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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 13 12
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,846 2,019 3,074
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.54% 12.51% 13.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.73% 40.01% 34.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,276 1,151 2,222
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +9.59%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 6,209 5,046 8,843
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.36% 31.26% 38.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,637 3,386 5,994
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 22 September 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 48 (2.60%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.38%) Apache
3 39 (2.11%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.60%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.49%) SAS
7 7 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.22%) Confluence
8 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.22%) nginx
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
8 4 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.16%) CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.054%) Camunda
11 1 (0.054%) Ethereum
Applications
1 53 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.38%) Simulink
5 6 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.27%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.16%) Blender
7 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.16%) SPSS
7 3 (0.16%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.054%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.27%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.054%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.054%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.054%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 629 (34.07%) AWS
2 597 (32.34%) Azure
3 282 (15.28%) GCP
4 170 (9.21%) Power Platform
5 152 (8.23%) SaaS
6 126 (6.83%) GitHub
7 83 (4.50%) Serverless
8 79 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
9 75 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
10 67 (3.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 65 (3.52%) Snowflake
12 64 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
13 62 (3.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 59 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
15 57 (3.09%) Amazon S3
16 54 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
17 46 (2.49%) dbt
18 34 (1.84%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
19 33 (1.79%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 82 (4.44%) Broadband
2 67 (3.63%) Firewall
3 54 (2.93%) TCP/IP
4 38 (2.06%) VPN
5 34 (1.84%) DNS
6 32 (1.73%) WAN
7 30 (1.63%) LAN
8 26 (1.41%) Network Security
8 26 (1.41%) Wireless
9 17 (0.92%) BGP
9 17 (0.92%) VLAN
10 15 (0.81%) DHCP
10 15 (0.81%) OSPF
11 14 (0.76%) 5G
11 14 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
12 13 (0.70%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
13 9 (0.49%) MPLS
13 9 (0.49%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (7.85%) Power BI
2 125 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
3 117 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
4 86 (4.66%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.06%) MongoDB
6 69 (3.74%) Data Lake
7 62 (3.36%) NoSQL
8 60 (3.25%) Metadata
9 52 (2.82%) Relational Database
10 49 (2.65%) Tableau
11 47 (2.55%) Big Data
12 44 (2.38%) BigQuery
12 44 (2.38%) Delta Lake
13 32 (1.73%) DynamoDB
14 29 (1.57%) MySQL
15 28 (1.52%) Star Schema
16 27 (1.46%) Amazon Athena
17 25 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
17 25 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
17 25 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 191 (10.35%) Git
2 81 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 53 (2.87%) GitLab
4 34 (1.84%) JIRA
5 16 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
6 15 (0.81%) Claude Code
7 14 (0.76%) MLflow
8 13 (0.70%) LabVIEW
9 12 (0.65%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.60%) Selenium
11 10 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
12 8 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (0.43%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.43%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.27%) JMeter
14 5 (0.27%) Poetry
14 5 (0.27%) Postman
14 5 (0.27%) Subversion
15 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 593 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 420 (22.75%) Finance
3 313 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 125 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 118 (6.39%) Legal
7 117 (6.34%) Banking
8 99 (5.36%) Law
9 89 (4.82%) Marketing
10 77 (4.17%) Retail
11 38 (2.06%) Games
12 36 (1.95%) Front Office
13 35 (1.90%) Telecoms
14 34 (1.84%) Electronics
15 24 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.08%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.81%) Local Government
19 14 (0.76%) Advertising
20 13 (0.70%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 525 (28.44%) Senior
2 263 (14.25%) Developer
3 248 (13.43%) Software Engineer
4 231 (12.51%) Lead
5 222 (12.03%) Data Engineer
6 202 (10.94%) Python Engineer
7 124 (6.72%) Analyst
8 105 (5.69%) Python Developer
9 100 (5.42%) Data Scientist
10 86 (4.66%) Python Software Engineer
11 82 (4.44%) Senior Data Engineer
12 76 (4.12%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 72 (3.90%) Senior Software Engineer
14 71 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 70 (3.79%) Architect
16 65 (3.52%) Data Analyst
17 62 (3.36%) Platform Engineer
18 60 (3.25%) Consultant
19 56 (3.03%) Senior Data Scientist
20 54 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (14.84%) Terraform
2 125 (6.77%) React
3 109 (5.90%) PySpark
4 89 (4.82%) Node.js
5 81 (4.39%) .NET
6 75 (4.06%) PyTorch
7 68 (3.68%) RESTful
8 67 (3.63%) TensorFlow
9 66 (3.58%) REST
10 61 (3.30%) Django
11 60 (3.25%) LangChain
12 56 (3.03%) FastAPI
13 50 (2.71%) Kafka
14 45 (2.44%) Next.js
15 38 (2.06%) LangGraph
16 36 (1.95%) Pandas
17 31 (1.68%) scikit-learn
18 30 (1.63%) CSS
19 29 (1.57%) Spring
20 28 (1.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 239 (12.95%) Cloud Native
2 169 (9.15%) Distributed Systems
3 92 (4.98%) AI Agents
4 75 (4.06%) Virtual Team
5 70 (3.79%) Algorithms
6 56 (3.03%) Product Ownership
7 50 (2.71%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.44%) Data Structures
9 40 (2.17%) Onboarding
10 37 (2.00%) Low-Code
10 37 (2.00%) Management Information System
11 34 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
12 33 (1.79%) Blog
12 33 (1.79%) Credit Risk
12 33 (1.79%) Public Cloud
13 28 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
13 28 (1.52%) Security Posture
14 26 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
14 26 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
15 25 (1.35%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 206 (11.16%) Linux
2 85 (4.60%) Windows
3 34 (1.84%) Unix
4 23 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.92%) Ubuntu
6 13 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.43%) Android
10 7 (0.38%) Debian
10 7 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.22%) Solaris
12 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.054%) AIX
14 1 (0.054%) CentOS
14 1 (0.054%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (39.33%) AI
2 601 (32.56%) Software Engineering
3 571 (30.93%) CI/CD
4 428 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
5 423 (22.91%) Analytics
6 406 (21.99%) Mentoring
7 386 (20.91%) DevOps
8 376 (20.37%) Agile
9 357 (19.34%) Machine Learning
10 327 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 327 (17.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 253 (13.71%) Data Science
12 252 (13.65%) Test Automation
13 248 (13.43%) Data Pipeline
14 243 (13.16%) Data Engineering
15 238 (12.89%) Business Intelligence
16 235 (12.73%) Decision-Making
17 234 (12.68%) Observability
18 227 (12.30%) Data Modelling
19 225 (12.19%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 627 (33.97%) SQL
2 252 (13.65%) JavaScript
3 242 (13.11%) Java
4 228 (12.35%) C#
5 218 (11.81%) PowerShell
6 192 (10.40%) TypeScript
7 137 (7.42%) Bash
8 108 (5.85%) Go
9 100 (5.42%) C++
10 68 (3.68%) R
11 51 (2.76%) C
12 48 (2.60%) Bicep
13 45 (2.44%) Scala
14 34 (1.84%) Rust
15 31 (1.68%) PHP
16 25 (1.35%) Ruby
17 24 (1.30%) VBA
18 23 (1.25%) MATLAB
19 20 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 18 (0.98%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 241 (13.06%) Degree
2 229 (12.41%) Security Cleared
3 183 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.09%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.06%) DV Cleared
6 38 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 33 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (0.98%) PhD
10 18 (0.98%) SnowPro
11 17 (0.92%) CISSP
11 17 (0.92%) GIAC
12 15 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
12 15 (0.81%) OSCP
13 14 (0.76%) AWS Certification
13 14 (0.76%) CCNP
13 14 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.70%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (10.40%) Data Quality
2 124 (6.72%) QA
3 48 (2.60%) Accessibility
4 44 (2.38%) GDPR
5 32 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.35%) NIST
7 14 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.65%) PCI DSS
9 9 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.43%) SLA
11 5 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.27%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.22%) ECSS
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
12 4 (0.22%) NCSC
13 3 (0.16%) PMO
13 3 (0.16%) UCITS
14 2 (0.11%) IFRS
System Software
1 229 (12.41%) Docker
2 23 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.08%) Firmware
5 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.33%) KVM
8 5 (0.27%) vSphere
9 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.054%) HDFS
11 1 (0.054%) NFS
11 1 (0.054%) QEMU
11 1 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 225 (12.19%) Kubernetes
2 104 (5.63%) Ansible
3 76 (4.12%) Grafana
4 51 (2.76%) Prometheus
5 20 (1.08%) Argo
6 14 (0.76%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.70%) Istio
8 8 (0.43%) Packer
9 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.38%) Puppet
9 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.33%) Graylog
10 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
10 6 (0.33%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.27%) Podman
12 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.22%) linkerd
12 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 291 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 142 (7.69%) Databricks
3 79 (4.28%) Google
4 50 (2.71%) OpenAI
5 45 (2.44%) Oracle
6 44 (2.38%) Cisco
7 30 (1.63%) VMware
8 29 (1.57%) Splunk
9 23 (1.25%) Foundry
9 23 (1.25%) Informatica
10 20 (1.08%) Red Hat
10 20 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 19 (1.03%) Fortinet
12 18 (0.98%) New Relic
12 18 (0.98%) Palo Alto
13 16 (0.87%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.76%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.65%) F5
15 12 (0.65%) Talend
16 10 (0.54%) Alteryx