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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 16 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,881 2,003 3,059
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.56% 11.90% 13.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.30% 39.89% 34.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 1,112 2,156
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,350 £55,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 6,208 5,021 8,893
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.95% 29.84% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 3,331 5,795
10th Percentile £39,945 £36,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 3 October 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 50 (2.66%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.34%) Apache
3 43 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.90%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.58%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.48%) SAS
7 8 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 5 (0.27%) Confluence
9 5 (0.27%) nginx
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.16%) CMS
10 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.11%) IIS
11 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.37%) Simulink
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.27%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 3 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.053%) Revit
9 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.053%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.053%) Actimize
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.053%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 649 (34.50%) AWS
2 615 (32.70%) Azure
3 294 (15.63%) GCP
4 175 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 167 (8.88%) SaaS
6 135 (7.18%) GitHub
7 79 (4.20%) Serverless
8 78 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 73 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
10 71 (3.77%) Snowflake
11 68 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
12 67 (3.56%) AWS CloudFormation
13 61 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 59 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
15 56 (2.98%) Amazon S3
16 54 (2.87%) dbt
17 53 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
18 34 (1.81%) Anthropic Claude
18 34 (1.81%) Azure Databricks
18 34 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.88%) Broadband
2 68 (3.62%) Firewall
3 60 (3.19%) TCP/IP
4 47 (2.50%) VPN
5 35 (1.86%) DNS
6 29 (1.54%) WAN
7 27 (1.44%) LAN
7 27 (1.44%) Network Security
8 25 (1.33%) Wireless
9 24 (1.28%) BGP
10 18 (0.96%) VLAN
11 15 (0.80%) DHCP
11 15 (0.80%) OSPF
12 14 (0.74%) 5G
12 14 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (0.64%) SD-WAN
14 9 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
14 9 (0.48%) MPLS
14 9 (0.48%) VXLAN
15 8 (0.43%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (8.03%) Power BI
2 134 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
3 125 (6.65%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (4.57%) SQL Server
5 77 (4.09%) MongoDB
6 69 (3.67%) Data Lake
7 67 (3.56%) Metadata
8 65 (3.46%) NoSQL
9 49 (2.60%) Relational Database
10 48 (2.55%) Big Data
10 48 (2.55%) Tableau
11 45 (2.39%) BigQuery
12 42 (2.23%) Delta Lake
13 33 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
14 32 (1.70%) DynamoDB
15 31 (1.65%) MySQL
16 28 (1.49%) Star Schema
17 27 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
18 25 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
18 25 (1.33%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 194 (10.31%) Git
2 84 (4.47%) Jenkins
3 60 (3.19%) GitLab
4 37 (1.97%) JIRA
5 21 (1.12%) Claude Code
6 16 (0.85%) MLflow
6 16 (0.85%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.69%) LabVIEW
7 13 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
8 12 (0.64%) Bitbucket
9 10 (0.53%) Selenium
10 9 (0.48%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.27%) Poetry
12 5 (0.27%) Postman
12 5 (0.27%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.27%) Subversion
13 4 (0.21%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.21%) PetaLinux
General
1 602 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 444 (23.60%) Finance
3 328 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (7.28%) Banking
4 137 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 123 (6.54%) Legal
7 102 (5.42%) Law
8 97 (5.16%) Marketing
9 79 (4.20%) Retail
10 47 (2.50%) Front Office
11 40 (2.13%) Games
12 36 (1.91%) Electronics
13 34 (1.81%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.06%) Aerospace
14 20 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.01%) Financial Institution
16 18 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (0.80%) Local Government
18 13 (0.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 543 (28.87%) Senior
2 276 (14.67%) Software Engineer
3 274 (14.57%) Developer
4 234 (12.44%) Lead
5 223 (11.86%) Data Engineer
6 215 (11.43%) Python Engineer
7 133 (7.07%) Analyst
8 119 (6.33%) Python Developer
9 104 (5.53%) Python Software Engineer
10 101 (5.37%) Data Scientist
11 85 (4.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 84 (4.47%) Senior Data Engineer
13 77 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
14 75 (3.99%) Senior Developer
15 72 (3.83%) Architect
16 68 (3.62%) Data Analyst
17 62 (3.30%) Consultant
18 58 (3.08%) Platform Engineer
19 55 (2.92%) Senior Data Scientist
20 54 (2.87%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (14.83%) Terraform
2 126 (6.70%) React
3 106 (5.64%) PySpark
4 94 (5.00%) Node.js
5 81 (4.31%) .NET
6 76 (4.04%) PyTorch
7 75 (3.99%) RESTful
8 69 (3.67%) LangChain
9 68 (3.62%) TensorFlow
10 67 (3.56%) REST
11 58 (3.08%) Django
11 58 (3.08%) FastAPI
12 50 (2.66%) Kafka
13 46 (2.45%) LangGraph
14 44 (2.34%) Next.js
15 35 (1.86%) Pandas
16 32 (1.70%) Spring
16 32 (1.70%) Spring Boot
17 31 (1.65%) scikit-learn
18 27 (1.44%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 249 (13.24%) Cloud Native
2 168 (8.93%) Distributed Systems
3 98 (5.21%) AI Agents
4 71 (3.77%) Virtual Team
5 70 (3.72%) Algorithms
6 55 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 44 (2.34%) Data Structures
8 40 (2.13%) Video\Live Streaming
9 39 (2.07%) Blog
10 37 (1.97%) Credit Risk
11 36 (1.91%) Management Information System
12 35 (1.86%) Cyber Threat
12 35 (1.86%) Low-Code
12 35 (1.86%) Onboarding
13 33 (1.75%) Hedge funds
14 28 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
14 28 (1.49%) Security Posture
15 27 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
15 27 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
16 26 (1.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 206 (10.95%) Linux
2 81 (4.31%) Windows
3 33 (1.75%) Unix
4 18 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.85%) Ubuntu
6 14 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.43%) Android
10 7 (0.37%) Debian
11 5 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
12 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
13 3 (0.16%) Solaris
14 1 (0.053%) AIX
14 1 (0.053%) CentOS
14 1 (0.053%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 766 (40.72%) AI
2 626 (33.28%) Software Engineering
3 586 (31.15%) CI/CD
4 442 (23.50%) Analytics
5 431 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
6 405 (21.53%) Mentoring
7 391 (20.79%) DevOps
8 378 (20.10%) Agile
9 368 (19.56%) Machine Learning
10 330 (17.54%) Infrastructure as Code
11 328 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 263 (13.98%) Test Automation
13 257 (13.66%) Data Pipeline
14 253 (13.45%) Data Science
15 248 (13.18%) Data Engineering
16 247 (13.13%) Decision-Making
17 243 (12.92%) Data Modelling
17 243 (12.92%) Observability
18 241 (12.81%) Business Intelligence
19 223 (11.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 654 (34.77%) SQL
2 256 (13.61%) JavaScript
3 254 (13.50%) Java
4 225 (11.96%) C#
5 211 (11.22%) PowerShell
6 197 (10.47%) TypeScript
7 145 (7.71%) Bash
8 112 (5.95%) Go
9 96 (5.10%) C++
10 75 (3.99%) R
11 53 (2.82%) C
12 50 (2.66%) Bicep
13 37 (1.97%) Scala
14 36 (1.91%) Rust
15 27 (1.44%) PHP
16 23 (1.22%) MATLAB
16 23 (1.22%) Ruby
16 23 (1.22%) VBA
17 22 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 15 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 242 (12.87%) Degree
2 228 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 182 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.03%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.18%) Master's Degree
7 35 (1.86%) DV Cleared
8 33 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.06%) CISSP
11 20 (1.06%) PhD
12 18 (0.96%) GIAC
12 18 (0.96%) SnowPro
13 17 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
14 15 (0.80%) AWS Certification
15 13 (0.69%) CCNP
15 13 (0.69%) OSCP
16 12 (0.64%) DBS Check
17 11 (0.58%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (10.69%) Data Quality
2 119 (6.33%) QA
3 48 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 47 (2.50%) GDPR
5 39 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (1.75%) NIST
7 22 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.53%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 8 (0.43%) SLA
12 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.21%) ECSS
14 4 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.21%) MiFID
14 4 (0.21%) NCSC
15 3 (0.16%) COPPA
15 3 (0.16%) UCITS
16 2 (0.11%) IFRS
System Software
1 232 (12.33%) Docker
2 20 (1.06%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.06%) Firmware
2 20 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.32%) KVM
6 4 (0.21%) vSphere
7 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.11%) NFS
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.053%) HDFS
9 1 (0.053%) QEMU
9 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 243 (12.92%) Kubernetes
2 98 (5.21%) Ansible
3 83 (4.41%) Grafana
4 54 (2.87%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.06%) Argo
6 13 (0.69%) Istio
6 13 (0.69%) Progress Chef
7 10 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.37%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.37%) Puppet
9 6 (0.32%) Cilium
9 6 (0.32%) Graylog
9 6 (0.32%) Packer
9 6 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.27%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.21%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.21%) linkerd
11 4 (0.21%) Podman
Vendors
1 287 (15.26%) Microsoft
2 147 (7.81%) Databricks
3 100 (5.32%) Google
4 51 (2.71%) OpenAI
5 45 (2.39%) Oracle
6 40 (2.13%) Cisco
7 28 (1.49%) Foundry
7 28 (1.49%) Splunk
8 26 (1.38%) VMware
9 23 (1.22%) Informatica
10 19 (1.01%) New Relic
10 19 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 17 (0.90%) Dynatrace
11 17 (0.90%) Red Hat
12 16 (0.85%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.74%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.69%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.64%) Talend
16 11 (0.58%) Palantir
17 10 (0.53%) Alteryx