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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 +2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,792 2,303 3,282
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.21% 13.97% 11.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.37% 40.00% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 1,394 2,616
10th Percentile £42,650 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +6.90%
75th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,250
% change year-on-year -3.45% +0.35% -0.34%

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 5,901 5,757 10,642
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.03% 34.93% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,440 4,005 8,537
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -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 26 July 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 55 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
2 54 (3.01%) Apache Spark
3 39 (2.18%) Apache
4 15 (0.84%) SharePoint
5 13 (0.73%) SAS
6 9 (0.50%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.11%) Confluence
9 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) Camunda
10 1 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) CMS
10 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.056%) nginx
10 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.22%) Simulink
5 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Blender
6 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) SPSS
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 670 (37.39%) AWS
2 561 (31.31%) Azure
3 305 (17.02%) GCP
4 162 (9.04%) SaaS
5 142 (7.92%) Power Platform
6 115 (6.42%) GitHub
7 96 (5.36%) Serverless
8 71 (3.96%) Amazon S3
9 66 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
10 60 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
12 58 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
13 55 (3.07%) Azure Data Factory
14 54 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
15 52 (2.90%) Snowflake
16 47 (2.62%) dbt
17 44 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
18 37 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 35 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
19 35 (1.95%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 172 (9.60%) Broadband
2 79 (4.41%) Firewall
3 49 (2.73%) VPN
4 38 (2.12%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.56%) DNS
6 27 (1.51%) WAN
7 26 (1.45%) LAN
8 22 (1.23%) Wireless
9 19 (1.06%) Network Security
10 18 (1.00%) VLAN
11 17 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.61%) Unified Communications
14 10 (0.56%) 5G
14 10 (0.56%) DHCP
15 9 (0.50%) BGP
15 9 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
15 9 (0.50%) MQTT
15 9 (0.50%) WebEx
15 9 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (8.48%) PostgreSQL
2 117 (6.53%) Power BI
3 86 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
4 83 (4.63%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.19%) MongoDB
6 58 (3.24%) Data Lake
7 57 (3.18%) Metadata
8 50 (2.79%) Relational Database
9 49 (2.73%) BigQuery
9 49 (2.73%) Tableau
10 45 (2.51%) NoSQL
11 44 (2.46%) Big Data
12 34 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
13 33 (1.84%) MySQL
14 32 (1.79%) Delta Lake
15 29 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
16 28 (1.56%) Semantic Layer
17 27 (1.51%) Redis
18 26 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
19 24 (1.34%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 163 (9.10%) Git
2 78 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 62 (3.46%) GitLab
4 34 (1.90%) JIRA
5 15 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (0.73%) MLflow
7 11 (0.61%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.61%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.50%) JMeter
9 7 (0.39%) Postman
9 7 (0.39%) Selenium
10 6 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.28%) Locust
11 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.22%) webpack
General
1 562 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 399 (22.27%) Finance
3 288 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (5.69%) Banking
5 102 (5.69%) Legal
6 100 (5.58%) Law
7 99 (5.52%) Public Sector
8 65 (3.63%) Retail
9 59 (3.29%) Marketing
10 49 (2.73%) Front Office
11 47 (2.62%) Games
12 41 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 33 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.45%) Electronics
15 17 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.84%) Financial Institution
17 12 (0.67%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
18 11 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 488 (27.23%) Senior
2 324 (18.08%) Developer
3 264 (14.73%) Lead
4 232 (12.95%) Software Engineer
5 200 (11.16%) Data Engineer
6 169 (9.43%) Python Engineer
7 106 (5.92%) Python Developer
8 101 (5.64%) Data Scientist
9 93 (5.19%) Analyst
10 86 (4.80%) Platform Engineer
11 83 (4.63%) Senior Developer
12 66 (3.68%) Senior Software Engineer
13 65 (3.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 63 (3.52%) Senior Data Engineer
15 59 (3.29%) Lead Developer
16 58 (3.24%) Architect
16 58 (3.24%) Full-Stack Developer
17 57 (3.18%) Python Software Engineer
17 57 (3.18%) Senior Data Scientist
18 56 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (8.37%) React
2 108 (6.03%) Node.js
3 93 (5.19%) Kafka
4 89 (4.97%) PyTorch
5 82 (4.58%) REST
6 80 (4.46%) TensorFlow
7 79 (4.41%) .NET
8 78 (4.35%) PySpark
9 68 (3.79%) Django
9 68 (3.79%) RESTful
10 62 (3.46%) FastAPI
11 56 (3.13%) LangChain
12 46 (2.57%) gRPC
13 39 (2.18%) Vue
14 37 (2.06%) Pandas
15 35 (1.95%) Flask
16 33 (1.84%) Next.js
16 33 (1.84%) scikit-learn
17 32 (1.79%) GraphQL
17 32 (1.79%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 226 (12.61%) Cloud Native
2 199 (11.10%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (5.75%) Video\Live Streaming
4 83 (4.63%) Algorithms
5 80 (4.46%) Virtual Team
6 76 (4.24%) AI Agents
7 64 (3.57%) Data Structures
8 55 (3.07%) Product Ownership
9 53 (2.96%) Over-the-Top Content
10 50 (2.79%) Low-Code
11 47 (2.62%) Onboarding
12 42 (2.34%) Public Cloud
13 39 (2.18%) Fixed Income
14 36 (2.01%) Management Information System
14 36 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
15 32 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
16 28 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
16 28 (1.56%) Equities
17 27 (1.51%) Security Posture
18 23 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 211 (11.77%) Linux
2 79 (4.41%) Windows
3 37 (2.06%) Unix
4 32 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.67%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.45%) Debian
6 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.39%) Android
8 6 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 3 (0.17%) Solaris
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.056%) AIX
11 1 (0.056%) CentOS
11 1 (0.056%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.056%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 632 (35.27%) AI
2 604 (33.71%) Software Engineering
3 595 (33.20%) CI/CD
4 435 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
5 406 (22.66%) Agile
6 389 (21.71%) Mentoring
7 387 (21.60%) Machine Learning
8 381 (21.26%) DevOps
9 337 (18.81%) Infrastructure as Code
10 330 (18.42%) Analytics
11 300 (16.74%) Data Science
12 299 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 253 (14.12%) Test Automation
14 227 (12.67%) Containerisation
15 226 (12.61%) Observability
16 219 (12.22%) Data Pipeline
16 219 (12.22%) Roadmaps
17 214 (11.94%) Data Engineering
18 210 (11.72%) Data Modelling
18 210 (11.72%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 512 (28.57%) SQL
2 282 (15.74%) JavaScript
3 275 (15.35%) Java
4 216 (12.05%) PowerShell
5 204 (11.38%) C#
6 197 (10.99%) TypeScript
7 170 (9.49%) Go
8 137 (7.65%) Bash
9 96 (5.36%) C++
10 82 (4.58%) Scala
11 54 (3.01%) R
12 52 (2.90%) C
13 39 (2.18%) Bicep
14 38 (2.12%) PHP
15 28 (1.56%) VBA
16 25 (1.40%) Rust
17 22 (1.23%) Ruby
18 18 (1.00%) Groovy
19 16 (0.89%) MATLAB
20 15 (0.84%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 240 (13.39%) Degree
2 193 (10.77%) Security Cleared
3 157 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 34 (1.90%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.23%) PhD
10 17 (0.95%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.78%) DBS Check
12 14 (0.78%) OSCP
13 13 (0.73%) CISSP
13 13 (0.73%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.67%) CCNP
14 12 (0.67%) CEH
14 12 (0.67%) SnowPro
15 11 (0.61%) GIAC
16 10 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (8.59%) Data Quality
2 144 (8.04%) QA
3 42 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (1.90%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.45%) GDPR
6 22 (1.23%) NIST
7 15 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.45%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.39%) SLA
10 5 (0.28%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.28%) ISO 22301
10 5 (0.28%) PMO
10 5 (0.28%) WCAG
11 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.22%) GAAP
11 4 (0.22%) GRC
11 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.22%) IFRS
12 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 274 (15.29%) Docker
2 33 (1.84%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.28%) Firmware
5 20 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.50%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.45%) KVM
8 7 (0.39%) vSphere
9 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.22%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.056%) Xen
Systems Management
1 265 (14.79%) Terraform
2 232 (12.95%) Kubernetes
3 100 (5.58%) Ansible
4 93 (5.19%) Grafana
5 56 (3.13%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.23%) Argo
7 18 (1.00%) Istio
8 12 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 10 (0.56%) Packer
9 10 (0.56%) Proxmox
10 9 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (0.50%) Puppet
11 7 (0.39%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.33%) Graylog
12 6 (0.33%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 269 (15.01%) Microsoft
2 131 (7.31%) Databricks
3 63 (3.52%) Google
4 51 (2.85%) Cisco
5 46 (2.57%) VMware
6 45 (2.51%) Typelevel
7 38 (2.12%) OpenAI
7 38 (2.12%) Oracle
8 29 (1.62%) Palo Alto
9 28 (1.56%) Foundry
10 25 (1.40%) Red Hat
10 25 (1.40%) Splunk
11 24 (1.34%) Fortinet
11 24 (1.34%) ServiceNow
12 20 (1.12%) Salesforce
13 19 (1.06%) F5
14 15 (0.84%) Informatica
15 13 (0.73%) New Relic
16 12 (0.67%) HubSpot
17 11 (0.61%) Alteryx
1,067 hybrid/remote Python jobs