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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,838 2,235 3,167
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.16% 13.56% 12.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.36% 40.11% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,243 1,338 2,496
10th Percentile £44,000 £45,272 £44,738
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £79,932
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.17% +6.58%
75th Percentile £95,000 £108,563 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £143,125
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 6,054 5,572 9,703
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.86% 33.81% 38.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,551 3,839 7,589
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 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 6 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 53 (2.88%) Apache Spark
2 52 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (2.18%) Apache
4 17 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.60%) SAS
6 9 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.16%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.054%) Camunda
10 1 (0.054%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.054%) CMS
10 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.054%) nginx
10 1 (0.054%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.054%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 52 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.38%) 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 (0.054%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.054%) 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 (0.054%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 689 (37.49%) AWS
2 579 (31.50%) Azure
3 316 (17.19%) GCP
4 157 (8.54%) SaaS
5 149 (8.11%) Power Platform
6 115 (6.26%) GitHub
7 93 (5.06%) Serverless
8 72 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 67 (3.65%) Amazon S3
10 64 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
11 61 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
12 59 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
13 58 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
14 57 (3.10%) dbt
14 57 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
15 56 (3.05%) Snowflake
16 43 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
17 41 (2.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 34 (1.85%) Datadog
18 34 (1.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 158 (8.60%) Broadband
2 78 (4.24%) Firewall
3 50 (2.72%) TCP/IP
4 45 (2.45%) VPN
5 31 (1.69%) DNS
6 28 (1.52%) WAN
7 27 (1.47%) LAN
8 21 (1.14%) Wireless
9 18 (0.98%) Network Security
10 17 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (0.92%) VLAN
11 13 (0.71%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.60%) 5G
12 11 (0.60%) DHCP
13 10 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (0.54%) Unified Communications
13 10 (0.54%) WebEx
14 8 (0.44%) BGP
14 8 (0.44%) MQTT
15 7 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
2 123 (6.69%) Power BI
3 94 (5.11%) Data Warehouse
4 84 (4.57%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.08%) MongoDB
6 62 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 55 (2.99%) Metadata
8 51 (2.77%) Relational Database
9 50 (2.72%) Tableau
10 49 (2.67%) NoSQL
11 48 (2.61%) Big Data
11 48 (2.61%) BigQuery
12 35 (1.90%) Delta Lake
13 33 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
14 30 (1.63%) MySQL
15 27 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
15 27 (1.47%) Redis
16 26 (1.41%) DynamoDB
17 24 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
17 24 (1.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 172 (9.36%) Git
2 80 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 59 (3.21%) GitLab
4 37 (2.01%) JIRA
5 17 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (0.82%) MLflow
7 12 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 11 (0.60%) Claude Code
8 11 (0.60%) LabVIEW
9 9 (0.49%) JMeter
9 9 (0.49%) Selenium
10 8 (0.44%) Postman
11 7 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.33%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.27%) Locust
13 5 (0.27%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.27%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 582 (31.66%) Social Skills
2 421 (22.91%) Finance
3 296 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
4 136 (7.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 109 (5.93%) Legal
6 105 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 104 (5.66%) Banking
8 102 (5.55%) Law
9 67 (3.65%) Marketing
9 67 (3.65%) Retail
10 48 (2.61%) Front Office
11 46 (2.50%) Games
12 42 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 34 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (1.63%) Electronics
15 17 (0.92%) Aerospace
16 15 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (0.76%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (0.71%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 511 (27.80%) Senior
2 312 (16.97%) Developer
3 255 (13.87%) Lead
4 240 (13.06%) Software Engineer
5 209 (11.37%) Data Engineer
6 188 (10.23%) Python Engineer
7 102 (5.55%) Data Scientist
8 101 (5.50%) Python Developer
9 100 (5.44%) Analyst
10 83 (4.52%) Senior Developer
11 82 (4.46%) Platform Engineer
12 69 (3.75%) Senior Software Engineer
13 65 (3.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 64 (3.48%) Architect
14 64 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
15 59 (3.21%) Senior Data Scientist
16 56 (3.05%) AWS Engineer
16 56 (3.05%) Python Software Engineer
17 55 (2.99%) Full-Stack Developer
17 55 (2.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (8.60%) React
2 107 (5.82%) Node.js
3 88 (4.79%) Kafka
4 84 (4.57%) PySpark
5 83 (4.52%) PyTorch
5 83 (4.52%) REST
6 82 (4.46%) .NET
7 73 (3.97%) TensorFlow
8 72 (3.92%) Django
9 68 (3.70%) RESTful
10 65 (3.54%) FastAPI
11 57 (3.10%) LangChain
12 38 (2.07%) Pandas
12 38 (2.07%) Vue
13 37 (2.01%) gRPC
13 37 (2.01%) Next.js
14 34 (1.85%) CSS
14 34 (1.85%) Flask
15 33 (1.80%) GraphQL
15 33 (1.80%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 234 (12.73%) Cloud Native
2 201 (10.94%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (4.84%) Video\Live Streaming
4 85 (4.62%) Algorithms
5 81 (4.41%) AI Agents
6 80 (4.35%) Virtual Team
7 56 (3.05%) Data Structures
8 53 (2.88%) Product Ownership
9 47 (2.56%) Low-Code
10 45 (2.45%) Onboarding
11 44 (2.39%) Public Cloud
12 43 (2.34%) Over-the-Top Content
13 39 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
14 37 (2.01%) Fixed Income
15 36 (1.96%) Management Information System
16 32 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
17 30 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
18 28 (1.52%) Security Posture
19 24 (1.31%) Equities
19 24 (1.31%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 221 (12.02%) Linux
2 81 (4.41%) Windows
3 46 (2.50%) Unix
4 33 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.38%) Debian
7 7 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.33%) Android
9 5 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.16%) Solaris
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.054%) AIX
12 1 (0.054%) CentOS
12 1 (0.054%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.054%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 660 (35.91%) AI
2 617 (33.57%) Software Engineering
3 603 (32.81%) CI/CD
4 440 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
5 418 (22.74%) Agile
6 406 (22.09%) Mentoring
7 392 (21.33%) DevOps
8 388 (21.11%) Machine Learning
9 355 (19.31%) Analytics
10 354 (19.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 318 (17.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 293 (15.94%) Data Science
13 262 (14.25%) Test Automation
14 241 (13.11%) Observability
15 225 (12.24%) Decision-Making
16 224 (12.19%) Roadmaps
17 221 (12.02%) Data Engineering
17 221 (12.02%) Data Pipeline
18 220 (11.97%) Data Modelling
19 215 (11.70%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 540 (29.38%) SQL
2 292 (15.89%) JavaScript
3 279 (15.18%) Java
4 217 (11.81%) PowerShell
5 214 (11.64%) C#
6 209 (11.37%) TypeScript
7 163 (8.87%) Go
8 135 (7.34%) Bash
9 98 (5.33%) C++
10 75 (4.08%) Scala
11 57 (3.10%) R
12 45 (2.45%) C
13 40 (2.18%) Bicep
14 39 (2.12%) PHP
15 30 (1.63%) VBA
16 27 (1.47%) Ruby
17 26 (1.41%) Rust
18 19 (1.03%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.98%) Groovy
20 14 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 237 (12.89%) Degree
2 216 (11.75%) Security Cleared
3 174 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (3.43%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.12%) Master's Degree
7 38 (2.07%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (1.25%) PhD
10 18 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (0.87%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.76%) SnowPro
13 13 (0.71%) CISSP
14 12 (0.65%) CCNP
14 12 (0.65%) CEH
14 12 (0.65%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.65%) OSCP
15 11 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (8.76%) Data Quality
2 145 (7.89%) QA
3 42 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 38 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 27 (1.47%) GDPR
6 24 (1.31%) NIST
7 12 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.44%) SLA
9 8 (0.44%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.33%) PMO
11 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.27%) WCAG
12 4 (0.22%) GAAP
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) IFRS
12 4 (0.22%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
13 3 (0.16%) ECSS
System Software
1 261 (14.20%) Docker
2 30 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (1.58%) Active Directory
4 23 (1.25%) Firmware
5 20 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.44%) vSphere
8 7 (0.38%) KVM
8 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 7 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.054%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.054%) Xen
Systems Management
1 281 (15.29%) Terraform
2 231 (12.57%) Kubernetes
3 103 (5.60%) Ansible
4 95 (5.17%) Grafana
5 52 (2.83%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.09%) Argo
6 20 (1.09%) Istio
7 13 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
8 10 (0.54%) Packer
9 9 (0.49%) Proxmox
10 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
10 7 (0.38%) Puppet
11 6 (0.33%) Graylog
11 6 (0.33%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
13 4 (0.22%) CASB
13 4 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 280 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 140 (7.62%) Databricks
3 79 (4.30%) Google
4 51 (2.77%) Cisco
5 45 (2.45%) VMware
6 38 (2.07%) Oracle
7 36 (1.96%) OpenAI
7 36 (1.96%) Typelevel
8 29 (1.58%) Palo Alto
9 27 (1.47%) Foundry
9 27 (1.47%) Splunk
10 26 (1.41%) Red Hat
11 24 (1.31%) ServiceNow
12 23 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.03%) Salesforce
14 18 (0.98%) F5
15 15 (0.82%) Informatica
16 14 (0.76%) HubSpot
16 14 (0.76%) New Relic
17 13 (0.71%) Alteryx