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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,382 2,756 2,934
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.12% 14.00% 13.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.13% 33.51% 28.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,009 1,986 2,346
10th Percentile £42,700 £46,713 £44,263
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,938 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,830 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £142,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,288
% change year-on-year -6.67% +6.70% +0.41%

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 4,172 8,224 10,241
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.53% 41.78% 47.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,242 5,235 8,632
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,717 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,439 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.94% - -

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 17 November 2025.

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
1 141 (10.20%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (6.37%) Apache
3 32 (2.32%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.45%) Confluence
4 20 (1.45%) SharePoint
5 16 (1.16%) Tomcat
5 16 (1.16%) WebSphere
5 16 (1.16%) WebSphere Application Server
6 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.94%) Apache Solr
8 11 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 9 (0.65%) ArcGIS
9 9 (0.65%) CMS
10 7 (0.51%) SAS
11 5 (0.36%) Anypoint
12 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.22%) nginx
13 2 (0.14%) Luigi
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 65 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.58%) Blender
4 6 (0.43%) Simulink
5 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.14%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.14%) Navisworks
6 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.14%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.14%) Revit
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.072%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.072%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.072%) Notion
Business Applications
1 28 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.65%) Shopify
3 8 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.58%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.29%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.22%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.22%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.072%) FastStats
7 1 (0.072%) Magento
7 1 (0.072%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 602 (43.56%) AWS
2 513 (37.12%) Azure
3 199 (14.40%) GCP
4 171 (12.37%) Power Platform
5 152 (11.00%) GitHub
6 144 (10.42%) dbt
7 136 (9.84%) Snowflake
8 133 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
9 125 (9.04%) Serverless
10 90 (6.51%) AWS Lambda
11 71 (5.14%) GitHub Actions
12 66 (4.78%) SaaS
13 62 (4.49%) AWS CloudFormation
14 60 (4.34%) Amazon S3
15 45 (3.26%) Azure Data Factory
16 41 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
17 40 (2.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 40 (2.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 40 (2.89%) Entra ID
18 37 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.62%) Firewall
2 43 (3.11%) WAN
3 36 (2.60%) TCP/IP
4 35 (2.53%) VPN
5 28 (2.03%) LAN
6 26 (1.88%) DNS
7 23 (1.66%) SD-WAN
8 20 (1.45%) Broadband
8 20 (1.45%) SSL
9 18 (1.30%) BGP
10 17 (1.23%) Network Security
11 13 (0.94%) OSPF
11 13 (0.94%) Wireshark
12 12 (0.87%) VLAN
13 11 (0.80%) 5G
13 11 (0.80%) DHCP
14 10 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (0.65%) Wireless
16 8 (0.58%) Ethernet
16 8 (0.58%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (11.72%) Power BI
2 136 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
3 121 (8.76%) Data Warehouse
4 114 (8.25%) Amazon Athena
5 113 (8.18%) Apache Iceberg
6 108 (7.81%) Apache Arrow
6 108 (7.81%) Dremio
7 99 (7.16%) Data Lake
8 78 (5.64%) Tableau
9 71 (5.14%) NoSQL
10 65 (4.70%) SQL Server
11 61 (4.41%) Apache Ignite
12 56 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
13 41 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
13 41 (2.97%) DynamoDB
14 40 (2.89%) Relational Database
15 36 (2.60%) MySQL
16 35 (2.53%) MongoDB
17 29 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
18 18 (1.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 116 (8.39%) Git
2 93 (6.73%) Jenkins
3 55 (3.98%) JIRA
4 45 (3.26%) GitLab
5 26 (1.88%) Oracle Forms
6 21 (1.52%) Selenium
7 12 (0.87%) JUnit
8 11 (0.80%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.80%) ER Studio
9 8 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.58%) ERwin
9 8 (0.58%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.43%) MLflow
10 6 (0.43%) Postman
10 6 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.29%) Appium
11 4 (0.29%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.29%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.29%) LoadRunner
General
1 478 (34.59%) Finance
2 376 (27.21%) Social Skills
3 169 (12.23%) Front Office
4 160 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
5 138 (9.99%) Banking
6 77 (5.57%) Investment Banking
7 72 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 66 (4.78%) Marketing
9 62 (4.49%) Public Sector
10 51 (3.69%) Retail
11 49 (3.55%) Law
12 30 (2.17%) Tech for Good
13 28 (2.03%) Health Technology
14 26 (1.88%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.88%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.74%) Electronics
15 24 (1.74%) Publishing
16 23 (1.66%) Legal
17 17 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
18 16 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 355 (25.69%) Senior
2 307 (22.21%) Developer
3 194 (14.04%) Software Engineer
4 164 (11.87%) Python Engineer
5 145 (10.49%) Python Developer
6 143 (10.35%) AWS Engineer
7 131 (9.48%) Data Engineer
8 125 (9.04%) Lead
9 120 (8.68%) Python Software Engineer
10 116 (8.39%) Analyst
11 108 (7.81%) AWS Software Engineer
12 81 (5.86%) Senior Developer
13 76 (5.50%) Architect
14 75 (5.43%) AWS Developer
14 75 (5.43%) Java Engineer
15 74 (5.35%) Senior Software Engineer
16 73 (5.28%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 73 (5.28%) Java Software Engineer
17 66 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
18 65 (4.70%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (12.66%) React
2 138 (9.99%) Pandas
3 120 (8.68%) NumPy
4 112 (8.10%) Node.js
5 108 (7.81%) SciPy
6 83 (6.01%) RESTful
7 81 (5.86%) Vue
8 72 (5.21%) AngularJS
9 70 (5.07%) gRPC
10 61 (4.41%) Protocol Buffers
10 61 (4.41%) REST
11 60 (4.34%) Django
12 59 (4.27%) Kafka
13 52 (3.76%) Flask
14 48 (3.47%) .NET
15 44 (3.18%) SOAP
16 43 (3.11%) FastAPI
17 38 (2.75%) JSON
18 37 (2.68%) XML
19 31 (2.24%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 144 (10.42%) Fixed Income
2 125 (9.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 122 (8.83%) Equities
4 121 (8.76%) Cloud Native
5 85 (6.15%) Hedge funds
6 78 (5.64%) Derivative
7 71 (5.14%) Product Ownership
8 64 (4.63%) Management Information System
9 61 (4.41%) Pricing Data
10 59 (4.27%) Algorithms
11 55 (3.98%) Onboarding
12 49 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
13 35 (2.53%) Data Structures
13 35 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
14 29 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
15 22 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
15 22 (1.59%) Low-Code
15 22 (1.59%) Public Cloud
16 20 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 191 (13.82%) Linux
2 96 (6.95%) Windows
3 71 (5.14%) Unix
4 36 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 32 (2.32%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.58%) Debian
6 8 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.58%) Solaris
6 8 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.51%) VMS
8 4 (0.29%) Android
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
9 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.072%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.072%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (38.13%) Agile
2 408 (29.52%) CI/CD
3 390 (28.22%) DevOps
4 315 (22.79%) Software Engineering
5 309 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
6 299 (21.64%) AI
7 262 (18.96%) Analytics
8 228 (16.50%) Asset Management
9 192 (13.89%) Mentoring
10 188 (13.60%) Business Intelligence
11 181 (13.10%) Data Science
12 180 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 177 (12.81%) Infrastructure as Code
14 166 (12.01%) Containerisation
15 161 (11.65%) Machine Learning
16 144 (10.42%) Data Engineering
16 144 (10.42%) Test Automation
17 143 (10.35%) Data Modelling
17 143 (10.35%) Data Pipeline
18 142 (10.27%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 501 (36.25%) SQL
2 305 (22.07%) JavaScript
3 275 (19.90%) Java
4 211 (15.27%) TypeScript
5 147 (10.64%) Bash
6 139 (10.06%) PowerShell
7 106 (7.67%) C#
8 66 (4.78%) Go
9 62 (4.49%) R
10 58 (4.20%) C++
11 37 (2.68%) C
12 33 (2.39%) Shell Script
13 31 (2.24%) Bicep
14 30 (2.17%) PL/SQL
15 27 (1.95%) MATLAB
15 27 (1.95%) PHP
16 26 (1.88%) Scala
17 21 (1.52%) Perl
18 13 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 11 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 230 (16.64%) Degree
2 132 (9.55%) Security Cleared
3 110 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 90 (6.51%) AWS Certification
5 55 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (3.69%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.39%) Master's Degree
7 33 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (1.52%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
12 18 (1.30%) CISSP
12 18 (1.30%) PhD
13 16 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (0.72%) DBS Check
16 9 (0.65%) CISA
17 8 (0.58%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.43%) QA
2 56 (4.05%) GDPR
3 49 (3.55%) Data Quality
4 35 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.95%) SLA
6 24 (1.74%) NIST
7 20 (1.45%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.80%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.36%) GRC
13 4 (0.29%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.14%) ECSS
15 1 (0.072%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.072%) NIST 800
15 1 (0.072%) SEPA
System Software
1 210 (15.20%) Docker
2 39 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.87%) Firmware
5 10 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.65%) NFS
7 8 (0.58%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.58%) vSphere
8 5 (0.36%) Lustre
9 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.22%) GPFS
10 3 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.14%) Ceph
12 1 (0.072%) HDFS
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.072%) vCloud
12 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 244 (17.66%) Terraform
2 206 (14.91%) Kubernetes
3 134 (9.70%) Ansible
4 55 (3.98%) Grafana
5 34 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (2.24%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.87%) Argo
7 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (0.36%) SCCM
8 5 (0.36%) SCOM
8 5 (0.36%) WSUS
9 4 (0.29%) Cilium
9 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.29%) Kibana
9 4 (0.29%) Nmap
9 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.29%) QRadar
10 3 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 181 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 110 (7.96%) Databricks
3 84 (6.08%) Oracle
4 68 (4.92%) Google
5 55 (3.98%) Red Hat
6 31 (2.24%) Cisco
7 30 (2.17%) VMware
8 23 (1.66%) IBM
9 22 (1.59%) Salesforce
10 19 (1.37%) MuleSoft
11 18 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.23%) SAP
13 16 (1.16%) Palo Alto
14 15 (1.09%) Talend
14 15 (1.09%) Workday
15 14 (1.01%) Okta
16 13 (0.94%) Commvault
17 11 (0.80%) Aruba
17 11 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 11 (0.80%) Informatica