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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,833 2,136 3,138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.03% 12.86% 12.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.18% 39.61% 33.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,234 1,281 2,474
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £56,250
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 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 6,073 5,393 9,437
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.61% 32.47% 38.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,567 3,717 7,302
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
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 17 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 51 (2.78%) Apache Spark
2 45 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (2.24%) Apache
4 17 (0.93%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 10 (0.55%) SAS
6 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.16%) Confluence
7 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.16%) WordPress
8 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.055%) Camunda
9 1 (0.055%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.055%) CMS
9 1 (0.055%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.055%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.055%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 52 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.27%) Simulink
6 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
6 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.11%) SPSS
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
9 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%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 667 (36.39%) AWS
2 577 (31.48%) Azure
3 302 (16.48%) GCP
4 157 (8.57%) SaaS
5 146 (7.97%) Power Platform
6 113 (6.16%) GitHub
7 95 (5.18%) Serverless
8 68 (3.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 66 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
10 65 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
11 64 (3.49%) Amazon S3
12 63 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
13 55 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
13 55 (3.00%) Snowflake
14 54 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
15 49 (2.67%) dbt
16 47 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 41 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
18 35 (1.91%) Datadog
19 31 (1.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 141 (7.69%) Broadband
2 75 (4.09%) Firewall
3 48 (2.62%) TCP/IP
4 43 (2.35%) VPN
5 32 (1.75%) WAN
6 31 (1.69%) DNS
6 31 (1.69%) LAN
7 25 (1.36%) Network Security
8 24 (1.31%) Wireless
9 17 (0.93%) VLAN
10 16 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (0.76%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.71%) BGP
13 12 (0.65%) 5G
14 11 (0.60%) DHCP
14 11 (0.60%) OSPF
15 9 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.49%) MPLS
15 9 (0.49%) Unified Communications
15 9 (0.49%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (7.75%) PostgreSQL
2 123 (6.71%) Power BI
3 95 (5.18%) Data Warehouse
4 84 (4.58%) SQL Server
5 78 (4.26%) MongoDB
6 62 (3.38%) Data Lake
7 55 (3.00%) Relational Database
8 54 (2.95%) NoSQL
9 49 (2.67%) Metadata
10 48 (2.62%) Tableau
11 47 (2.56%) Big Data
12 42 (2.29%) BigQuery
13 38 (2.07%) Delta Lake
14 30 (1.64%) MySQL
15 28 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
15 28 (1.53%) DynamoDB
16 24 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
18 22 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
18 22 (1.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 179 (9.77%) Git
2 82 (4.47%) Jenkins
3 58 (3.16%) GitLab
4 36 (1.96%) JIRA
5 17 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 13 (0.71%) MLflow
7 10 (0.55%) Claude Code
7 10 (0.55%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.49%) JMeter
8 9 (0.49%) Selenium
9 8 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.38%) Postman
11 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.33%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.27%) Locust
12 5 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 583 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 418 (22.80%) Finance
3 295 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (6.33%) Legal
6 108 (5.89%) Public Sector
7 107 (5.84%) Banking
8 96 (5.24%) Law
9 79 (4.31%) Marketing
10 68 (3.71%) Retail
11 45 (2.45%) Games
12 42 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 36 (1.96%) Front Office
14 33 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (1.75%) Electronics
16 18 (0.98%) Aerospace
17 17 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
19 13 (0.71%) Financial Institution
20 12 (0.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 509 (27.77%) Senior
2 292 (15.93%) Developer
3 244 (13.31%) Lead
4 228 (12.44%) Software Engineer
5 202 (11.02%) Data Engineer
6 185 (10.09%) Python Engineer
7 106 (5.78%) Python Developer
8 105 (5.73%) Analyst
9 94 (5.13%) Data Scientist
10 83 (4.53%) Senior Developer
11 74 (4.04%) Platform Engineer
12 69 (3.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 67 (3.66%) Architect
13 67 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
14 60 (3.27%) Senior Data Engineer
15 56 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
15 56 (3.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 54 (2.95%) AWS Engineer
16 54 (2.95%) Engineering Manager
16 54 (2.95%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (7.97%) React
2 98 (5.35%) Node.js
3 90 (4.91%) PySpark
4 84 (4.58%) .NET
5 81 (4.42%) PyTorch
6 80 (4.36%) REST
7 72 (3.93%) Kafka
8 69 (3.76%) TensorFlow
9 67 (3.66%) Django
10 66 (3.60%) RESTful
11 65 (3.55%) FastAPI
12 56 (3.06%) LangChain
13 40 (2.18%) Next.js
14 37 (2.02%) Pandas
15 36 (1.96%) CSS
16 33 (1.80%) Vue
17 32 (1.75%) LangGraph
17 32 (1.75%) scikit-learn
18 31 (1.69%) Spring
19 30 (1.64%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 236 (12.88%) Cloud Native
2 192 (10.47%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (4.80%) Algorithms
4 81 (4.42%) Virtual Team
5 80 (4.36%) AI Agents
6 76 (4.15%) Video\Live Streaming
7 55 (3.00%) Product Ownership
8 49 (2.67%) Data Structures
9 45 (2.45%) Onboarding
10 44 (2.40%) Low-Code
11 42 (2.29%) Public Cloud
12 38 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
13 37 (2.02%) Management Information System
14 34 (1.85%) Over-the-Top Content
15 32 (1.75%) Blog
16 30 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
17 28 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
18 27 (1.47%) Security Posture
19 24 (1.31%) Credit Risk
20 23 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 216 (11.78%) Linux
2 80 (4.36%) Windows
3 41 (2.24%) Unix
4 29 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.76%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.33%) Android
8 6 (0.33%) Debian
9 4 (0.22%) Solaris
10 3 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.055%) AIX
12 1 (0.055%) CentOS
12 1 (0.055%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.055%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 682 (37.21%) AI
2 604 (32.95%) Software Engineering
3 578 (31.53%) CI/CD
4 443 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
5 407 (22.20%) Mentoring
6 398 (21.71%) Agile
7 386 (21.06%) DevOps
7 386 (21.06%) Machine Learning
8 367 (20.02%) Analytics
9 347 (18.93%) Infrastructure as Code
10 327 (17.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 270 (14.73%) Data Science
12 261 (14.24%) Test Automation
13 237 (12.93%) Observability
14 229 (12.49%) Decision-Making
15 225 (12.27%) Roadmaps
16 218 (11.89%) Data Pipeline
17 214 (11.67%) Data Engineering
17 214 (11.67%) Data Modelling
18 209 (11.40%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 553 (30.17%) SQL
2 279 (15.22%) JavaScript
3 263 (14.35%) Java
4 222 (12.11%) C#
5 216 (11.78%) PowerShell
6 202 (11.02%) TypeScript
7 141 (7.69%) Go
8 134 (7.31%) Bash
9 96 (5.24%) C++
10 64 (3.49%) Scala
11 52 (2.84%) R
12 46 (2.51%) C
13 44 (2.40%) Bicep
14 39 (2.13%) PHP
15 29 (1.58%) VBA
16 27 (1.47%) Ruby
17 26 (1.42%) Rust
18 21 (1.15%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.98%) Groovy
20 14 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 239 (13.04%) Degree
2 216 (11.78%) Security Cleared
3 173 (9.44%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.33%) Azure Certification
6 44 (2.40%) Master's Degree
7 39 (2.13%) DV Cleared
8 27 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.36%) PhD
10 20 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.87%) CISSP
12 16 (0.87%) SnowPro
13 15 (0.82%) AWS Certification
14 14 (0.76%) CCNP
15 13 (0.71%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.71%) OSCP
16 12 (0.65%) CEH
16 12 (0.65%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.65%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (8.89%) Data Quality
2 145 (7.91%) QA
3 45 (2.45%) Accessibility
4 37 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.64%) GDPR
6 26 (1.42%) NIST
7 12 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.44%) SLA
10 7 (0.38%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.33%) PMO
12 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
12 5 (0.27%) WCAG
13 4 (0.22%) GAAP
13 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 4 (0.22%) MiFID
14 3 (0.16%) ECSS
14 3 (0.16%) UCITS
System Software
1 256 (13.97%) Docker
2 27 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (1.42%) Active Directory
4 24 (1.31%) Firmware
5 21 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.44%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.38%) vSphere
8 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.33%) KVM
8 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 281 (15.33%) Terraform
2 234 (12.77%) Kubernetes
3 103 (5.62%) Ansible
4 92 (5.02%) Grafana
5 50 (2.73%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.15%) Istio
7 20 (1.09%) Argo
8 13 (0.71%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.55%) Packer
10 9 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
11 7 (0.38%) Kubeflow
11 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 7 (0.38%) Puppet
11 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.33%) Graylog
12 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.33%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.22%) CASB
13 4 (0.22%) Podman
13 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 280 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 141 (7.69%) Databricks
3 75 (4.09%) Google
4 54 (2.95%) Cisco
5 42 (2.29%) OpenAI
6 40 (2.18%) VMware
7 38 (2.07%) Oracle
8 28 (1.53%) Palo Alto
9 27 (1.47%) Red Hat
9 27 (1.47%) Splunk
9 27 (1.47%) Typelevel
10 26 (1.42%) Foundry
11 24 (1.31%) ServiceNow
12 23 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 18 (0.98%) F5
14 16 (0.87%) Informatica
15 15 (0.82%) New Relic
16 14 (0.76%) Dynatrace
16 14 (0.76%) HubSpot
16 14 (0.76%) Salesforce