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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 14 12
Rank change year-on-year -9 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,852 2,000 3,085
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.49% 12.08% 13.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.94% 39.82% 34.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,277 1,123 2,191
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,400 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.90% -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 6,186 5,022 8,940
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.00% 30.32% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,594 3,343 5,885
10th Percentile £39,818 £36,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £117,500
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 28 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 (2.59%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.38%) Apache
3 43 (2.32%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.59%) 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%) Ethereum
10 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Hedera
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.38%) Simulink
5 6 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.32%) 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%) Revit
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%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.054%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.054%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 634 (34.23%) AWS
2 595 (32.13%) Azure
3 287 (15.50%) GCP
4 169 (9.13%) Power Platform
5 161 (8.69%) SaaS
6 128 (6.91%) GitHub
7 79 (4.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 79 (4.27%) Serverless
8 71 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
9 68 (3.67%) Snowflake
10 66 (3.56%) AWS CloudFormation
11 65 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
12 61 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 58 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (2.97%) Amazon S3
15 51 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
15 51 (2.75%) dbt
16 35 (1.89%) Azure Databricks
17 34 (1.84%) Microsoft Purview
18 31 (1.67%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 72 (3.89%) Broadband
2 66 (3.56%) Firewall
3 57 (3.08%) TCP/IP
4 41 (2.21%) VPN
5 34 (1.84%) DNS
6 30 (1.62%) WAN
7 28 (1.51%) LAN
8 26 (1.40%) Network Security
9 25 (1.35%) Wireless
10 21 (1.13%) BGP
11 18 (0.97%) VLAN
12 15 (0.81%) DHCP
12 15 (0.81%) OSPF
13 14 (0.76%) 5G
13 14 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (0.65%) SD-WAN
15 9 (0.49%) Ethernet VPN
15 9 (0.49%) MPLS
15 9 (0.49%) VXLAN
16 8 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (7.78%) Power BI
2 129 (6.97%) PostgreSQL
3 121 (6.53%) Data Warehouse
4 85 (4.59%) SQL Server
5 75 (4.05%) MongoDB
6 70 (3.78%) Data Lake
7 61 (3.29%) Metadata
7 61 (3.29%) NoSQL
8 49 (2.65%) Relational Database
9 47 (2.54%) Big Data
9 47 (2.54%) Tableau
10 46 (2.48%) BigQuery
11 43 (2.32%) Delta Lake
12 31 (1.67%) DynamoDB
13 29 (1.57%) MySQL
13 29 (1.57%) Star Schema
14 27 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
15 26 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
16 24 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
16 24 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 189 (10.21%) Git
2 81 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 56 (3.02%) GitLab
4 34 (1.84%) JIRA
5 17 (0.92%) Claude Code
6 15 (0.81%) MLflow
7 13 (0.70%) LabVIEW
7 13 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
8 12 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 12 (0.65%) TeamCity
9 10 (0.54%) Selenium
10 9 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
11 8 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.43%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.32%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.27%) Poetry
13 5 (0.27%) Postman
13 5 (0.27%) Subversion
14 4 (0.22%) JMeter
14 4 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 595 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 428 (23.11%) Finance
3 314 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (6.80%) Banking
5 126 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 120 (6.48%) Legal
7 102 (5.51%) Law
8 93 (5.02%) Marketing
9 81 (4.37%) Retail
10 42 (2.27%) Front Office
11 38 (2.05%) Games
12 36 (1.94%) Electronics
13 34 (1.84%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (1.08%) Aerospace
16 18 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (0.86%) Financial Institution
18 15 (0.81%) Local Government
19 13 (0.70%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 537 (29.00%) Senior
2 263 (14.20%) Developer
3 259 (13.98%) Software Engineer
4 236 (12.74%) Lead
5 221 (11.93%) Data Engineer
6 210 (11.34%) Python Engineer
7 126 (6.80%) Analyst
8 113 (6.10%) Python Developer
9 101 (5.45%) Data Scientist
10 97 (5.24%) Python Software Engineer
11 84 (4.54%) Senior Data Engineer
12 80 (4.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 76 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
14 72 (3.89%) Senior Developer
15 70 (3.78%) Architect
16 66 (3.56%) Data Analyst
17 61 (3.29%) Consultant
18 60 (3.24%) Platform Engineer
19 56 (3.02%) Senior Data Scientist
20 52 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (14.74%) Terraform
2 126 (6.80%) React
3 107 (5.78%) PySpark
4 91 (4.91%) Node.js
5 80 (4.32%) .NET
6 74 (4.00%) PyTorch
7 71 (3.83%) RESTful
8 66 (3.56%) REST
8 66 (3.56%) TensorFlow
9 64 (3.46%) LangChain
10 60 (3.24%) Django
11 57 (3.08%) FastAPI
12 49 (2.65%) Kafka
13 44 (2.38%) Next.js
14 41 (2.21%) LangGraph
15 34 (1.84%) Pandas
16 30 (1.62%) scikit-learn
17 29 (1.57%) Spring
18 28 (1.51%) Spring Boot
19 26 (1.40%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 244 (13.17%) Cloud Native
2 164 (8.86%) Distributed Systems
3 93 (5.02%) AI Agents
4 71 (3.83%) Virtual Team
5 69 (3.73%) Algorithms
6 55 (2.97%) Product Ownership
7 45 (2.43%) Data Structures
8 40 (2.16%) Video\Live Streaming
9 39 (2.11%) Onboarding
10 38 (2.05%) Management Information System
11 37 (2.00%) Low-Code
12 36 (1.94%) Blog
13 35 (1.89%) Credit Risk
14 33 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
15 29 (1.57%) Hedge funds
16 28 (1.51%) Public Cloud
16 28 (1.51%) Security Posture
17 27 (1.46%) Embedded Systems
17 27 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
18 26 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 205 (11.07%) Linux
2 80 (4.32%) Windows
3 33 (1.78%) Unix
4 18 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.92%) Ubuntu
6 14 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 10 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.43%) Android
10 7 (0.38%) Debian
11 5 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
12 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
13 3 (0.16%) Solaris
14 1 (0.054%) AIX
14 1 (0.054%) CentOS
14 1 (0.054%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 741 (40.01%) AI
2 606 (32.72%) Software Engineering
3 567 (30.62%) CI/CD
4 425 (22.95%) Analytics
5 418 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
6 397 (21.44%) Mentoring
7 384 (20.73%) DevOps
8 371 (20.03%) Agile
9 350 (18.90%) Machine Learning
10 328 (17.71%) Infrastructure as Code
11 324 (17.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 252 (13.61%) Test Automation
13 251 (13.55%) Data Pipeline
14 245 (13.23%) Data Engineering
15 244 (13.17%) Data Science
16 238 (12.85%) Decision-Making
16 238 (12.85%) Observability
17 236 (12.74%) Business Intelligence
18 233 (12.58%) Data Modelling
19 223 (12.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 634 (34.23%) SQL
2 250 (13.50%) JavaScript
3 247 (13.34%) Java
4 223 (12.04%) C#
5 212 (11.45%) PowerShell
6 193 (10.42%) TypeScript
7 141 (7.61%) Bash
8 105 (5.67%) Go
9 96 (5.18%) C++
10 72 (3.89%) R
11 54 (2.92%) C
12 48 (2.59%) Bicep
13 37 (2.00%) Scala
14 33 (1.78%) Rust
15 27 (1.46%) PHP
16 24 (1.30%) Ruby
17 23 (1.24%) MATLAB
17 23 (1.24%) VBA
18 21 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 16 (0.86%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 238 (12.85%) Degree
2 227 (12.26%) Security Cleared
3 181 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 64 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (2.92%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 36 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.03%) PhD
12 18 (0.97%) CISSP
12 18 (0.97%) GIAC
12 18 (0.97%) SnowPro
13 16 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
14 15 (0.81%) OSCP
15 14 (0.76%) AWS Certification
15 14 (0.76%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.70%) CCNP
16 13 (0.70%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (10.64%) Data Quality
2 123 (6.64%) QA
3 47 (2.54%) Accessibility
4 45 (2.43%) GDPR
5 37 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.51%) NIST
7 16 (0.86%) PCI DSS
8 13 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (0.43%) SLA
10 8 (0.43%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.27%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.22%) ECSS
13 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.22%) MiFID
13 4 (0.22%) NCSC
14 3 (0.16%) UCITS
15 2 (0.11%) GAAP
15 2 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 224 (12.10%) Docker
2 20 (1.08%) Firmware
3 19 (1.03%) Active Directory
4 18 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 4 (0.22%) vSphere
8 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.054%) HDFS
10 1 (0.054%) NFS
10 1 (0.054%) QEMU
10 1 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 231 (12.47%) Kubernetes
2 99 (5.35%) Ansible
3 79 (4.27%) Grafana
4 52 (2.81%) Prometheus
5 21 (1.13%) Argo
6 13 (0.70%) Istio
6 13 (0.70%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.38%) Puppet
9 6 (0.32%) Graylog
9 6 (0.32%) Packer
9 6 (0.32%) Proxmox
10 5 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (0.27%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.22%) Cilium
11 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.22%) Nmap
11 4 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 285 (15.39%) Microsoft
2 143 (7.72%) Databricks
3 87 (4.70%) Google
4 50 (2.70%) OpenAI
5 46 (2.48%) Oracle
6 41 (2.21%) Cisco
7 29 (1.57%) Splunk
8 25 (1.35%) VMware
9 24 (1.30%) Foundry
10 23 (1.24%) Informatica
11 20 (1.08%) New Relic
12 18 (0.97%) Red Hat
12 18 (0.97%) ServiceNow
13 17 (0.92%) Fortinet
14 16 (0.86%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.76%) HubSpot
15 14 (0.76%) Palo Alto
16 12 (0.65%) Talend
17 10 (0.54%) Alteryx
17 10 (0.54%) F5