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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,824 2,268 3,216
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.21% 13.71% 12.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.44% 39.96% 32.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 1,365 2,553
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £44,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
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 5,993 5,675 9,923
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.98% 34.31% 38.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,517 3,932 7,862
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 1 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 54 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
1 54 (2.96%) Apache Spark
2 40 (2.19%) Apache
3 16 (0.88%) SharePoint
4 12 (0.66%) SAS
5 9 (0.49%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.16%) Confluence
9 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.055%) Camunda
10 1 (0.055%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.055%) CMS
10 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.055%) nginx
Applications
1 51 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.33%) 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 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.055%) 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 (0.055%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 677 (37.12%) AWS
2 576 (31.58%) Azure
3 310 (17.00%) GCP
4 164 (8.99%) SaaS
5 150 (8.22%) Power Platform
6 113 (6.20%) GitHub
7 92 (5.04%) Serverless
8 67 (3.67%) Amazon S3
9 66 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 63 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
11 61 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
12 57 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
13 56 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
13 56 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (3.02%) Snowflake
15 53 (2.91%) dbt
16 42 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
17 38 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 35 (1.92%) PaaS
19 32 (1.75%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 158 (8.66%) Broadband
2 78 (4.28%) Firewall
3 46 (2.52%) VPN
4 45 (2.47%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.59%) DNS
6 28 (1.54%) WAN
7 27 (1.48%) LAN
8 21 (1.15%) Wireless
9 19 (1.04%) Network Security
10 18 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (0.93%) VLAN
12 13 (0.71%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.60%) 5G
13 11 (0.60%) DHCP
13 11 (0.60%) Unified Communications
14 10 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (0.55%) WebEx
15 8 (0.44%) BGP
15 8 (0.44%) MQTT
16 7 (0.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 123 (6.74%) Power BI
3 91 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (4.71%) SQL Server
5 76 (4.17%) MongoDB
6 59 (3.23%) Data Lake
7 53 (2.91%) Metadata
8 50 (2.74%) Relational Database
9 49 (2.69%) BigQuery
10 48 (2.63%) Tableau
11 46 (2.52%) NoSQL
12 45 (2.47%) Big Data
13 33 (1.81%) Delta Lake
14 32 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
15 31 (1.70%) MySQL
16 28 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
16 28 (1.54%) Redis
17 26 (1.43%) Semantic Layer
18 25 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
18 25 (1.37%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 166 (9.10%) Git
2 80 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 62 (3.40%) GitLab
4 37 (2.03%) JIRA
5 17 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.77%) MLflow
7 11 (0.60%) Bitbucket
7 11 (0.60%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.60%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.49%) JMeter
9 8 (0.44%) Selenium
10 7 (0.38%) Postman
11 6 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.27%) Locust
13 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.22%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 578 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 409 (22.42%) Finance
3 290 (15.90%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (5.76%) Legal
6 103 (5.65%) Banking
7 101 (5.54%) Law
7 101 (5.54%) Public Sector
8 66 (3.62%) Retail
9 62 (3.40%) Marketing
10 49 (2.69%) Front Office
11 46 (2.52%) Games
12 42 (2.30%) Telecoms
13 33 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (1.54%) Electronics
15 15 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (0.77%) Financial Institution
16 14 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (0.66%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.66%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 500 (27.41%) Senior
2 320 (17.54%) Developer
3 263 (14.42%) Lead
4 233 (12.77%) Software Engineer
5 203 (11.13%) Data Engineer
6 182 (9.98%) Python Engineer
7 108 (5.92%) Python Developer
8 101 (5.54%) Data Scientist
9 100 (5.48%) Analyst
10 83 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
10 83 (4.55%) Senior Developer
11 66 (3.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 66 (3.62%) Senior Software Engineer
12 64 (3.51%) Senior Data Engineer
13 62 (3.40%) Architect
14 59 (3.23%) Lead Developer
15 57 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
15 57 (3.13%) Python Software Engineer
15 57 (3.13%) Senior Data Scientist
16 56 (3.07%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (8.50%) React
2 108 (5.92%) Node.js
3 90 (4.93%) Kafka
4 84 (4.61%) PyTorch
4 84 (4.61%) REST
5 80 (4.39%) PySpark
6 79 (4.33%) .NET
7 74 (4.06%) TensorFlow
8 71 (3.89%) Django
9 67 (3.67%) RESTful
10 65 (3.56%) FastAPI
11 56 (3.07%) LangChain
12 39 (2.14%) Vue
13 37 (2.03%) gRPC
13 37 (2.03%) Pandas
14 36 (1.97%) Next.js
15 35 (1.92%) Flask
16 33 (1.81%) CSS
16 33 (1.81%) GraphQL
16 33 (1.81%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 231 (12.66%) Cloud Native
2 197 (10.80%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (4.88%) Video\Live Streaming
4 81 (4.44%) Algorithms
5 80 (4.39%) Virtual Team
6 79 (4.33%) AI Agents
7 60 (3.29%) Data Structures
8 54 (2.96%) Product Ownership
9 50 (2.74%) Low-Code
10 47 (2.58%) Onboarding
11 43 (2.36%) Over-the-Top Content
11 43 (2.36%) Public Cloud
12 39 (2.14%) Fixed Income
12 39 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
13 36 (1.97%) Management Information System
14 32 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
15 29 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
16 27 (1.48%) Equities
16 27 (1.48%) Security Posture
17 24 (1.32%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 220 (12.06%) Linux
2 81 (4.44%) Windows
3 43 (2.36%) Unix
4 34 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.38%) Debian
6 7 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (0.38%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.33%) Android
8 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.16%) Solaris
9 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.055%) AIX
10 1 (0.055%) CentOS
10 1 (0.055%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.055%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.055%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 647 (35.47%) AI
2 608 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 593 (32.51%) CI/CD
4 435 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
5 411 (22.53%) Agile
6 398 (21.82%) Mentoring
7 385 (21.11%) DevOps
8 381 (20.89%) Machine Learning
9 345 (18.91%) Infrastructure as Code
10 341 (18.70%) Analytics
11 313 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 286 (15.68%) Data Science
13 257 (14.09%) Test Automation
14 234 (12.83%) Observability
15 220 (12.06%) Roadmaps
16 217 (11.90%) Data Engineering
17 216 (11.84%) Containerisation
18 215 (11.79%) Data Modelling
18 215 (11.79%) Data Pipeline
18 215 (11.79%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 531 (29.11%) SQL
2 288 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 275 (15.08%) Java
4 219 (12.01%) PowerShell
5 211 (11.57%) C#
6 204 (11.18%) TypeScript
7 161 (8.83%) Go
8 136 (7.46%) Bash
9 98 (5.37%) C++
10 74 (4.06%) Scala
11 58 (3.18%) R
12 47 (2.58%) C
13 40 (2.19%) Bicep
14 39 (2.14%) PHP
15 29 (1.59%) VBA
16 25 (1.37%) Rust
17 24 (1.32%) Ruby
18 18 (0.99%) Groovy
19 17 (0.93%) MATLAB
20 15 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 237 (12.99%) Degree
2 203 (11.13%) Security Cleared
3 164 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.40%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 35 (1.92%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.26%) PhD
10 16 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (0.82%) AWS Certification
12 14 (0.77%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.71%) SnowPro
14 12 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (0.66%) CCNP
14 12 (0.66%) CISSP
14 12 (0.66%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.66%) OSCP
15 11 (0.60%) CEH
16 10 (0.55%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (8.72%) Data Quality
2 146 (8.00%) QA
3 39 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 27 (1.48%) GDPR
6 23 (1.26%) NIST
7 14 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.44%) SLA
8 8 (0.44%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.33%) PMO
10 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.27%) WCAG
11 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.22%) GAAP
11 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.22%) IFRS
11 4 (0.22%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.16%) ECSS
12 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 264 (14.47%) Docker
2 31 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 31 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (1.15%) Firmware
3 21 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.49%) vSphere
6 8 (0.44%) 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 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.055%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.055%) Xen
Systems Management
1 274 (15.02%) Terraform
2 231 (12.66%) Kubernetes
3 102 (5.59%) Ansible
4 93 (5.10%) Grafana
5 53 (2.91%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.15%) Argo
7 19 (1.04%) Istio
8 13 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.55%) Cisco CUCM
9 10 (0.55%) Packer
10 9 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 9 (0.49%) Puppet
11 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.33%) Graylog
12 6 (0.33%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 278 (15.24%) Microsoft
2 134 (7.35%) Databricks
3 72 (3.95%) Google
4 52 (2.85%) Cisco
5 47 (2.58%) VMware
6 37 (2.03%) OpenAI
6 37 (2.03%) Oracle
7 36 (1.97%) Typelevel
8 30 (1.64%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.54%) Foundry
10 26 (1.43%) Splunk
11 25 (1.37%) Red Hat
12 24 (1.32%) Fortinet
12 24 (1.32%) ServiceNow
13 19 (1.04%) F5
13 19 (1.04%) Salesforce
14 15 (0.82%) Informatica
15 13 (0.71%) Alteryx
15 13 (0.71%) HubSpot
15 13 (0.71%) New Relic