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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,397 2,763 2,843
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.13% 14.06% 13.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.99% 33.70% 28.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 1,990 2,277
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,713 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,964 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £135,000 £142,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 4,235 8,199 9,987
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.69% 41.73% 46.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,302 5,227 8,415
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £114,388 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 20 November 2025.

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
1 142 (10.16%) Apache Airflow
2 89 (6.37%) Apache
3 34 (2.43%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.50%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.43%) Confluence
6 16 (1.15%) Tomcat
6 16 (1.15%) WebSphere
6 16 (1.15%) WebSphere Application Server
7 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (0.93%) Apache Solr
9 11 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 8 (0.57%) ArcGIS
10 8 (0.57%) CMS
11 7 (0.50%) SAS
12 5 (0.36%) Anypoint
13 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
13 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
13 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.21%) nginx
14 2 (0.14%) Luigi
Applications
1 64 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.50%) Blender
4 6 (0.43%) Simulink
5 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.072%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.072%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.072%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.072%) Navisworks
7 1 (0.072%) Notion
7 1 (0.072%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.072%) Revit
Business Applications
1 28 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.64%) Shopify
3 8 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.57%) Workday HCM
4 4 (0.29%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.21%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.21%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.14%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.072%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.072%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.072%) FastStats
7 1 (0.072%) Magento
7 1 (0.072%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 606 (43.38%) AWS
2 522 (37.37%) Azure
3 201 (14.39%) GCP
4 171 (12.24%) Power Platform
5 157 (11.24%) GitHub
6 145 (10.38%) dbt
7 136 (9.74%) Snowflake
8 135 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
9 122 (8.73%) Serverless
10 87 (6.23%) AWS Lambda
11 72 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
12 67 (4.80%) SaaS
13 62 (4.44%) AWS CloudFormation
14 59 (4.22%) Amazon S3
15 48 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
16 42 (3.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 41 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
18 40 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 40 (2.86%) Entra ID
19 37 (2.65%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.58%) Firewall
2 43 (3.08%) WAN
3 35 (2.51%) TCP/IP
3 35 (2.51%) VPN
4 28 (2.00%) LAN
5 25 (1.79%) DNS
6 23 (1.65%) SD-WAN
7 17 (1.22%) BGP
7 17 (1.22%) Network Security
7 17 (1.22%) SSL
8 15 (1.07%) Broadband
9 13 (0.93%) OSPF
9 13 (0.93%) Wireshark
10 12 (0.86%) VLAN
11 11 (0.79%) 5G
11 11 (0.79%) DHCP
12 10 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.64%) Wireless
14 8 (0.57%) Ethernet
14 8 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (11.60%) Power BI
2 136 (9.74%) PostgreSQL
3 122 (8.73%) Data Warehouse
4 114 (8.16%) Amazon Athena
5 113 (8.09%) Apache Iceberg
6 108 (7.73%) Apache Arrow
6 108 (7.73%) Dremio
7 100 (7.16%) Data Lake
8 78 (5.58%) Tableau
9 73 (5.23%) NoSQL
10 67 (4.80%) SQL Server
11 61 (4.37%) Apache Ignite
12 53 (3.79%) Elasticsearch
13 41 (2.93%) Relational Database
14 40 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
15 39 (2.79%) DynamoDB
16 36 (2.58%) MongoDB
16 36 (2.58%) MySQL
17 30 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
18 19 (1.36%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 119 (8.52%) Git
2 94 (6.73%) Jenkins
3 56 (4.01%) JIRA
4 46 (3.29%) GitLab
5 26 (1.86%) Oracle Forms
6 22 (1.57%) Selenium
7 12 (0.86%) JUnit
8 11 (0.79%) Cucumber
8 11 (0.79%) ER Studio
9 9 (0.64%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.57%) ERwin
10 8 (0.57%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.43%) MLflow
11 6 (0.43%) Postman
11 6 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.36%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.36%) LoadRunner
13 4 (0.29%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 480 (34.36%) Finance
2 384 (27.49%) Social Skills
3 168 (12.03%) Front Office
4 162 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
5 137 (9.81%) Banking
6 78 (5.58%) Investment Banking
7 72 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 68 (4.87%) Marketing
9 65 (4.65%) Public Sector
10 53 (3.79%) Retail
11 52 (3.72%) Law
12 30 (2.15%) Tech for Good
13 28 (2.00%) Health Technology
13 28 (2.00%) Manufacturing
13 28 (2.00%) Telecoms
14 25 (1.79%) Electronics
15 24 (1.72%) Publishing
16 23 (1.65%) Legal
17 17 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
18 16 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 358 (25.63%) Senior
2 315 (22.55%) Developer
3 196 (14.03%) Software Engineer
4 163 (11.67%) Python Engineer
5 147 (10.52%) Python Developer
6 142 (10.16%) AWS Engineer
7 135 (9.66%) Data Engineer
8 127 (9.09%) Lead
9 120 (8.59%) Python Software Engineer
10 118 (8.45%) Analyst
11 108 (7.73%) AWS Software Engineer
12 82 (5.87%) Senior Developer
13 75 (5.37%) Architect
13 75 (5.37%) Java Engineer
14 74 (5.30%) AWS Developer
14 74 (5.30%) Senior Software Engineer
15 73 (5.23%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 73 (5.23%) Java Software Engineer
16 65 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
17 63 (4.51%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (12.74%) React
2 140 (10.02%) Pandas
3 120 (8.59%) NumPy
4 117 (8.38%) Node.js
5 108 (7.73%) SciPy
6 82 (5.87%) RESTful
6 82 (5.87%) Vue
7 73 (5.23%) AngularJS
8 71 (5.08%) gRPC
9 61 (4.37%) Django
9 61 (4.37%) Kafka
9 61 (4.37%) Protocol Buffers
9 61 (4.37%) REST
10 51 (3.65%) .NET
10 51 (3.65%) Flask
11 45 (3.22%) SOAP
12 42 (3.01%) FastAPI
13 39 (2.79%) JSON
14 38 (2.72%) XML
15 33 (2.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 144 (10.31%) Fixed Income
2 125 (8.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 122 (8.73%) Equities
4 121 (8.66%) Cloud Native
5 85 (6.08%) Hedge funds
6 77 (5.51%) Derivative
7 71 (5.08%) Product Ownership
8 61 (4.37%) Management Information System
8 61 (4.37%) Pricing Data
9 60 (4.29%) Algorithms
10 55 (3.94%) Onboarding
11 49 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
13 35 (2.51%) Data Structures
14 29 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
15 24 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
16 22 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
16 22 (1.57%) Low-Code
16 22 (1.57%) Public Cloud
17 21 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 193 (13.82%) Linux
2 98 (7.02%) Windows
3 72 (5.15%) Unix
4 36 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 32 (2.29%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.57%) Debian
6 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.57%) Solaris
7 7 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.50%) VMS
8 4 (0.29%) Android
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
9 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.072%) Check Point GAiA
10 1 (0.072%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.072%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (38.08%) Agile
2 418 (29.92%) CI/CD
3 395 (28.27%) DevOps
4 321 (22.98%) Software Engineering
5 315 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
6 302 (21.62%) AI
7 263 (18.83%) Analytics
8 228 (16.32%) Asset Management
9 193 (13.82%) Mentoring
10 189 (13.53%) Business Intelligence
11 183 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 180 (12.88%) Data Science
13 179 (12.81%) Infrastructure as Code
14 168 (12.03%) Containerisation
15 163 (11.67%) Machine Learning
16 151 (10.81%) Data Engineering
17 149 (10.67%) Data Pipeline
18 147 (10.52%) Test Automation
19 145 (10.38%) Data Modelling
20 142 (10.16%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 511 (36.58%) SQL
2 307 (21.98%) JavaScript
3 281 (20.11%) Java
4 213 (15.25%) TypeScript
5 148 (10.59%) Bash
6 143 (10.24%) PowerShell
7 105 (7.52%) C#
8 68 (4.87%) Go
9 61 (4.37%) R
10 60 (4.29%) C++
11 39 (2.79%) C
12 33 (2.36%) Bicep
12 33 (2.36%) Shell Script
13 31 (2.22%) PL/SQL
14 27 (1.93%) MATLAB
14 27 (1.93%) PHP
15 25 (1.79%) Scala
16 21 (1.50%) Perl
17 13 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 10 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 236 (16.89%) Degree
2 135 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 112 (8.02%) SC Cleared
4 88 (6.30%) AWS Certification
5 59 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (3.65%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.36%) Master's Degree
7 33 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
10 23 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (1.57%) DV Cleared
12 20 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
13 18 (1.29%) CISSP
13 18 (1.29%) PhD
14 16 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.72%) DBS Check
17 9 (0.64%) CEH
17 9 (0.64%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (5.44%) QA
2 56 (4.01%) GDPR
3 49 (3.51%) Data Quality
4 35 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.93%) SLA
6 24 (1.72%) NIST
7 20 (1.43%) Accessibility
8 12 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (0.79%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.64%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.36%) GRC
12 5 (0.36%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) ECSS
14 1 (0.072%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.072%) MiFID
14 1 (0.072%) NIST 800
System Software
1 211 (15.10%) Docker
2 37 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.86%) Firmware
5 10 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.64%) NFS
7 8 (0.57%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.57%) vSphere
8 5 (0.36%) Lustre
9 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.21%) GPFS
10 3 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.14%) Ceph
12 1 (0.072%) HDFS
12 1 (0.072%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.072%) vCloud
12 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 245 (17.54%) Terraform
2 209 (14.96%) Kubernetes
3 134 (9.59%) Ansible
4 55 (3.94%) Grafana
5 34 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (2.22%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.86%) Argo
7 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (0.86%) Red Hat Satellite
8 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (0.36%) SCCM
8 5 (0.36%) SCOM
8 5 (0.36%) WSUS
9 4 (0.29%) Cilium
9 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.29%) Nmap
9 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.29%) QRadar
10 3 (0.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 182 (13.03%) Microsoft
2 113 (8.09%) Databricks
3 84 (6.01%) Oracle
4 67 (4.80%) Google
5 56 (4.01%) Red Hat
6 32 (2.29%) VMware
7 30 (2.15%) Cisco
8 23 (1.65%) IBM
8 23 (1.65%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.43%) MuleSoft
10 18 (1.29%) SAP
10 18 (1.29%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.15%) Palo Alto
12 15 (1.07%) Commvault
12 15 (1.07%) Talend
12 15 (1.07%) Workday
13 14 (1.00%) Okta
14 11 (0.79%) Aruba
14 11 (0.79%) Informatica
14 11 (0.79%) Splunk