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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,847 2,171 3,156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.13% 13.07% 12.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.47% 39.85% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,241 1,292 2,485
10th Percentile £44,500 £45,000 £44,843
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £79,932
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.17% +6.58%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £143,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £73,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% -1.36% +1.38%

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 6,062 5,448 9,566
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.67% 32.79% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,549 3,750 7,418
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
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 13 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 53 (2.87%) Apache Spark
2 49 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (2.11%) Apache
4 17 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.54%) SAS
6 9 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.16%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.16%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 1 (0.054%) Camunda
10 1 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.054%) CMS
10 1 (0.054%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.054%) Tomcat
Applications
1 53 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.60%) Chatbot
4 10 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
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
1 681 (36.87%) AWS
2 585 (31.67%) Azure
3 315 (17.05%) GCP
4 157 (8.50%) SaaS
5 147 (7.96%) Power Platform
6 113 (6.12%) GitHub
7 93 (5.04%) Serverless
8 74 (4.01%) AWS CloudFormation
9 64 (3.47%) Amazon S3
9 64 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
10 63 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
10 63 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
11 58 (3.14%) dbt
12 57 (3.09%) Snowflake
13 56 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
14 54 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
15 44 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 40 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
17 35 (1.89%) Datadog
18 34 (1.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 149 (8.07%) Broadband
2 79 (4.28%) Firewall
3 53 (2.87%) TCP/IP
4 45 (2.44%) VPN
5 32 (1.73%) DNS
6 31 (1.68%) WAN
7 30 (1.62%) LAN
8 24 (1.30%) Wireless
9 22 (1.19%) Network Security
10 18 (0.97%) VLAN
11 17 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (0.76%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.65%) 5G
14 11 (0.60%) BGP
14 11 (0.60%) DHCP
15 10 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (0.54%) Unified Communications
15 10 (0.54%) WebEx
16 9 (0.49%) OSPF
17 7 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (8.01%) PostgreSQL
2 122 (6.61%) Power BI
3 96 (5.20%) Data Warehouse
4 84 (4.55%) SQL Server
5 77 (4.17%) MongoDB
6 61 (3.30%) Data Lake
7 56 (3.03%) Metadata
8 53 (2.87%) NoSQL
8 53 (2.87%) Relational Database
9 49 (2.65%) Tableau
10 48 (2.60%) Big Data
11 47 (2.54%) BigQuery
12 36 (1.95%) Delta Lake
13 33 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
14 28 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
14 28 (1.52%) MySQL
15 27 (1.46%) Redis
16 26 (1.41%) DynamoDB
17 23 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
17 23 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 176 (9.53%) Git
2 81 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 57 (3.09%) GitLab
4 37 (2.00%) JIRA
5 17 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.76%) MLflow
7 13 (0.70%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.54%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.49%) JMeter
9 9 (0.49%) Selenium
10 8 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (0.38%) Postman
12 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.32%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.32%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.27%) Locust
14 4 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
14 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 590 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 429 (23.23%) Finance
3 303 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (7.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 115 (6.23%) Legal
6 109 (5.90%) Public Sector
7 107 (5.79%) Banking
8 102 (5.52%) Law
9 77 (4.17%) Marketing
10 69 (3.74%) Retail
11 45 (2.44%) Games
12 43 (2.33%) Front Office
13 41 (2.22%) Telecoms
14 34 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
15 31 (1.68%) Electronics
16 18 (0.97%) Aerospace
17 17 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.76%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 519 (28.10%) Senior
2 298 (16.13%) Developer
3 251 (13.59%) Lead
4 235 (12.72%) Software Engineer
5 208 (11.26%) Data Engineer
6 187 (10.12%) Python Engineer
7 104 (5.63%) Analyst
8 102 (5.52%) Python Developer
9 99 (5.36%) Data Scientist
10 82 (4.44%) Senior Developer
11 79 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
12 69 (3.74%) Senior Software Engineer
13 67 (3.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 66 (3.57%) Architect
15 64 (3.47%) Senior Data Engineer
16 58 (3.14%) Senior Data Scientist
17 55 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
17 55 (2.98%) Engineering Manager
17 55 (2.98%) Python Software Engineer
18 54 (2.92%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (8.12%) React
2 103 (5.58%) Node.js
3 87 (4.71%) PySpark
4 86 (4.66%) .NET
5 85 (4.60%) PyTorch
6 82 (4.44%) Kafka
7 80 (4.33%) REST
8 74 (4.01%) TensorFlow
9 73 (3.95%) Django
10 67 (3.63%) RESTful
11 65 (3.52%) FastAPI
12 56 (3.03%) LangChain
13 38 (2.06%) Next.js
14 37 (2.00%) Pandas
15 36 (1.95%) Vue
16 35 (1.89%) CSS
17 33 (1.79%) scikit-learn
18 32 (1.73%) Flask
18 32 (1.73%) LangGraph
19 30 (1.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 236 (12.78%) Cloud Native
2 189 (10.23%) Distributed Systems
3 86 (4.66%) Algorithms
4 81 (4.39%) AI Agents
5 80 (4.33%) Video\Live Streaming
5 80 (4.33%) Virtual Team
6 54 (2.92%) Product Ownership
7 53 (2.87%) Data Structures
8 46 (2.49%) Low-Code
9 45 (2.44%) Onboarding
10 43 (2.33%) Public Cloud
11 38 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
12 37 (2.00%) Management Information System
13 34 (1.84%) Over-the-Top Content
14 32 (1.73%) Blog
15 31 (1.68%) Fixed Income
15 31 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
16 30 (1.62%) Cyber Threat
17 29 (1.57%) Security Posture
18 24 (1.30%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 223 (12.07%) Linux
2 81 (4.39%) Windows
3 47 (2.54%) Unix
4 31 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.70%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.49%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.38%) Android
8 7 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
8 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.32%) Debian
10 4 (0.22%) Solaris
11 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.054%) AIX
13 1 (0.054%) CentOS
13 1 (0.054%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.054%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (36.71%) AI
2 606 (32.81%) Software Engineering
3 587 (31.78%) CI/CD
4 438 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
5 415 (22.47%) Mentoring
6 413 (22.36%) Agile
7 391 (21.17%) Machine Learning
8 390 (21.12%) DevOps
9 371 (20.09%) Analytics
10 355 (19.22%) Infrastructure as Code
11 323 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 285 (15.43%) Data Science
13 260 (14.08%) Test Automation
14 241 (13.05%) Observability
15 229 (12.40%) Roadmaps
16 228 (12.34%) Decision-Making
17 223 (12.07%) Data Pipeline
18 222 (12.02%) Data Engineering
19 221 (11.97%) Data Modelling
20 206 (11.15%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 557 (30.16%) SQL
2 285 (15.43%) JavaScript
3 273 (14.78%) Java
4 221 (11.97%) C#
5 218 (11.80%) PowerShell
6 205 (11.10%) TypeScript
7 148 (8.01%) Go
8 132 (7.15%) Bash
9 101 (5.47%) C++
10 68 (3.68%) Scala
11 57 (3.09%) R
12 45 (2.44%) C
13 42 (2.27%) Bicep
14 39 (2.11%) PHP
15 30 (1.62%) VBA
16 28 (1.52%) Ruby
17 25 (1.35%) Rust
18 20 (1.08%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.97%) Groovy
20 14 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 240 (12.99%) Degree
2 221 (11.97%) Security Cleared
3 176 (9.53%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.30%) Azure Certification
6 42 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 39 (2.11%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.30%) PhD
10 20 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.87%) AWS Certification
13 15 (0.81%) CISSP
13 15 (0.81%) SnowPro
14 14 (0.76%) OSCP
15 13 (0.70%) CCNP
15 13 (0.70%) CEH
15 13 (0.70%) CREST Certified
15 13 (0.70%) DBS Check
16 12 (0.65%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (8.83%) Data Quality
2 145 (7.85%) QA
3 44 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 37 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.57%) GDPR
6 26 (1.41%) NIST
7 12 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.49%) SLA
10 7 (0.38%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.32%) PMO
12 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
12 5 (0.27%) WCAG
13 4 (0.22%) GAAP
13 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 4 (0.22%) ISO 22301
13 4 (0.22%) MiFID
14 3 (0.16%) ECSS
System Software
1 257 (13.91%) Docker
2 30 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (1.41%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.30%) Firmware
5 20 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.43%) vSphere
8 7 (0.38%) KVM
8 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 283 (15.32%) Terraform
2 232 (12.56%) Kubernetes
3 105 (5.68%) Ansible
4 94 (5.09%) Grafana
5 51 (2.76%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.08%) Istio
7 19 (1.03%) Argo
8 13 (0.70%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
9 10 (0.54%) Packer
10 8 (0.43%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
11 7 (0.38%) Puppet
12 6 (0.32%) Graylog
12 6 (0.32%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.22%) linkerd
14 4 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 284 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 141 (7.63%) Databricks
3 81 (4.39%) Google
4 53 (2.87%) Cisco
5 45 (2.44%) VMware
6 39 (2.11%) OpenAI
6 39 (2.11%) Oracle
7 29 (1.57%) Palo Alto
8 28 (1.52%) Splunk
9 27 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 27 (1.46%) Typelevel
10 26 (1.41%) Foundry
11 24 (1.30%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 18 (0.97%) F5
13 17 (0.92%) Salesforce
14 15 (0.81%) Informatica
14 15 (0.81%) New Relic
15 14 (0.76%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.76%) HubSpot