Design Patterns Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Design Patterns
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Design Patterns skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.37% 0.62% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £283 - -
South Wales median daily rate £491 £600 -
% change year-on-year -18.09% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Design Patterns falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 207 149 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 77.53% 91.98% 76.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 124 133
10th Percentile £249 £197 £190
25th Percentile £305 £287 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £403 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% -19.50% +8.70%
75th Percentile £550 £526 £553
90th Percentile £775 £625 £644
South Wales median daily rate £425 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 3
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile - £12.21 £14.88
Median hourly rate £12.21 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.73% +25.00% +9.46%
75th Percentile £18.74 £23.75 £35.88
90th Percentile £21.00 £41.75 £46.60
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.62 £22.68
% change year-on-year +3.07% -9.09% +25.03%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Design Patterns relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Design Patterns job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Design Patterns.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Design Patterns

Design Patterns
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Design Patterns.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Design Patterns

Design Patterns
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design