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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,403 2,221 3,354
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.44% 15.92% 11.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.07% 34.66% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 937 1,589 2,763
10th Percentile £42,650 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £118,750 £120,000
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 4,375 6,408 13,089
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.31% 45.93% 43.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,187 4,558 11,387
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £110,000 £97,500
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 11 March 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 76 (5.42%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (3.28%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.57%) Apache
4 19 (1.35%) SAS
5 16 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (1.00%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.57%) Confluence
8 8 (0.57%) Tomcat
8 8 (0.57%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
9 6 (0.43%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.36%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.36%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 38 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.64%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.21%) Simulink
6 2 (0.14%) SPSS
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.071%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.071%) Notion
7 1 (0.071%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (1.92%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.71%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.36%) Shopify
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.21%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.071%) Actimize
6 1 (0.071%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.071%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.071%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 585 (41.70%) AWS
2 537 (38.28%) Azure
3 213 (15.18%) GCP
4 187 (13.33%) GitHub
5 160 (11.40%) Power Platform
6 125 (8.91%) Serverless
7 123 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
8 113 (8.05%) SaaS
9 99 (7.06%) Amazon S3
10 83 (5.92%) GitHub Actions
11 79 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
12 74 (5.27%) Azure Data Factory
13 69 (4.92%) dbt
14 67 (4.78%) Snowflake
15 53 (3.78%) Amazon EKS
16 51 (3.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 50 (3.56%) AWS CloudFormation
18 46 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 43 (3.06%) OCI
20 41 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 95 (6.77%) Broadband
2 57 (4.06%) Firewall
3 36 (2.57%) VPN
4 35 (2.49%) TCP/IP
5 31 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.85%) Wireshark
7 23 (1.64%) VLAN
8 20 (1.43%) BGP
9 17 (1.21%) NGFW
10 16 (1.14%) LAN
11 15 (1.07%) MPLS
11 15 (1.07%) VXLAN
11 15 (1.07%) WAN
12 12 (0.86%) DNS
12 12 (0.86%) Ethernet VPN
12 12 (0.86%) Network Security
13 11 (0.78%) 4G
13 11 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (0.78%) IOS XR
14 9 (0.64%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (9.91%) Power BI
2 96 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
3 85 (6.06%) SQL Server
4 77 (5.49%) Tableau
5 71 (5.06%) Data Warehouse
6 68 (4.85%) NoSQL
7 57 (4.06%) Metadata
7 57 (4.06%) Relational Database
8 51 (3.64%) Data Lake
9 44 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
10 42 (2.99%) BigQuery
11 40 (2.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 37 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
13 33 (2.35%) MongoDB
14 32 (2.28%) Delta Lake
15 31 (2.21%) Apache Iceberg
16 28 (2.00%) Redis
17 27 (1.92%) MySQL
18 26 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
19 20 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 113 (8.05%) Git
2 72 (5.13%) Jenkins
3 49 (3.49%) GitLab
4 42 (2.99%) JIRA
5 25 (1.78%) Oracle Forms
6 19 (1.35%) Jaeger
7 18 (1.28%) Selenium
8 15 (1.07%) Cucumber
9 14 (1.00%) MLflow
10 8 (0.57%) JMeter
10 8 (0.57%) JUnit
11 7 (0.50%) ER Studio
11 7 (0.50%) ERwin
11 7 (0.50%) Postman
11 7 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.43%) Locust
12 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.36%) Subversion
13 5 (0.36%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 453 (32.29%) Social Skills
2 350 (24.95%) Finance
3 218 (15.54%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.99%) Public Sector
6 85 (6.06%) Banking
7 65 (4.63%) Law
8 60 (4.28%) Front Office
9 51 (3.64%) Retail
10 42 (2.99%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.71%) Marketing
12 34 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 32 (2.28%) Legal
14 26 (1.85%) Publishing
15 23 (1.64%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.50%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.43%) Health Technology
17 20 (1.43%) Tech for Good
18 19 (1.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 307 (21.88%) Senior
2 295 (21.03%) Developer
3 206 (14.68%) Lead
4 178 (12.69%) Data Engineer
5 151 (10.76%) Software Engineer
6 118 (8.41%) Python Developer
6 118 (8.41%) Python Engineer
7 82 (5.84%) Analyst
8 81 (5.77%) Lead Developer
9 76 (5.42%) Cloud Engineer
10 64 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
11 58 (4.13%) AWS Engineer
12 57 (4.06%) Senior Data Engineer
13 55 (3.92%) Architect
14 54 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 51 (3.64%) Full-Stack Developer
15 51 (3.64%) React Developer
16 47 (3.35%) Lead Python Developer
17 46 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
18 43 (3.06%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (11.19%) React
2 99 (7.06%) Node.js
3 93 (6.63%) Kafka
4 72 (5.13%) Django
5 66 (4.70%) .NET
5 66 (4.70%) RESTful
6 61 (4.35%) REST
7 51 (3.64%) PySpark
8 46 (3.28%) JSON
8 46 (3.28%) PyTorch
9 45 (3.21%) SOAP
9 45 (3.21%) TensorFlow
10 42 (2.99%) Flask
11 40 (2.85%) Elastic Stack
11 40 (2.85%) gRPC
11 40 (2.85%) Vue
12 38 (2.71%) XML
13 36 (2.57%) FastAPI
13 36 (2.57%) HTML
14 34 (2.42%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 114 (8.13%) Cloud Native
2 87 (6.20%) Distributed Systems
3 74 (5.27%) Product Ownership
4 64 (4.56%) Algorithms
5 59 (4.21%) Data Structures
6 53 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
7 49 (3.49%) Onboarding
8 48 (3.42%) Low-Code
9 46 (3.28%) Fixed Income
10 42 (2.99%) Video\Live Streaming
11 35 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
12 33 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
13 32 (2.28%) Over-the-Top Content
14 31 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
15 30 (2.14%) Data Centre
16 25 (1.78%) Equities
16 25 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
17 22 (1.57%) Public Cloud
18 21 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
19 19 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 183 (13.04%) Linux
2 76 (5.42%) Unix
3 62 (4.42%) Windows
4 24 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.57%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.43%) Debian
9 4 (0.29%) Android
9 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.29%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.071%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.071%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.071%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.071%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (37.99%) CI/CD
2 424 (30.22%) Agile
3 414 (29.51%) DevOps
4 343 (24.45%) Problem-Solving
4 343 (24.45%) Software Engineering
5 331 (23.59%) AI
6 252 (17.96%) Analytics
6 252 (17.96%) Mentoring
7 234 (16.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 221 (15.75%) Infrastructure as Code
9 215 (15.32%) Machine Learning
10 207 (14.75%) Containerisation
10 207 (14.75%) Data Modelling
11 202 (14.40%) Data Science
12 201 (14.33%) Data Pipeline
13 184 (13.11%) Data Engineering
14 173 (12.33%) Coaching
15 167 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
16 165 (11.76%) Test Automation
17 148 (10.55%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 437 (31.15%) SQL
2 297 (21.17%) Java
3 256 (18.25%) JavaScript
4 149 (10.62%) Go
5 145 (10.33%) Bash
6 140 (9.98%) TypeScript
7 135 (9.62%) PowerShell
8 98 (6.99%) C#
9 70 (4.99%) Scala
10 61 (4.35%) C++
11 46 (3.28%) R
12 40 (2.85%) C
13 31 (2.21%) Shell Script
14 28 (2.00%) PL/SQL
15 23 (1.64%) Bicep
16 22 (1.57%) Apex Code
17 20 (1.43%) T-SQL
18 18 (1.28%) PHP
19 16 (1.14%) VBA
20 9 (0.64%) Perl
Qualifications
1 267 (19.03%) Degree
2 148 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 120 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 70 (4.99%) AWS Certification
6 51 (3.64%) Azure Certification
7 31 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.85%) Master's Degree
9 22 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 20 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.35%) CEH
13 17 (1.21%) PhD
14 15 (1.07%) ACCA
14 15 (1.07%) CIMA
15 11 (0.78%) DBS Check
16 9 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
17 8 (0.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (8.34%) Data Quality
2 88 (6.27%) QA
3 50 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.92%) NIST
5 25 (1.78%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.35%) GDPR
7 18 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.21%) SLA
9 14 (1.00%) ISO 22301
10 13 (0.93%) SOC 2
11 10 (0.71%) GRC
12 4 (0.29%) WCAG
13 3 (0.21%) EMIR
13 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.14%) ECSS
14 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.14%) IFRS
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 262 (18.67%) Docker
2 40 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.64%) Firmware
6 6 (0.43%) vSphere
7 5 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.29%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.14%) Ceph
10 2 (0.14%) KVM
10 2 (0.14%) Lustre
10 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.071%) vCloud
11 1 (0.071%) Xen
Systems Management
1 295 (21.03%) Terraform
2 232 (16.54%) Kubernetes
3 116 (8.27%) Ansible
4 75 (5.35%) Grafana
5 62 (4.42%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.71%) Argo
7 32 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (1.43%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.50%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.43%) Control-M
11 5 (0.36%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.36%) FTK
11 5 (0.36%) Puppet
12 4 (0.29%) Cilium
12 4 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
12 4 (0.29%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.29%) logstash
12 4 (0.29%) QRadar
12 4 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 196 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 104 (7.41%) Databricks
3 75 (5.35%) Google
3 75 (5.35%) Oracle
4 49 (3.49%) VMware
5 43 (3.06%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.49%) Cisco
7 28 (2.00%) Red Hat
7 28 (2.00%) Typelevel
8 27 (1.92%) MuleSoft
9 24 (1.71%) IBM
10 21 (1.50%) Commvault
11 18 (1.28%) Talend
12 16 (1.14%) SAP
13 15 (1.07%) Arista
13 15 (1.07%) Aruba
13 15 (1.07%) Informatica
13 15 (1.07%) NetScout
14 14 (1.00%) Okta
14 14 (1.00%) OpenAI