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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,776 2,327 3,410
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.19% 14.11% 11.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.36% 40.17% 30.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,196 1,415 2,723
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,344 £43,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -0.20% +1.55%
75th Percentile £94,063 £102,500 £108,750
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 5,849 5,793 11,234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.99% 35.14% 39.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,412 4,034 9,066
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -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 23 July 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 57 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
2 53 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.08%) Apache
4 13 (0.73%) SAS
4 13 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.11%) Confluence
9 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) Camunda
10 1 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) CMS
10 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.056%) nginx
10 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.23%) Lightworks
4 4 (0.23%) Simulink
4 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) Trello
6 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.11%) SPSS
7 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 667 (37.56%) AWS
2 558 (31.42%) Azure
3 300 (16.89%) GCP
4 165 (9.29%) SaaS
5 143 (8.05%) Power Platform
6 113 (6.36%) GitHub
7 98 (5.52%) Serverless
8 74 (4.17%) Amazon S3
9 68 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
10 60 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
11 59 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
12 56 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
13 53 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
13 53 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
14 51 (2.87%) Snowflake
15 46 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
15 46 (2.59%) dbt
16 38 (2.14%) Amazon EKS
17 37 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 35 (1.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 172 (9.68%) Broadband
2 82 (4.62%) Firewall
3 52 (2.93%) VPN
4 36 (2.03%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.63%) WAN
6 28 (1.58%) DNS
6 28 (1.58%) LAN
7 21 (1.18%) Wireless
8 20 (1.13%) Network Security
8 20 (1.13%) VLAN
9 17 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
10 15 (0.84%) SD-WAN
11 13 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.62%) DHCP
12 11 (0.62%) Unified Communications
13 10 (0.56%) BGP
14 9 (0.51%) 5G
14 9 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.51%) MQTT
14 9 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
2 117 (6.59%) Power BI
3 85 (4.79%) SQL Server
4 83 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
5 74 (4.17%) MongoDB
6 57 (3.21%) Data Lake
7 56 (3.15%) Metadata
8 51 (2.87%) Relational Database
9 50 (2.82%) BigQuery
10 47 (2.65%) Tableau
11 44 (2.48%) Big Data
11 44 (2.48%) NoSQL
12 35 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
13 33 (1.86%) MySQL
14 30 (1.69%) Delta Lake
15 29 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
16 28 (1.58%) Redis
16 28 (1.58%) Semantic Layer
17 26 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
18 24 (1.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 157 (8.84%) Git
2 77 (4.34%) Jenkins
3 63 (3.55%) GitLab
4 34 (1.91%) JIRA
5 15 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 11 (0.62%) Claude Code
6 11 (0.62%) LabVIEW
6 11 (0.62%) MLflow
7 9 (0.51%) JMeter
8 8 (0.45%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.34%) Postman
9 6 (0.34%) Selenium
10 5 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.28%) Locust
10 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.23%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.23%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.23%) Subversion
12 3 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 555 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 395 (22.24%) Finance
3 288 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (5.86%) Banking
6 101 (5.69%) Law
7 99 (5.57%) Legal
7 99 (5.57%) Public Sector
8 66 (3.72%) Retail
9 55 (3.10%) Marketing
10 50 (2.82%) Front Office
11 46 (2.59%) Games
12 41 (2.31%) Telecoms
13 32 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.41%) Electronics
15 16 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (0.90%) Financial Institution
16 12 (0.68%) Investment Banking
16 12 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 480 (27.03%) Senior
2 323 (18.19%) Developer
3 266 (14.98%) Lead
4 229 (12.89%) Software Engineer
5 199 (11.20%) Data Engineer
6 165 (9.29%) Python Engineer
7 107 (6.02%) Python Developer
8 96 (5.41%) Data Scientist
9 92 (5.18%) Analyst
10 88 (4.95%) Platform Engineer
11 84 (4.73%) Senior Developer
12 65 (3.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 64 (3.60%) Senior Software Engineer
14 63 (3.55%) Senior Data Engineer
15 60 (3.38%) Lead Developer
16 58 (3.27%) AWS Engineer
17 56 (3.15%) Architect
17 56 (3.15%) Full-Stack Developer
17 56 (3.15%) Python Software Engineer
18 55 (3.10%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (8.22%) React
2 106 (5.97%) Node.js
3 93 (5.24%) Kafka
4 88 (4.95%) PyTorch
5 79 (4.45%) TensorFlow
6 77 (4.34%) REST
7 75 (4.22%) .NET
8 74 (4.17%) PySpark
9 68 (3.83%) RESTful
10 67 (3.77%) Django
11 63 (3.55%) FastAPI
12 55 (3.10%) LangChain
13 46 (2.59%) gRPC
14 39 (2.20%) Vue
15 35 (1.97%) Flask
15 35 (1.97%) JSON
15 35 (1.97%) Pandas
16 32 (1.80%) GraphQL
16 32 (1.80%) Redux
17 31 (1.75%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 228 (12.84%) Cloud Native
2 195 (10.98%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (5.80%) Video\Live Streaming
4 82 (4.62%) Algorithms
5 78 (4.39%) Virtual Team
6 75 (4.22%) AI Agents
7 66 (3.72%) Data Structures
8 54 (3.04%) Product Ownership
9 53 (2.98%) Over-the-Top Content
10 51 (2.87%) Low-Code
11 47 (2.65%) Onboarding
12 43 (2.42%) Public Cloud
13 39 (2.20%) Fixed Income
14 38 (2.14%) Management Information System
15 34 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
16 33 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
17 28 (1.58%) Equities
18 27 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
19 26 (1.46%) Security Posture
20 24 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 209 (11.77%) Linux
2 79 (4.45%) Windows
3 34 (1.91%) Unix
4 32 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.62%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Debian
6 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.39%) Android
8 6 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.23%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.056%) CentOS
11 1 (0.056%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.056%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.056%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 618 (34.80%) AI
2 601 (33.84%) Software Engineering
3 593 (33.39%) CI/CD
4 435 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
5 396 (22.30%) Agile
6 385 (21.68%) Mentoring
7 379 (21.34%) Machine Learning
8 377 (21.23%) DevOps
9 335 (18.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 322 (18.13%) Analytics
11 296 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 292 (16.44%) Data Science
13 253 (14.25%) Test Automation
14 226 (12.73%) Containerisation
15 225 (12.67%) Observability
16 219 (12.33%) Roadmaps
17 216 (12.16%) Data Pipeline
18 211 (11.88%) Data Engineering
19 209 (11.77%) Decision-Making
20 207 (11.66%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 503 (28.32%) SQL
2 275 (15.48%) JavaScript
3 269 (15.15%) Java
4 217 (12.22%) PowerShell
5 203 (11.43%) C#
6 196 (11.04%) TypeScript
7 168 (9.46%) Go
8 140 (7.88%) Bash
9 96 (5.41%) C++
10 80 (4.50%) Scala
11 55 (3.10%) R
12 51 (2.87%) C
13 38 (2.14%) Bicep
13 38 (2.14%) PHP
14 26 (1.46%) VBA
15 24 (1.35%) Rust
16 22 (1.24%) Ruby
17 17 (0.96%) Groovy
18 16 (0.90%) T-SQL
19 15 (0.84%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 233 (13.12%) Degree
2 185 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 150 (8.45%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.43%) Azure Certification
6 35 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 32 (1.80%) DV Cleared
8 23 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.24%) PhD
10 18 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.79%) OSCP
13 13 (0.73%) CISSP
13 13 (0.73%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.68%) CCNP
14 12 (0.68%) CEH
15 11 (0.62%) GIAC
15 11 (0.62%) SnowPro
16 8 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (8.73%) Data Quality
2 144 (8.11%) QA
3 44 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.35%) GDPR
6 21 (1.18%) NIST
7 16 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.51%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.45%) SLA
10 5 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 5 (0.28%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.28%) PMO
10 5 (0.28%) WCAG
11 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.23%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.23%) GAAP
11 4 (0.23%) GRC
11 4 (0.23%) IFRS
12 3 (0.17%) MiFID
System Software
1 273 (15.37%) Docker
2 34 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.18%) Firmware
5 20 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.45%) KVM
8 7 (0.39%) vSphere
9 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.28%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.056%) Xen
Systems Management
1 269 (15.15%) Terraform
2 232 (13.06%) Kubernetes
3 103 (5.80%) Ansible
4 94 (5.29%) Grafana
5 57 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.24%) Argo
7 18 (1.01%) Istio
8 12 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 11 (0.62%) Proxmox
10 10 (0.56%) Packer
11 9 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
11 9 (0.51%) Puppet
12 7 (0.39%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.34%) Graylog
13 6 (0.34%) Kustomize
13 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
13 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.23%) Podman
Vendors
1 265 (14.92%) Microsoft
2 125 (7.04%) Databricks
3 62 (3.49%) Google
4 52 (2.93%) Cisco
5 49 (2.76%) VMware
6 45 (2.53%) Typelevel
7 38 (2.14%) Oracle
8 37 (2.08%) OpenAI
9 29 (1.63%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.58%) Foundry
11 24 (1.35%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.35%) ServiceNow
11 24 (1.35%) Splunk
12 23 (1.30%) Red Hat
13 20 (1.13%) F5
14 19 (1.07%) Salesforce
15 15 (0.84%) Informatica
16 12 (0.68%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.68%) New Relic
17 11 (0.62%) Alteryx