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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,505 2,078 3,493
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.30% 15.43% 10.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.55% 37.31% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 1,559 2,840
10th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,250 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,563 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £132,500 £132,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -6.90%

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 4,770 5,569 13,289
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.31% 41.35% 40.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,514 4,455 11,389
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
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 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 April 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 78 (5.18%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (3.12%) Apache Spark
3 34 (2.26%) Apache
4 17 (1.13%) SAS
5 10 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.33%) Confluence
8 5 (0.33%) GeoServer
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) CMS
12 1 (0.066%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.066%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) SPSS
6 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.066%) Notion
6 1 (0.066%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.66%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.066%) Actimize
5 1 (0.066%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.066%) Shopify
5 1 (0.066%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 616 (40.93%) AWS
2 541 (35.95%) Azure
3 246 (16.35%) GCP
4 166 (11.03%) GitHub
5 158 (10.50%) Power Platform
6 127 (8.44%) Serverless
7 111 (7.38%) SaaS
8 105 (6.98%) Amazon S3
9 96 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (5.65%) AWS Lambda
11 77 (5.12%) GitHub Actions
12 71 (4.72%) Azure Data Factory
13 55 (3.65%) Amazon EKS
14 54 (3.59%) Snowflake
15 51 (3.39%) dbt
16 49 (3.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 43 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
18 42 (2.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 40 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
20 39 (2.59%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 142 (9.44%) Broadband
2 71 (4.72%) Firewall
3 38 (2.52%) VPN
4 26 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (1.66%) VLAN
6 24 (1.59%) LAN
7 23 (1.53%) TCP/IP
8 21 (1.40%) WAN
9 19 (1.26%) BGP
9 19 (1.26%) DNS
9 19 (1.26%) Wireshark
10 17 (1.13%) NGFW
11 16 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (1.00%) MPLS
12 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
13 13 (0.86%) Network Security
14 12 (0.80%) 4G
14 12 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
15 11 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
15 11 (0.73%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (8.70%) Power BI
2 110 (7.31%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (6.11%) SQL Server
4 68 (4.52%) Tableau
5 67 (4.45%) NoSQL
6 66 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
7 63 (4.19%) Relational Database
8 58 (3.85%) Metadata
9 50 (3.32%) Data Lake
10 45 (2.99%) MongoDB
11 44 (2.92%) BigQuery
12 43 (2.86%) Amazon Redshift
13 40 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
14 32 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
15 30 (1.99%) Delta Lake
16 26 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
16 26 (1.73%) MySQL
17 24 (1.59%) Redis
18 21 (1.40%) Apache Iceberg
19 19 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 131 (8.70%) Git
2 64 (4.25%) Jenkins
3 52 (3.46%) GitLab
4 34 (2.26%) JIRA
5 19 (1.26%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.06%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.06%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.06%) Selenium
7 15 (1.00%) MLflow
8 11 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.53%) JMeter
9 8 (0.53%) JUnit
10 7 (0.47%) Locust
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.33%) Subversion
13 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.27%) ER Studio
13 4 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 450 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 340 (22.59%) Finance
3 234 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.91%) Banking
7 65 (4.32%) Law
8 61 (4.05%) Retail
9 55 (3.65%) Front Office
10 47 (3.12%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.46%) Marketing
12 34 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
13 33 (2.19%) Legal
14 24 (1.59%) Games
14 24 (1.59%) Publishing
15 19 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.20%) Health Technology
17 17 (1.13%) Financial Institution
17 17 (1.13%) Tech for Good
18 16 (1.06%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 332 (22.06%) Senior
2 312 (20.73%) Developer
3 244 (16.21%) Lead
4 199 (13.22%) Data Engineer
5 168 (11.16%) Software Engineer
6 142 (9.44%) Python Engineer
7 120 (7.97%) Python Developer
8 80 (5.32%) Analyst
9 79 (5.25%) Platform Engineer
10 69 (4.58%) Lead Developer
11 60 (3.99%) AWS Engineer
12 58 (3.85%) Senior Data Engineer
13 57 (3.79%) Senior Developer
14 55 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
14 55 (3.65%) Full-Stack Developer
15 52 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
16 51 (3.39%) React Developer
17 50 (3.32%) Data Scientist
18 49 (3.26%) Software Developer
19 44 (2.92%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (11.10%) React
2 109 (7.24%) Kafka
3 100 (6.64%) Node.js
4 73 (4.85%) .NET
5 69 (4.58%) PySpark
6 67 (4.45%) Django
6 67 (4.45%) REST
7 61 (4.05%) PyTorch
8 53 (3.52%) RESTful
8 53 (3.52%) TensorFlow
9 52 (3.46%) gRPC
10 42 (2.79%) FastAPI
10 42 (2.79%) JSON
11 39 (2.59%) Vue
12 37 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
12 37 (2.46%) Flask
13 33 (2.19%) Redux
14 32 (2.13%) Spring
15 30 (1.99%) AngularJS
15 30 (1.99%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 130 (8.64%) Cloud Native
2 115 (7.64%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (4.72%) Product Ownership
4 67 (4.45%) Video\Live Streaming
5 66 (4.39%) Algorithms
6 62 (4.12%) Data Structures
7 51 (3.39%) Over-the-Top Content
8 49 (3.26%) Low-Code
9 48 (3.19%) Onboarding
10 39 (2.59%) Fixed Income
10 39 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
11 37 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
12 36 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (1.99%) Public Cloud
14 28 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
14 28 (1.86%) Data Centre
15 26 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
16 25 (1.66%) AI Agents
17 24 (1.59%) Equities
18 22 (1.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 171 (11.36%) Linux
2 54 (3.59%) Windows
3 48 (3.19%) Unix
4 26 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.40%) Android
7 6 (0.40%) Debian
7 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.20%) CentOS
8 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Solaris
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.066%) AIX
10 1 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.066%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.066%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (35.61%) CI/CD
2 411 (27.31%) Agile
3 408 (27.11%) Software Engineering
4 387 (25.71%) DevOps
5 367 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
6 360 (23.92%) AI
7 295 (19.60%) Mentoring
8 257 (17.08%) Analytics
9 256 (17.01%) Machine Learning
10 238 (15.81%) Infrastructure as Code
11 229 (15.22%) Data Science
12 227 (15.08%) Containerisation
13 225 (14.95%) Data Pipeline
14 224 (14.88%) Continuous Improvement
15 218 (14.49%) Data Modelling
16 204 (13.55%) Data Engineering
17 180 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
18 169 (11.23%) Test Automation
19 168 (11.16%) Full-Stack Development
20 167 (11.10%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 446 (29.63%) SQL
2 316 (21.00%) Java
3 237 (15.75%) JavaScript
4 183 (12.16%) Go
5 156 (10.37%) TypeScript
6 138 (9.17%) Bash
6 138 (9.17%) PowerShell
7 126 (8.37%) C#
8 95 (6.31%) Scala
9 60 (3.99%) C++
10 42 (2.79%) R
11 31 (2.06%) C
12 30 (1.99%) PHP
13 22 (1.46%) Apex Code
13 22 (1.46%) T-SQL
14 20 (1.33%) Shell Script
15 19 (1.26%) PL/SQL
16 17 (1.13%) Bicep
16 17 (1.13%) VBA
17 12 (0.80%) Perl
Qualifications
1 251 (16.68%) Degree
2 131 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 87 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (3.59%) Azure Certification
6 50 (3.32%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.86%) Master's Degree
8 24 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.20%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.06%) PhD
12 15 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (0.93%) CEH
13 14 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.86%) ACCA
14 13 (0.86%) CIMA
15 11 (0.73%) CREST Certified
15 11 (0.73%) OSCP
16 8 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
17 7 (0.47%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 125 (8.31%) Data Quality
2 106 (7.04%) QA
3 45 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.79%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.73%) NIST
6 16 (1.06%) GDPR
7 14 (0.93%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.80%) ISO 22301
9 10 (0.66%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.53%) SLA
11 7 (0.47%) GRC
12 5 (0.33%) PMO
12 5 (0.33%) WCAG
13 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
14 3 (0.20%) EMIR
14 3 (0.20%) GAAP
14 3 (0.20%) IFRS
14 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 278 (18.47%) Docker
2 43 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.73%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.13%) KVM
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 285 (18.94%) Terraform
2 245 (16.28%) Kubernetes
3 116 (7.71%) Ansible
4 85 (5.65%) Grafana
5 65 (4.32%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.72%) Argo
7 23 (1.53%) Kustomize
8 21 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.80%) Istio
10 10 (0.66%) Packer
11 8 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
11 8 (0.53%) Proxmox
12 6 (0.40%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.40%) Puppet
13 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.33%) FTK
13 5 (0.33%) SCCM
14 4 (0.27%) Control-M
14 4 (0.27%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.27%) logstash
Vendors
1 225 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 120 (7.97%) Databricks
3 73 (4.85%) Google
4 55 (3.65%) Oracle
5 52 (3.46%) VMware
6 48 (3.19%) Cisco
7 45 (2.99%) Typelevel
8 38 (2.52%) Salesforce
9 31 (2.06%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.53%) Palo Alto
11 21 (1.40%) OpenAI
12 20 (1.33%) Commvault
13 18 (1.20%) Foundry
13 18 (1.20%) MuleSoft
14 16 (1.06%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.00%) Arista
15 15 (1.00%) Aruba
15 15 (1.00%) NetScout
15 15 (1.00%) SAP
16 14 (0.93%) Splunk