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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 17 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,878 1,979 2,997
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.58% 11.79% 13.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.59% 39.78% 34.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 1,095 2,114
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,713
25th Percentile £55,500 £55,000 £58,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +4.17%

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 6,139 4,975 8,723
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.77% 29.63% 40.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4,521 3,295 5,632
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,264
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.21% -2.67%

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 9 October 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 48 (2.56%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.34%) Apache
3 41 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (0.85%) SharePoint
5 12 (0.64%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
6 9 (0.48%) SAS
7 7 (0.37%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.32%) Confluence
9 5 (0.27%) nginx
10 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.16%) CMS
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.11%) Hedera
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.43%) Simulink
4 6 (0.32%) Lightworks
4 6 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.16%) Blender
5 3 (0.16%) Maya
5 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.16%) SPSS
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) Trello
7 1 (0.053%) Revit
7 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.053%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.053%) Actimize
5 1 (0.053%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.053%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 648 (34.50%) AWS
2 610 (32.48%) Azure
3 302 (16.08%) GCP
4 172 (9.16%) Power Platform
4 172 (9.16%) SaaS
5 137 (7.29%) GitHub
6 78 (4.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 75 (3.99%) Serverless
8 73 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
9 70 (3.73%) Snowflake
10 69 (3.67%) GitHub Actions
11 65 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
12 62 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 58 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
14 54 (2.88%) dbt
15 53 (2.82%) Amazon S3
16 49 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
17 37 (1.97%) Anthropic Claude
18 34 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (1.76%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.89%) Broadband
2 69 (3.67%) Firewall
3 67 (3.57%) TCP/IP
4 52 (2.77%) VPN
5 33 (1.76%) DNS
6 30 (1.60%) BGP
6 30 (1.60%) Network Security
7 29 (1.54%) WAN
8 27 (1.44%) LAN
9 23 (1.22%) Wireless
10 21 (1.12%) VLAN
11 15 (0.80%) OSPF
12 14 (0.75%) 5G
12 14 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
13 13 (0.69%) DHCP
14 12 (0.64%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.48%) Ethernet VPN
15 9 (0.48%) HTTP
15 9 (0.48%) MPLS
15 9 (0.48%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (7.93%) Power BI
2 137 (7.29%) PostgreSQL
3 122 (6.50%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (4.58%) SQL Server
5 76 (4.05%) MongoDB
6 69 (3.67%) Metadata
7 68 (3.62%) Data Lake
8 63 (3.35%) NoSQL
9 48 (2.56%) Tableau
10 46 (2.45%) Big Data
11 45 (2.40%) Relational Database
12 44 (2.34%) BigQuery
13 42 (2.24%) Delta Lake
14 37 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
15 33 (1.76%) MySQL
16 29 (1.54%) DynamoDB
17 26 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
17 26 (1.38%) Star Schema
18 24 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
19 23 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 187 (9.96%) Git
2 84 (4.47%) Jenkins
3 61 (3.25%) GitLab
4 37 (1.97%) JIRA
5 24 (1.28%) Claude Code
6 22 (1.17%) TeamCity
7 16 (0.85%) MLflow
8 13 (0.69%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
10 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
11 10 (0.53%) Selenium
12 9 (0.48%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
13 7 (0.37%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.27%) Poetry
15 5 (0.27%) Postman
15 5 (0.27%) Subversion
16 4 (0.21%) PetaLinux
16 4 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
General
1 606 (32.27%) Social Skills
2 454 (24.17%) Finance
3 329 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (7.83%) Banking
5 137 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 126 (6.71%) Public Sector
7 120 (6.39%) Legal
8 103 (5.48%) Law
9 98 (5.22%) Marketing
10 82 (4.37%) Retail
11 48 (2.56%) Front Office
12 40 (2.13%) Games
13 36 (1.92%) Electronics
14 34 (1.81%) Telecoms
15 25 (1.33%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.12%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
18 18 (0.96%) Back Office
18 18 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
19 15 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 546 (29.07%) Senior
2 286 (15.23%) Software Engineer
3 271 (14.43%) Developer
4 228 (12.14%) Lead
5 217 (11.55%) Data Engineer
6 209 (11.13%) Python Engineer
7 132 (7.03%) Analyst
8 118 (6.28%) Python Developer
9 105 (5.59%) Python Software Engineer
10 102 (5.43%) Data Scientist
11 86 (4.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 83 (4.42%) Senior Data Engineer
13 79 (4.21%) Senior Software Engineer
14 75 (3.99%) Architect
14 75 (3.99%) Senior Developer
15 68 (3.62%) Data Analyst
16 64 (3.41%) Consultant
17 55 (2.93%) Platform Engineer
18 54 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
19 53 (2.82%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (15.12%) Terraform
2 126 (6.71%) React
3 104 (5.54%) PySpark
4 97 (5.17%) Node.js
5 82 (4.37%) .NET
6 76 (4.05%) RESTful
7 75 (3.99%) PyTorch
8 71 (3.78%) LangChain
9 69 (3.67%) REST
10 67 (3.57%) TensorFlow
11 57 (3.04%) Django
11 57 (3.04%) FastAPI
12 46 (2.45%) Kafka
12 46 (2.45%) LangGraph
13 44 (2.34%) Next.js
14 31 (1.65%) Pandas
14 31 (1.65%) Spring
14 31 (1.65%) Spring Boot
15 30 (1.60%) scikit-learn
16 27 (1.44%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 254 (13.53%) Cloud Native
2 173 (9.21%) Distributed Systems
3 97 (5.17%) AI Agents
4 70 (3.73%) Algorithms
5 69 (3.67%) Virtual Team
6 54 (2.88%) Product Ownership
7 45 (2.40%) Blog
8 44 (2.34%) Data Structures
9 40 (2.13%) Video\Live Streaming
10 39 (2.08%) Credit Risk
11 38 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
11 38 (2.02%) Management Information System
12 35 (1.86%) Onboarding
13 34 (1.81%) Hedge funds
13 34 (1.81%) Low-Code
14 29 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
15 28 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
15 28 (1.49%) Security Posture
16 27 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
17 25 (1.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 207 (11.02%) Linux
2 78 (4.15%) Windows
3 33 (1.76%) Unix
4 17 (0.91%) Ubuntu
4 17 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
8 8 (0.43%) Android
9 7 (0.37%) Debian
10 5 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
12 3 (0.16%) Solaris
13 1 (0.053%) AIX
13 1 (0.053%) CentOS
13 1 (0.053%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 778 (41.43%) AI
2 633 (33.71%) Software Engineering
3 589 (31.36%) CI/CD
4 445 (23.70%) Analytics
5 429 (22.84%) Problem-Solving
6 397 (21.14%) Mentoring
7 386 (20.55%) DevOps
8 377 (20.07%) Machine Learning
9 373 (19.86%) Agile
10 332 (17.68%) Infrastructure as Code
11 323 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 268 (14.27%) Test Automation
13 255 (13.58%) Data Science
14 253 (13.47%) Data Pipeline
15 250 (13.31%) Decision-Making
16 246 (13.10%) Observability
17 243 (12.94%) Data Engineering
18 238 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
19 234 (12.46%) Data Modelling
20 222 (11.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 653 (34.77%) SQL
2 259 (13.79%) Java
3 254 (13.53%) JavaScript
4 222 (11.82%) C#
5 207 (11.02%) PowerShell
6 204 (10.86%) TypeScript
7 147 (7.83%) Bash
8 122 (6.50%) Go
9 95 (5.06%) C++
10 77 (4.10%) R
11 54 (2.88%) C
12 49 (2.61%) Bicep
13 42 (2.24%) Rust
14 39 (2.08%) Scala
15 25 (1.33%) PHP
16 24 (1.28%) MATLAB
17 22 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 22 (1.17%) Ruby
17 22 (1.17%) VBA
18 15 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 241 (12.83%) Degree
2 229 (12.19%) Security Cleared
3 182 (9.69%) SC Cleared
4 62 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (3.14%) Azure Certification
6 44 (2.34%) Master's Degree
7 35 (1.86%) DV Cleared
8 33 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.22%) CISSP
11 21 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 21 (1.12%) PhD
12 19 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
13 18 (0.96%) GIAC
13 18 (0.96%) SnowPro
14 16 (0.85%) AWS Certification
15 14 (0.75%) CISM
16 13 (0.69%) CCNP
16 13 (0.69%) OSCP
17 11 (0.59%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (10.86%) Data Quality
2 114 (6.07%) QA
3 48 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 47 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 44 (2.34%) GDPR
6 35 (1.86%) NIST
7 27 (1.44%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.96%) SOC 2
9 13 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 7 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.32%) SLA
13 5 (0.27%) ECSS
13 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.21%) COPPA
14 4 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 4 (0.21%) MiFID
14 4 (0.21%) NCSC
15 3 (0.16%) UCITS
16 2 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 233 (12.41%) Docker
2 21 (1.12%) Firmware
3 20 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.91%) Active Directory
5 11 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.53%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.32%) KVM
9 4 (0.21%) vSphere
10 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.11%) NFS
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.053%) HDFS
12 1 (0.053%) QEMU
12 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 249 (13.26%) Kubernetes
2 97 (5.17%) Ansible
3 88 (4.69%) Grafana
4 55 (2.93%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.06%) Argo
6 13 (0.69%) Istio
6 13 (0.69%) Progress Chef
6 13 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.48%) Cilium
8 7 (0.37%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.37%) Puppet
9 6 (0.32%) Graylog
9 6 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.27%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.27%) Packer
11 4 (0.21%) Cisco CUCM
11 4 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.21%) linkerd
11 4 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 281 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 141 (7.51%) Databricks
3 112 (5.96%) Google
4 51 (2.72%) OpenAI
5 46 (2.45%) Oracle
6 40 (2.13%) Cisco
7 30 (1.60%) Foundry
8 28 (1.49%) Splunk
9 26 (1.38%) VMware
10 23 (1.22%) Informatica
11 20 (1.06%) New Relic
12 18 (0.96%) Red Hat
12 18 (0.96%) ServiceNow
13 17 (0.91%) Dynatrace
14 16 (0.85%) Fortinet
15 13 (0.69%) HubSpot
15 13 (0.69%) Palo Alto
16 12 (0.64%) Palantir
16 12 (0.64%) Talend
17 10 (0.53%) Alteryx