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

 6 months to
7 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,835 2,236 3,165
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.12% 13.56% 12.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.26% 40.19% 32.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,240 1,339 2,498
10th Percentile £44,000 £45,272 £44,738
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £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 £106,875 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,250 £142,875
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 6,065 5,564 9,649
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.83% 33.75% 38.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,560 3,833 7,546
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,287
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 7 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 (2.89%) Apache Spark
2 50 (2.72%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (2.13%) Apache
4 17 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.60%) SAS
6 9 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.16%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.054%) Camunda
10 1 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.054%) CMS
10 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.054%) nginx
10 1 (0.054%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.054%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 52 (2.83%) 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
1 687 (37.44%) AWS
2 575 (31.34%) Azure
3 315 (17.17%) GCP
4 158 (8.61%) SaaS
5 149 (8.12%) Power Platform
6 112 (6.10%) GitHub
7 93 (5.07%) Serverless
8 73 (3.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 66 (3.60%) Amazon S3
10 64 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
11 60 (3.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 60 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
12 57 (3.11%) dbt
12 57 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
12 57 (3.11%) Snowflake
13 55 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
14 42 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
14 42 (2.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 34 (1.85%) Datadog
15 34 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 158 (8.61%) Broadband
2 78 (4.25%) Firewall
3 50 (2.72%) TCP/IP
4 45 (2.45%) VPN
5 31 (1.69%) DNS
6 29 (1.58%) WAN
7 28 (1.53%) LAN
8 22 (1.20%) Wireless
9 19 (1.04%) Network Security
10 17 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (0.93%) 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 (0.44%) BGP
14 8 (0.44%) MQTT
15 7 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
2 124 (6.76%) Power BI
3 95 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
4 85 (4.63%) SQL Server
5 76 (4.14%) MongoDB
6 62 (3.38%) Data Lake
7 56 (3.05%) Metadata
8 51 (2.78%) Relational Database
9 50 (2.72%) NoSQL
9 50 (2.72%) Tableau
10 48 (2.62%) Big Data
10 48 (2.62%) BigQuery
11 36 (1.96%) Delta Lake
12 33 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
13 30 (1.63%) MySQL
14 27 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
14 27 (1.47%) Redis
15 26 (1.42%) DynamoDB
16 24 (1.31%) Semantic Layer
17 23 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 173 (9.43%) Git
2 78 (4.25%) Jenkins
3 59 (3.22%) GitLab
4 37 (2.02%) JIRA
5 17 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.76%) MLflow
7 12 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.60%) Claude Code
9 10 (0.54%) LabVIEW
10 9 (0.49%) JMeter
10 9 (0.49%) Selenium
11 8 (0.44%) Postman
12 7 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.33%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.27%) Locust
14 5 (0.27%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 581 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 422 (23.00%) Finance
3 293 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (6.05%) Legal
6 104 (5.67%) Banking
6 104 (5.67%) Public Sector
7 101 (5.50%) Law
8 67 (3.65%) Marketing
9 66 (3.60%) Retail
10 48 (2.62%) Front Office
11 46 (2.51%) Games
12 42 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 34 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (1.63%) Electronics
15 17 (0.93%) Aerospace
16 15 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
17 14 (0.76%) Financial Institution
18 13 (0.71%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 509 (27.74%) Senior
2 309 (16.84%) Developer
3 254 (13.84%) Lead
4 240 (13.08%) Software Engineer
5 207 (11.28%) Data Engineer
6 186 (10.14%) Python Engineer
7 101 (5.50%) Data Scientist
8 100 (5.45%) Analyst
8 100 (5.45%) Python Developer
9 82 (4.47%) Senior Developer
10 81 (4.41%) Platform Engineer
11 68 (3.71%) Senior Software Engineer
12 66 (3.60%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 65 (3.54%) Architect
14 63 (3.43%) Senior Data Engineer
15 59 (3.22%) Senior Data Scientist
16 56 (3.05%) Python Software Engineer
17 55 (3.00%) AWS Engineer
17 55 (3.00%) Full-Stack Developer
17 55 (3.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (8.61%) React
2 107 (5.83%) Node.js
3 88 (4.80%) Kafka
4 85 (4.63%) PySpark
5 84 (4.58%) PyTorch
6 82 (4.47%) .NET
6 82 (4.47%) REST
7 73 (3.98%) TensorFlow
8 72 (3.92%) Django
9 68 (3.71%) RESTful
10 65 (3.54%) FastAPI
11 56 (3.05%) LangChain
12 38 (2.07%) Pandas
12 38 (2.07%) Vue
13 37 (2.02%) gRPC
13 37 (2.02%) Next.js
14 35 (1.91%) CSS
15 34 (1.85%) Flask
16 33 (1.80%) GraphQL
16 33 (1.80%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 233 (12.70%) Cloud Native
2 200 (10.90%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (4.85%) Video\Live Streaming
4 85 (4.63%) Algorithms
5 80 (4.36%) AI Agents
5 80 (4.36%) Virtual Team
6 56 (3.05%) Data Structures
7 54 (2.94%) Product Ownership
8 46 (2.51%) Low-Code
9 45 (2.45%) Onboarding
10 44 (2.40%) Public Cloud
11 43 (2.34%) Over-the-Top Content
12 39 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
13 37 (2.02%) Fixed Income
14 36 (1.96%) Management Information System
15 31 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
16 30 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
17 28 (1.53%) Security Posture
18 24 (1.31%) Blog
18 24 (1.31%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 219 (11.93%) Linux
2 82 (4.47%) Windows
3 46 (2.51%) Unix
4 33 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.44%) 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
1 660 (35.97%) AI
2 616 (33.57%) Software Engineering
3 598 (32.59%) CI/CD
4 438 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
5 418 (22.78%) Agile
6 406 (22.13%) Mentoring
7 391 (21.31%) Machine Learning
8 390 (21.25%) DevOps
9 355 (19.35%) Analytics
10 352 (19.18%) Infrastructure as Code
11 320 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 292 (15.91%) Data Science
13 259 (14.11%) Test Automation
14 240 (13.08%) Observability
15 224 (12.21%) Decision-Making
15 224 (12.21%) Roadmaps
16 220 (11.99%) Data Engineering
17 219 (11.93%) Data Modelling
17 219 (11.93%) Data Pipeline
18 214 (11.66%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 540 (29.43%) SQL
2 289 (15.75%) JavaScript
3 278 (15.15%) Java
4 218 (11.88%) PowerShell
5 215 (11.72%) C#
6 208 (11.34%) TypeScript
7 160 (8.72%) Go
8 134 (7.30%) Bash
9 99 (5.40%) C++
10 76 (4.14%) Scala
11 58 (3.16%) R
12 45 (2.45%) C
13 41 (2.23%) Bicep
14 39 (2.13%) PHP
15 30 (1.63%) VBA
16 28 (1.53%) Ruby
17 25 (1.36%) Rust
18 19 (1.04%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.98%) Groovy
20 14 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 238 (12.97%) Degree
2 214 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 172 (9.37%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (3.43%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.23%) Master's Degree
7 38 (2.07%) DV Cleared
8 27 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.31%) PhD
10 18 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (0.82%) AWS Certification
12 15 (0.82%) SnowPro
13 14 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.71%) CISSP
15 12 (0.65%) CCNP
15 12 (0.65%) CEH
15 12 (0.65%) CREST Certified
15 12 (0.65%) OSCP
16 11 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (8.83%) Data Quality
2 146 (7.96%) QA
3 42 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 38 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.53%) GDPR
6 24 (1.31%) NIST
7 12 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.44%) SLA
9 8 (0.44%) 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
1 260 (14.17%) Docker
2 29 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 29 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (1.25%) Firmware
4 20 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.44%) 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
Systems Management
1 280 (15.26%) Terraform
2 228 (12.43%) Kubernetes
3 102 (5.56%) Ansible
4 94 (5.12%) Grafana
5 51 (2.78%) 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 8 (0.44%) 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
1 281 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 137 (7.47%) Databricks
3 79 (4.31%) Google
4 52 (2.83%) Cisco
5 43 (2.34%) VMware
6 38 (2.07%) Oracle
7 36 (1.96%) Typelevel
8 35 (1.91%) OpenAI
9 29 (1.58%) Palo Alto
10 27 (1.47%) Foundry
10 27 (1.47%) Splunk
11 26 (1.42%) Red Hat
12 24 (1.31%) ServiceNow
13 23 (1.25%) Fortinet
14 19 (1.04%) F5
15 18 (0.98%) Salesforce
16 16 (0.87%) Informatica
17 14 (0.76%) HubSpot
17 14 (0.76%) New Relic
18 13 (0.71%) Alteryx
1,755 hybrid/remote Python jobs