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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,779 2,343 3,439
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.21% 14.21% 11.82%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.40% 40.31% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 1,428 2,747
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £43,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,150
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -0.20% +1.21%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -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 5,852 5,812 11,388
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.01% 35.26% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,418 4,051 9,192
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 22 July 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 59 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
2 53 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.08%) Apache
4 13 (0.73%) SAS
4 13 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.11%) Confluence
9 2 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) Camunda
10 1 (0.056%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) CMS
10 1 (0.056%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.056%) nginx
10 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.28%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
5 4 (0.22%) Simulink
5 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Blender
6 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) SPSS
8 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 670 (37.66%) AWS
2 565 (31.76%) Azure
3 300 (16.86%) GCP
4 167 (9.39%) SaaS
5 144 (8.09%) Power Platform
6 111 (6.24%) GitHub
7 98 (5.51%) Serverless
8 76 (4.27%) Amazon S3
9 67 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
10 60 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
11 59 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
12 56 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
13 54 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
14 53 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
15 50 (2.81%) Snowflake
16 46 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
16 46 (2.59%) dbt
17 39 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
18 37 (2.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 35 (1.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 172 (9.67%) Broadband
2 86 (4.83%) Firewall
3 54 (3.04%) VPN
4 37 (2.08%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.63%) WAN
6 28 (1.57%) DNS
6 28 (1.57%) LAN
7 22 (1.24%) VLAN
8 21 (1.18%) Wireless
9 20 (1.12%) Network Security
10 17 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (0.84%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.62%) BGP
13 11 (0.62%) DHCP
13 11 (0.62%) Unified Communications
14 10 (0.56%) Wireshark
15 9 (0.51%) MQTT
15 9 (0.51%) NGFW
15 9 (0.51%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
2 117 (6.58%) Power BI
3 85 (4.78%) SQL Server
4 82 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
5 73 (4.10%) MongoDB
6 57 (3.20%) Data Lake
6 57 (3.20%) Metadata
7 51 (2.87%) BigQuery
7 51 (2.87%) Relational Database
8 48 (2.70%) Tableau
9 42 (2.36%) Big Data
10 41 (2.30%) NoSQL
11 35 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
12 34 (1.91%) MySQL
13 31 (1.74%) Delta Lake
14 30 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
15 28 (1.57%) Redis
15 28 (1.57%) Semantic Layer
16 27 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
17 24 (1.35%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 155 (8.71%) Git
2 75 (4.22%) Jenkins
3 63 (3.54%) GitLab
4 34 (1.91%) JIRA
5 14 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
6 12 (0.67%) MLflow
7 11 (0.62%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.62%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.51%) JMeter
9 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.34%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.34%) Postman
10 6 (0.34%) Selenium
10 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 5 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.28%) Locust
12 4 (0.22%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.22%) Subversion
13 3 (0.17%) PetaLinux
General
1 554 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 393 (22.09%) Finance
3 289 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (5.90%) Banking
6 102 (5.73%) Law
6 102 (5.73%) Public Sector
7 100 (5.62%) Legal
8 67 (3.77%) Retail
9 53 (2.98%) Marketing
10 49 (2.75%) Front Office
11 44 (2.47%) Games
12 41 (2.30%) Telecoms
13 32 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.41%) Electronics
15 17 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
15 17 (0.96%) Financial Institution
16 12 (0.67%) Investment Banking
16 12 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (0.67%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 483 (27.15%) Senior
2 327 (18.38%) Developer
3 268 (15.06%) Lead
4 228 (12.82%) Software Engineer
5 199 (11.19%) Data Engineer
6 164 (9.22%) Python Engineer
7 109 (6.13%) Python Developer
8 94 (5.28%) Data Scientist
9 91 (5.12%) Analyst
10 88 (4.95%) Platform Engineer
11 85 (4.78%) Senior Developer
12 67 (3.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 64 (3.60%) Senior Software Engineer
14 63 (3.54%) Senior Data Engineer
15 60 (3.37%) Lead Developer
16 59 (3.32%) AWS Engineer
17 58 (3.26%) Full-Stack Developer
18 57 (3.20%) Architect
19 56 (3.15%) Python Software Engineer
20 55 (3.09%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (8.21%) React
2 105 (5.90%) Node.js
3 95 (5.34%) Kafka
4 89 (5.00%) PyTorch
5 81 (4.55%) TensorFlow
6 78 (4.38%) REST
7 75 (4.22%) .NET
8 74 (4.16%) PySpark
9 69 (3.88%) RESTful
10 66 (3.71%) Django
11 63 (3.54%) FastAPI
12 56 (3.15%) LangChain
13 46 (2.59%) gRPC
14 39 (2.19%) Vue
15 35 (1.97%) Flask
15 35 (1.97%) JSON
15 35 (1.97%) Pandas
16 32 (1.80%) GraphQL
16 32 (1.80%) LangGraph
16 32 (1.80%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 230 (12.93%) Cloud Native
2 195 (10.96%) Distributed Systems
3 103 (5.79%) Video\Live Streaming
4 78 (4.38%) Algorithms
5 77 (4.33%) Virtual Team
6 75 (4.22%) AI Agents
7 67 (3.77%) Data Structures
8 55 (3.09%) Product Ownership
9 53 (2.98%) Over-the-Top Content
10 51 (2.87%) Low-Code
11 48 (2.70%) Onboarding
12 43 (2.42%) Public Cloud
13 39 (2.19%) Fixed Income
14 36 (2.02%) Management Information System
15 34 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
16 33 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
17 28 (1.57%) Equities
18 27 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
18 27 (1.52%) Security Posture
19 25 (1.41%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 211 (11.86%) Linux
2 81 (4.55%) Windows
3 34 (1.91%) Unix
4 33 (1.85%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.62%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.51%) Debian
6 9 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.45%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.39%) Android
9 6 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Solaris
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.056%) AIX
12 1 (0.056%) CentOS
12 1 (0.056%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.056%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (34.46%) AI
2 602 (33.84%) Software Engineering
3 594 (33.39%) CI/CD
4 436 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
5 394 (22.15%) Agile
6 389 (21.87%) Mentoring
7 378 (21.25%) Machine Learning
8 376 (21.14%) DevOps
9 334 (18.77%) Infrastructure as Code
10 319 (17.93%) Analytics
11 292 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 289 (16.25%) Data Science
13 251 (14.11%) Test Automation
14 225 (12.65%) Containerisation
15 224 (12.59%) Observability
16 217 (12.20%) Roadmaps
17 216 (12.14%) Data Pipeline
18 211 (11.86%) Data Engineering
19 207 (11.64%) Data Modelling
20 206 (11.58%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 500 (28.11%) SQL
2 275 (15.46%) JavaScript
3 271 (15.23%) Java
4 219 (12.31%) PowerShell
5 203 (11.41%) C#
6 199 (11.19%) TypeScript
7 170 (9.56%) Go
8 142 (7.98%) Bash
9 95 (5.34%) C++
10 81 (4.55%) Scala
11 54 (3.04%) R
12 51 (2.87%) C
13 39 (2.19%) PHP
14 38 (2.14%) Bicep
15 26 (1.46%) VBA
16 24 (1.35%) Rust
17 22 (1.24%) Ruby
18 17 (0.96%) Groovy
18 17 (0.96%) T-SQL
19 15 (0.84%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 234 (13.15%) Degree
2 183 (10.29%) Security Cleared
3 148 (8.32%) SC Cleared
4 67 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 35 (1.97%) Master's Degree
7 30 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 23 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (1.29%) PhD
9 19 (1.07%) AWS Certification
10 16 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (0.84%) OSCP
12 14 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.73%) CEH
13 13 (0.73%) CISSP
13 13 (0.73%) CREST Certified
14 12 (0.67%) CCNP
14 12 (0.67%) GIAC
15 11 (0.62%) SnowPro
16 8 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (8.71%) Data Quality
2 142 (7.98%) QA
3 46 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.35%) GDPR
6 21 (1.18%) NIST
7 17 (0.96%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.45%) SLA
10 6 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.28%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.28%) PMO
11 5 (0.28%) WCAG
12 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.22%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.22%) GAAP
12 4 (0.22%) GRC
12 4 (0.22%) IFRS
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
System Software
1 270 (15.18%) Docker
2 36 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.18%) Firmware
5 20 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.45%) KVM
8 7 (0.39%) vSphere
9 6 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.28%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.11%) Kamailio
12 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.056%) Xen
Systems Management
1 271 (15.23%) Terraform
2 229 (12.87%) Kubernetes
3 104 (5.85%) Ansible
4 92 (5.17%) Grafana
5 56 (3.15%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.24%) Argo
7 18 (1.01%) Istio
8 12 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 11 (0.62%) Proxmox
10 10 (0.56%) Packer
11 9 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
11 9 (0.51%) Puppet
12 7 (0.39%) Kubeflow
13 6 (0.34%) Graylog
13 6 (0.34%) Kustomize
13 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
13 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.28%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.28%) SCCM
15 4 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 266 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 126 (7.08%) Databricks
3 63 (3.54%) Google
4 53 (2.98%) Cisco
5 50 (2.81%) VMware
6 45 (2.53%) Typelevel
7 38 (2.14%) Oracle
8 36 (2.02%) OpenAI
9 29 (1.63%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.57%) Foundry
11 25 (1.41%) Splunk
12 24 (1.35%) Fortinet
13 23 (1.29%) Red Hat
13 23 (1.29%) ServiceNow
14 20 (1.12%) F5
14 20 (1.12%) Salesforce
15 15 (0.84%) Informatica
16 12 (0.67%) HubSpot
16 12 (0.67%) IBM
16 12 (0.67%) New Relic