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

 6 months to
3 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,814 2,087 3,156
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.76% 12.77% 13.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.80% 39.53% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,233 1,243 2,405
10th Percentile £44,800 £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 £107,500 £136,250 £143,250
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 6,087 5,279 9,285
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.05% 32.30% 38.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,570 3,640 6,789
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,250 £39,790
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,879
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +1.78% -3.26%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
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 3 September 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 46 (2.54%) Apache Spark
2 42 (2.32%) Apache Airflow
3 41 (2.26%) Apache
4 16 (0.88%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.50%) SAS
7 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.17%) Confluence
8 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.11%) CMS
9 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.11%) WordPress
10 1 (0.055%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.055%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.055%) Tomcat
Applications
1 50 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.16%) Chatbot
3 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.33%) Simulink
6 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
6 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.17%) Blender
7 3 (0.17%) Maya
7 3 (0.17%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.11%) SPSS
9 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.055%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 647 (35.67%) AWS
2 578 (31.86%) Azure
3 284 (15.66%) GCP
4 160 (8.82%) Power Platform
5 148 (8.16%) SaaS
6 119 (6.56%) GitHub
7 82 (4.52%) Serverless
8 73 (4.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 69 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
10 68 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
11 60 (3.31%) Amazon S3
11 60 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
12 57 (3.14%) Snowflake
13 56 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
13 56 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (3.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 44 (2.43%) dbt
16 36 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
17 35 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
18 34 (1.87%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 123 (6.78%) Broadband
2 70 (3.86%) Firewall
3 52 (2.87%) TCP/IP
4 38 (2.09%) VPN
5 35 (1.93%) DNS
6 32 (1.76%) WAN
7 30 (1.65%) LAN
8 25 (1.38%) Network Security
8 25 (1.38%) Wireless
9 16 (0.88%) VLAN
10 15 (0.83%) BGP
11 14 (0.77%) DHCP
11 14 (0.77%) SD-WAN
12 13 (0.72%) 5G
12 13 (0.72%) OSPF
13 12 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
14 11 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.50%) MPLS
16 7 (0.39%) Unified Communications
16 7 (0.39%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (7.50%) Power BI
2 132 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
3 108 (5.95%) Data Warehouse
4 87 (4.80%) SQL Server
5 82 (4.52%) MongoDB
6 64 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 63 (3.47%) Data Lake
8 53 (2.92%) Relational Database
9 52 (2.87%) Metadata
10 47 (2.59%) Big Data
10 47 (2.59%) Tableau
11 42 (2.32%) Delta Lake
12 41 (2.26%) BigQuery
13 32 (1.76%) MySQL
14 31 (1.71%) DynamoDB
15 25 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
16 24 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
17 23 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (1.27%) Star Schema
18 21 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 186 (10.25%) Git
2 81 (4.47%) Jenkins
3 56 (3.09%) GitLab
4 35 (1.93%) JIRA
5 17 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
6 14 (0.77%) MLflow
7 13 (0.72%) Bitbucket
7 13 (0.72%) LabVIEW
8 11 (0.61%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.50%) Selenium
10 8 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (0.39%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.33%) JMeter
12 6 (0.33%) Postman
12 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.28%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
15 3 (0.17%) Cucumber
15 3 (0.17%) Mercurial
General
1 577 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 407 (22.44%) Finance
3 296 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (6.39%) Legal
6 108 (5.95%) Banking
7 106 (5.84%) Public Sector
8 91 (5.02%) Law
9 79 (4.36%) Marketing
10 68 (3.75%) Retail
11 42 (2.32%) Games
12 38 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 34 (1.87%) Electronics
14 28 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.38%) Front Office
16 19 (1.05%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
17 15 (0.83%) Local Government
18 13 (0.72%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 510 (28.11%) Senior
2 264 (14.55%) Developer
3 227 (12.51%) Lead
4 226 (12.46%) Software Engineer
5 196 (10.80%) Data Engineer
6 185 (10.20%) Python Engineer
7 111 (6.12%) Analyst
8 100 (5.51%) Python Developer
9 97 (5.35%) Data Scientist
10 74 (4.08%) Senior Developer
11 73 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
12 72 (3.97%) Architect
13 71 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
14 66 (3.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 63 (3.47%) Python Software Engineer
15 63 (3.47%) Senior Data Engineer
16 58 (3.20%) Engineering Manager
17 57 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
18 56 (3.09%) Data Analyst
18 56 (3.09%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (15.44%) Terraform
2 130 (7.17%) React
3 97 (5.35%) PySpark
4 89 (4.91%) Node.js
5 83 (4.58%) PyTorch
6 82 (4.52%) .NET
7 72 (3.97%) REST
8 70 (3.86%) TensorFlow
9 67 (3.69%) Django
9 67 (3.69%) RESTful
10 57 (3.14%) FastAPI
11 54 (2.98%) Kafka
11 54 (2.98%) LangChain
12 43 (2.37%) Next.js
13 37 (2.04%) Pandas
14 34 (1.87%) CSS
15 33 (1.82%) scikit-learn
16 29 (1.60%) Flask
16 29 (1.60%) LangGraph
16 29 (1.60%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 236 (13.01%) Cloud Native
2 181 (9.98%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (4.52%) AI Agents
3 82 (4.52%) Algorithms
4 80 (4.41%) Virtual Team
5 66 (3.64%) Video\Live Streaming
6 60 (3.31%) Product Ownership
7 47 (2.59%) Data Structures
8 42 (2.32%) Low-Code
8 42 (2.32%) Onboarding
9 37 (2.04%) Management Information System
9 37 (2.04%) Public Cloud
10 33 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
11 32 (1.76%) Blog
12 30 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
13 27 (1.49%) Credit Risk
14 26 (1.43%) Security Posture
15 25 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
15 25 (1.38%) Over-the-Top Content
16 24 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 210 (11.58%) Linux
2 82 (4.52%) Windows
3 36 (1.98%) Unix
4 27 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.83%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.44%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (0.39%) Android
7 7 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.33%) Debian
8 6 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.22%) Solaris
10 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.055%) AIX
12 1 (0.055%) CentOS
12 1 (0.055%) OpenWrt
12 1 (0.055%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 692 (38.15%) AI
2 589 (32.47%) Software Engineering
3 565 (31.15%) CI/CD
4 431 (23.76%) Problem-Solving
5 401 (22.11%) Mentoring
6 382 (21.06%) Analytics
7 380 (20.95%) Agile
8 379 (20.89%) DevOps
9 374 (20.62%) Machine Learning
10 341 (18.80%) Infrastructure as Code
11 326 (17.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 264 (14.55%) Data Science
13 253 (13.95%) Test Automation
14 242 (13.34%) Observability
15 227 (12.51%) Decision-Making
15 227 (12.51%) Roadmaps
16 222 (12.24%) Data Pipeline
17 220 (12.13%) Data Engineering
18 217 (11.96%) Data Modelling
19 215 (11.85%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 583 (32.14%) SQL
2 254 (14.00%) JavaScript
3 243 (13.40%) Java
4 229 (12.62%) C#
5 214 (11.80%) PowerShell
6 189 (10.42%) TypeScript
7 131 (7.22%) Bash
8 121 (6.67%) Go
9 100 (5.51%) C++
10 54 (2.98%) Scala
11 53 (2.92%) R
12 48 (2.65%) C
13 47 (2.59%) Bicep
14 37 (2.04%) PHP
15 30 (1.65%) Rust
16 27 (1.49%) Ruby
17 26 (1.43%) VBA
18 22 (1.21%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.99%) Groovy
20 17 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 243 (13.40%) Degree
2 209 (11.52%) Security Cleared
3 163 (8.99%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.31%) Azure Certification
6 42 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 39 (2.15%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.21%) PhD
10 21 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (0.99%) SnowPro
13 16 (0.88%) CISSP
14 14 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 14 (0.77%) CCNP
15 13 (0.72%) DBS Check
15 13 (0.72%) GIAC
15 13 (0.72%) OSCP
16 12 (0.66%) CREST Certified
17 11 (0.61%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (9.32%) Data Quality
2 136 (7.50%) QA
3 42 (2.32%) Accessibility
4 33 (1.82%) GDPR
5 32 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (1.27%) NIST
7 13 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.50%) SLA
10 7 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.28%) EU AI Act
12 5 (0.28%) PMO
13 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.22%) MiFID
14 3 (0.17%) ECSS
14 3 (0.17%) GAAP
14 3 (0.17%) IFRS
14 3 (0.17%) UCITS
System Software
1 246 (13.56%) Docker
2 25 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.32%) Firmware
4 19 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.33%) KVM
6 6 (0.33%) vSphere
7 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.055%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 230 (12.68%) Kubernetes
2 105 (5.79%) Ansible
3 86 (4.74%) Grafana
4 48 (2.65%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.10%) Argo
6 19 (1.05%) Istio
7 14 (0.77%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.55%) Packer
9 7 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.39%) Kubeflow
9 7 (0.39%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.39%) Puppet
9 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.33%) Graylog
11 5 (0.28%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.22%) linkerd
12 4 (0.22%) Podman
12 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 289 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 141 (7.77%) Databricks
3 72 (3.97%) Google
4 50 (2.76%) Cisco
5 47 (2.59%) OpenAI
6 36 (1.98%) Oracle
7 34 (1.87%) VMware
8 26 (1.43%) Splunk
9 24 (1.32%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.27%) Foundry
10 23 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 21 (1.16%) Fortinet
12 20 (1.10%) Informatica
13 18 (0.99%) Typelevel
14 16 (0.88%) Dynatrace
14 16 (0.88%) F5
14 16 (0.88%) New Relic
15 14 (0.77%) HubSpot
16 10 (0.55%) Alteryx
3,016 hybrid/remote Python jobs