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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 7 14
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,569 2,375 3,646
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.31% 16.37% 11.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.30% 41.21% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 1,413 2,923
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,870 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +3.27% +1.40%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
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 5,012 5,763 13,423
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.54% 39.71% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,706 3,965 11,388
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
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 £79,500
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 23 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 77 (4.91%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (3.19%) Apache Spark
3 36 (2.29%) Apache
4 22 (1.40%) SAS
5 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.38%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.25%) Confluence
8 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.25%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 1 (0.064%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.064%) CMS
11 1 (0.064%) Kinematics
11 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.51%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.25%) SPSS
6 3 (0.19%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.064%) Blender
8 1 (0.064%) Maya
8 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.57%) 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
1 627 (39.96%) AWS
2 547 (34.86%) Azure
3 258 (16.44%) GCP
4 151 (9.62%) Power Platform
5 133 (8.48%) GitHub
6 115 (7.33%) Serverless
7 112 (7.14%) SaaS
8 100 (6.37%) Amazon S3
9 87 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
10 78 (4.97%) AWS Lambda
11 67 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
12 66 (4.21%) Azure Data Factory
13 51 (3.25%) Amazon EC2
14 50 (3.19%) Snowflake
15 49 (3.12%) Amazon EKS
16 47 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 47 (3.00%) dbt
17 42 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
18 39 (2.49%) Azure Machine Learning
19 38 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 175 (11.15%) Broadband
2 72 (4.59%) Firewall
3 38 (2.42%) VPN
4 25 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (1.47%) LAN
6 22 (1.40%) VLAN
7 21 (1.34%) WAN
8 19 (1.21%) DNS
8 19 (1.21%) Wireshark
9 17 (1.08%) 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 (0.76%) 4G
14 12 (0.76%) Ethernet VPN
14 12 (0.76%) Unified Communications
15 11 (0.70%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (7.71%) Power BI
2 116 (7.39%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (5.61%) SQL Server
4 63 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
5 62 (3.95%) Metadata
5 62 (3.95%) Tableau
6 57 (3.63%) MongoDB
7 56 (3.57%) NoSQL
8 55 (3.51%) BigQuery
8 55 (3.51%) Data Lake
8 55 (3.51%) Relational Database
9 41 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
10 40 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
11 39 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
12 32 (2.04%) MySQL
13 31 (1.98%) Delta Lake
14 27 (1.72%) Big Data
15 26 (1.66%) Semantic Layer
16 25 (1.59%) DynamoDB
17 24 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 134 (8.54%) Git
2 61 (3.89%) Jenkins
3 52 (3.31%) GitLab
4 32 (2.04%) JIRA
5 18 (1.15%) Jaeger
6 17 (1.08%) MLflow
7 11 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
8 10 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.51%) JMeter
10 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.38%) Claude Code
11 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.38%) Locust
12 5 (0.32%) Selenium
12 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.32%) Subversion
13 4 (0.25%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.25%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.25%) ERwin
13 4 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 440 (28.04%) Social Skills
2 345 (21.99%) Finance
3 265 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (7.27%) Public Sector
6 91 (5.80%) Banking
7 71 (4.53%) Law
8 62 (3.95%) Retail
9 51 (3.25%) Front Office
10 45 (2.87%) Marketing
11 43 (2.74%) Legal
11 43 (2.74%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.49%) Games
13 27 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.21%) Publishing
15 17 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.96%) Health Technology
17 14 (0.89%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.89%) Manufacturing
17 14 (0.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 357 (22.75%) Senior
2 299 (19.06%) Developer
3 254 (16.19%) Lead
4 201 (12.81%) Data Engineer
5 185 (11.79%) Software Engineer
6 156 (9.94%) Python Engineer
7 115 (7.33%) Python Developer
8 94 (5.99%) Platform Engineer
9 81 (5.16%) Analyst
10 69 (4.40%) Data Scientist
11 61 (3.89%) AWS Engineer
11 61 (3.89%) Lead Developer
12 60 (3.82%) Senior Data Engineer
13 56 (3.57%) Senior Developer
14 53 (3.38%) Full-Stack Developer
15 51 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
16 49 (3.12%) DevOps Engineer
17 48 (3.06%) Architect
18 46 (2.93%) Python Software Engineer
19 44 (2.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (9.88%) React
2 104 (6.63%) Kafka
3 100 (6.37%) Node.js
4 72 (4.59%) .NET
4 72 (4.59%) PySpark
5 70 (4.46%) PyTorch
6 66 (4.21%) REST
7 63 (4.02%) TensorFlow
8 58 (3.70%) Django
8 58 (3.70%) RESTful
9 49 (3.12%) gRPC
10 46 (2.93%) FastAPI
11 37 (2.36%) JSON
12 32 (2.04%) Redux
13 31 (1.98%) Vue
14 30 (1.91%) CSS
15 28 (1.78%) HTML
15 28 (1.78%) LangChain
15 28 (1.78%) Web Services
16 27 (1.72%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 162 (10.33%) Cloud Native
2 144 (9.18%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (5.61%) Video\Live Streaming
4 78 (4.97%) Algorithms
5 69 (4.40%) Product Ownership
6 62 (3.95%) Data Structures
7 60 (3.82%) Low-Code
8 53 (3.38%) Over-the-Top Content
9 44 (2.80%) Onboarding
10 41 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
11 38 (2.42%) AI Agents
12 35 (2.23%) Fixed Income
13 32 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
13 32 (2.04%) Public Cloud
14 28 (1.78%) Data Centre
15 26 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
15 26 (1.66%) Equities
16 25 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
17 23 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 179 (11.41%) Linux
2 59 (3.76%) Windows
3 41 (2.61%) 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
1 538 (34.29%) CI/CD
2 445 (28.36%) Software Engineering
3 431 (27.47%) AI
4 398 (25.37%) Agile
5 364 (23.20%) DevOps
6 360 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
7 310 (19.76%) Machine Learning
8 308 (19.63%) Mentoring
9 287 (18.29%) Analytics
10 276 (17.59%) Infrastructure as Code
11 265 (16.89%) Data Science
12 230 (14.66%) Data Pipeline
13 221 (14.09%) Data Modelling
14 220 (14.02%) Containerisation
15 219 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
16 204 (13.00%) Data Engineering
17 179 (11.41%) Test Automation
18 177 (11.28%) Full-Stack Development
19 171 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
20 164 (10.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 451 (28.74%) SQL
2 295 (18.80%) Java
3 234 (14.91%) JavaScript
4 187 (11.92%) Go
5 153 (9.75%) TypeScript
6 144 (9.18%) PowerShell
7 141 (8.99%) Bash
8 139 (8.86%) C#
9 95 (6.05%) Scala
10 70 (4.46%) C++
11 53 (3.38%) R
12 35 (2.23%) C
13 33 (2.10%) PHP
14 23 (1.47%) T-SQL
15 19 (1.21%) Apex Code
16 17 (1.08%) Bicep
17 16 (1.02%) VBA
18 14 (0.89%) Perl
18 14 (0.89%) Ruby
19 13 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 239 (15.23%) Degree
2 135 (8.60%) Security Cleared
3 107 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 78 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.63%) Azure Certification
6 46 (2.93%) AWS Certification
7 25 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.34%) DBS Check
9 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.21%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.96%) PhD
12 13 (0.83%) CEH
13 12 (0.76%) ACCA
13 12 (0.76%) CIMA
13 12 (0.76%) OSCP
14 10 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (0.64%) CREST Certified
14 10 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (0.45%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (8.92%) Data Quality
2 101 (6.44%) QA
3 41 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.53%) Accessibility
5 22 (1.40%) NIST
6 17 (1.08%) GDPR
7 12 (0.76%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.64%) ISO 22301
9 9 (0.57%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.51%) SLA
11 6 (0.38%) GRC
12 5 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.32%) PMO
12 5 (0.32%) WCAG
13 3 (0.19%) GAAP
13 3 (0.19%) IFRS
13 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 268 (17.08%) Docker
2 38 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 27 (1.72%) 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
1 280 (17.85%) Terraform
2 229 (14.60%) Kubernetes
3 110 (7.01%) Ansible
4 80 (5.10%) Grafana
5 67 (4.27%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.55%) Argo
7 22 (1.40%) Kustomize
8 16 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.83%) Istio
10 11 (0.70%) Packer
10 11 (0.70%) Proxmox
11 9 (0.57%) Cisco CUCM
12 7 (0.45%) Kubeflow
12 7 (0.45%) Puppet
13 6 (0.38%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.32%) FTK
14 5 (0.32%) Graylog
14 5 (0.32%) SCCM
15 4 (0.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 238 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.52%) Databricks
3 79 (5.04%) Google
4 51 (3.25%) Cisco
4 51 (3.25%) VMware
5 45 (2.87%) Typelevel
6 36 (2.29%) Oracle
7 33 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.91%) OpenAI
9 26 (1.66%) Red Hat
10 25 (1.59%) Palo Alto
11 22 (1.40%) Foundry
12 17 (1.08%) Fortinet
13 16 (1.02%) Splunk
14 15 (0.96%) Arista
14 15 (0.96%) Aruba
14 15 (0.96%) Commvault
14 15 (0.96%) F5
14 15 (0.96%) NetScout
15 14 (0.89%) MuleSoft