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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,742 2,356 3,606
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.13% 14.29% 11.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.25% 40.26% 29.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 1,445 2,886
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £106,250
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 5,759 5,852 12,185
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.89% 35.49% 39.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,342 4,085 9,913
10th Percentile £38,773 £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 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 17 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 58 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (2.87%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.07%) Apache
4 14 (0.80%) SAS
5 12 (0.69%) SharePoint
6 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.52%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.11%) Confluence
10 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.057%) Camunda
11 1 (0.057%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.057%) CMS
11 1 (0.057%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.057%) nginx
11 1 (0.057%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.23%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.23%) Simulink
5 4 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Blender
6 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) SPSS
8 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.29%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.057%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 669 (38.40%) AWS
2 554 (31.80%) Azure
3 294 (16.88%) GCP
4 155 (8.90%) SaaS
5 136 (7.81%) Power Platform
6 109 (6.26%) GitHub
7 99 (5.68%) Serverless
8 78 (4.48%) Amazon S3
9 68 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
10 61 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
11 60 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 52 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
14 50 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
15 47 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
16 44 (2.53%) Snowflake
17 42 (2.41%) dbt
18 40 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
19 37 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 35 (2.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 181 (10.39%) Broadband
2 83 (4.76%) Firewall
3 53 (3.04%) VPN
4 33 (1.89%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.66%) WAN
6 28 (1.61%) LAN
7 27 (1.55%) DNS
8 22 (1.26%) VLAN
9 21 (1.21%) Wireless
10 20 (1.15%) Network Security
11 17 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (0.86%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.63%) BGP
13 11 (0.63%) DHCP
13 11 (0.63%) Unified Communications
14 10 (0.57%) Wireshark
15 9 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.52%) MQTT
15 9 (0.52%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
2 110 (6.31%) Power BI
3 83 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 77 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
5 73 (4.19%) MongoDB
6 56 (3.21%) Relational Database
7 55 (3.16%) Metadata
8 54 (3.10%) Data Lake
9 50 (2.87%) BigQuery
10 46 (2.64%) Tableau
11 45 (2.58%) NoSQL
12 41 (2.35%) Big Data
13 35 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
14 33 (1.89%) MySQL
15 30 (1.72%) Delta Lake
15 30 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
16 28 (1.61%) Semantic Layer
17 27 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
17 27 (1.55%) Redis
18 24 (1.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 148 (8.50%) Git
2 71 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.50%) GitLab
4 33 (1.89%) JIRA
5 13 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
6 11 (0.63%) Claude Code
6 11 (0.63%) LabVIEW
6 11 (0.63%) MLflow
7 9 (0.52%) JMeter
8 7 (0.40%) Jaeger
8 7 (0.40%) Postman
9 6 (0.34%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.34%) Selenium
9 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.29%) Locust
11 4 (0.23%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.23%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 529 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 381 (21.87%) Finance
3 288 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (6.08%) Banking
6 104 (5.97%) Public Sector
7 102 (5.86%) Law
8 86 (4.94%) Legal
9 67 (3.85%) Retail
10 52 (2.99%) Marketing
11 49 (2.81%) Front Office
12 45 (2.58%) Telecoms
13 44 (2.53%) Games
14 32 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.44%) Electronics
16 17 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (0.98%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.69%) Investment Banking
17 12 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 464 (26.64%) Senior
2 323 (18.54%) Developer
3 270 (15.50%) Lead
4 221 (12.69%) Software Engineer
5 193 (11.08%) Data Engineer
6 158 (9.07%) Python Engineer
7 107 (6.14%) Python Developer
8 93 (5.34%) Data Scientist
9 91 (5.22%) Analyst
10 88 (5.05%) Platform Engineer
11 85 (4.88%) Senior Developer
12 68 (3.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 62 (3.56%) Senior Data Engineer
13 62 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
14 61 (3.50%) Lead Developer
15 58 (3.33%) AWS Engineer
16 57 (3.27%) Full-Stack Developer
17 55 (3.16%) Data Analyst
18 54 (3.10%) Python Software Engineer
19 53 (3.04%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (8.38%) React
2 103 (5.91%) Node.js
3 94 (5.40%) Kafka
4 91 (5.22%) PyTorch
5 83 (4.76%) TensorFlow
6 74 (4.25%) .NET
6 74 (4.25%) REST
7 72 (4.13%) PySpark
8 70 (4.02%) RESTful
9 62 (3.56%) FastAPI
10 60 (3.44%) Django
11 56 (3.21%) LangChain
12 46 (2.64%) gRPC
13 40 (2.30%) Vue
14 36 (2.07%) Flask
15 35 (2.01%) JSON
16 33 (1.89%) Pandas
17 32 (1.84%) LangGraph
17 32 (1.84%) Redux
18 31 (1.78%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 224 (12.86%) Cloud Native
2 190 (10.91%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (5.97%) Video\Live Streaming
4 79 (4.54%) Algorithms
5 75 (4.31%) AI Agents
6 68 (3.90%) Data Structures
7 66 (3.79%) Virtual Team
8 56 (3.21%) Product Ownership
9 54 (3.10%) Over-the-Top Content
10 50 (2.87%) Low-Code
11 47 (2.70%) Onboarding
12 43 (2.47%) Public Cloud
13 40 (2.30%) Fixed Income
14 36 (2.07%) Management Information System
15 33 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
15 33 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
16 28 (1.61%) Equities
17 27 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
17 27 (1.55%) Security Posture
18 25 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 208 (11.94%) Linux
2 78 (4.48%) Windows
3 38 (2.18%) Unix
4 33 (1.89%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.63%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.52%) Debian
7 8 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.40%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.34%) Android
9 6 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.23%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.057%) AIX
13 1 (0.057%) CentOS
13 1 (0.057%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.057%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (34.44%) AI
2 580 (33.30%) CI/CD
3 578 (33.18%) Software Engineering
4 423 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
5 392 (22.50%) Agile
6 379 (21.76%) Mentoring
7 371 (21.30%) Machine Learning
8 369 (21.18%) DevOps
9 335 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
10 312 (17.91%) Analytics
11 286 (16.42%) Data Science
12 276 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 238 (13.66%) Test Automation
14 225 (12.92%) Containerisation
15 220 (12.63%) Roadmaps
16 217 (12.46%) Observability
17 213 (12.23%) Data Pipeline
18 203 (11.65%) Data Engineering
19 201 (11.54%) Decision-Making
20 200 (11.48%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 489 (28.07%) SQL
2 274 (15.73%) Java
3 263 (15.10%) JavaScript
4 206 (11.83%) PowerShell
5 185 (10.62%) C#
6 183 (10.51%) TypeScript
7 176 (10.10%) Go
8 144 (8.27%) Bash
9 92 (5.28%) C++
10 81 (4.65%) Scala
11 52 (2.99%) C
12 51 (2.93%) R
13 39 (2.24%) PHP
14 37 (2.12%) Bicep
15 25 (1.44%) VBA
16 24 (1.38%) Rust
17 22 (1.26%) Ruby
18 17 (0.98%) Groovy
18 17 (0.98%) T-SQL
19 15 (0.86%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 236 (13.55%) Degree
2 177 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 144 (8.27%) SC Cleared
4 67 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.44%) Azure Certification
6 36 (2.07%) Master's Degree
7 27 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.44%) AWS Certification
9 24 (1.38%) PhD
10 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 15 (0.86%) OSCP
12 14 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (0.75%) CEH
13 13 (0.75%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.69%) CISSP
15 11 (0.63%) GIAC
16 10 (0.57%) CCNP
16 10 (0.57%) SnowPro
17 7 (0.40%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.55%) Data Quality
2 129 (7.41%) QA
3 47 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.49%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.38%) GDPR
6 22 (1.26%) NIST
7 17 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.46%) SLA
10 6 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 6 (0.34%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.29%) GRC
11 5 (0.29%) PMO
11 5 (0.29%) WCAG
12 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.23%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.23%) GAAP
12 4 (0.23%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
System Software
1 267 (15.33%) Docker
2 34 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.26%) Firmware
5 20 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.46%) KVM
7 7 (0.40%) vSphere
8 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.057%) Xen
Systems Management
1 273 (15.67%) Terraform
2 229 (13.15%) Kubernetes
3 106 (6.08%) Ansible
4 91 (5.22%) Grafana
5 61 (3.50%) Prometheus
6 28 (1.61%) Argo
7 17 (0.98%) Istio
8 12 (0.69%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.63%) Progress Chef
9 11 (0.63%) Proxmox
10 10 (0.57%) Packer
11 9 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.46%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.46%) Puppet
13 6 (0.34%) Graylog
13 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.29%) SCCM
15 4 (0.23%) Podman
Vendors
1 256 (14.70%) Microsoft
2 119 (6.83%) Databricks
3 64 (3.67%) Google
4 51 (2.93%) Cisco
5 50 (2.87%) VMware
6 45 (2.58%) Typelevel
7 38 (2.18%) Oracle
8 36 (2.07%) OpenAI
9 29 (1.66%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.61%) Foundry
11 25 (1.44%) Splunk
12 23 (1.32%) Fortinet
12 23 (1.32%) Red Hat
12 23 (1.32%) ServiceNow
13 22 (1.26%) Salesforce
14 21 (1.21%) F5
15 15 (0.86%) Informatica
16 12 (0.69%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.69%) IBM
16 12 (0.69%) New Relic