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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 10 17
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,495 2,071 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.48% 15.66% 10.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.45% 36.49% 25.88%
Number of salaries quoted 994 1,576 2,851
10th Percentile £42,825 £46,250 £42,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,685 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £130,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -6.90%

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 4,754 5,676 13,456
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.97% 42.92% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,458 4,513 11,542
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,850 £97,500
UK median annual salary £64,482 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% +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 17 April 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 (5.22%) Apache Airflow
2 44 (2.94%) Apache Spark
3 33 (2.21%) Apache
4 17 (1.14%) SAS
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.67%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.40%) Confluence
8 5 (0.33%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
9 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) CMS
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 32 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.13%) SPSS
4 2 (0.13%) Weka
5 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.067%) Notion
5 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.07%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.33%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.33%) Shopify
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.067%) Actimize
5 1 (0.067%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.067%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 626 (41.87%) AWS
2 547 (36.59%) Azure
3 252 (16.86%) GCP
4 182 (12.17%) GitHub
5 159 (10.64%) Power Platform
6 129 (8.63%) Serverless
7 113 (7.56%) SaaS
8 107 (7.16%) Amazon S3
9 103 (6.89%) Azure DevOps
10 83 (5.55%) GitHub Actions
11 82 (5.48%) AWS Lambda
12 78 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
13 59 (3.95%) Amazon EKS
14 56 (3.75%) dbt
15 52 (3.48%) Snowflake
16 51 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 45 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
18 43 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
19 42 (2.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 41 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 141 (9.43%) Broadband
2 71 (4.75%) Firewall
3 40 (2.68%) VPN
4 33 (2.21%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.87%) VLAN
6 26 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (1.54%) LAN
8 22 (1.47%) Wireshark
9 21 (1.40%) WAN
10 20 (1.34%) BGP
11 17 (1.14%) DNS
11 17 (1.14%) Network Security
11 17 (1.14%) NGFW
12 16 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
13 15 (1.00%) MPLS
13 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
14 12 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
15 11 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
15 11 (0.74%) IOS XR
15 11 (0.74%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (8.90%) Power BI
2 110 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
3 91 (6.09%) SQL Server
4 72 (4.82%) NoSQL
5 70 (4.68%) Tableau
6 67 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
7 64 (4.28%) Relational Database
8 57 (3.81%) Metadata
9 50 (3.34%) Data Lake
10 47 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
11 45 (3.01%) BigQuery
11 45 (3.01%) MongoDB
12 40 (2.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 34 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
14 30 (2.01%) Delta Lake
15 27 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
15 27 (1.81%) Redis
16 23 (1.54%) MySQL
17 20 (1.34%) Apache Iceberg
18 19 (1.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 131 (8.76%) Git
2 64 (4.28%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.55%) GitLab
4 35 (2.34%) JIRA
5 19 (1.27%) Jaeger
6 16 (1.07%) Cucumber
6 16 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
6 16 (1.07%) Selenium
7 15 (1.00%) MLflow
8 12 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (0.54%) JMeter
9 8 (0.54%) JUnit
10 7 (0.47%) Locust
10 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 6 (0.40%) Postman
12 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.33%) Subversion
12 5 (0.33%) TeamCity
13 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.27%) ERwin
General
1 471 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 347 (23.21%) Finance
3 232 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (6.69%) Public Sector
6 92 (6.15%) Banking
7 74 (4.95%) Law
8 66 (4.41%) Retail
9 57 (3.81%) Front Office
10 48 (3.21%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.54%) Marketing
12 37 (2.47%) Legal
12 37 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (1.74%) Publishing
14 24 (1.61%) Games
15 22 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (1.34%) Health Technology
18 19 (1.27%) Tech for Good
19 18 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 317 (21.20%) Senior
2 310 (20.74%) Developer
3 234 (15.65%) Lead
4 192 (12.84%) Data Engineer
5 156 (10.43%) Software Engineer
6 132 (8.83%) Python Engineer
7 124 (8.29%) Python Developer
8 76 (5.08%) Analyst
8 76 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
9 75 (5.02%) Lead Developer
10 58 (3.88%) AWS Engineer
10 58 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
11 57 (3.81%) Senior Data Engineer
12 56 (3.75%) Senior Developer
13 53 (3.55%) Full-Stack Developer
14 52 (3.48%) React Developer
15 51 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
16 47 (3.14%) Software Developer
17 45 (3.01%) Architect
18 44 (2.94%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (11.10%) React
2 103 (6.89%) Kafka
3 94 (6.29%) Node.js
4 75 (5.02%) Django
5 72 (4.82%) REST
6 67 (4.48%) .NET
7 65 (4.35%) PySpark
8 59 (3.95%) RESTful
9 55 (3.68%) PyTorch
10 52 (3.48%) gRPC
11 47 (3.14%) TensorFlow
12 45 (3.01%) JSON
13 44 (2.94%) FastAPI
14 43 (2.88%) Vue
15 42 (2.81%) Flask
16 38 (2.54%) Elastic Stack
17 35 (2.34%) HTML
18 34 (2.27%) SOAP
19 33 (2.21%) CSS
19 33 (2.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (8.63%) Cloud Native
2 118 (7.89%) Distributed Systems
3 75 (5.02%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.41%) Video\Live Streaming
5 65 (4.35%) Algorithms
5 65 (4.35%) Data Structures
6 58 (3.88%) Low-Code
7 53 (3.55%) Onboarding
8 50 (3.34%) Over-the-Top Content
9 41 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (2.68%) Fixed Income
10 40 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
11 38 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
12 31 (2.07%) Data Centre
12 31 (2.07%) Public Cloud
13 28 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
14 24 (1.61%) Equities
14 24 (1.61%) Security Posture
15 23 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
16 22 (1.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 189 (12.64%) Linux
2 61 (4.08%) Unix
3 59 (3.95%) Windows
4 27 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.74%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.40%) Android
9 6 (0.40%) Debian
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.13%) Solaris
12 1 (0.067%) AIX
12 1 (0.067%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.067%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.067%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (37.39%) CI/CD
2 424 (28.36%) Agile
3 402 (26.89%) DevOps
4 391 (26.15%) Software Engineering
5 378 (25.28%) Problem-Solving
6 351 (23.48%) AI
7 285 (19.06%) Mentoring
8 251 (16.79%) Analytics
9 244 (16.32%) Machine Learning
10 243 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 241 (16.12%) Infrastructure as Code
12 237 (15.85%) Containerisation
13 222 (14.85%) Data Science
14 218 (14.58%) Data Pipeline
15 215 (14.38%) Data Modelling
16 194 (12.98%) Data Engineering
17 180 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
18 176 (11.77%) Coaching
19 174 (11.64%) Test Automation
20 167 (11.17%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 451 (30.17%) SQL
2 312 (20.87%) Java
3 242 (16.19%) JavaScript
4 186 (12.44%) Go
5 146 (9.77%) TypeScript
6 142 (9.50%) PowerShell
7 141 (9.43%) Bash
8 127 (8.49%) C#
9 91 (6.09%) Scala
10 64 (4.28%) C++
11 41 (2.74%) R
12 31 (2.07%) C
13 27 (1.81%) PHP
14 23 (1.54%) Apex Code
14 23 (1.54%) Shell Script
15 22 (1.47%) T-SQL
16 19 (1.27%) PL/SQL
17 18 (1.20%) Bicep
18 17 (1.14%) VBA
19 11 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 266 (17.79%) Degree
2 128 (8.56%) Security Cleared
3 97 (6.49%) SC Cleared
4 93 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (3.75%) AWS Certification
6 52 (3.48%) Azure Certification
7 30 (2.01%) Master's Degree
8 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.20%) CEH
10 18 (1.20%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.20%) PhD
11 17 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
13 14 (0.94%) OSCP
14 13 (0.87%) ACCA
14 13 (0.87%) CIMA
15 12 (0.80%) CREST Certified
16 7 (0.47%) CCNP
16 7 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (8.23%) Data Quality
2 109 (7.29%) QA
3 50 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.81%) Accessibility
4 27 (1.81%) NIST
5 20 (1.34%) GDPR
5 20 (1.34%) PCI DSS
6 14 (0.94%) SOC 2
7 13 (0.87%) ISO 22301
8 12 (0.80%) SLA
9 10 (0.67%) GRC
10 5 (0.33%) PMO
10 5 (0.33%) WCAG
11 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.20%) EMIR
12 3 (0.20%) GAAP
12 3 (0.20%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 297 (19.87%) Docker
2 41 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.67%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.13%) Ceph
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 2 (0.13%) Lustre
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.067%) vCloud
10 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 301 (20.13%) Terraform
2 254 (16.99%) Kubernetes
3 118 (7.89%) Ansible
4 87 (5.82%) Grafana
5 68 (4.55%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.68%) Argo
7 21 (1.40%) Kustomize
8 20 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.67%) Istio
10 8 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (0.54%) Proxmox
11 7 (0.47%) Packer
12 6 (0.40%) Puppet
13 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.33%) FTK
13 5 (0.33%) Kubeflow
13 5 (0.33%) SCCM
14 4 (0.27%) Cilium
14 4 (0.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
14 4 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 219 (14.65%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.03%) Databricks
3 76 (5.08%) Google
4 59 (3.95%) Oracle
5 53 (3.55%) VMware
6 48 (3.21%) Cisco
7 45 (3.01%) Typelevel
8 41 (2.74%) Salesforce
9 30 (2.01%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.54%) MuleSoft
11 22 (1.47%) Palo Alto
12 21 (1.40%) Commvault
13 18 (1.20%) SAP
13 18 (1.20%) Splunk
14 17 (1.14%) Foundry
14 17 (1.14%) IBM
15 16 (1.07%) Fortinet
15 16 (1.07%) OpenAI
16 15 (1.00%) Arista
16 15 (1.00%) NetScout
1,012 hybrid/remote Python jobs