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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -13 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,820 2,038 3,122
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.49% 12.55% 13.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.35% 40.01% 34.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,253 1,175 2,267
10th Percentile £44,550 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £109,500 £136,250 £143,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 6,202 5,094 9,008
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.52% 31.36% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,639 3,442 6,176
10th Percentile £38,984 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,965 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 17 September 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 46 (2.53%) Apache Spark
2 42 (2.31%) Apache
3 38 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.60%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.49%) SAS
7 7 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.22%) nginx
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.16%) CMS
9 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 3 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.055%) Camunda
11 1 (0.055%) Ethereum
Applications
1 51 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.15%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.38%) Simulink
5 6 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.27%) Lightworks
6 5 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) SPSS
9 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.055%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.16%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.055%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 631 (34.67%) AWS
2 589 (32.36%) Azure
3 276 (15.16%) GCP
4 170 (9.34%) Power Platform
5 147 (8.08%) SaaS
6 124 (6.81%) GitHub
7 86 (4.73%) Serverless
8 79 (4.34%) Azure Data Factory
9 73 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
10 66 (3.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 63 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
12 62 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 62 (3.41%) Snowflake
13 59 (3.24%) Amazon S3
14 58 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
15 56 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
16 46 (2.53%) dbt
17 34 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
18 33 (1.81%) Amazon EC2
19 32 (1.76%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 84 (4.62%) Broadband
2 68 (3.74%) Firewall
3 54 (2.97%) TCP/IP
4 38 (2.09%) VPN
5 34 (1.87%) DNS
6 33 (1.81%) WAN
7 31 (1.70%) LAN
8 27 (1.48%) Network Security
8 27 (1.48%) Wireless
9 17 (0.93%) BGP
9 17 (0.93%) VLAN
10 15 (0.82%) DHCP
10 15 (0.82%) OSPF
11 14 (0.77%) 5G
11 14 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (0.77%) SD-WAN
12 9 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
12 9 (0.49%) MPLS
12 9 (0.49%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (7.97%) Power BI
2 125 (6.87%) PostgreSQL
3 116 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
4 92 (5.05%) SQL Server
5 76 (4.18%) MongoDB
6 68 (3.74%) Data Lake
7 62 (3.41%) NoSQL
8 59 (3.24%) Metadata
9 52 (2.86%) Relational Database
10 47 (2.58%) Tableau
11 45 (2.47%) Big Data
12 43 (2.36%) BigQuery
12 43 (2.36%) Delta Lake
13 32 (1.76%) DynamoDB
14 29 (1.59%) MySQL
15 28 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
16 27 (1.48%) Star Schema
17 26 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
18 25 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
18 25 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 190 (10.44%) Git
2 80 (4.40%) Jenkins
3 52 (2.86%) GitLab
4 33 (1.81%) JIRA
5 16 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.77%) Claude Code
6 14 (0.77%) MLflow
7 13 (0.71%) LabVIEW
8 12 (0.66%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.60%) Selenium
10 10 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.44%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.27%) JMeter
13 5 (0.27%) Poetry
13 5 (0.27%) Postman
13 5 (0.27%) Subversion
14 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 589 (32.36%) Social Skills
2 417 (22.91%) Finance
3 306 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 122 (6.70%) Public Sector
6 117 (6.43%) Legal
7 115 (6.32%) Banking
8 96 (5.27%) Law
9 85 (4.67%) Marketing
10 75 (4.12%) Retail
11 37 (2.03%) Games
12 35 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 33 (1.81%) Electronics
14 32 (1.76%) Front Office
15 24 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.10%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.82%) Local Government
19 13 (0.71%) Advertising
19 13 (0.71%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 514 (28.24%) Senior
2 263 (14.45%) Developer
3 237 (13.02%) Software Engineer
4 225 (12.36%) Lead
5 216 (11.87%) Data Engineer
6 191 (10.49%) Python Engineer
7 119 (6.54%) Analyst
8 101 (5.55%) Python Developer
9 99 (5.44%) Data Scientist
10 80 (4.40%) Senior Data Engineer
11 77 (4.23%) Python Software Engineer
12 72 (3.96%) Senior Developer
13 71 (3.90%) Architect
14 69 (3.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 69 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
15 64 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
16 61 (3.35%) Data Analyst
17 57 (3.13%) Consultant
18 55 (3.02%) Senior Data Scientist
19 53 (2.91%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (15.11%) Terraform
2 126 (6.92%) React
3 106 (5.82%) PySpark
4 88 (4.84%) Node.js
5 80 (4.40%) .NET
6 75 (4.12%) PyTorch
7 68 (3.74%) REST
8 67 (3.68%) RESTful
8 67 (3.68%) TensorFlow
9 62 (3.41%) Django
10 57 (3.13%) LangChain
11 54 (2.97%) FastAPI
12 50 (2.75%) Kafka
13 44 (2.42%) Next.js
14 36 (1.98%) Pandas
15 35 (1.92%) CSS
15 35 (1.92%) LangGraph
16 32 (1.76%) scikit-learn
17 30 (1.65%) Spring
18 29 (1.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 241 (13.24%) Cloud Native
2 168 (9.23%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (4.78%) AI Agents
4 80 (4.40%) Virtual Team
5 71 (3.90%) Algorithms
6 57 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 51 (2.80%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.47%) Data Structures
9 40 (2.20%) Onboarding
10 38 (2.09%) Low-Code
11 37 (2.03%) Management Information System
12 34 (1.87%) Public Cloud
13 33 (1.81%) Blog
14 32 (1.76%) Cyber Threat
15 31 (1.70%) Credit Risk
16 29 (1.59%) Security Posture
17 28 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
18 27 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
19 26 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
20 25 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 205 (11.26%) Linux
2 85 (4.67%) Windows
3 34 (1.87%) Unix
4 24 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 11 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.38%) Android
8 7 (0.38%) Debian
8 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Solaris
10 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.055%) AIX
12 1 (0.055%) CentOS
12 1 (0.055%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.055%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 705 (38.74%) AI
2 586 (32.20%) Software Engineering
3 567 (31.15%) CI/CD
4 424 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
5 413 (22.69%) Analytics
6 409 (22.47%) Mentoring
7 383 (21.04%) DevOps
8 378 (20.77%) Agile
9 354 (19.45%) Machine Learning
10 330 (18.13%) Infrastructure as Code
11 319 (17.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 252 (13.85%) Test Automation
13 250 (13.74%) Data Science
14 242 (13.30%) Data Pipeline
15 240 (13.19%) Data Engineering
16 236 (12.97%) Business Intelligence
17 233 (12.80%) Observability
18 230 (12.64%) Decision-Making
19 225 (12.36%) Roadmaps
20 223 (12.25%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 621 (34.12%) SQL
2 256 (14.07%) JavaScript
3 246 (13.52%) Java
4 231 (12.69%) C#
5 217 (11.92%) PowerShell
6 187 (10.27%) TypeScript
7 136 (7.47%) Bash
8 106 (5.82%) Go
9 105 (5.77%) C++
10 59 (3.24%) R
11 51 (2.80%) C
12 48 (2.64%) Bicep
13 45 (2.47%) Scala
14 36 (1.98%) PHP
15 33 (1.81%) Rust
16 26 (1.43%) Ruby
17 24 (1.32%) VBA
18 23 (1.26%) MATLAB
19 20 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 18 (0.99%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 241 (13.24%) Degree
2 227 (12.47%) Security Cleared
3 182 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (3.19%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.09%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.03%) DV Cleared
8 33 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (0.99%) PhD
10 18 (0.99%) SnowPro
11 17 (0.93%) CISSP
12 16 (0.88%) GIAC
13 15 (0.82%) AWS Certification
13 15 (0.82%) CCNP
13 15 (0.82%) OSCP
14 14 (0.77%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.71%) CREST Certified
15 13 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (10.27%) Data Quality
2 126 (6.92%) QA
3 47 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 42 (2.31%) GDPR
5 32 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.37%) NIST
7 13 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.44%) SLA
11 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.22%) ECSS
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
12 4 (0.22%) NCSC
12 4 (0.22%) PMO
13 3 (0.16%) UCITS
14 2 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 228 (12.53%) Docker
2 22 (1.21%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.10%) Firmware
5 8 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.33%) KVM
7 5 (0.27%) vSphere
8 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.055%) HDFS
10 1 (0.055%) QEMU
10 1 (0.055%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 224 (12.31%) Kubernetes
2 105 (5.77%) Ansible
3 75 (4.12%) Grafana
4 50 (2.75%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.10%) Argo
6 14 (0.77%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.71%) Istio
8 8 (0.44%) Packer
9 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.38%) Puppet
9 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.33%) Graylog
10 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
10 6 (0.33%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.27%) Podman
12 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.22%) linkerd
12 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 294 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.42%) Databricks
3 74 (4.07%) Google
4 48 (2.64%) OpenAI
5 45 (2.47%) Cisco
5 45 (2.47%) Oracle
6 29 (1.59%) VMware
7 28 (1.54%) Splunk
8 23 (1.26%) Informatica
9 22 (1.21%) Foundry
10 20 (1.10%) Fortinet
10 20 (1.10%) Red Hat
10 20 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.04%) Palo Alto
12 18 (0.99%) New Relic
13 16 (0.88%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.77%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.66%) F5
15 12 (0.66%) Talend
16 10 (0.55%) Alteryx