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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,453 2,108 3,371
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.55% 16.16% 11.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.38% 35.63% 25.58%
Number of salaries quoted 958 1,574 2,777
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £98,474 £93,750
90th Percentile £114,875 £122,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +11.11% -6.25%

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 4,488 5,916 13,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.41% 45.34% 43.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,248 4,501 11,432
10th Percentile £39,438 £40,000 £38,500
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 £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 24 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 78 (5.37%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (3.10%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.48%) Apache
4 19 (1.31%) SAS
5 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 10 (0.69%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.48%) Confluence
7 7 (0.48%) Tomcat
7 7 (0.48%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.28%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 34 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.69%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) SPSS
5 2 (0.14%) Weka
6 1 (0.069%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.069%) Notion
6 1 (0.069%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.069%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (1.65%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.21%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.069%) Actimize
6 1 (0.069%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.069%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 617 (42.46%) AWS
2 555 (38.20%) Azure
3 233 (16.04%) GCP
4 189 (13.01%) GitHub
5 157 (10.81%) Power Platform
6 127 (8.74%) Serverless
7 117 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
8 112 (7.71%) SaaS
9 106 (7.30%) Amazon S3
10 85 (5.85%) GitHub Actions
11 82 (5.64%) AWS Lambda
12 78 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 65 (4.47%) dbt
14 62 (4.27%) Snowflake
15 59 (4.06%) Amazon EKS
16 52 (3.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 49 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
18 44 (3.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 43 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
20 42 (2.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 134 (9.22%) Broadband
2 65 (4.47%) Firewall
3 37 (2.55%) VPN
4 36 (2.48%) TCP/IP
5 31 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.79%) Wireshark
7 24 (1.65%) VLAN
8 20 (1.38%) BGP
9 19 (1.31%) LAN
10 18 (1.24%) WAN
11 17 (1.17%) NGFW
12 15 (1.03%) MPLS
12 15 (1.03%) Network Security
12 15 (1.03%) VXLAN
13 14 (0.96%) DNS
14 12 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.83%) Ethernet VPN
15 11 (0.76%) 4G
15 11 (0.76%) Cisco IOS
15 11 (0.76%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (9.36%) Power BI
2 104 (7.16%) PostgreSQL
3 91 (6.26%) SQL Server
4 76 (5.23%) Tableau
5 72 (4.96%) NoSQL
6 70 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
7 57 (3.92%) Metadata
7 57 (3.92%) Relational Database
8 49 (3.37%) Data Lake
9 47 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
10 41 (2.82%) BigQuery
10 41 (2.82%) MongoDB
11 39 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
12 38 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
13 30 (2.06%) Delta Lake
14 29 (2.00%) MySQL
15 27 (1.86%) Apache Iceberg
15 27 (1.86%) Redis
16 25 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
17 19 (1.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 124 (8.53%) Git
2 73 (5.02%) Jenkins
3 54 (3.72%) GitLab
4 40 (2.75%) JIRA
5 22 (1.51%) Oracle Forms
6 19 (1.31%) Jaeger
7 17 (1.17%) Selenium
8 15 (1.03%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.03%) MLflow
9 8 (0.55%) JMeter
9 8 (0.55%) JUnit
9 8 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
10 7 (0.48%) Postman
10 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.41%) ER Studio
11 6 (0.41%) ERwin
11 6 (0.41%) Locust
11 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.34%) Subversion
12 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 462 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 352 (24.23%) Finance
3 227 (15.62%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.74%) Public Sector
6 94 (6.47%) Banking
7 66 (4.54%) Law
8 59 (4.06%) Front Office
9 53 (3.65%) Retail
10 46 (3.17%) Telecoms
11 39 (2.68%) Marketing
12 33 (2.27%) Legal
12 33 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (1.79%) Publishing
14 25 (1.72%) Games
15 22 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
15 22 (1.51%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.45%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.38%) Health Technology
17 20 (1.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 314 (21.61%) Senior
2 310 (21.34%) Developer
3 218 (15.00%) Lead
4 181 (12.46%) Data Engineer
5 151 (10.39%) Software Engineer
6 127 (8.74%) Python Developer
7 123 (8.47%) Python Engineer
8 81 (5.57%) Lead Developer
9 77 (5.30%) Analyst
10 70 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
11 69 (4.75%) Platform Engineer
12 60 (4.13%) AWS Engineer
13 58 (3.99%) Architect
13 58 (3.99%) Senior Data Engineer
14 56 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 55 (3.79%) Full-Stack Developer
16 51 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
16 51 (3.51%) React Developer
17 47 (3.23%) Lead Python Developer
18 42 (2.89%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (11.22%) React
2 103 (7.09%) Node.js
3 101 (6.95%) Kafka
4 78 (5.37%) Django
5 71 (4.89%) REST
6 67 (4.61%) .NET
7 62 (4.27%) RESTful
8 54 (3.72%) PyTorch
9 53 (3.65%) PySpark
10 49 (3.37%) JSON
11 48 (3.30%) TensorFlow
12 47 (3.23%) gRPC
13 43 (2.96%) Flask
14 42 (2.89%) SOAP
14 42 (2.89%) Vue
15 40 (2.75%) Elastic Stack
16 38 (2.62%) FastAPI
17 37 (2.55%) XML
18 35 (2.41%) HTML
19 34 (2.34%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 118 (8.12%) Cloud Native
2 102 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 63 (4.34%) Algorithms
5 61 (4.20%) Data Structures
6 57 (3.92%) Video\Live Streaming
7 53 (3.65%) Low-Code
8 50 (3.44%) Onboarding
9 48 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
10 44 (3.03%) Fixed Income
11 41 (2.82%) Over-the-Top Content
12 38 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
13 35 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
14 32 (2.20%) Data Centre
15 30 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
16 25 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
16 25 (1.72%) Public Cloud
17 24 (1.65%) Equities
18 20 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
18 20 (1.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 196 (13.49%) Linux
2 76 (5.23%) Unix
3 67 (4.61%) Windows
4 29 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.41%) Debian
9 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.28%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Android
10 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.069%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.069%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.069%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.069%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (37.85%) CI/CD
2 434 (29.87%) Agile
3 416 (28.63%) DevOps
4 365 (25.12%) Software Engineering
5 363 (24.98%) Problem-Solving
6 344 (23.68%) AI
7 267 (18.38%) Mentoring
8 252 (17.34%) Analytics
9 246 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 245 (16.86%) Machine Learning
11 232 (15.97%) Infrastructure as Code
12 230 (15.83%) Containerisation
13 212 (14.59%) Data Modelling
13 212 (14.59%) Data Science
14 207 (14.25%) Data Pipeline
15 188 (12.94%) Data Engineering
16 181 (12.46%) Test Automation
17 174 (11.98%) Coaching
18 171 (11.77%) Business Intelligence
19 158 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 441 (30.35%) SQL
2 300 (20.65%) Java
3 251 (17.27%) JavaScript
4 168 (11.56%) Go
5 142 (9.77%) Bash
6 138 (9.50%) TypeScript
7 137 (9.43%) PowerShell
8 109 (7.50%) C#
9 79 (5.44%) Scala
10 62 (4.27%) C++
11 44 (3.03%) R
12 33 (2.27%) C
13 28 (1.93%) Shell Script
14 25 (1.72%) PL/SQL
15 24 (1.65%) Apex Code
16 23 (1.58%) Bicep
16 23 (1.58%) PHP
17 21 (1.45%) T-SQL
18 14 (0.96%) VBA
19 9 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 260 (17.89%) Degree
2 130 (8.95%) Security Cleared
3 99 (6.81%) SC Cleared
4 87 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (4.61%) AWS Certification
6 52 (3.58%) Azure Certification
7 28 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (1.38%) CEH
11 19 (1.31%) PhD
11 19 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (1.03%) ACCA
12 15 (1.03%) CIMA
13 11 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.62%) OSCP
15 8 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
16 7 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.12%) Data Quality
2 98 (6.74%) QA
3 53 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.93%) NIST
5 25 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.10%) GDPR
7 16 (1.10%) SLA
8 15 (1.03%) ISO 22301
9 13 (0.89%) SOC 2
10 10 (0.69%) GRC
11 4 (0.28%) WCAG
12 3 (0.21%) EMIR
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.21%) PMO
12 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.14%) ECSS
13 2 (0.14%) GAAP
13 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 283 (19.48%) Docker
2 41 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.69%) Firmware
6 7 (0.48%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.28%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
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 (0.069%) vCloud
11 1 (0.069%) Xen
Systems Management
1 302 (20.78%) Terraform
2 243 (16.72%) Kubernetes
3 119 (8.19%) Ansible
4 80 (5.51%) Grafana
5 62 (4.27%) Prometheus
6 37 (2.55%) Argo
7 28 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.31%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.55%) Istio
10 7 (0.48%) Proxmox
11 6 (0.41%) Control-M
11 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.34%) FTK
12 5 (0.34%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.34%) Packer
12 5 (0.34%) Puppet
12 5 (0.34%) SCCM
13 4 (0.28%) Cilium
13 4 (0.28%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 205 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 111 (7.64%) Databricks
3 78 (5.37%) Google
4 73 (5.02%) Oracle
5 55 (3.79%) VMware
6 45 (3.10%) Cisco
7 44 (3.03%) Salesforce
8 36 (2.48%) Typelevel
9 30 (2.06%) Red Hat
10 26 (1.79%) MuleSoft
11 24 (1.65%) IBM
12 22 (1.51%) Commvault
13 18 (1.24%) Palo Alto
13 18 (1.24%) Talend
14 16 (1.10%) SAP
15 15 (1.03%) Aruba
15 15 (1.03%) Foundry
15 15 (1.03%) Informatica
15 15 (1.03%) NetScout
15 15 (1.03%) Splunk