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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,489 2,062 3,492
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.48% 15.63% 10.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.38% 36.32% 26.11%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1,568 2,841
10th Percentile £42,725 £46,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £129,125 £125,000
UK median annual salary £67,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.67% +11.11% -6.90%

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 4,745 5,678 13,376
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.04% 43.04% 41.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,451 4,505 11,531
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,788 £97,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.31% +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 16 April 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 78 (5.24%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (2.89%) Apache Spark
3 32 (2.15%) Apache
4 17 (1.14%) SAS
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.40%) Confluence
8 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) CMS
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 32 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.13%) SPSS
4 2 (0.13%) Weka
5 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.067%) Notion
5 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.067%) Actimize
5 1 (0.067%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.067%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 624 (41.91%) AWS
2 540 (36.27%) Azure
3 252 (16.92%) GCP
4 180 (12.09%) GitHub
5 155 (10.41%) Power Platform
6 127 (8.53%) Serverless
7 112 (7.52%) SaaS
8 107 (7.19%) Amazon S3
9 102 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
10 83 (5.57%) GitHub Actions
11 82 (5.51%) AWS Lambda
12 78 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
13 59 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
14 57 (3.83%) dbt
15 52 (3.49%) Snowflake
16 50 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 45 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
18 44 (2.96%) AWS CloudFormation
19 42 (2.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 40 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.47%) Broadband
2 70 (4.70%) Firewall
3 40 (2.69%) VPN
4 34 (2.28%) TCP/IP
5 27 (1.81%) VLAN
5 27 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (1.54%) Wireshark
7 22 (1.48%) LAN
8 20 (1.34%) BGP
8 20 (1.34%) WAN
9 17 (1.14%) DNS
9 17 (1.14%) Network Security
9 17 (1.14%) NGFW
10 15 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
10 15 (1.01%) MPLS
10 15 (1.01%) VXLAN
11 12 (0.81%) Ethernet VPN
12 11 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
12 11 (0.74%) IOS XR
12 11 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (8.80%) Power BI
2 110 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
3 90 (6.04%) SQL Server
4 72 (4.84%) NoSQL
5 70 (4.70%) Tableau
6 64 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
6 64 (4.30%) Relational Database
7 55 (3.69%) Metadata
8 48 (3.22%) Amazon RDS
8 48 (3.22%) Data Lake
9 45 (3.02%) BigQuery
10 43 (2.89%) MongoDB
11 40 (2.69%) Amazon Redshift
12 35 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
13 30 (2.01%) Delta Lake
14 28 (1.88%) Redis
15 27 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
16 23 (1.54%) MySQL
17 20 (1.34%) Apache Iceberg
18 19 (1.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 129 (8.66%) Git
2 62 (4.16%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.56%) GitLab
4 35 (2.35%) JIRA
5 19 (1.28%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.07%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.07%) Selenium
7 15 (1.01%) MLflow
8 10 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.54%) JMeter
9 8 (0.54%) JUnit
10 7 (0.47%) Locust
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.34%) Subversion
12 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 472 (31.70%) Social Skills
2 347 (23.30%) Finance
3 233 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (6.51%) Public Sector
6 91 (6.11%) Banking
7 74 (4.97%) Law
8 65 (4.37%) Retail
9 57 (3.83%) Front Office
10 47 (3.16%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.48%) Legal
11 37 (2.48%) Marketing
11 37 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (1.75%) Publishing
13 24 (1.61%) Games
14 22 (1.48%) Financial Institution
15 21 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
16 20 (1.34%) Health Technology
17 19 (1.28%) Tech for Good
18 18 (1.21%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 318 (21.36%) Senior
2 310 (20.82%) Developer
3 231 (15.51%) Lead
4 191 (12.83%) Data Engineer
5 155 (10.41%) Software Engineer
6 132 (8.87%) Python Engineer
7 123 (8.26%) Python Developer
8 76 (5.10%) Analyst
9 75 (5.04%) Lead Developer
9 75 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
10 58 (3.90%) AWS Engineer
10 58 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 57 (3.83%) Senior Data Engineer
11 57 (3.83%) Senior Developer
12 53 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
13 52 (3.49%) React Developer
14 50 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
15 47 (3.16%) Software Developer
16 45 (3.02%) Architect
17 44 (2.96%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (11.01%) React
2 103 (6.92%) Kafka
3 92 (6.18%) Node.js
4 76 (5.10%) Django
5 72 (4.84%) REST
6 68 (4.57%) .NET
7 64 (4.30%) PySpark
8 59 (3.96%) RESTful
9 55 (3.69%) PyTorch
10 52 (3.49%) gRPC
11 47 (3.16%) TensorFlow
12 45 (3.02%) JSON
13 44 (2.96%) FastAPI
14 43 (2.89%) Vue
15 42 (2.82%) Flask
16 38 (2.55%) Elastic Stack
17 35 (2.35%) HTML
18 34 (2.28%) SOAP
19 33 (2.22%) CSS
19 33 (2.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (8.66%) Cloud Native
2 118 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
3 76 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.43%) Algorithms
4 66 (4.43%) Video\Live Streaming
5 65 (4.37%) Data Structures
6 58 (3.90%) Low-Code
7 52 (3.49%) Onboarding
8 50 (3.36%) Over-the-Top Content
9 41 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (2.69%) Fixed Income
10 40 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
11 37 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
12 31 (2.08%) Data Centre
13 30 (2.01%) Public Cloud
14 29 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
15 24 (1.61%) Equities
15 24 (1.61%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
17 21 (1.41%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 189 (12.69%) Linux
2 62 (4.16%) Unix
3 58 (3.90%) Windows
4 26 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.74%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.40%) Android
9 6 (0.40%) Debian
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
12 1 (0.067%) AIX
12 1 (0.067%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (37.14%) CI/CD
2 422 (28.34%) Agile
3 397 (26.66%) DevOps
4 391 (26.26%) Software Engineering
5 376 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
6 347 (23.30%) AI
7 282 (18.94%) Mentoring
8 247 (16.59%) Analytics
9 243 (16.32%) Machine Learning
10 242 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 240 (16.12%) Infrastructure as Code
12 236 (15.85%) Containerisation
13 220 (14.78%) Data Science
14 214 (14.37%) Data Pipeline
15 211 (14.17%) Data Modelling
16 191 (12.83%) Data Engineering
17 175 (11.75%) Business Intelligence
17 175 (11.75%) Coaching
18 171 (11.48%) Test Automation
19 168 (11.28%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 449 (30.15%) SQL
2 309 (20.75%) Java
3 239 (16.05%) JavaScript
4 185 (12.42%) Go
5 144 (9.67%) TypeScript
6 141 (9.47%) PowerShell
7 140 (9.40%) Bash
8 125 (8.39%) C#
9 89 (5.98%) Scala
10 65 (4.37%) C++
11 41 (2.75%) R
12 32 (2.15%) C
13 25 (1.68%) PHP
14 23 (1.54%) Apex Code
14 23 (1.54%) Shell Script
15 22 (1.48%) T-SQL
16 19 (1.28%) PL/SQL
17 18 (1.21%) Bicep
18 17 (1.14%) VBA
19 11 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 263 (17.66%) Degree
2 129 (8.66%) Security Cleared
3 99 (6.65%) SC Cleared
4 91 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (3.76%) AWS Certification
6 49 (3.29%) Azure Certification
7 27 (1.81%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 19 (1.28%) DV Cleared
11 18 (1.21%) CEH
11 18 (1.21%) PhD
12 17 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 16 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
14 14 (0.94%) OSCP
15 13 (0.87%) ACCA
15 13 (0.87%) CIMA
16 12 (0.81%) CREST Certified
17 7 (0.47%) CCNP
17 7 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (8.19%) Data Quality
2 109 (7.32%) QA
3 50 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.81%) NIST
5 26 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.34%) GDPR
6 20 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 14 (0.94%) SOC 2
8 13 (0.87%) ISO 22301
9 12 (0.81%) SLA
10 10 (0.67%) GRC
11 5 (0.34%) PMO
11 5 (0.34%) WCAG
12 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) EMIR
13 3 (0.20%) GAAP
13 3 (0.20%) IFRS
13 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 294 (19.74%) Docker
2 40 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.13%) Ceph
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 2 (0.13%) Lustre
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) vCloud
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 298 (20.01%) Terraform
2 250 (16.79%) Kubernetes
3 114 (7.66%) Ansible
4 86 (5.78%) Grafana
5 68 (4.57%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.69%) Argo
7 21 (1.41%) Kustomize
8 20 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.67%) Istio
10 8 (0.54%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
11 7 (0.47%) Packer
12 6 (0.40%) Puppet
13 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.34%) FTK
13 5 (0.34%) Kubeflow
13 5 (0.34%) SCCM
14 4 (0.27%) Cilium
14 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 4 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 214 (14.37%) Microsoft
2 117 (7.86%) Databricks
3 77 (5.17%) Google
4 60 (4.03%) Oracle
5 53 (3.56%) VMware
6 47 (3.16%) Cisco
7 45 (3.02%) Typelevel
8 41 (2.75%) Salesforce
9 30 (2.01%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.54%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.41%) Commvault
11 21 (1.41%) Palo Alto
12 18 (1.21%) SAP
13 17 (1.14%) IBM
13 17 (1.14%) Splunk
14 16 (1.07%) Foundry
15 15 (1.01%) Aruba
15 15 (1.01%) Informatica
15 15 (1.01%) NetScout
15 15 (1.01%) Talend