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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,565 2,442 3,626
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.34% 16.29% 11.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.36% 40.50% 27.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 1,469 2,903
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £96,539
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -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 4,991 6,030 13,396
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.59% 40.23% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,674 4,205 11,368
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,694
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 21 May 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 75 (4.79%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.07%) Apache Spark
3 34 (2.17%) Apache
4 22 (1.41%) SAS
5 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) Confluence
7 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.26%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.13%) CMS
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.064%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.064%) Kinematics
10 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.26%) SPSS
5 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) Trello
6 1 (0.064%) Blender
6 1 (0.064%) Maya
6 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.13%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.064%) Actimize
5 1 (0.064%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.064%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.064%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 625 (39.94%) AWS
2 552 (35.27%) Azure
3 254 (16.23%) GCP
4 151 (9.65%) Power Platform
5 139 (8.88%) GitHub
6 118 (7.54%) Serverless
7 112 (7.16%) SaaS
8 101 (6.45%) Amazon S3
9 93 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
10 81 (5.18%) AWS Lambda
11 71 (4.54%) GitHub Actions
12 68 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
13 51 (3.26%) Snowflake
14 50 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
14 50 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
15 48 (3.07%) dbt
16 47 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 41 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
18 39 (2.49%) Azure Machine Learning
19 38 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 175 (11.18%) Broadband
2 72 (4.60%) Firewall
3 38 (2.43%) VPN
4 25 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (1.47%) LAN
6 22 (1.41%) VLAN
7 21 (1.34%) WAN
8 19 (1.21%) DNS
8 19 (1.21%) Wireshark
9 17 (1.09%) TCP/IP
10 16 (1.02%) BGP
10 16 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (1.02%) NGFW
11 15 (0.96%) VXLAN
12 14 (0.89%) Network Security
13 13 (0.83%) MPLS
14 12 (0.77%) 4G
14 12 (0.77%) Ethernet VPN
14 12 (0.77%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.70%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (7.73%) Power BI
2 116 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (5.62%) SQL Server
4 63 (4.03%) Tableau
5 62 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
5 62 (3.96%) Metadata
6 57 (3.64%) MongoDB
7 56 (3.58%) NoSQL
8 55 (3.51%) BigQuery
9 54 (3.45%) Data Lake
10 53 (3.39%) Relational Database
11 42 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
12 40 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
13 39 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
14 31 (1.98%) Delta Lake
14 31 (1.98%) MySQL
15 26 (1.66%) Semantic Layer
16 25 (1.60%) Big Data
17 24 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
17 24 (1.53%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 134 (8.56%) Git
2 61 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 47 (3.00%) GitLab
4 33 (2.11%) JIRA
5 18 (1.15%) Jaeger
6 17 (1.09%) MLflow
7 12 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.51%) JMeter
9 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.38%) Locust
11 5 (0.32%) Claude Code
11 5 (0.32%) Selenium
11 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.32%) Subversion
12 4 (0.26%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.26%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.26%) ERwin
12 4 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 439 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 348 (22.24%) Finance
3 260 (16.61%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 112 (7.16%) Public Sector
6 92 (5.88%) Banking
7 70 (4.47%) Law
8 62 (3.96%) Retail
9 52 (3.32%) Front Office
10 43 (2.75%) Marketing
10 43 (2.75%) Telecoms
11 42 (2.68%) Legal
12 39 (2.49%) Games
13 29 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.34%) Publishing
15 17 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (1.09%) Health Technology
16 15 (0.96%) Tech for Good
17 14 (0.89%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 356 (22.75%) Senior
2 304 (19.42%) Developer
3 255 (16.29%) Lead
4 200 (12.78%) Data Engineer
5 182 (11.63%) Software Engineer
6 156 (9.97%) Python Engineer
7 120 (7.67%) Python Developer
8 93 (5.94%) Platform Engineer
9 81 (5.18%) Analyst
10 69 (4.41%) Data Scientist
11 63 (4.03%) Lead Developer
12 60 (3.83%) AWS Engineer
12 60 (3.83%) Senior Data Engineer
13 56 (3.58%) Senior Developer
14 55 (3.51%) Full-Stack Developer
15 51 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
16 49 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
17 48 (3.07%) Architect
17 48 (3.07%) React Developer
18 45 (2.88%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (10.03%) React
2 105 (6.71%) Kafka
3 100 (6.39%) Node.js
4 73 (4.66%) .NET
5 70 (4.47%) PySpark
6 69 (4.41%) PyTorch
7 65 (4.15%) REST
8 62 (3.96%) RESTful
8 62 (3.96%) TensorFlow
9 58 (3.71%) Django
10 49 (3.13%) gRPC
11 45 (2.88%) FastAPI
12 38 (2.43%) JSON
13 32 (2.04%) Redux
13 32 (2.04%) Vue
14 31 (1.98%) CSS
15 29 (1.85%) HTML
16 28 (1.79%) Web Services
17 27 (1.73%) Flask
17 27 (1.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 157 (10.03%) Cloud Native
2 142 (9.07%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (5.62%) Video\Live Streaming
4 78 (4.98%) Algorithms
5 69 (4.41%) Product Ownership
6 62 (3.96%) Low-Code
7 61 (3.90%) Data Structures
8 53 (3.39%) Over-the-Top Content
9 45 (2.88%) Onboarding
10 42 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
11 36 (2.30%) AI Agents
11 36 (2.30%) Fixed Income
12 32 (2.04%) Public Cloud
13 31 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
14 28 (1.79%) Data Centre
14 28 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (1.66%) Equities
16 25 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
17 24 (1.53%) Security Posture
18 23 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 180 (11.50%) Linux
2 59 (3.77%) Windows
3 41 (2.62%) Unix
4 29 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.64%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.45%) Android
8 6 (0.38%) Debian
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.13%) CentOS
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.064%) AIX
12 1 (0.064%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.064%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.064%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (34.50%) CI/CD
2 444 (28.37%) Software Engineering
3 425 (27.16%) AI
4 401 (25.62%) Agile
5 368 (23.51%) DevOps
6 358 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
7 308 (19.68%) Mentoring
8 305 (19.49%) Machine Learning
9 285 (18.21%) Analytics
10 273 (17.44%) Infrastructure as Code
11 263 (16.81%) Data Science
12 226 (14.44%) Data Pipeline
13 222 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 220 (14.06%) Data Modelling
15 215 (13.74%) Containerisation
16 203 (12.97%) Data Engineering
17 181 (11.57%) Test Automation
18 179 (11.44%) Full-Stack Development
19 171 (10.93%) Business Intelligence
20 163 (10.42%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 450 (28.75%) SQL
2 296 (18.91%) Java
3 233 (14.89%) JavaScript
4 186 (11.88%) Go
5 155 (9.90%) TypeScript
6 144 (9.20%) PowerShell
7 139 (8.88%) C#
8 137 (8.75%) Bash
9 95 (6.07%) Scala
10 70 (4.47%) C++
11 49 (3.13%) R
12 35 (2.24%) C
13 33 (2.11%) PHP
14 23 (1.47%) T-SQL
15 19 (1.21%) Apex Code
16 18 (1.15%) Bicep
17 16 (1.02%) VBA
18 15 (0.96%) Shell Script
19 14 (0.89%) Perl
19 14 (0.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 238 (15.21%) Degree
2 130 (8.31%) Security Cleared
3 102 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 77 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (3.71%) Azure Certification
6 46 (2.94%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.28%) DBS Check
8 20 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.21%) DV Cleared
10 15 (0.96%) PhD
11 13 (0.83%) CEH
12 12 (0.77%) ACCA
12 12 (0.77%) CIMA
12 12 (0.77%) OSCP
13 10 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.64%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.45%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (8.95%) Data Quality
2 103 (6.58%) QA
3 40 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 21 (1.34%) NIST
6 17 (1.09%) GDPR
7 12 (0.77%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.64%) ISO 22301
9 8 (0.51%) SLA
9 8 (0.51%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.38%) GRC
11 5 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.32%) PMO
11 5 (0.32%) WCAG
12 3 (0.19%) GAAP
12 3 (0.19%) IFRS
12 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 264 (16.87%) Docker
2 39 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (0.89%) Firmware
6 7 (0.45%) vSphere
7 6 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.32%) KVM
9 3 (0.19%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 281 (17.96%) Terraform
2 228 (14.57%) Kubernetes
3 109 (6.96%) Ansible
4 77 (4.92%) Grafana
5 64 (4.09%) Prometheus
6 39 (2.49%) Argo
7 22 (1.41%) Kustomize
8 17 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.77%) Istio
10 11 (0.70%) Packer
10 11 (0.70%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
12 7 (0.45%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.38%) Puppet
14 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.32%) FTK
14 5 (0.32%) Graylog
14 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.32%) SCCM
15 4 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 239 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.54%) Databricks
3 77 (4.92%) Google
4 51 (3.26%) Cisco
4 51 (3.26%) VMware
5 45 (2.88%) Typelevel
6 37 (2.36%) Oracle
7 33 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.92%) OpenAI
9 26 (1.66%) Red Hat
10 25 (1.60%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.41%) Foundry
12 17 (1.09%) Fortinet
13 15 (0.96%) Arista
13 15 (0.96%) Aruba
13 15 (0.96%) Commvault
13 15 (0.96%) F5
13 15 (0.96%) NetScout
13 15 (0.96%) Splunk
14 14 (0.89%) MuleSoft