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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,434 2,263 3,243
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.59% 15.59% 11.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.04% 34.72% 25.68%
Number of salaries quoted 947 1,557 2,658
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,392 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £119,250 £118,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.49% -3.52%

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 4,476 6,517 12,628
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.81% 44.90% 44.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,278 4,394 10,990
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 £85,000 £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 5 March 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 81 (5.65%) Apache Airflow
2 48 (3.35%) Apache Spark
3 40 (2.79%) Apache
4 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.32%) SAS
5 16 (1.12%) SharePoint
6 14 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 11 (0.77%) Confluence
8 10 (0.70%) Tomcat
8 10 (0.70%) WebSphere
8 10 (0.70%) 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 41 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.28%) Simulink
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%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (2.30%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.35%) Shopify
3 5 (0.35%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.070%) Actimize
5 1 (0.070%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.070%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.070%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 593 (41.35%) AWS
2 559 (38.98%) Azure
3 216 (15.06%) GCP
4 190 (13.25%) GitHub
5 174 (12.13%) Power Platform
6 139 (9.69%) Azure DevOps
7 130 (9.07%) Serverless
8 107 (7.46%) SaaS
9 101 (7.04%) Amazon S3
10 83 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
11 82 (5.72%) AWS Lambda
12 77 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 75 (5.23%) dbt
13 75 (5.23%) Snowflake
14 53 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
14 53 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
14 53 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 49 (3.42%) OCI
16 47 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 44 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 91 (6.35%) Broadband
2 54 (3.77%) Firewall
3 36 (2.51%) TCP/IP
4 35 (2.44%) VPN
5 31 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (1.81%) Wireshark
7 22 (1.53%) VLAN
8 20 (1.39%) BGP
9 17 (1.19%) NGFW
10 16 (1.12%) LAN
11 15 (1.05%) MPLS
11 15 (1.05%) VXLAN
11 15 (1.05%) WAN
12 12 (0.84%) DNS
12 12 (0.84%) Ethernet VPN
13 11 (0.77%) 4G
13 11 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (0.77%) IOS XR
13 11 (0.77%) Network Security
13 11 (0.77%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (10.60%) Power BI
2 101 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
3 88 (6.14%) SQL Server
3 88 (6.14%) Tableau
4 80 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
5 68 (4.74%) NoSQL
6 59 (4.11%) Metadata
7 55 (3.84%) Data Lake
7 55 (3.84%) Relational Database
8 47 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
9 42 (2.93%) Amazon Redshift
10 41 (2.86%) BigQuery
11 37 (2.58%) Apache Iceberg
12 36 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
13 32 (2.23%) Delta Lake
13 32 (2.23%) MongoDB
14 28 (1.95%) MySQL
15 27 (1.88%) Amazon Athena
15 27 (1.88%) Redis
16 26 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 111 (7.74%) Git
2 80 (5.58%) Jenkins
3 48 (3.35%) GitLab
3 48 (3.35%) JIRA
4 31 (2.16%) Oracle Forms
5 19 (1.32%) Jaeger
5 19 (1.32%) Selenium
6 14 (0.98%) Cucumber
6 14 (0.98%) MLflow
7 9 (0.63%) ER Studio
7 9 (0.63%) ERwin
8 8 (0.56%) JUnit
9 7 (0.49%) JMeter
9 7 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.42%) Postman
10 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.35%) Locust
11 5 (0.35%) Subversion
11 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.28%) Eclipse
General
1 461 (32.15%) Social Skills
2 373 (26.01%) Finance
3 227 (15.83%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (6.83%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.93%) Banking
7 68 (4.74%) Front Office
7 68 (4.74%) Law
8 50 (3.49%) Retail
9 40 (2.79%) Telecoms
10 39 (2.72%) Marketing
11 32 (2.23%) Legal
11 32 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (1.81%) Publishing
13 23 (1.60%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (1.46%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.46%) Tech for Good
15 20 (1.39%) Games
15 20 (1.39%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 308 (21.48%) Senior
2 299 (20.85%) Developer
3 203 (14.16%) Lead
4 188 (13.11%) Data Engineer
5 151 (10.53%) Software Engineer
6 122 (8.51%) Python Developer
6 122 (8.51%) Python Engineer
7 91 (6.35%) Analyst
8 85 (5.93%) Cloud Engineer
9 79 (5.51%) Lead Developer
10 63 (4.39%) AWS Engineer
11 61 (4.25%) Platform Engineer
12 60 (4.18%) Senior Data Engineer
13 58 (4.04%) Architect
14 52 (3.63%) Full-Stack Developer
15 51 (3.56%) React Developer
16 50 (3.49%) Senior Developer
17 49 (3.42%) Applications Engineer
17 49 (3.42%) Python Software Engineer
18 46 (3.21%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (11.37%) React
2 104 (7.25%) Node.js
3 93 (6.49%) Kafka
4 72 (5.02%) RESTful
5 69 (4.81%) Django
6 63 (4.39%) .NET
7 58 (4.04%) REST
8 52 (3.63%) PySpark
9 51 (3.56%) SOAP
10 50 (3.49%) JSON
11 46 (3.21%) PyTorch
11 46 (3.21%) Vue
12 45 (3.14%) TensorFlow
13 41 (2.86%) XML
14 40 (2.79%) Elastic Stack
14 40 (2.79%) Flask
14 40 (2.79%) gRPC
15 36 (2.51%) HTML
16 34 (2.37%) Redux
17 33 (2.30%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 85 (5.93%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 68 (4.74%) Algorithms
5 62 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
6 57 (3.97%) Data Structures
7 52 (3.63%) Fixed Income
8 50 (3.49%) Onboarding
9 47 (3.28%) Low-Code
10 39 (2.72%) Video\Live Streaming
11 33 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 33 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (2.16%) Equities
12 31 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (2.09%) Data Centre
13 30 (2.09%) Over-the-Top Content
14 24 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
16 21 (1.46%) Public Cloud
17 20 (1.39%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 184 (12.83%) Linux
2 78 (5.44%) Unix
3 65 (4.53%) Windows
4 23 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.70%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.42%) Debian
9 4 (0.28%) Android
9 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.28%) CentOS
10 3 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.14%) VMS
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.070%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.070%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.070%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.070%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 535 (37.31%) CI/CD
2 447 (31.17%) Agile
3 430 (29.99%) DevOps
4 351 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
5 346 (24.13%) AI
6 339 (23.64%) Software Engineering
7 271 (18.90%) Analytics
8 258 (17.99%) Mentoring
9 238 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 219 (15.27%) Infrastructure as Code
11 216 (15.06%) Machine Learning
12 212 (14.78%) Data Modelling
13 206 (14.37%) Data Science
14 205 (14.30%) Data Pipeline
15 200 (13.95%) Containerisation
16 195 (13.60%) Data Engineering
17 194 (13.53%) Coaching
18 178 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
19 168 (11.72%) Test Automation
20 155 (10.81%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 465 (32.43%) SQL
2 313 (21.83%) Java
3 261 (18.20%) JavaScript
4 150 (10.46%) Bash
5 145 (10.11%) TypeScript
6 144 (10.04%) Go
6 144 (10.04%) PowerShell
7 97 (6.76%) C#
8 70 (4.88%) Scala
9 63 (4.39%) C++
10 49 (3.42%) R
11 43 (3.00%) C
12 37 (2.58%) Shell Script
13 34 (2.37%) PL/SQL
14 25 (1.74%) Bicep
15 21 (1.46%) Apex Code
15 21 (1.46%) T-SQL
16 17 (1.19%) PHP
17 16 (1.12%) VBA
18 10 (0.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 273 (19.04%) Degree
2 161 (11.23%) Security Cleared
3 132 (9.21%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 77 (5.37%) AWS Certification
6 51 (3.56%) Azure Certification
7 33 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.95%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (1.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 23 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (1.39%) DV Cleared
13 19 (1.32%) CEH
14 17 (1.19%) PhD
15 15 (1.05%) ACCA
15 15 (1.05%) CIMA
16 11 (0.77%) DBS Check
16 11 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
18 8 (0.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (8.30%) Data Quality
2 85 (5.93%) QA
3 51 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.88%) Accessibility
4 27 (1.88%) NIST
5 22 (1.53%) GDPR
6 19 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 18 (1.26%) SLA
8 14 (0.98%) ISO 22301
8 14 (0.98%) SOC 2
9 10 (0.70%) GRC
10 3 (0.21%) EMIR
10 3 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
10 3 (0.21%) WCAG
11 2 (0.14%) ECSS
11 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.070%) IFRS
System Software
1 260 (18.13%) Docker
2 44 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.70%) Firmware
5 9 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.35%) vSphere
8 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.21%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.14%) Ceph
10 2 (0.14%) KVM
10 2 (0.14%) Lustre
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.070%) vCloud
11 1 (0.070%) Xen
Systems Management
1 300 (20.92%) Terraform
2 228 (15.90%) Kubernetes
3 114 (7.95%) Ansible
4 72 (5.02%) Grafana
5 62 (4.32%) Prometheus
6 40 (2.79%) Single Sign-On
7 38 (2.65%) Argo
8 20 (1.39%) 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
12 4 (0.28%) Cilium
12 4 (0.28%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.28%) logstash
12 4 (0.28%) QRadar
12 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 201 (14.02%) Microsoft
2 106 (7.39%) Databricks
3 86 (6.00%) Oracle
4 78 (5.44%) Google
5 47 (3.28%) VMware
6 43 (3.00%) Salesforce
7 32 (2.23%) Cisco
8 29 (2.02%) MuleSoft
8 29 (2.02%) Red Hat
9 27 (1.88%) Typelevel
10 26 (1.81%) IBM
11 21 (1.46%) Commvault
12 18 (1.26%) Talend
13 17 (1.19%) Okta
14 15 (1.05%) Arista
14 15 (1.05%) Aruba
14 15 (1.05%) Informatica
14 15 (1.05%) NetScout
14 15 (1.05%) OpenAI
14 15 (1.05%) SAP