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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,456 2,093 3,397
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.65% 16.31% 10.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.23% 35.72% 25.74%
Number of salaries quoted 970 1,578 2,796
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £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 £97,500 £94,063
90th Percentile £114,125 £122,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.67% +11.11% -6.25%

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 4,518 5,859 13,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.84% 45.67% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,292 4,513 11,454
10th Percentile £39,469 £40,000 £38,500
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 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 27 March 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 77 (5.29%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (3.09%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.54%) Apache
4 19 (1.30%) SAS
5 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.41%) Confluence
7 6 (0.41%) Tomcat
7 6 (0.41%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.27%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 33 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.69%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) SPSS
5 2 (0.14%) Weka
6 1 (0.069%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.069%) Notion
6 1 (0.069%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.069%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 21 (1.44%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.34%) Shopify
4 4 (0.27%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.069%) Actimize
6 1 (0.069%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.069%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.069%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 614 (42.17%) AWS
2 548 (37.64%) Azure
3 233 (16.00%) GCP
4 186 (12.77%) GitHub
5 155 (10.65%) Power Platform
6 130 (8.93%) Serverless
7 112 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
7 112 (7.69%) SaaS
8 109 (7.49%) Amazon S3
9 85 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
9 85 (5.84%) GitHub Actions
10 78 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
11 64 (4.40%) dbt
12 59 (4.05%) Snowflake
13 57 (3.91%) Amazon EKS
14 53 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 48 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
16 45 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
17 44 (3.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 39 (2.68%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 134 (9.20%) Broadband
2 65 (4.46%) Firewall
3 36 (2.47%) TCP/IP
3 36 (2.47%) VPN
4 29 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (1.72%) Wireshark
6 24 (1.65%) VLAN
7 20 (1.37%) BGP
8 19 (1.30%) LAN
9 17 (1.17%) NGFW
9 17 (1.17%) WAN
10 15 (1.03%) MPLS
10 15 (1.03%) Network Security
10 15 (1.03%) VXLAN
11 14 (0.96%) DNS
12 13 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (0.82%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.76%) 4G
14 11 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.76%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (9.20%) Power BI
2 105 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
3 91 (6.25%) SQL Server
4 74 (5.08%) Tableau
5 71 (4.88%) NoSQL
6 69 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
7 60 (4.12%) Relational Database
8 56 (3.85%) Metadata
9 51 (3.50%) Data Lake
10 49 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
11 41 (2.82%) BigQuery
12 40 (2.75%) MongoDB
13 39 (2.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 39 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
14 31 (2.13%) Delta Lake
15 29 (1.99%) MySQL
16 28 (1.92%) Redis
17 27 (1.85%) Apache Iceberg
18 26 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
19 19 (1.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 128 (8.79%) Git
2 70 (4.81%) Jenkins
3 55 (3.78%) GitLab
4 37 (2.54%) JIRA
5 19 (1.30%) Jaeger
5 19 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
6 18 (1.24%) Selenium
7 16 (1.10%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.03%) MLflow
9 9 (0.62%) JMeter
9 9 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.55%) JUnit
11 7 (0.48%) Locust
11 7 (0.48%) Postman
11 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.34%) ER Studio
13 5 (0.34%) ERwin
13 5 (0.34%) Subversion
13 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 463 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 350 (24.04%) Finance
3 230 (15.80%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 97 (6.66%) Public Sector
6 94 (6.46%) Banking
7 66 (4.53%) Law
8 59 (4.05%) Front Office
9 54 (3.71%) Retail
10 47 (3.23%) Telecoms
11 39 (2.68%) Marketing
12 34 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
13 33 (2.27%) Legal
14 26 (1.79%) Publishing
15 25 (1.72%) Games
16 21 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.44%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.44%) Manufacturing
17 20 (1.37%) Tech for Good
18 19 (1.30%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 311 (21.36%) Senior
2 308 (21.15%) Developer
3 220 (15.11%) Lead
4 184 (12.64%) Data Engineer
5 152 (10.44%) Software Engineer
6 126 (8.65%) Python Engineer
7 125 (8.59%) Python Developer
8 79 (5.43%) Lead Developer
9 75 (5.15%) Analyst
10 70 (4.81%) Platform Engineer
11 66 (4.53%) Cloud Engineer
12 60 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
12 60 (4.12%) Senior Data Engineer
13 56 (3.85%) Architect
14 55 (3.78%) Full-Stack Developer
14 55 (3.78%) Senior Developer
15 52 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
15 52 (3.57%) React Developer
16 46 (3.16%) Lead Python Developer
17 40 (2.75%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (11.26%) React
2 102 (7.01%) Node.js
3 101 (6.94%) Kafka
4 80 (5.49%) Django
5 71 (4.88%) REST
6 67 (4.60%) .NET
7 60 (4.12%) RESTful
8 57 (3.91%) PySpark
9 54 (3.71%) PyTorch
10 48 (3.30%) TensorFlow
11 47 (3.23%) gRPC
12 46 (3.16%) JSON
13 44 (3.02%) Flask
14 43 (2.95%) Vue
15 41 (2.82%) FastAPI
16 40 (2.75%) Elastic Stack
17 38 (2.61%) SOAP
18 35 (2.40%) HTML
18 35 (2.40%) XML
19 34 (2.34%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 117 (8.04%) Cloud Native
2 103 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
3 76 (5.22%) Product Ownership
4 64 (4.40%) Algorithms
5 62 (4.26%) Data Structures
6 57 (3.91%) Video\Live Streaming
7 53 (3.64%) Low-Code
8 51 (3.50%) Onboarding
9 44 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
9 44 (3.02%) Fixed Income
10 41 (2.82%) Over-the-Top Content
11 38 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
13 31 (2.13%) Data Centre
14 29 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
15 27 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
16 26 (1.79%) Public Cloud
17 24 (1.65%) Equities
18 21 (1.44%) Private Cloud
19 20 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 200 (13.74%) Linux
2 76 (5.22%) Unix
3 67 (4.60%) Windows
4 31 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.41%) Debian
9 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Android
10 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.069%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.069%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.069%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.069%) Solaris
12 1 (0.069%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (37.77%) CI/CD
2 429 (29.46%) Agile
3 410 (28.16%) DevOps
4 369 (25.34%) Software Engineering
5 365 (25.07%) Problem-Solving
6 344 (23.63%) AI
7 269 (18.48%) Mentoring
8 255 (17.51%) Analytics
9 245 (16.83%) Machine Learning
10 244 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 234 (16.07%) Infrastructure as Code
12 229 (15.73%) Containerisation
13 214 (14.70%) Data Science
14 210 (14.42%) Data Pipeline
15 209 (14.35%) Data Modelling
16 189 (12.98%) Data Engineering
17 178 (12.23%) Test Automation
18 173 (11.88%) Business Intelligence
19 165 (11.33%) Coaching
20 158 (10.85%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 441 (30.29%) SQL
2 294 (20.19%) Java
3 248 (17.03%) JavaScript
4 169 (11.61%) Go
5 141 (9.68%) Bash
6 138 (9.48%) TypeScript
7 134 (9.20%) PowerShell
8 109 (7.49%) C#
9 80 (5.49%) Scala
10 60 (4.12%) C++
11 44 (3.02%) R
12 31 (2.13%) C
13 25 (1.72%) Shell Script
14 23 (1.58%) Apex Code
14 23 (1.58%) PHP
15 22 (1.51%) PL/SQL
16 21 (1.44%) Bicep
16 21 (1.44%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.96%) VBA
18 9 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 258 (17.72%) Degree
2 130 (8.93%) Security Cleared
3 99 (6.80%) SC Cleared
4 88 (6.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (4.33%) AWS Certification
6 50 (3.43%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.44%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.37%) CEH
11 19 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 19 (1.30%) PhD
12 18 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (1.03%) ACCA
13 15 (1.03%) CIMA
14 11 (0.76%) DBS Check
15 9 (0.62%) OSCP
16 7 (0.48%) CREST Certified
16 7 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.10%) Data Quality
2 98 (6.73%) QA
3 53 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.92%) NIST
5 25 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.03%) GDPR
7 15 (1.03%) ISO 22301
7 15 (1.03%) SLA
8 13 (0.89%) SOC 2
9 10 (0.69%) GRC
10 5 (0.34%) WCAG
11 4 (0.27%) PMO
12 3 (0.21%) EMIR
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.14%) ECSS
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 284 (19.51%) Docker
2 41 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.69%) Firmware
6 7 (0.48%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) Ceph
9 2 (0.14%) KVM
9 2 (0.14%) Lustre
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.069%) vCloud
10 1 (0.069%) Xen
Systems Management
1 299 (20.54%) Terraform
2 244 (16.76%) Kubernetes
3 120 (8.24%) Ansible
4 82 (5.63%) Grafana
5 64 (4.40%) Prometheus
6 37 (2.54%) Argo
7 24 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.30%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.55%) Istio
10 7 (0.48%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.41%) Control-M
11 6 (0.41%) Packer
12 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.34%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.34%) FTK
12 5 (0.34%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.34%) Puppet
12 5 (0.34%) SCCM
13 4 (0.27%) Cilium
Vendors
1 204 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 114 (7.83%) Databricks
3 78 (5.36%) Google
4 70 (4.81%) Oracle
5 57 (3.91%) VMware
6 46 (3.16%) Cisco
7 42 (2.88%) Salesforce
8 36 (2.47%) Typelevel
9 31 (2.13%) Red Hat
10 24 (1.65%) MuleSoft
11 23 (1.58%) Commvault
11 23 (1.58%) IBM
12 20 (1.37%) Palo Alto
13 18 (1.24%) Talend
14 17 (1.17%) SAP
14 17 (1.17%) Splunk
15 15 (1.03%) Aruba
15 15 (1.03%) Foundry
15 15 (1.03%) Informatica
15 15 (1.03%) NetScout