Design Patterns
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 26 | 35 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | +9 | -8 |
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns | 0 | 4 | 2 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | - | 2.05% | 0.84% |
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 2.58% | 0.97% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £625 | £625 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -12.28% |
North West median daily rate | £410 | £601 | £563 |
% change year-on-year | -31.73% | +6.68% | +6.73% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10th Percentile | - | - | - |
25th Percentile | - | - | £37.80 |
Median hourly rate | - | - | £40.59 |
75th Percentile | - | - | £43.39 |
90th Percentile | - | - | - |
North West median hourly rate | - | £70.00 | £40.59 |
% change year-on-year | - | +72.46% | -35.06% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 163 | 155 | 207 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 90.56% | 79.49% | 86.97% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 83 | 75 | 114 |
10th Percentile | £400 | £313 | £313 |
25th Percentile | £463 | £413 | £413 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £538 | £525 |
Median % change year-on-year | -0.93% | +2.38% | +10.53% |
75th Percentile | £600 | £650 | £625 |
90th Percentile | £630 | £746 | £700 |
North West median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +5.26% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 52 | 42 |
10th Percentile | £15.34 | - | £24.14 |
25th Percentile | £23.43 | £16.06 | £29.30 |
Median hourly rate | £28.75 | £22.39 | £42.50 |
Median % change year-on-year | +28.41% | -47.32% | +15.65% |
75th Percentile | £53.07 | £45.96 | £50.07 |
90th Percentile | £63.36 | £47.82 | £53.43 |
North West median hourly rate | £32.50 | £22.11 | £36.00 |
% change year-on-year | +46.99% | -38.58% | +71.43% |
Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Design Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Design Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns in Lancashire.
Design Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns in Lancashire.