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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,722 2,384 3,828
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.17% 14.68% 11.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.24% 40.46% 28.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,160 1,458 3,065
10th Percentile £43,997 £47,419 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.56% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £105,000
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 5,694 5,892 13,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.00% 36.29% 40.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,303 4,113 10,938
10th Percentile £39,764 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £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 £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
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 7 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 64 (3.72%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (2.73%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.15%) Apache
4 17 (0.99%) SAS
5 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.64%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.17%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.12%) Confluence
8 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.058%) Camunda
9 1 (0.058%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.058%) CMS
9 1 (0.058%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.058%) nginx
9 1 (0.058%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.35%) 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 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.29%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.058%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 669 (38.85%) AWS
2 555 (32.23%) Azure
3 286 (16.61%) GCP
4 139 (8.07%) Power Platform
5 134 (7.78%) SaaS
6 110 (6.39%) GitHub
7 103 (5.98%) Serverless
8 82 (4.76%) Amazon S3
9 70 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
10 65 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (3.43%) GitHub Actions
12 55 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 54 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
14 49 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
15 47 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
16 45 (2.61%) Snowflake
17 44 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
18 43 (2.50%) dbt
19 38 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
20 37 (2.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 196 (11.38%) Broadband
2 87 (5.05%) Firewall
3 54 (3.14%) VPN
4 29 (1.68%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.63%) LAN
5 28 (1.63%) WAN
5 28 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (1.45%) DNS
7 22 (1.28%) VLAN
8 21 (1.22%) Wireless
9 20 (1.16%) Network Security
10 19 (1.10%) Wireshark
11 18 (1.05%) BGP
12 17 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (0.99%) NGFW
13 15 (0.87%) VXLAN
14 14 (0.81%) MPLS
14 14 (0.81%) SD-WAN
15 12 (0.70%) Unified Communications
16 11 (0.64%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (8.25%) PostgreSQL
2 110 (6.39%) Power BI
3 87 (5.05%) SQL Server
4 75 (4.36%) Data Warehouse
4 75 (4.36%) MongoDB
5 61 (3.54%) Relational Database
6 57 (3.31%) Metadata
7 55 (3.19%) BigQuery
8 54 (3.14%) NoSQL
9 50 (2.90%) Tableau
10 48 (2.79%) Data Lake
11 36 (2.09%) Big Data
12 35 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
12 35 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
13 34 (1.97%) MySQL
14 31 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
14 31 (1.80%) Delta Lake
15 30 (1.74%) Semantic Layer
16 25 (1.45%) DynamoDB
16 25 (1.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 154 (8.94%) Git
2 68 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.54%) GitLab
4 36 (2.09%) JIRA
5 13 (0.75%) Jaeger
5 13 (0.75%) MLflow
5 13 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
6 11 (0.64%) Claude Code
7 9 (0.52%) LabVIEW
8 7 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.41%) JMeter
8 7 (0.41%) Selenium
8 7 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.29%) Locust
10 5 (0.29%) Postman
10 5 (0.29%) Subversion
11 4 (0.23%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.17%) Maven
General
1 510 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 376 (21.84%) Finance
3 296 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 110 (6.39%) Public Sector
6 102 (5.92%) Banking
7 90 (5.23%) Law
8 68 (3.95%) Retail
9 62 (3.60%) Legal
10 52 (3.02%) Telecoms
11 50 (2.90%) Front Office
12 49 (2.85%) Marketing
13 45 (2.61%) Games
14 31 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.28%) Electronics
16 19 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (0.93%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.70%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (0.70%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 424 (24.62%) Senior
2 331 (19.22%) Developer
3 279 (16.20%) Lead
4 210 (12.20%) Software Engineer
5 197 (11.44%) Data Engineer
6 154 (8.94%) Python Engineer
7 110 (6.39%) Python Developer
8 95 (5.52%) Analyst
9 93 (5.40%) Data Scientist
10 92 (5.34%) Platform Engineer
11 80 (4.65%) Senior Developer
12 66 (3.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 65 (3.77%) Lead Developer
14 61 (3.54%) AWS Engineer
15 60 (3.48%) Data Analyst
16 59 (3.43%) Senior Data Engineer
17 56 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
18 55 (3.19%) Senior Software Engineer
19 52 (3.02%) Senior Data Scientist
20 51 (2.96%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (8.36%) React
2 104 (6.04%) Node.js
3 93 (5.40%) Kafka
3 93 (5.40%) PyTorch
4 85 (4.94%) TensorFlow
5 75 (4.36%) .NET
5 75 (4.36%) REST
6 70 (4.07%) PySpark
7 69 (4.01%) RESTful
8 59 (3.43%) FastAPI
9 58 (3.37%) Django
10 53 (3.08%) LangChain
11 49 (2.85%) gRPC
12 41 (2.38%) Vue
13 35 (2.03%) Flask
13 35 (2.03%) JSON
14 32 (1.86%) Redux
15 30 (1.74%) GraphQL
15 30 (1.74%) Pandas
15 30 (1.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 221 (12.83%) Cloud Native
2 186 (10.80%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (5.98%) Video\Live Streaming
4 81 (4.70%) Algorithms
5 73 (4.24%) AI Agents
6 70 (4.07%) Data Structures
7 59 (3.43%) Product Ownership
8 54 (3.14%) Low-Code
8 54 (3.14%) Over-the-Top Content
9 46 (2.67%) Onboarding
10 45 (2.61%) Virtual Team
11 44 (2.56%) Public Cloud
12 39 (2.26%) Fixed Income
13 36 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
14 35 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
15 34 (1.97%) Management Information System
16 32 (1.86%) Data Centre
17 30 (1.74%) Equities
18 26 (1.51%) Security Posture
19 25 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 211 (12.25%) Linux
2 72 (4.18%) Windows
3 43 (2.50%) Unix
4 33 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.75%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.52%) Debian
7 8 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.41%) Android
9 6 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.058%) AIX
13 1 (0.058%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.058%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 584 (33.91%) AI
2 576 (33.45%) CI/CD
3 545 (31.65%) Software Engineering
4 425 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
5 403 (23.40%) Agile
6 371 (21.54%) Machine Learning
7 364 (21.14%) Mentoring
8 358 (20.79%) DevOps
9 331 (19.22%) Infrastructure as Code
10 313 (18.18%) Analytics
11 296 (17.19%) Data Science
12 247 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 231 (13.41%) Containerisation
14 221 (12.83%) Roadmaps
15 214 (12.43%) Data Pipeline
16 211 (12.25%) Test Automation
17 210 (12.20%) Observability
18 208 (12.08%) Data Engineering
19 203 (11.79%) Data Modelling
20 201 (11.67%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 487 (28.28%) SQL
2 281 (16.32%) Java
3 250 (14.52%) JavaScript
4 184 (10.69%) Go
5 179 (10.39%) PowerShell
6 161 (9.35%) C#
7 160 (9.29%) TypeScript
8 152 (8.83%) Bash
9 88 (5.11%) C++
10 83 (4.82%) Scala
11 54 (3.14%) R
12 52 (3.02%) C
13 40 (2.32%) PHP
14 37 (2.15%) Bicep
15 23 (1.34%) VBA
16 20 (1.16%) Ruby
16 20 (1.16%) Rust
17 17 (0.99%) Groovy
18 16 (0.93%) Apex Code
18 16 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 240 (13.94%) Degree
2 172 (9.99%) Security Cleared
3 138 (8.01%) SC Cleared
4 72 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.48%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.03%) Master's Degree
7 32 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 27 (1.57%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.22%) PhD
10 20 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.05%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.81%) OSCP
13 13 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.70%) CEH
14 12 (0.70%) CREST Certified
15 11 (0.64%) CISSP
16 10 (0.58%) GIAC
17 9 (0.52%) ACCA
17 9 (0.52%) CCNP
17 9 (0.52%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (8.59%) Data Quality
2 109 (6.33%) QA
3 46 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.45%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.28%) NIST
6 19 (1.10%) GDPR
7 17 (0.99%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.52%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.46%) SLA
10 6 (0.35%) GRC
10 6 (0.35%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.29%) PMO
11 5 (0.29%) WCAG
12 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.23%) GAAP
12 4 (0.23%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
13 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 277 (16.09%) Docker
2 34 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.28%) Firmware
5 19 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.46%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.41%) KVM
7 7 (0.41%) vSphere
8 6 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.23%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.17%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.058%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.058%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.058%) Xen
Systems Management
1 281 (16.32%) Terraform
2 238 (13.82%) Kubernetes
3 115 (6.68%) Ansible
4 86 (4.99%) Grafana
5 66 (3.83%) Prometheus
6 35 (2.03%) Argo
7 18 (1.05%) Kustomize
8 17 (0.99%) Istio
9 12 (0.70%) Packer
9 12 (0.70%) Proxmox
10 10 (0.58%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
12 8 (0.46%) Kubeflow
12 8 (0.46%) Puppet
13 6 (0.35%) Graylog
13 6 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.29%) FTK
14 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
14 5 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 250 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 121 (7.03%) Databricks
3 71 (4.12%) Google
4 57 (3.31%) Cisco
5 50 (2.90%) VMware
6 45 (2.61%) Typelevel
7 39 (2.26%) OpenAI
8 35 (2.03%) Oracle
9 29 (1.68%) Foundry
10 28 (1.63%) Palo Alto
11 26 (1.51%) Salesforce
12 24 (1.39%) Red Hat
12 24 (1.39%) Splunk
13 22 (1.28%) Fortinet
14 21 (1.22%) ServiceNow
15 19 (1.10%) F5
16 16 (0.93%) Arista
17 15 (0.87%) Aruba
17 15 (0.87%) NetScout
18 12 (0.70%) Commvault