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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 10 15
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,481 2,071 3,446
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.76% 16.09% 10.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.90% 35.79% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 992 1,590 2,808
10th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,750 £73,685 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £113,625 £127,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -6.90%

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 4,643 5,786 13,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.46% 44.96% 42.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3,385 4,552 11,503
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £64,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.77% +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 4 April 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 82 (5.54%) Apache Airflow
2 43 (2.90%) Apache Spark
3 37 (2.50%) Apache
4 18 (1.22%) SAS
5 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.61%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.41%) Confluence
9 5 (0.34%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
11 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
11 3 (0.20%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.14%) Mendix
12 2 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.68%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.14%) SPSS
5 2 (0.14%) Weka
6 1 (0.068%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.068%) Notion
Business Applications
1 17 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.34%) Shopify
4 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.068%) Actimize
5 1 (0.068%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.068%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 632 (42.67%) AWS
2 548 (37.00%) Azure
3 249 (16.81%) GCP
4 183 (12.36%) GitHub
5 156 (10.53%) Power Platform
6 128 (8.64%) Serverless
7 109 (7.36%) SaaS
8 108 (7.29%) Amazon S3
9 105 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
10 85 (5.74%) GitHub Actions
11 82 (5.54%) AWS Lambda
12 80 (5.40%) Azure Data Factory
13 61 (4.12%) dbt
14 60 (4.05%) Amazon EKS
15 56 (3.78%) Snowflake
16 52 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 47 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
18 46 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
19 44 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 35 (2.36%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 142 (9.59%) Broadband
2 65 (4.39%) Firewall
3 37 (2.50%) VPN
4 34 (2.30%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (1.69%) VLAN
7 24 (1.62%) Wireshark
8 20 (1.35%) BGP
8 20 (1.35%) LAN
9 18 (1.22%) WAN
10 17 (1.15%) Network Security
10 17 (1.15%) NGFW
11 15 (1.01%) MPLS
11 15 (1.01%) VXLAN
12 14 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (0.81%) DNS
13 12 (0.81%) Ethernet VPN
14 11 (0.74%) 4G
14 11 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
14 11 (0.74%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (8.91%) Power BI
2 109 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (6.21%) SQL Server
4 73 (4.93%) NoSQL
5 71 (4.79%) Tableau
6 68 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
7 64 (4.32%) Relational Database
8 55 (3.71%) Metadata
9 54 (3.65%) Data Lake
10 48 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
11 44 (2.97%) BigQuery
12 41 (2.77%) MongoDB
13 40 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
14 36 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
15 31 (2.09%) Delta Lake
16 28 (1.89%) Redis
17 27 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
18 25 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
18 25 (1.69%) MySQL
19 19 (1.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 127 (8.58%) Git
2 65 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 55 (3.71%) GitLab
4 34 (2.30%) JIRA
5 19 (1.28%) Jaeger
6 17 (1.15%) Selenium
7 16 (1.08%) Cucumber
7 16 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
8 15 (1.01%) MLflow
9 10 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (0.61%) JMeter
11 8 (0.54%) JUnit
12 7 (0.47%) Locust
12 7 (0.47%) Postman
12 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.34%) Subversion
14 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.27%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 471 (31.80%) Social Skills
2 349 (23.57%) Finance
3 231 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 95 (6.41%) Banking
7 71 (4.79%) Law
8 61 (4.12%) Retail
9 60 (4.05%) Front Office
10 48 (3.24%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.57%) Marketing
12 36 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
13 33 (2.23%) Legal
14 26 (1.76%) Publishing
15 25 (1.69%) Games
16 22 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
16 22 (1.49%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.35%) Tech for Good
18 19 (1.28%) Health Technology
18 19 (1.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 311 (21.00%) Developer
2 310 (20.93%) Senior
3 228 (15.40%) Lead
4 188 (12.69%) Data Engineer
5 157 (10.60%) Software Engineer
6 128 (8.64%) Python Engineer
7 125 (8.44%) Python Developer
8 76 (5.13%) Lead Developer
9 73 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
10 72 (4.86%) Analyst
11 61 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
12 59 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (3.85%) Senior Data Engineer
14 55 (3.71%) Senior Developer
15 54 (3.65%) Architect
15 54 (3.65%) Full-Stack Developer
16 53 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
17 52 (3.51%) React Developer
18 44 (2.97%) Lead Python Developer
18 44 (2.97%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (11.48%) React
2 103 (6.95%) Kafka
3 98 (6.62%) Node.js
4 84 (5.67%) Django
5 73 (4.93%) REST
6 67 (4.52%) .NET
7 64 (4.32%) PySpark
8 59 (3.98%) RESTful
9 56 (3.78%) gRPC
10 55 (3.71%) PyTorch
11 49 (3.31%) TensorFlow
12 45 (3.04%) JSON
13 44 (2.97%) Flask
13 44 (2.97%) Vue
14 43 (2.90%) FastAPI
15 41 (2.77%) Elastic Stack
16 36 (2.43%) HTML
17 35 (2.36%) SOAP
18 33 (2.23%) Web Services
18 33 (2.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 119 (8.04%) Cloud Native
2 113 (7.63%) Distributed Systems
3 75 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 67 (4.52%) Algorithms
5 66 (4.46%) Video\Live Streaming
6 64 (4.32%) Data Structures
7 57 (3.85%) Low-Code
8 53 (3.58%) Onboarding
9 50 (3.38%) Over-the-Top Content
10 44 (2.97%) Fixed Income
11 40 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
13 37 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
14 31 (2.09%) Data Centre
15 30 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
16 29 (1.96%) Public Cloud
17 26 (1.76%) Equities
18 25 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
19 23 (1.55%) Private Cloud
20 20 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 196 (13.23%) Linux
2 71 (4.79%) Unix
3 62 (4.19%) Windows
4 27 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.68%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.41%) Debian
8 5 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.27%) Android
9 4 (0.27%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.068%) FreeBSD
12 1 (0.068%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.068%) OpenBSD
12 1 (0.068%) Solaris
12 1 (0.068%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (37.74%) CI/CD
2 432 (29.17%) Agile
3 405 (27.35%) DevOps
4 383 (25.86%) Software Engineering
5 375 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
6 343 (23.16%) AI
7 273 (18.43%) Mentoring
8 250 (16.88%) Analytics
9 246 (16.61%) Machine Learning
10 243 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 238 (16.07%) Infrastructure as Code
12 236 (15.94%) Containerisation
13 224 (15.12%) Data Science
14 214 (14.45%) Data Pipeline
15 210 (14.18%) Data Modelling
16 194 (13.10%) Data Engineering
17 176 (11.88%) Test Automation
18 174 (11.75%) Business Intelligence
19 169 (11.41%) Coaching
20 165 (11.14%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 448 (30.25%) SQL
2 304 (20.53%) Java
3 247 (16.68%) JavaScript
4 183 (12.36%) Go
5 143 (9.66%) TypeScript
6 140 (9.45%) Bash
7 136 (9.18%) PowerShell
8 119 (8.04%) C#
9 89 (6.01%) Scala
10 65 (4.39%) C++
11 45 (3.04%) R
12 32 (2.16%) C
13 24 (1.62%) PHP
14 23 (1.55%) Apex Code
14 23 (1.55%) Shell Script
15 22 (1.49%) T-SQL
16 19 (1.28%) Bicep
16 19 (1.28%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.95%) VBA
18 12 (0.81%) Perl
Qualifications
1 263 (17.76%) Degree
2 136 (9.18%) Security Cleared
3 104 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (4.05%) AWS Certification
6 51 (3.44%) Azure Certification
7 26 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 21 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 20 (1.35%) CEH
11 19 (1.28%) PhD
12 18 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (1.01%) ACCA
14 15 (1.01%) CIMA
15 14 (0.95%) DBS Check
16 12 (0.81%) OSCP
17 10 (0.68%) CREST Certified
18 6 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
18 6 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (8.24%) Data Quality
2 104 (7.02%) QA
3 54 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.89%) NIST
5 24 (1.62%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.28%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.01%) GDPR
7 15 (1.01%) ISO 22301
8 14 (0.95%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.81%) SLA
10 10 (0.68%) GRC
11 5 (0.34%) PMO
11 5 (0.34%) WCAG
12 4 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.20%) EMIR
13 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.14%) GAAP
14 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 296 (19.99%) Docker
2 38 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.68%) Firmware
6 7 (0.47%) vSphere
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.20%) Kamailio
8 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
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%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.068%) vCloud
10 1 (0.068%) Xen
Systems Management
1 299 (20.19%) Terraform
2 249 (16.81%) Kubernetes
3 117 (7.90%) Ansible
4 85 (5.74%) Grafana
5 66 (4.46%) Prometheus
6 38 (2.57%) Argo
7 20 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (1.28%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.54%) Istio
9 8 (0.54%) Proxmox
10 6 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (0.41%) Packer
11 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.34%) Control-M
11 5 (0.34%) FTK
11 5 (0.34%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.34%) Puppet
11 5 (0.34%) SCCM
12 4 (0.27%) Cilium
12 4 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 206 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 118 (7.97%) Databricks
3 77 (5.20%) Google
4 63 (4.25%) Oracle
5 56 (3.78%) VMware
6 47 (3.17%) Cisco
7 45 (3.04%) Typelevel
8 42 (2.84%) Salesforce
9 29 (1.96%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.55%) Commvault
10 23 (1.55%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.42%) Palo Alto
12 20 (1.35%) IBM
13 18 (1.22%) SAP
13 18 (1.22%) Splunk
14 16 (1.08%) Foundry
14 16 (1.08%) Talend
15 15 (1.01%) Aruba
15 15 (1.01%) Fortinet
15 15 (1.01%) NetScout