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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,427 2,376 3,221
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.70% 15.46% 11.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.11% 34.41% 25.69%
Number of salaries quoted 943 1,599 2,641
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,500 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year -13.33% +8.00% -2.19%

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 4,444 6,905 12,536
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.11% 44.93% 45.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,258 4,478 10,923
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 21 February 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 87 (6.10%) Apache Airflow
2 47 (3.29%) Apache Spark
3 42 (2.94%) Apache
4 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.26%) SAS
6 16 (1.12%) SharePoint
7 15 (1.05%) Confluence
7 15 (1.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 11 (0.77%) Tomcat
8 11 (0.77%) WebSphere
8 11 (0.77%) WebSphere Application Server
9 6 (0.42%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.35%) Anypoint
10 5 (0.35%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.28%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.14%) Mendix
Applications
1 45 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.35%) Simulink
6 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.14%) SPSS
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.070%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.070%) Notion
7 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (2.45%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.42%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.35%) Shopify
5 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.14%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.070%) Actimize
7 1 (0.070%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.070%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 583 (40.85%) AWS
2 578 (40.50%) Azure
3 203 (14.23%) GCP
4 197 (13.81%) GitHub
5 184 (12.89%) Power Platform
6 148 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
7 125 (8.76%) Serverless
8 96 (6.73%) SaaS
9 94 (6.59%) Amazon S3
10 86 (6.03%) GitHub Actions
11 83 (5.82%) Snowflake
12 80 (5.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 79 (5.54%) dbt
14 78 (5.47%) AWS Lambda
15 60 (4.20%) AWS CloudFormation
16 57 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
17 55 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 51 (3.57%) OCI
19 50 (3.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 44 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 80 (5.61%) Broadband
2 58 (4.06%) Firewall
3 37 (2.59%) TCP/IP
4 35 (2.45%) VPN
5 29 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.82%) Wireshark
7 21 (1.47%) VLAN
8 20 (1.40%) BGP
9 17 (1.19%) NGFW
10 15 (1.05%) LAN
10 15 (1.05%) MPLS
10 15 (1.05%) VXLAN
10 15 (1.05%) WAN
11 14 (0.98%) Network Security
12 13 (0.91%) DNS
13 12 (0.84%) Ethernet VPN
13 12 (0.84%) SSL
14 11 (0.77%) 4G
14 11 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.77%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (11.35%) Power BI
2 98 (6.87%) PostgreSQL
3 93 (6.52%) Tableau
4 90 (6.31%) SQL Server
5 85 (5.96%) Data Warehouse
6 72 (5.05%) NoSQL
7 59 (4.13%) Data Lake
8 57 (3.99%) Metadata
9 54 (3.78%) Relational Database
10 44 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
10 44 (3.08%) Apache Iceberg
11 43 (3.01%) BigQuery
12 39 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
13 36 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
14 34 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
15 33 (2.31%) MongoDB
16 31 (2.17%) Delta Lake
16 31 (2.17%) MySQL
17 25 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
18 24 (1.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 113 (7.92%) Git
2 86 (6.03%) Jenkins
3 53 (3.71%) JIRA
4 47 (3.29%) GitLab
5 33 (2.31%) Oracle Forms
6 20 (1.40%) Selenium
7 19 (1.33%) Jaeger
8 15 (1.05%) MLflow
9 11 (0.77%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.70%) ER Studio
10 10 (0.70%) ERwin
11 9 (0.63%) JUnit
12 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.35%) Postman
14 5 (0.35%) Subversion
14 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.28%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 462 (32.38%) Social Skills
2 381 (26.70%) Finance
3 223 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 88 (6.17%) Banking
7 65 (4.56%) Law
8 64 (4.48%) Front Office
9 49 (3.43%) Retail
10 41 (2.87%) Marketing
10 41 (2.87%) Telecoms
11 32 (2.24%) Legal
12 30 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (1.82%) Publishing
14 24 (1.68%) Manufacturing
15 23 (1.61%) Investment Banking
16 21 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.47%) Tech for Good
17 20 (1.40%) Financial Institution
18 19 (1.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 308 (21.58%) Senior
2 287 (20.11%) Developer
3 187 (13.10%) Data Engineer
3 187 (13.10%) Lead
4 139 (9.74%) Software Engineer
5 124 (8.69%) Python Developer
6 117 (8.20%) Python Engineer
7 97 (6.80%) Analyst
8 91 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
9 67 (4.70%) Lead Developer
10 64 (4.48%) AWS Engineer
11 61 (4.27%) Architect
11 61 (4.27%) Platform Engineer
12 59 (4.13%) Senior Data Engineer
13 54 (3.78%) Python Software Engineer
14 52 (3.64%) Applications Engineer
15 50 (3.50%) Full-Stack Developer
16 49 (3.43%) React Developer
17 48 (3.36%) Data Analyst
17 48 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (10.72%) React
2 93 (6.52%) Node.js
3 80 (5.61%) Kafka
4 73 (5.12%) RESTful
5 67 (4.70%) Django
6 64 (4.48%) .NET
7 55 (3.85%) REST
8 53 (3.71%) PySpark
9 52 (3.64%) JSON
10 51 (3.57%) SOAP
11 46 (3.22%) PyTorch
11 46 (3.22%) Vue
12 45 (3.15%) TensorFlow
13 42 (2.94%) XML
14 40 (2.80%) Elastic Stack
15 39 (2.73%) Flask
16 38 (2.66%) HTML
17 35 (2.45%) AngularJS
18 34 (2.38%) gRPC
19 33 (2.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.55%) Cloud Native
2 84 (5.89%) Product Ownership
3 75 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 67 (4.70%) Algorithms
5 66 (4.63%) Enterprise Software
6 55 (3.85%) Data Structures
7 50 (3.50%) Onboarding
8 48 (3.36%) Low-Code
9 45 (3.15%) Fixed Income
10 35 (2.45%) Equities
11 33 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
11 33 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (2.24%) Data Centre
13 30 (2.10%) Video\Live Streaming
14 29 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
15 28 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 26 (1.82%) Management Information System
17 24 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
18 23 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
19 22 (1.54%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 197 (13.81%) Linux
2 84 (5.89%) Unix
3 73 (5.12%) Windows
4 24 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (0.77%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.56%) Debian
8 7 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.28%) Android
9 4 (0.28%) CentOS
9 4 (0.28%) VMS
10 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.21%) Solaris
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.070%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (37.00%) CI/CD
2 449 (31.46%) Agile
3 442 (30.97%) DevOps
4 347 (24.32%) AI
5 341 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
6 315 (22.07%) Software Engineering
7 280 (19.62%) Analytics
8 259 (18.15%) Mentoring
9 237 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 222 (15.56%) Infrastructure as Code
11 215 (15.07%) Data Modelling
12 205 (14.37%) Data Pipeline
13 204 (14.30%) Data Engineering
13 204 (14.30%) Machine Learning
14 203 (14.23%) Data Science
15 198 (13.88%) Coaching
16 189 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
16 189 (13.24%) Containerisation
17 164 (11.49%) Test Automation
18 155 (10.86%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 485 (33.99%) SQL
2 307 (21.51%) Java
3 253 (17.73%) JavaScript
4 158 (11.07%) Bash
5 149 (10.44%) PowerShell
6 139 (9.74%) TypeScript
7 123 (8.62%) Go
8 101 (7.08%) C#
9 68 (4.77%) C++
10 64 (4.48%) Scala
11 54 (3.78%) R
12 46 (3.22%) C
13 41 (2.87%) Shell Script
14 36 (2.52%) PL/SQL
15 28 (1.96%) Bicep
16 21 (1.47%) T-SQL
17 18 (1.26%) Apex Code
18 15 (1.05%) VBA
19 14 (0.98%) PHP
20 11 (0.77%) Perl
Qualifications
1 274 (19.20%) Degree
2 164 (11.49%) Security Cleared
3 132 (9.25%) SC Cleared
4 85 (5.96%) AWS Certification
5 84 (5.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 54 (3.78%) Azure Certification
7 35 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.17%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 27 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.68%) TOGAF Certification
11 22 (1.54%) DV Cleared
12 18 (1.26%) PhD
13 17 (1.19%) CEH
14 14 (0.98%) ACCA
14 14 (0.98%) CIMA
15 12 (0.84%) DBS Check
15 12 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
16 11 (0.77%) CISSP
17 10 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.27%) Data Quality
2 79 (5.54%) QA
3 49 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 26 (1.82%) GDPR
5 24 (1.68%) NIST
6 20 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 19 (1.33%) SLA
8 15 (1.05%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.84%) ISO 22301
10 10 (0.70%) GRC
11 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.14%) ECSS
12 2 (0.14%) EMIR
12 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.070%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.070%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.070%) SEPA
System Software
1 243 (17.03%) Docker
2 45 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.56%) Firmware
5 8 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.35%) vSphere
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.14%) Ceph
9 2 (0.14%) KVM
9 2 (0.14%) Lustre
9 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.070%) HDFS
10 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.070%) NFS
10 1 (0.070%) vCloud
10 1 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 311 (21.79%) Terraform
2 230 (16.12%) Kubernetes
3 120 (8.41%) Ansible
4 71 (4.98%) Grafana
5 63 (4.41%) Prometheus
6 42 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
7 38 (2.66%) Argo
8 20 (1.40%) Kustomize
9 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.42%) Control-M
10 6 (0.42%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.35%) FTK
11 5 (0.35%) Puppet
11 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (0.28%) Cilium
12 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.28%) logstash
12 4 (0.28%) QRadar
12 4 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 199 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 110 (7.71%) Databricks
3 86 (6.03%) Oracle
4 79 (5.54%) Google
5 45 (3.15%) VMware
6 40 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 33 (2.31%) Red Hat
8 32 (2.24%) Cisco
9 28 (1.96%) MuleSoft
10 27 (1.89%) IBM
11 19 (1.33%) Commvault
12 18 (1.26%) Okta
12 18 (1.26%) Typelevel
13 17 (1.19%) Talend
14 16 (1.12%) SAP
15 15 (1.05%) Arista
15 15 (1.05%) Aruba
15 15 (1.05%) NetScout
15 15 (1.05%) OpenAI
16 14 (0.98%) Palantir