Design Patterns Contracts in England

Design Patterns
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Design Patterns skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Design Patterns over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 193 160
Rank change year-on-year -23 -33 -42
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 303 450 808
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.24% 1.21% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.40% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 320 559
10th Percentile £405 £419 £410
25th Percentile £463 £500 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £619 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% -1.00% -
75th Percentile £698 £780 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £850
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £620
% change year-on-year -8.29% -3.23% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 21
10th Percentile - £55.05 £50.00
25th Percentile - £66.88 £70.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +10.34% +14.31%
75th Percentile - £85.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £73.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% -5.08% +16.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Design Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns in England.

Daily rate trend for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Patterns in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns in England.

Hourly rate trend for Design Patterns in England

Design Patterns
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Patterns within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -2 203 £625 -3.85% 370
South East +60 40 £500 -9.09% 139
North of England -70 23 £493 -19.54% 130
Midlands +23 15 £575 +1.41% 41
West Midlands +19 13 £651 +40.65% 22
North West -61 13 £410 -31.67% 79
South West +47 10 £392 -25.33% 31
Yorkshire +1 10 £521 -22.98% 34
East of England +31 5 £450 - 39
East Midlands +7 2 £511 -27.41% 15
Design Patterns
UK

Design Patterns
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.63%) Confluence
2 8 (2.64%) Apache
2 8 (2.64%) CMS
3 4 (1.32%) Drupal
3 4 (1.32%) WordPress
4 3 (0.99%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.66%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.66%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) Camunda
6 1 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.33%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.66%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.33%) Actimize
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle TCA
2 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.33%) Shopify
2 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 87 (28.71%) Azure
2 69 (22.77%) AWS
3 33 (10.89%) GCP
4 23 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (7.59%) GitHub
5 18 (5.94%) SaaS
6 17 (5.61%) Cloud Computing
7 16 (5.28%) Serverless
8 10 (3.30%) Amazon S3
8 10 (3.30%) Azure Service Bus
9 9 (2.97%) PaaS
10 8 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.64%) Azure AKS
10 8 (2.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.31%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (1.98%) IaaS
13 5 (1.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.65%) CloudBees
13 5 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.31%) Network Security
2 6 (1.98%) Firewall
3 4 (1.32%) DNS
3 4 (1.32%) Internet
3 4 (1.32%) VXLAN
4 3 (0.99%) 3G
4 3 (0.99%) 4G
4 3 (0.99%) 5G
4 3 (0.99%) BGP
4 3 (0.99%) DHCP
4 3 (0.99%) LAN
4 3 (0.99%) LTE
4 3 (0.99%) SSL
4 3 (0.99%) WAN
4 3 (0.99%) Wireless
5 2 (0.66%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.66%) IPsec
5 2 (0.66%) Kerberos
5 2 (0.66%) OSPF
5 2 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
1 23 (7.59%) Relational Database
2 21 (6.93%) SQL Server
3 17 (5.61%) NoSQL
4 15 (4.95%) MySQL
5 14 (4.62%) Redis
6 11 (3.63%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.97%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.98%) Tableau
9 5 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.65%) Data Mart
9 5 (1.65%) Data Vault
10 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.32%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.99%) Dremio
11 3 (0.99%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 57 (18.81%) Git
2 39 (12.87%) JIRA
3 32 (10.56%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.30%) Bitbucket
4 10 (3.30%) Maven
5 8 (2.64%) Cypress.io
5 8 (2.64%) JUnit
6 7 (2.31%) GoogleTest
6 7 (2.31%) Gradle
6 7 (2.31%) IntelliJ
6 7 (2.31%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (2.31%) TestRail
6 7 (2.31%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.98%) Bitbucket Server
7 6 (1.98%) GitLab
7 6 (1.98%) Mockito
7 6 (1.98%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.65%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.65%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (1.32%) CircleCI
General
1 109 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 49 (16.17%) Finance
3 43 (14.19%) Front Office
4 39 (12.87%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (12.54%) Banking
6 20 (6.60%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.95%) Investment Banking
8 9 (2.97%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.64%) Back Office
10 5 (1.65%) Retail
11 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.99%) Games
13 2 (0.66%) Automotive
13 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.66%) Marketing
13 2 (0.66%) Military
14 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (42.24%) Developer
2 58 (19.14%) Architect
3 52 (17.16%) Senior
4 34 (11.22%) Lead
5 28 (9.24%) Java Developer
6 27 (8.91%) Software Engineer
7 26 (8.58%) .NET Developer
7 26 (8.58%) C# Developer
8 25 (8.25%) Senior Developer
9 23 (7.59%) C# .NET Developer
10 17 (5.61%) Security Architect
11 16 (5.28%) Electronic Trading Developer
11 16 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (4.95%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
12 15 (4.95%) Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (4.95%) Real Time Developer
13 13 (4.29%) Technical Leader
14 11 (3.63%) Data Engineer
15 10 (3.30%) Senior Software Engineer
15 10 (3.30%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (18.15%) .NET
2 43 (14.19%) AngularJS
3 38 (12.54%) CSS
3 38 (12.54%) HTML
4 28 (9.24%) RESTful
5 25 (8.25%) Node.js
6 22 (7.26%) React
6 22 (7.26%) Reactive Extensions
7 21 (6.93%) REST
8 20 (6.60%) Web Services
9 19 (6.27%) HTML5
10 17 (5.61%) .NET Framework
10 17 (5.61%) Kafka
10 17 (5.61%) Spring
11 13 (4.29%) ASP.NET
11 13 (4.29%) Laravel
11 13 (4.29%) Spring Boot
12 12 (3.96%) Vue
13 11 (3.63%) GraphQL
14 10 (3.30%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.27%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.94%) Fixed Income
3 16 (5.28%) Algorithms
3 16 (5.28%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (4.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (3.63%) Cloud Native
5 11 (3.63%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.63%) N-Tier
6 10 (3.30%) Equities
6 10 (3.30%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.30%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.64%) Equity Derivative
8 7 (2.31%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.31%) Derivative
9 6 (1.98%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.65%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.65%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.32%) Distributed Architecture
12 3 (0.99%) Distributed Applications
12 3 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.92%) Linux
2 12 (3.96%) Android
3 11 (3.63%) Unix
3 11 (3.63%) Windows
4 7 (2.31%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (1.65%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.66%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (47.19%) Agile
2 93 (30.69%) CI/CD
3 68 (22.44%) OO
4 65 (21.45%) Software Engineering
5 60 (19.80%) DevOps
5 60 (19.80%) TDD
6 58 (19.14%) Microservices
7 55 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (18.15%) Test Automation
8 46 (15.18%) Continuous Integration
9 33 (10.89%) Architectural Patterns
9 33 (10.89%) Scrum
10 32 (10.56%) Clean Code
10 32 (10.56%) SOLID
11 30 (9.90%) Full-Stack Development
12 27 (8.91%) Event-Driven
13 26 (8.58%) Computer Science
13 26 (8.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (7.92%) Containerisation
14 24 (7.92%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 94 (31.02%) Java
2 74 (24.42%) JavaScript
3 73 (24.09%) C#
4 72 (23.76%) SQL
5 41 (13.53%) Python
6 37 (12.21%) TypeScript
7 24 (7.92%) Kotlin
8 19 (6.27%) PHP
9 15 (4.95%) C++
10 14 (4.62%) PowerShell
11 9 (2.97%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.64%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.98%) Scala
14 5 (1.65%) F#
14 5 (1.65%) Ruby
15 3 (0.99%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.99%) Bash
15 3 (0.99%) Groovy
16 2 (0.66%) ABAP
16 2 (0.66%) Swift
Qualifications
1 33 (10.89%) Degree
1 33 (10.89%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.58%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.62%) CISSP
4 12 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.65%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.65%) MCPD
6 5 (1.65%) MCSD
7 4 (1.32%) CISM
7 4 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.99%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.66%) CAPM
9 2 (0.66%) CCSP
9 2 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.29%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.64%) NIST
3 8 (2.64%) PCI DSS
4 7 (2.31%) QA
5 4 (1.32%) GRC
6 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.66%) GDPR
6 2 (0.66%) MiFID
7 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (12.21%) Docker
2 8 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.66%) RACF
4 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.95%) Terraform
3 11 (3.63%) Grafana
4 10 (3.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.99%) CASB
7 2 (0.66%) Ansible
7 2 (0.66%) Packer
7 2 (0.66%) SCCM
8 1 (0.33%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.33%) QRadar
8 1 (0.33%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 55 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.90%) Oracle
3 22 (7.26%) Google
4 6 (1.98%) Cisco
4 6 (1.98%) Databricks
4 6 (1.98%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.98%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.65%) SAP
5 5 (1.65%) Virgin Media
6 4 (1.32%) Ariba
6 4 (1.32%) IBM
6 4 (1.32%) Qualys
6 4 (1.32%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.32%) Sybase
6 4 (1.32%) VMware
6 4 (1.32%) Zend
7 3 (0.99%) Adobe
7 3 (0.99%) Aruba
7 3 (0.99%) Splunk
8 2 (0.66%) Temenos