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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 15
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,666 2,391 3,855
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.17% 15.29% 11.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.68% 40.83% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,114 1,445 3,081
10th Percentile £44,650 £47,092 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £102,500
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 5,431 5,856 13,955
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.65% 37.45% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,059 4,065 11,563
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,835 £49,118 £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 £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
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 25 June 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 71 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
2 50 (3.00%) Apache Spark
3 38 (2.28%) Apache
4 18 (1.08%) SAS
5 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.54%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.060%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.060%) CMS
10 1 (0.060%) Confluence
10 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.060%) nginx
10 1 (0.060%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Blender
6 3 (0.18%) Maya
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 2 (0.12%) Lightworks
7 2 (0.12%) Simulink
7 2 (0.12%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.060%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 659 (39.56%) AWS
2 534 (32.05%) Azure
3 279 (16.75%) GCP
4 138 (8.28%) Power Platform
5 128 (7.68%) SaaS
6 106 (6.36%) GitHub
7 103 (6.18%) Serverless
8 86 (5.16%) Amazon S3
9 71 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
10 63 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
11 55 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 55 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
12 52 (3.12%) AWS CloudFormation
13 50 (3.00%) Amazon EC2
14 47 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
15 46 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
16 43 (2.58%) Snowflake
17 41 (2.46%) dbt
18 39 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
19 37 (2.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 197 (11.82%) Broadband
2 80 (4.80%) Firewall
3 48 (2.88%) VPN
4 27 (1.62%) LAN
4 27 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (1.56%) WAN
6 23 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 22 (1.32%) DNS
7 22 (1.32%) VLAN
8 19 (1.14%) Network Security
8 19 (1.14%) Wireshark
9 17 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
9 17 (1.02%) NGFW
10 16 (0.96%) BGP
10 16 (0.96%) Wireless
11 15 (0.90%) VXLAN
12 13 (0.78%) MPLS
12 13 (0.78%) SD-WAN
13 12 (0.72%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.66%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (8.16%) PostgreSQL
2 109 (6.54%) Power BI
3 87 (5.22%) SQL Server
4 72 (4.32%) MongoDB
5 69 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (3.60%) Relational Database
7 59 (3.54%) BigQuery
8 58 (3.48%) Metadata
9 53 (3.18%) Tableau
10 52 (3.12%) NoSQL
11 46 (2.76%) Data Lake
12 39 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
13 37 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
14 36 (2.16%) Big Data
15 34 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
16 33 (1.98%) MySQL
17 32 (1.92%) Delta Lake
18 31 (1.86%) Semantic Layer
19 27 (1.62%) Redis
20 25 (1.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 148 (8.88%) Git
2 65 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 60 (3.60%) GitLab
4 33 (1.98%) JIRA
5 14 (0.84%) MLflow
6 13 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
7 12 (0.72%) Jaeger
8 10 (0.60%) Claude Code
9 7 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.42%) JMeter
9 7 (0.42%) Selenium
9 7 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.30%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.30%) Locust
10 5 (0.30%) Postman
10 5 (0.30%) Subversion
11 4 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.24%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 472 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 362 (21.73%) Finance
3 290 (17.41%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (6.48%) Public Sector
6 100 (6.00%) Banking
7 70 (4.20%) Law
8 66 (3.96%) Retail
9 52 (3.12%) Telecoms
10 51 (3.06%) Marketing
11 49 (2.94%) Front Office
12 46 (2.76%) Legal
13 45 (2.70%) Games
14 26 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.08%) Electronics
16 17 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (0.96%) Financial Institution
18 13 (0.78%) Publishing
19 12 (0.72%) Tech for Good
20 11 (0.66%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 391 (23.47%) Senior
2 330 (19.81%) Developer
3 276 (16.57%) Lead
4 196 (11.76%) Data Engineer
4 196 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 157 (9.42%) Python Engineer
6 110 (6.60%) Python Developer
7 96 (5.76%) Analyst
8 95 (5.70%) Platform Engineer
9 92 (5.52%) Data Scientist
10 70 (4.20%) Senior Developer
11 68 (4.08%) Lead Developer
12 65 (3.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 64 (3.84%) AWS Engineer
14 60 (3.60%) Data Analyst
15 58 (3.48%) Senior Data Engineer
16 55 (3.30%) Full-Stack Developer
17 50 (3.00%) Architect
17 50 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
18 48 (2.88%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (8.58%) React
2 103 (6.18%) Node.js
3 97 (5.82%) PyTorch
4 94 (5.64%) Kafka
5 87 (5.22%) TensorFlow
6 76 (4.56%) REST
7 74 (4.44%) .NET
8 68 (4.08%) PySpark
9 67 (4.02%) RESTful
10 57 (3.42%) Django
10 57 (3.42%) FastAPI
11 51 (3.06%) LangChain
12 48 (2.88%) gRPC
13 39 (2.34%) Vue
14 36 (2.16%) JSON
15 33 (1.98%) Flask
16 32 (1.92%) Redux
17 29 (1.74%) GraphQL
17 29 (1.74%) LangGraph
18 28 (1.68%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 210 (12.61%) Cloud Native
2 179 (10.74%) Distributed Systems
3 104 (6.24%) Video\Live Streaming
4 80 (4.80%) Algorithms
5 70 (4.20%) Data Structures
6 62 (3.72%) AI Agents
6 62 (3.72%) Product Ownership
7 57 (3.42%) Low-Code
8 55 (3.30%) Over-the-Top Content
9 46 (2.76%) Onboarding
10 43 (2.58%) Public Cloud
11 38 (2.28%) Fixed Income
11 38 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
13 30 (1.80%) Data Centre
13 30 (1.80%) Equities
14 29 (1.74%) Management Information System
14 29 (1.74%) Virtual Team
15 26 (1.56%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 193 (11.58%) Linux
2 67 (4.02%) Windows
3 39 (2.34%) Unix
4 32 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.72%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.54%) Debian
7 8 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.42%) Android
9 5 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.12%) Solaris
13 1 (0.060%) AIX
13 1 (0.060%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.060%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.060%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (33.79%) CI/CD
2 561 (33.67%) AI
3 509 (30.55%) Software Engineering
4 405 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
5 392 (23.53%) Agile
6 363 (21.79%) Machine Learning
7 344 (20.65%) Mentoring
8 328 (19.69%) DevOps
9 319 (19.15%) Infrastructure as Code
10 302 (18.13%) Analytics
11 290 (17.41%) Data Science
12 222 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 218 (13.09%) Containerisation
14 217 (13.03%) Data Pipeline
14 217 (13.03%) Roadmaps
15 207 (12.42%) Data Engineering
16 205 (12.30%) Data Modelling
17 203 (12.18%) Observability
18 192 (11.52%) Test Automation
19 191 (11.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 477 (28.63%) SQL
2 276 (16.57%) Java
3 225 (13.51%) JavaScript
4 184 (11.04%) Go
5 155 (9.30%) PowerShell
6 149 (8.94%) Bash
7 144 (8.64%) TypeScript
8 143 (8.58%) C#
9 85 (5.10%) Scala
10 77 (4.62%) C++
11 54 (3.24%) R
12 41 (2.46%) C
13 40 (2.40%) PHP
14 32 (1.92%) Bicep
15 21 (1.26%) VBA
16 19 (1.14%) Ruby
17 17 (1.02%) Apex Code
17 17 (1.02%) T-SQL
18 15 (0.90%) Groovy
18 15 (0.90%) Rust
Qualifications
1 236 (14.17%) Degree
2 161 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 129 (7.74%) SC Cleared
4 70 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 59 (3.54%) Azure Certification
6 34 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 29 (1.74%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.26%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.14%) DBS Check
10 17 (1.02%) PhD
11 13 (0.78%) OSCP
12 11 (0.66%) ACCA
12 11 (0.66%) CEH
12 11 (0.66%) CIMA
12 11 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.66%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.60%) CISSP
14 9 (0.54%) GIAC
15 8 (0.48%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 96 (5.76%) QA
3 43 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 18 (1.08%) NIST
6 17 (1.02%) GDPR
7 13 (0.78%) PCI DSS
8 9 (0.54%) SOC 2
9 8 (0.48%) SLA
10 6 (0.36%) GRC
10 6 (0.36%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.30%) PMO
11 5 (0.30%) WCAG
12 4 (0.24%) GAAP
12 4 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.24%) IFRS
12 4 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 264 (15.85%) Docker
2 34 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.20%) Firmware
5 19 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.42%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) KVM
7 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.18%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 272 (16.33%) Terraform
2 223 (13.39%) Kubernetes
3 108 (6.48%) Ansible
4 84 (5.04%) Grafana
5 65 (3.90%) Prometheus
6 35 (2.10%) Argo
7 18 (1.08%) Kustomize
8 17 (1.02%) Istio
9 12 (0.72%) Packer
9 12 (0.72%) Proxmox
10 9 (0.54%) Cisco CUCM
10 9 (0.54%) Kubeflow
10 9 (0.54%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.42%) Puppet
11 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.36%) Graylog
13 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.30%) FTK
13 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 241 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 120 (7.20%) Databricks
3 72 (4.32%) Google
4 54 (3.24%) Cisco
5 48 (2.88%) VMware
6 45 (2.70%) Typelevel
7 36 (2.16%) OpenAI
8 31 (1.86%) Oracle
9 30 (1.80%) Salesforce
10 28 (1.68%) Foundry
11 27 (1.62%) Palo Alto
12 23 (1.38%) Red Hat
13 21 (1.26%) Fortinet
13 21 (1.26%) Splunk
14 16 (0.96%) F5
14 16 (0.96%) ServiceNow
15 15 (0.90%) Arista
15 15 (0.90%) Aruba
15 15 (0.90%) NetScout
16 13 (0.78%) MuleSoft