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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 11 12
Rank change year-on-year -14 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,792 2,032 3,096
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.48% 12.55% 13.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.29% 40.24% 34.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,234 1,170 2,272
10th Percentile £44,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -6.25% +8.47%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £136,250 £143,750
UK median annual salary £70,039 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.39% -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 6,118 5,050 8,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.52% 31.20% 38.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,588 3,402 6,207
10th Percentile £38,772 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,882 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
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 15 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 45 (2.51%) Apache Spark
2 41 (2.29%) Apache
3 36 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 11 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.50%) SAS
7 7 (0.39%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.17%) Confluence
9 3 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.11%) CMS
10 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) WordPress
11 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.056%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 1 (0.056%) Tomcat
Applications
1 51 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.17%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.33%) Simulink
5 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.22%) Lightworks
7 3 (0.17%) Blender
7 3 (0.17%) Maya
7 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.17%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) SPSS
9 1 (0.056%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.056%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.056%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.056%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 633 (35.32%) AWS
2 580 (32.37%) Azure
3 280 (15.63%) GCP
4 163 (9.10%) Power Platform
5 143 (7.98%) SaaS
6 116 (6.47%) GitHub
7 83 (4.63%) Serverless
8 77 (4.30%) Azure Data Factory
9 68 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
10 65 (3.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 60 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
12 59 (3.29%) Amazon S3
12 59 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 59 (3.29%) Snowflake
13 58 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
14 56 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
15 43 (2.40%) dbt
16 34 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
17 32 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
18 31 (1.73%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 85 (4.74%) Broadband
2 67 (3.74%) Firewall
3 53 (2.96%) TCP/IP
4 36 (2.01%) VPN
5 34 (1.90%) DNS
5 34 (1.90%) WAN
6 32 (1.79%) LAN
7 26 (1.45%) Network Security
7 26 (1.45%) Wireless
8 18 (1.00%) VLAN
9 17 (0.95%) BGP
10 15 (0.84%) DHCP
10 15 (0.84%) OSPF
11 14 (0.78%) 5G
11 14 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (0.78%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (0.50%) Ethernet VPN
13 9 (0.50%) MPLS
13 9 (0.50%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (7.76%) Power BI
2 121 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
3 109 (6.08%) Data Warehouse
4 88 (4.91%) SQL Server
5 74 (4.13%) MongoDB
6 66 (3.68%) Data Lake
7 60 (3.35%) NoSQL
8 56 (3.13%) Metadata
9 51 (2.85%) Relational Database
10 47 (2.62%) Tableau
11 45 (2.51%) Big Data
12 43 (2.40%) Delta Lake
13 40 (2.23%) BigQuery
14 30 (1.67%) DynamoDB
15 29 (1.62%) MySQL
16 28 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
17 25 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
18 24 (1.34%) Star Schema
19 23 (1.28%) Semantic Layer
20 22 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 183 (10.21%) Git
2 78 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 49 (2.73%) GitLab
4 32 (1.79%) JIRA
5 16 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
6 13 (0.73%) Claude Code
6 13 (0.73%) LabVIEW
6 13 (0.73%) MLflow
7 12 (0.67%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.56%) Selenium
8 10 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
9 8 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 8 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.39%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.28%) JMeter
12 5 (0.28%) Poetry
12 5 (0.28%) Postman
13 4 (0.22%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 581 (32.42%) Social Skills
2 415 (23.16%) Finance
3 298 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 127 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 120 (6.70%) Banking
6 118 (6.58%) Public Sector
7 117 (6.53%) Legal
8 94 (5.25%) Law
9 83 (4.63%) Marketing
10 75 (4.19%) Retail
11 37 (2.06%) Games
12 36 (2.01%) Telecoms
13 33 (1.84%) Electronics
14 30 (1.67%) Front Office
15 25 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.12%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.84%) Local Government
19 13 (0.73%) Advertising
19 13 (0.73%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 508 (28.35%) Senior
2 259 (14.45%) Developer
3 232 (12.95%) Software Engineer
4 222 (12.39%) Lead
5 211 (11.77%) Data Engineer
6 190 (10.60%) Python Engineer
7 114 (6.36%) Analyst
8 100 (5.58%) Python Developer
9 97 (5.41%) Data Scientist
10 78 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
11 76 (4.24%) Python Software Engineer
12 71 (3.96%) Architect
13 70 (3.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 70 (3.91%) Senior Developer
14 69 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
15 62 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
16 57 (3.18%) Data Analyst
17 55 (3.07%) Consultant
17 55 (3.07%) DevOps Engineer
18 54 (3.01%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (15.35%) Terraform
2 123 (6.86%) React
3 103 (5.75%) PySpark
4 86 (4.80%) Node.js
5 79 (4.41%) .NET
6 75 (4.19%) PyTorch
7 67 (3.74%) RESTful
7 67 (3.74%) TensorFlow
8 65 (3.63%) REST
9 61 (3.40%) Django
10 57 (3.18%) LangChain
11 55 (3.07%) Kafka
12 54 (3.01%) FastAPI
13 43 (2.40%) Next.js
14 36 (2.01%) Pandas
15 35 (1.95%) LangGraph
16 33 (1.84%) CSS
17 32 (1.79%) scikit-learn
18 29 (1.62%) Spring
19 28 (1.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 237 (13.23%) Cloud Native
2 167 (9.32%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (4.85%) AI Agents
4 79 (4.41%) Virtual Team
5 72 (4.02%) Algorithms
6 55 (3.07%) Product Ownership
7 51 (2.85%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.51%) Data Structures
9 41 (2.29%) Onboarding
10 38 (2.12%) Low-Code
11 37 (2.06%) Management Information System
12 34 (1.90%) Public Cloud
13 33 (1.84%) Blog
14 32 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
15 28 (1.56%) Credit Risk
15 28 (1.56%) Security Posture
15 28 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
16 24 (1.34%) Data Centre
16 24 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
16 24 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 200 (11.16%) Linux
2 82 (4.58%) Windows
3 33 (1.84%) Unix
4 25 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.95%) Ubuntu
6 10 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
8 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.39%) Android
9 7 (0.39%) Debian
9 7 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
10 4 (0.22%) Solaris
11 3 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.17%) Robot Operating System
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.056%) AIX
13 1 (0.056%) CentOS
13 1 (0.056%) OpenWrt
13 1 (0.056%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 695 (38.78%) AI
2 576 (32.14%) Software Engineering
3 547 (30.52%) CI/CD
4 417 (23.27%) Problem-Solving
5 399 (22.27%) Mentoring
6 396 (22.10%) Analytics
7 373 (20.81%) DevOps
8 368 (20.54%) Agile
9 351 (19.59%) Machine Learning
10 325 (18.14%) Infrastructure as Code
11 313 (17.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 247 (13.78%) Data Science
13 245 (13.67%) Test Automation
14 237 (13.23%) Data Pipeline
15 236 (13.17%) Data Engineering
16 229 (12.78%) Business Intelligence
16 229 (12.78%) Observability
17 225 (12.56%) Decision-Making
18 223 (12.44%) Roadmaps
19 217 (12.11%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 602 (33.59%) SQL
2 251 (14.01%) JavaScript
3 242 (13.50%) Java
4 222 (12.39%) C#
5 214 (11.94%) PowerShell
6 188 (10.49%) TypeScript
7 131 (7.31%) Bash
8 108 (6.03%) Go
9 103 (5.75%) C++
10 58 (3.24%) R
11 50 (2.79%) C
12 46 (2.57%) Bicep
13 44 (2.46%) Scala
14 35 (1.95%) PHP
15 32 (1.79%) Rust
16 27 (1.51%) Ruby
17 25 (1.40%) VBA
18 22 (1.23%) MATLAB
19 18 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
20 17 (0.95%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 236 (13.17%) Degree
2 227 (12.67%) Security Cleared
3 181 (10.10%) SC Cleared
4 73 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.18%) Azure Certification
6 39 (2.18%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.06%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (1.00%) PhD
10 18 (1.00%) SnowPro
11 17 (0.95%) CISSP
12 15 (0.84%) CCNP
12 15 (0.84%) GIAC
12 15 (0.84%) OSCP
13 14 (0.78%) AWS Certification
13 14 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 13 (0.73%) CREST Certified
15 11 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (10.04%) Data Quality
2 127 (7.09%) QA
3 47 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 37 (2.06%) GDPR
5 31 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.40%) NIST
7 13 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.45%) SLA
10 7 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.28%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.28%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.22%) MiFID
12 4 (0.22%) NCSC
12 4 (0.22%) PMO
13 3 (0.17%) ECSS
13 3 (0.17%) UCITS
14 2 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 228 (12.72%) Docker
2 22 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.12%) Firmware
5 14 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.33%) KVM
7 6 (0.33%) vSphere
8 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.17%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.056%) QEMU
11 1 (0.056%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 222 (12.39%) Kubernetes
2 105 (5.86%) Ansible
3 75 (4.19%) Grafana
4 48 (2.68%) Prometheus
5 19 (1.06%) Argo
5 19 (1.06%) Istio
6 14 (0.78%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.45%) Packer
8 7 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.39%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (0.39%) Puppet
8 7 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.33%) Graylog
9 6 (0.33%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.28%) Podman
10 5 (0.28%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.22%) linkerd
11 4 (0.22%) Nmap
Vendors
1 285 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 135 (7.53%) Databricks
3 70 (3.91%) Google
4 48 (2.68%) OpenAI
5 46 (2.57%) Cisco
6 45 (2.51%) Oracle
7 29 (1.62%) VMware
8 27 (1.51%) Splunk
9 22 (1.23%) Foundry
10 21 (1.17%) Fortinet
10 21 (1.17%) Informatica
11 20 (1.12%) Palo Alto
11 20 (1.12%) Red Hat
11 20 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 17 (0.95%) New Relic
13 16 (0.89%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.78%) HubSpot
15 12 (0.67%) F5
16 10 (0.56%) Alteryx
16 10 (0.56%) Talend