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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,403 2,343 3,257
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.80% 14.75% 11.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.36% 33.45% 25.83%
Number of salaries quoted 931 1,585 2,657
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,700 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £118,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -4.80%

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 4,336 7,005 12,607
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.18% 44.11% 45.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,210 4,447 10,951
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,800
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
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 7 February 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 92 (6.56%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.42%) Apache
3 43 (3.06%) Apache Spark
4 21 (1.50%) Confluence
5 19 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (1.28%) SharePoint
7 17 (1.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 17 (1.21%) SAS
8 13 (0.93%) Tomcat
8 13 (0.93%) WebSphere
8 13 (0.93%) WebSphere Application Server
9 7 (0.50%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.43%) ArcGIS
11 5 (0.36%) Anypoint
11 5 (0.36%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
13 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
13 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 44 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.50%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.36%) Simulink
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.14%) SPSS
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.071%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.071%) Notion
7 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (2.78%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.57%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.43%) Shopify
5 4 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.21%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.071%) Actimize
8 1 (0.071%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.071%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 570 (40.63%) Azure
2 549 (39.13%) AWS
3 203 (14.47%) GitHub
4 183 (13.04%) Power Platform
5 172 (12.26%) GCP
6 161 (11.48%) Azure DevOps
7 130 (9.27%) Serverless
8 95 (6.77%) Amazon S3
9 94 (6.70%) SaaS
10 93 (6.63%) Snowflake
11 87 (6.20%) GitHub Actions
12 83 (5.92%) AWS Lambda
13 79 (5.63%) Azure Data Factory
14 76 (5.42%) dbt
15 57 (4.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 56 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
17 55 (3.92%) OCI
18 54 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 51 (3.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 48 (3.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.28%) Broadband
2 53 (3.78%) Firewall
3 34 (2.42%) TCP/IP
4 32 (2.28%) VPN
5 30 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.85%) Wireshark
7 20 (1.43%) BGP
8 17 (1.21%) LAN
8 17 (1.21%) NGFW
8 17 (1.21%) WAN
9 16 (1.14%) VLAN
10 15 (1.07%) MPLS
10 15 (1.07%) VXLAN
11 14 (1.00%) DNS
11 14 (1.00%) Network Security
12 13 (0.93%) SSL
13 12 (0.86%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.78%) 4G
14 11 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.78%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (11.48%) Power BI
2 96 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
3 93 (6.63%) Tableau
4 91 (6.49%) Data Warehouse
5 83 (5.92%) SQL Server
6 74 (5.27%) NoSQL
7 62 (4.42%) Data Lake
8 56 (3.99%) Relational Database
9 52 (3.71%) Apache Iceberg
10 48 (3.42%) Metadata
11 44 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
12 43 (3.06%) Amazon Athena
13 41 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
14 39 (2.78%) Amazon Redshift
15 38 (2.71%) BigQuery
16 33 (2.35%) MySQL
17 32 (2.28%) MongoDB
18 30 (2.14%) Delta Lake
19 28 (2.00%) Apache Arrow
19 28 (2.00%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 114 (8.13%) Git
2 92 (6.56%) Jenkins
3 61 (4.35%) JIRA
4 41 (2.92%) GitLab
5 37 (2.64%) Oracle Forms
6 21 (1.50%) Selenium
7 19 (1.35%) Jaeger
8 16 (1.14%) MLflow
9 12 (0.86%) ER Studio
9 12 (0.86%) ERwin
10 11 (0.78%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.78%) JUnit
11 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.36%) JMeter
12 5 (0.36%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.36%) Subversion
13 4 (0.29%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.29%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 433 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 393 (28.01%) Finance
3 210 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (6.63%) Banking
5 89 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 84 (5.99%) Public Sector
7 61 (4.35%) Front Office
8 56 (3.99%) Law
9 48 (3.42%) Marketing
10 47 (3.35%) Retail
11 38 (2.71%) Telecoms
12 29 (2.07%) Legal
12 29 (2.07%) Publishing
13 28 (2.00%) Investment Banking
14 26 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.78%) Manufacturing
16 23 (1.64%) Tech for Good
17 21 (1.50%) Health Technology
18 19 (1.35%) Financial Institution
18 19 (1.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 300 (21.38%) Senior
2 280 (19.96%) Developer
3 180 (12.83%) Data Engineer
4 170 (12.12%) Lead
5 133 (9.48%) Python Developer
6 125 (8.91%) Software Engineer
7 121 (8.62%) Python Engineer
8 100 (7.13%) Analyst
9 96 (6.84%) Cloud Engineer
10 70 (4.99%) AWS Engineer
11 60 (4.28%) Architect
12 57 (4.06%) Applications Engineer
12 57 (4.06%) Python Software Engineer
13 56 (3.99%) Lead Developer
13 56 (3.99%) Platform Engineer
14 54 (3.85%) Senior Data Engineer
15 52 (3.71%) AWS Developer
15 52 (3.71%) Senior Developer
16 51 (3.64%) React Developer
17 50 (3.56%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (10.19%) React
2 87 (6.20%) Node.js
3 81 (5.77%) RESTful
4 62 (4.42%) .NET
4 62 (4.42%) Kafka
5 61 (4.35%) Django
6 53 (3.78%) REST
6 53 (3.78%) SOAP
7 52 (3.71%) PySpark
8 49 (3.49%) JSON
9 44 (3.14%) XML
10 43 (3.06%) Vue
11 42 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
11 42 (2.99%) PyTorch
12 40 (2.85%) TensorFlow
13 37 (2.64%) Flask
13 37 (2.64%) Pandas
14 35 (2.49%) HTML
15 34 (2.42%) AngularJS
15 34 (2.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 126 (8.98%) Cloud Native
2 93 (6.63%) Product Ownership
3 71 (5.06%) Enterprise Software
4 68 (4.85%) Algorithms
5 64 (4.56%) Distributed Systems
6 55 (3.92%) Onboarding
7 49 (3.49%) Data Structures
7 49 (3.49%) Low-Code
8 39 (2.78%) Equities
8 39 (2.78%) Fixed Income
9 38 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 36 (2.57%) Management Information System
11 35 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 32 (2.28%) Data Centre
13 30 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
14 26 (1.85%) Hedge funds
14 26 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
15 24 (1.71%) Derivative
16 21 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
17 20 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 203 (14.47%) Linux
2 79 (5.63%) Unix
2 79 (5.63%) Windows
3 23 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 23 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.93%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.64%) Debian
5 9 (0.64%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.50%) VMS
7 5 (0.36%) Solaris
8 4 (0.29%) CentOS
9 3 (0.21%) Android
9 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.071%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.071%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (36.35%) CI/CD
2 450 (32.07%) Agile
3 446 (31.79%) DevOps
4 358 (25.52%) AI
5 332 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
6 298 (21.24%) Software Engineering
7 277 (19.74%) Analytics
8 245 (17.46%) Mentoring
9 243 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 214 (15.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 207 (14.75%) Data Modelling
12 202 (14.40%) Coaching
12 202 (14.40%) Data Engineering
13 201 (14.33%) Machine Learning
14 197 (14.04%) Data Pipeline
15 188 (13.40%) Business Intelligence
16 187 (13.33%) Data Science
17 171 (12.19%) Containerisation
18 168 (11.97%) Asset Management
18 168 (11.97%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 492 (35.07%) SQL
2 285 (20.31%) Java
3 248 (17.68%) JavaScript
4 162 (11.55%) Bash
5 152 (10.83%) PowerShell
6 141 (10.05%) TypeScript
7 103 (7.34%) C#
8 102 (7.27%) Go
9 65 (4.63%) C++
10 53 (3.78%) Scala
11 50 (3.56%) R
12 47 (3.35%) C
13 45 (3.21%) Shell Script
14 40 (2.85%) PL/SQL
15 32 (2.28%) Bicep
16 19 (1.35%) T-SQL
17 18 (1.28%) PHP
18 15 (1.07%) Perl
19 14 (1.00%) Apex Code
20 13 (0.93%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 265 (18.89%) Degree
2 157 (11.19%) Security Cleared
3 126 (8.98%) SC Cleared
4 91 (6.49%) AWS Certification
5 82 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (3.71%) Azure Certification
7 34 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (2.28%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 27 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
11 21 (1.50%) DV Cleared
12 18 (1.28%) PhD
13 16 (1.14%) CEH
14 14 (1.00%) ACCA
14 14 (1.00%) CIMA
14 14 (1.00%) DBS Check
14 14 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.78%) CISSP
15 11 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (8.05%) Data Quality
2 79 (5.63%) QA
3 48 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (2.14%) GDPR
5 28 (2.00%) Accessibility
6 23 (1.64%) NIST
7 22 (1.57%) SLA
8 19 (1.35%) PCI DSS
9 13 (0.93%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.78%) ISO 22301
11 10 (0.71%) GRC
12 5 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.14%) ECSS
14 2 (0.14%) EMIR
14 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.071%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.071%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.071%) ISO 13485
15 1 (0.071%) SEPA
System Software
1 230 (16.39%) Docker
2 43 (3.06%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.57%) Firmware
7 6 (0.43%) vSphere
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.21%) NFS
9 3 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.14%) Ceph
10 2 (0.14%) Lustre
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.071%) HDFS
11 1 (0.071%) KVM
11 1 (0.071%) vCloud
11 1 (0.071%) Xen
Systems Management
1 314 (22.38%) Terraform
2 233 (16.61%) Kubernetes
3 128 (9.12%) Ansible
4 69 (4.92%) Grafana
5 62 (4.42%) Prometheus
6 48 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
7 38 (2.71%) Argo
8 20 (1.43%) Kustomize
9 11 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (0.50%) Puppet
10 7 (0.50%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (0.43%) Control-M
12 4 (0.29%) Cilium
12 4 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.29%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.29%) logstash
12 4 (0.29%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.29%) QRadar
13 3 (0.21%) FTK
13 3 (0.21%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 189 (13.47%) Microsoft
2 113 (8.05%) Databricks
3 86 (6.13%) Oracle
4 70 (4.99%) Google
5 42 (2.99%) VMware
6 38 (2.71%) Red Hat
7 34 (2.42%) Salesforce
8 27 (1.92%) Cisco
8 27 (1.92%) MuleSoft
9 26 (1.85%) IBM
10 20 (1.43%) Commvault
10 20 (1.43%) Okta
11 17 (1.21%) ServiceNow
12 16 (1.14%) OpenAI
12 16 (1.14%) SAP
12 16 (1.14%) Talend
13 15 (1.07%) Arista
13 15 (1.07%) Aruba
13 15 (1.07%) NetScout
14 13 (0.93%) Palantir