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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,811 2,272 3,258
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.26% 13.81% 12.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.53% 39.83% 31.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,220 1,366 2,596
10th Percentile £43,675 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,813 £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 £105,938 £110,000
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 5,932 5,704 10,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.07% 34.66% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4,471 3,955 8,396
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,980
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +6.59% -6.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -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 28 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 55 (3.04%) Apache Airflow
2 54 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 39 (2.15%) Apache
4 15 (0.83%) SharePoint
5 13 (0.72%) SAS
6 9 (0.50%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.17%) 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 (0.055%) Camunda
11 1 (0.055%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.055%) CMS
11 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.055%) nginx
11 1 (0.055%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.22%) Simulink
5 4 (0.22%) 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 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.055%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 675 (37.27%) AWS
2 571 (31.53%) Azure
3 310 (17.12%) GCP
4 161 (8.89%) SaaS
5 146 (8.06%) Power Platform
6 115 (6.35%) GitHub
7 97 (5.36%) Serverless
8 70 (3.87%) Amazon S3
9 67 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
10 61 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
10 61 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
11 58 (3.20%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (3.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 55 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
13 52 (2.87%) Snowflake
14 49 (2.71%) dbt
15 43 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
16 37 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 35 (1.93%) PaaS
18 34 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (9.39%) Broadband
2 79 (4.36%) Firewall
3 49 (2.71%) VPN
4 42 (2.32%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.60%) DNS
6 27 (1.49%) WAN
7 26 (1.44%) LAN
8 22 (1.21%) Wireless
9 19 (1.05%) Network Security
10 18 (0.99%) VLAN
11 17 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (0.72%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.61%) DHCP
14 10 (0.55%) 5G
14 10 (0.55%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.50%) BGP
15 9 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.50%) MQTT
15 9 (0.50%) WebEx
15 9 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (8.34%) PostgreSQL
2 119 (6.57%) Power BI
3 89 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
4 85 (4.69%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.14%) MongoDB
6 59 (3.26%) Data Lake
7 58 (3.20%) Metadata
8 50 (2.76%) Relational Database
9 49 (2.71%) BigQuery
9 49 (2.71%) Tableau
10 47 (2.60%) NoSQL
11 45 (2.48%) Big Data
12 33 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
13 32 (1.77%) Delta Lake
14 31 (1.71%) MySQL
15 29 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
16 27 (1.49%) Redis
16 27 (1.49%) Semantic Layer
17 26 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
18 25 (1.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 167 (9.22%) Git
2 78 (4.31%) Jenkins
3 63 (3.48%) GitLab
4 37 (2.04%) JIRA
5 15 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.77%) MLflow
7 11 (0.61%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.61%) LabVIEW
8 10 (0.55%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.50%) JMeter
10 7 (0.39%) Postman
10 7 (0.39%) Selenium
11 6 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.28%) Locust
12 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
13 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 570 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 403 (22.25%) Finance
3 290 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (5.80%) Legal
6 102 (5.63%) Banking
7 101 (5.58%) Law
7 101 (5.58%) Public Sector
8 64 (3.53%) Retail
9 59 (3.26%) Marketing
10 49 (2.71%) Front Office
11 48 (2.65%) Games
12 41 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 33 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
14 27 (1.49%) Electronics
15 16 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.83%) Financial Institution
17 13 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (0.66%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.66%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 494 (27.28%) Senior
2 322 (17.78%) Developer
3 265 (14.63%) Lead
4 236 (13.03%) Software Engineer
5 203 (11.21%) Data Engineer
6 172 (9.50%) Python Engineer
7 105 (5.80%) Python Developer
8 101 (5.58%) Data Scientist
9 94 (5.19%) Analyst
10 85 (4.69%) Platform Engineer
11 84 (4.64%) Senior Developer
12 67 (3.70%) Senior Software Engineer
13 65 (3.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 63 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
15 61 (3.37%) Architect
16 59 (3.26%) Lead Developer
17 58 (3.20%) Full-Stack Developer
18 57 (3.15%) Python Software Engineer
18 57 (3.15%) Senior Data Scientist
19 55 (3.04%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (8.39%) React
2 109 (6.02%) Node.js
3 93 (5.14%) Kafka
4 89 (4.91%) PyTorch
5 82 (4.53%) .NET
6 81 (4.47%) REST
7 79 (4.36%) TensorFlow
8 78 (4.31%) PySpark
9 69 (3.81%) Django
9 69 (3.81%) RESTful
10 63 (3.48%) FastAPI
11 56 (3.09%) LangChain
12 45 (2.48%) gRPC
13 39 (2.15%) Vue
14 38 (2.10%) Pandas
15 35 (1.93%) Flask
15 35 (1.93%) Next.js
16 33 (1.82%) CSS
16 33 (1.82%) GraphQL
16 33 (1.82%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 229 (12.64%) Cloud Native
2 201 (11.10%) Distributed Systems
3 101 (5.58%) Video\Live Streaming
4 82 (4.53%) Algorithms
5 80 (4.42%) Virtual Team
6 78 (4.31%) AI Agents
7 62 (3.42%) Data Structures
8 55 (3.04%) Product Ownership
9 51 (2.82%) Over-the-Top Content
10 50 (2.76%) Low-Code
11 46 (2.54%) Onboarding
12 43 (2.37%) Public Cloud
13 39 (2.15%) Fixed Income
14 37 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
15 36 (1.99%) Management Information System
16 32 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
17 28 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
18 27 (1.49%) Equities
18 27 (1.49%) Security Posture
19 23 (1.27%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 215 (11.87%) Linux
2 81 (4.47%) Windows
3 39 (2.15%) Unix
4 33 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.44%) Debian
6 8 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.39%) Android
7 7 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.17%) Solaris
9 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.055%) AIX
10 1 (0.055%) CentOS
10 1 (0.055%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.055%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.055%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 642 (35.45%) AI
2 613 (33.85%) Software Engineering
3 602 (33.24%) CI/CD
4 439 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
5 412 (22.75%) Agile
6 395 (21.81%) Mentoring
7 388 (21.42%) Machine Learning
8 385 (21.26%) DevOps
9 340 (18.77%) Infrastructure as Code
10 335 (18.50%) Analytics
11 303 (16.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 299 (16.51%) Data Science
13 255 (14.08%) Test Automation
14 229 (12.64%) Observability
15 226 (12.48%) Containerisation
16 223 (12.31%) Roadmaps
17 217 (11.98%) Data Pipeline
18 216 (11.93%) Data Engineering
19 214 (11.82%) Data Modelling
20 212 (11.71%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 520 (28.71%) SQL
2 286 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 276 (15.24%) Java
4 218 (12.04%) PowerShell
5 213 (11.76%) C#
6 200 (11.04%) TypeScript
7 169 (9.33%) Go
8 138 (7.62%) Bash
9 98 (5.41%) C++
10 81 (4.47%) Scala
11 55 (3.04%) R
12 52 (2.87%) C
13 39 (2.15%) Bicep
14 38 (2.10%) PHP
15 28 (1.55%) VBA
16 25 (1.38%) Rust
17 24 (1.33%) Ruby
18 18 (0.99%) Groovy
19 17 (0.94%) MATLAB
20 16 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 239 (13.20%) Degree
2 200 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 162 (8.95%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.42%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 35 (1.93%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.21%) PhD
10 17 (0.94%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.77%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.77%) OSCP
13 13 (0.72%) CISSP
13 13 (0.72%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.66%) CCNP
14 12 (0.66%) CEH
14 12 (0.66%) SnowPro
15 11 (0.61%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (8.72%) Data Quality
2 145 (8.01%) QA
3 40 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 35 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.44%) GDPR
6 22 (1.21%) NIST
7 14 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.50%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.39%) SLA
10 6 (0.33%) PMO
11 5 (0.28%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.28%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.28%) WCAG
12 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.22%) GAAP
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
13 3 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 276 (15.24%) Docker
2 32 (1.77%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.27%) Firmware
5 20 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.44%) KVM
8 7 (0.39%) vSphere
9 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.055%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.055%) Xen
Systems Management
1 268 (14.80%) Terraform
2 232 (12.81%) Kubernetes
3 101 (5.58%) Ansible
4 92 (5.08%) Grafana
5 56 (3.09%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.16%) Argo
7 18 (0.99%) Istio
8 12 (0.66%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.55%) Packer
9 10 (0.55%) Proxmox
10 9 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (0.50%) Puppet
11 6 (0.33%) Graylog
11 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
11 6 (0.33%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 273 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 133 (7.34%) Databricks
3 66 (3.64%) Google
4 52 (2.87%) Cisco
5 47 (2.60%) VMware
6 44 (2.43%) Typelevel
7 38 (2.10%) Oracle
8 37 (2.04%) OpenAI
9 29 (1.60%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.55%) Foundry
11 25 (1.38%) Red Hat
11 25 (1.38%) Splunk
12 24 (1.33%) ServiceNow
13 23 (1.27%) Fortinet
14 20 (1.10%) Salesforce
15 19 (1.05%) F5
16 15 (0.83%) Informatica
17 13 (0.72%) New Relic
18 12 (0.66%) HubSpot
19 11 (0.61%) Alteryx