
6 281 (20.60%) Software Engineering
7 280 (20.53%) Analytics
8 234 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 231 (16.94%) Mentoring
10 201 (14.74%) Infrastructure as Code
11 198 (14.52%) Data Modelling
12 196 (14.37%) Data Pipeline
13 195 (14.30%) Data Engineering
14 193 (14.15%) Business Intelligence
15 184 (13.49%) Data Science
16 183 (13.42%) Coaching
17 181 (13.27%) Asset Management
18 178 (13.05%) Machine Learning
19 163 (11.95%) ETL
20 161 (11.80%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 508 (37.24%) SQL
2 277 (20.31%) Java
3 254 (18.62%) JavaScript
4 160 (11.73%) Bash
5 155 (11.36%) TypeScript
6 144 (10.56%) PowerShell
7 101 (7.40%) C#
8 80 (5.87%) Go
9 59 (4.33%) C++
10 51 (3.74%) R
11 48 (3.52%) Scala
12 44 (3.23%) Shell Script
13 41 (3.01%) PL/SQL
14 40 (2.93%) C
15 34 (2.49%) Bicep
16 18 (1.32%) PHP
17 17 (1.25%) Perl
18 15 (1.10%) MATLAB
19 14 (1.03%) T-SQL
20 11 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 251 (18.40%) Degree
2 153 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 120 (8.80%) SC Cleared
4 95 (6.96%) AWS Certification
5 82 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (3.74%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 29 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 24 (1.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 23 (1.69%) DV Cleared
13 18 (1.32%) PhD
14 17 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
15 15 (1.10%) DBS Check
16 14 (1.03%) ACCA
16 14 (1.03%) CEH
16 14 (1.03%) CIMA
16 14 (1.03%) CISSP
17 13 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (7.55%) Data Quality
2 81 (5.94%) QA
3 39 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (2.57%) GDPR
5 28 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 25 (1.83%) SLA
7 21 (1.54%) NIST
8 13 (0.95%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.73%) ISO 22301
9 10 (0.73%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.44%) GRC
12 3 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.15%) ECSS
13 2 (0.15%) EMIR
14 1 (0.073%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.073%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.073%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.073%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.073%) SEPA
System Software
1 213 (15.62%) Docker
2 35 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 10 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.51%) Firmware
5 7 (0.51%) vSphere
6 5 (0.37%) NFS
7 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.15%) Ceph
9 2 (0.15%) Lustre
10 1 (0.073%) HDFS
10 1 (0.073%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.073%) vCloud
10 1 (0.073%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 300 (21.99%) Terraform
2 228 (16.72%) Kubernetes
3 126 (9.24%) Ansible
4 62 (4.55%) Grafana
5 55 (4.03%) Prometheus
6 47 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
7 37 (2.71%) Argo
8 20 (1.47%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (0.66%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (0.44%) Control-M
12 5 (0.37%) Puppet
13 4 (0.29%) Cilium
13 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.29%) logstash
14 3 (0.22%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 3 (0.22%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.22%) Nmap
14 3 (0.22%) QRadar
15 2 (0.15%) Packer
Vendors
1 181 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 114 (8.36%) Databricks
3 86 (6.30%) Oracle
4 73 (5.35%) Google
5 45 (3.30%) Red Hat
6 38 (2.79%) VMware
7 32 (2.35%) Salesforce
8 30 (2.20%) Cisco
9 27 (1.98%) IBM
10 23 (1.69%) MuleSoft
11 20 (1.47%) Okta
11 20 (1.47%) Talend
12 19 (1.39%) Commvault
13 18 (1.32%) ServiceNow
14 17 (1.25%) SAP
15 15 (1.10%) OpenAI
16 13 (0.95%) Informatica
16 13 (0.95%) Workday
17 10 (0.73%) Aruba
17 10 (0.73%) Dell