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

 6 months to
5 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,842 2,240 3,170
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.21% 13.57% 12.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.47% 40.00% 32.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,247 1,342 2,497
10th Percentile £43,986 £45,370 £44,738
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £111,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -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 6,045 5,600 9,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.95% 33.94% 38.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,545 3,867 7,608
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
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 5 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 55 (2.99%) Apache Spark
2 54 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (2.17%) Apache
4 17 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.60%) SAS
6 9 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 3 (0.16%) WordPress
10 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.054%) Camunda
11 1 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.054%) CMS
11 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.054%) nginx
11 1 (0.054%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.054%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 52 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.22%) Simulink
5 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.16%) Blender
6 3 (0.16%) Maya
6 3 (0.16%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) SPSS
8 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
8 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%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 688 (37.35%) AWS
2 581 (31.54%) Azure
3 316 (17.16%) GCP
4 161 (8.74%) SaaS
5 151 (8.20%) Power Platform
6 116 (6.30%) GitHub
7 92 (4.99%) Serverless
8 71 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
9 67 (3.64%) Amazon S3
10 63 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
11 61 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
12 58 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
12 58 (3.15%) dbt
12 58 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
13 57 (3.09%) Snowflake
14 43 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
15 41 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 34 (1.85%) PaaS
17 33 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 158 (8.58%) Broadband
2 78 (4.23%) Firewall
3 50 (2.71%) TCP/IP
4 45 (2.44%) VPN
5 31 (1.68%) DNS
6 28 (1.52%) WAN
7 27 (1.47%) LAN
8 21 (1.14%) Wireless
9 18 (0.98%) Network Security
10 17 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (0.92%) VLAN
11 13 (0.71%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.60%) 5G
12 11 (0.60%) DHCP
13 10 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (0.54%) Unified Communications
13 10 (0.54%) WebEx
14 8 (0.43%) BGP
14 8 (0.43%) MQTT
15 7 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (8.14%) PostgreSQL
2 125 (6.79%) Power BI
3 94 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
4 85 (4.61%) SQL Server
5 76 (4.13%) MongoDB
6 61 (3.31%) Data Lake
7 56 (3.04%) Metadata
8 51 (2.77%) Relational Database
8 51 (2.77%) Tableau
9 50 (2.71%) BigQuery
10 49 (2.66%) NoSQL
11 48 (2.61%) Big Data
12 36 (1.95%) Delta Lake
13 33 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
14 31 (1.68%) MySQL
15 28 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
15 28 (1.52%) Redis
16 26 (1.41%) DynamoDB
17 25 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
18 24 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 171 (9.28%) Git
2 80 (4.34%) Jenkins
3 59 (3.20%) GitLab
4 37 (2.01%) JIRA
5 17 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (0.81%) MLflow
7 12 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.60%) Claude Code
8 11 (0.60%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.49%) JMeter
9 9 (0.49%) Selenium
10 8 (0.43%) Postman
11 7 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.33%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.27%) Locust
13 5 (0.27%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 585 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 419 (22.75%) Finance
3 297 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (5.86%) Legal
6 104 (5.65%) Public Sector
7 103 (5.59%) Banking
7 103 (5.59%) Law
8 67 (3.64%) Marketing
8 67 (3.64%) Retail
9 48 (2.61%) Front Office
10 46 (2.50%) Games
11 42 (2.28%) Telecoms
12 34 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (1.63%) Electronics
14 17 (0.92%) Aerospace
15 15 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (0.76%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.71%) Investment Banking
17 13 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 513 (27.85%) Senior
2 315 (17.10%) Developer
3 257 (13.95%) Lead
4 239 (12.98%) Software Engineer
5 209 (11.35%) Data Engineer
6 187 (10.15%) Python Engineer
7 103 (5.59%) Python Developer
8 102 (5.54%) Data Scientist
9 101 (5.48%) Analyst
10 84 (4.56%) Senior Developer
11 82 (4.45%) Platform Engineer
12 68 (3.69%) Senior Software Engineer
13 65 (3.53%) Senior Data Engineer
14 64 (3.47%) Architect
14 64 (3.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 59 (3.20%) Senior Data Scientist
16 56 (3.04%) Lead Developer
16 56 (3.04%) Python Software Engineer
17 55 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
17 55 (2.99%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (8.52%) React
2 108 (5.86%) Node.js
3 89 (4.83%) Kafka
4 84 (4.56%) PySpark
4 84 (4.56%) PyTorch
5 83 (4.51%) REST
6 81 (4.40%) .NET
7 74 (4.02%) TensorFlow
8 72 (3.91%) Django
9 68 (3.69%) RESTful
10 65 (3.53%) FastAPI
11 57 (3.09%) LangChain
12 38 (2.06%) Vue
13 37 (2.01%) gRPC
13 37 (2.01%) Next.js
13 37 (2.01%) Pandas
14 34 (1.85%) Flask
15 33 (1.79%) CSS
15 33 (1.79%) GraphQL
15 33 (1.79%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 234 (12.70%) Cloud Native
2 200 (10.86%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (4.83%) Video\Live Streaming
4 85 (4.61%) Algorithms
5 81 (4.40%) AI Agents
6 80 (4.34%) Virtual Team
7 58 (3.15%) Data Structures
8 54 (2.93%) Product Ownership
9 48 (2.61%) Low-Code
10 46 (2.50%) Onboarding
11 44 (2.39%) Public Cloud
12 43 (2.33%) Over-the-Top Content
13 39 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
14 37 (2.01%) Fixed Income
15 36 (1.95%) Management Information System
16 32 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
17 30 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
18 28 (1.52%) Security Posture
19 24 (1.30%) Equities
19 24 (1.30%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 221 (12.00%) Linux
2 82 (4.45%) Windows
3 46 (2.50%) Unix
4 34 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.38%) Debian
7 7 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.33%) Android
9 5 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.16%) Solaris
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.054%) AIX
12 1 (0.054%) CentOS
12 1 (0.054%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.054%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (36.05%) AI
2 618 (33.55%) Software Engineering
3 603 (32.74%) CI/CD
4 442 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
5 419 (22.75%) Agile
6 405 (21.99%) Mentoring
7 392 (21.28%) DevOps
8 389 (21.12%) Machine Learning
9 355 (19.27%) Analytics
10 350 (19.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 320 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
12 294 (15.96%) Data Science
13 262 (14.22%) Test Automation
14 239 (12.98%) Observability
15 225 (12.21%) Decision-Making
15 225 (12.21%) Roadmaps
16 222 (12.05%) Data Engineering
16 222 (12.05%) Data Modelling
16 222 (12.05%) Data Pipeline
17 214 (11.62%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 543 (29.48%) SQL
2 293 (15.91%) JavaScript
3 280 (15.20%) Java
4 217 (11.78%) PowerShell
5 213 (11.56%) C#
6 209 (11.35%) TypeScript
7 164 (8.90%) Go
8 136 (7.38%) Bash
9 99 (5.37%) C++
10 77 (4.18%) Scala
11 58 (3.15%) R
12 45 (2.44%) C
13 40 (2.17%) Bicep
14 39 (2.12%) PHP
15 30 (1.63%) VBA
16 26 (1.41%) Ruby
16 26 (1.41%) Rust
17 19 (1.03%) MATLAB
18 18 (0.98%) Groovy
19 14 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 239 (12.98%) Degree
2 216 (11.73%) Security Cleared
3 173 (9.39%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (3.42%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.12%) Master's Degree
7 38 (2.06%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.25%) PhD
10 18 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (0.87%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.76%) SnowPro
13 13 (0.71%) CISSP
14 12 (0.65%) CCNP
14 12 (0.65%) CEH
14 12 (0.65%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.65%) OSCP
15 11 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (8.74%) Data Quality
2 145 (7.87%) QA
3 42 (2.28%) Accessibility
4 39 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.47%) GDPR
6 24 (1.30%) NIST
7 12 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.43%) SLA
9 8 (0.43%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.33%) PMO
11 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
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%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
13 3 (0.16%) ECSS
System Software
1 262 (14.22%) Docker
2 30 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 30 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.25%) Firmware
4 20 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.43%) vSphere
7 7 (0.38%) KVM
7 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.054%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.054%) Xen
Systems Management
1 278 (15.09%) Terraform
2 231 (12.54%) Kubernetes
3 101 (5.48%) Ansible
4 94 (5.10%) Grafana
5 52 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.09%) Argo
6 20 (1.09%) Istio
7 13 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
8 10 (0.54%) Packer
9 9 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
10 7 (0.38%) Puppet
11 6 (0.33%) Graylog
11 6 (0.33%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.22%) CASB
13 4 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 280 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 139 (7.55%) Databricks
3 79 (4.29%) Google
4 51 (2.77%) Cisco
5 45 (2.44%) VMware
6 38 (2.06%) Oracle
7 36 (1.95%) OpenAI
7 36 (1.95%) Typelevel
8 29 (1.57%) Palo Alto
9 27 (1.47%) Foundry
9 27 (1.47%) Splunk
10 26 (1.41%) Red Hat
11 24 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 23 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.03%) Salesforce
14 18 (0.98%) F5
15 15 (0.81%) Informatica
16 14 (0.76%) HubSpot
16 14 (0.76%) New Relic
17 13 (0.71%) Alteryx
1,966 hybrid/remote Python jobs