Design Patterns Contracts in London

Design Patterns
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 168 166 127
Rank change year-on-year -2 -39 -34
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 203 257 546
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.62% 1.44% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 1.63% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 193 389
10th Percentile £409 £418 £458
25th Percentile £504 £500 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £750 £825 £760
90th Percentile £850 £850 £863
England median daily rate £575 £619 £625
% change year-on-year -7.07% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £52.70
25th Percentile - £38.25 £69.75
Median hourly rate - £39.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -47.33% -
75th Percentile - £40.75 £82.50
90th Percentile - - £90.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year -31.25% +10.34% +14.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Patterns in London

Design Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Design Patterns in London

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Design Patterns in London

Design Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Design Patterns in London

Design Patterns
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +9 20 £660 +22.79% 30
South London +11 8 £470 -41.25% 3
West London +13 6 £525 +59.09% 6
East London +9 3 £544 +4.57% 7
North London - 1 £413 -
Design Patterns
England

Design Patterns
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (1.97%) Apache
1 4 (1.97%) CMS
1 4 (1.97%) Confluence
2 3 (1.48%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.99%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.49%) Camunda
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.49%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.99%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.49%) Actimize
2 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle TCA
2 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 57 (28.08%) Azure
2 48 (23.65%) AWS
3 18 (8.87%) GCP
4 17 (8.37%) GitHub
5 16 (7.88%) Cloud Computing
6 15 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.43%) Amazon S3
7 9 (4.43%) Serverless
8 8 (3.94%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.96%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (2.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.46%) PaaS
10 5 (2.46%) SaaS
11 4 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.97%) Sentry
12 3 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.48%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.48%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.99%) 3G
1 2 (0.99%) 4G
1 2 (0.99%) 5G
1 2 (0.99%) Firewall
1 2 (0.99%) LTE
1 2 (0.99%) Network Security
1 2 (0.99%) VLAN
1 2 (0.99%) VXLAN
2 1 (0.49%) DNS
2 1 (0.49%) IPsec
2 1 (0.49%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.49%) SSL
2 1 (0.49%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.36%) Relational Database
2 16 (7.88%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (7.39%) SQL Server
4 13 (6.40%) NoSQL
5 12 (5.91%) Redis
6 10 (4.93%) MySQL
7 9 (4.43%) RDBMS
8 6 (2.96%) Tableau
9 5 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (2.46%) Data Mart
9 5 (2.46%) Data Vault
9 5 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.46%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.48%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.48%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.99%) KDB
12 1 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (11.33%) Git
2 22 (10.84%) JIRA
3 19 (9.36%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.43%) Maven
5 8 (3.94%) JUnit
6 7 (3.45%) Gradle
6 7 (3.45%) IntelliJ
7 6 (2.96%) Mockito
7 6 (2.96%) TeamCity
8 5 (2.46%) Eclipse
8 5 (2.46%) GitLab
9 4 (1.97%) CircleCI
9 4 (1.97%) Subversion
10 3 (1.48%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.48%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.48%) NUnit
10 3 (1.48%) PHPUnit
10 3 (1.48%) Postman
10 3 (1.48%) TestNG
11 2 (0.99%) SonarQube
General
1 90 (44.33%) Social Skills
2 43 (21.18%) Front Office
3 42 (20.69%) Finance
4 34 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (15.76%) Banking
6 15 (7.39%) Investment Banking
7 12 (5.91%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.94%) Back Office
9 4 (1.97%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.97%) Retail
10 3 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.49%) Automotive
12 1 (0.49%) German Language
12 1 (0.49%) Legal
12 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.49%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.49%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (47.78%) Developer
2 32 (15.76%) Senior
3 31 (15.27%) Architect
4 29 (14.29%) Lead
5 25 (12.32%) .NET Developer
5 25 (12.32%) C# Developer
5 25 (12.32%) Java Developer
6 22 (10.84%) C# .NET Developer
7 19 (9.36%) Senior Developer
8 16 (7.88%) Electronic Trading Developer
9 15 (7.39%) C# Developer - Electronic Trading
9 15 (7.39%) Real Time Developer
10 10 (4.93%) Technical Leader
11 9 (4.43%) Consultant
11 9 (4.43%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.94%) Designer
12 8 (3.94%) Lead Developer
12 8 (3.94%) Security Architect
12 8 (3.94%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (25.12%) .NET
2 28 (13.79%) AngularJS
3 22 (10.84%) Reactive Extensions
4 17 (8.37%) .NET Framework
4 17 (8.37%) React
4 17 (8.37%) REST
5 16 (7.88%) Node.js
5 16 (7.88%) RESTful
6 15 (7.39%) HTML
6 15 (7.39%) Spring
7 14 (6.90%) Kafka
8 11 (5.42%) CSS
8 11 (5.42%) Web Services
9 10 (4.93%) ASP.NET
9 10 (4.93%) Spring Boot
10 9 (4.43%) Express.js
10 9 (4.43%) GraphQL
10 9 (4.43%) Vue
11 7 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (3.45%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.87%) Fixed Income
2 16 (7.88%) Algorithms
2 16 (7.88%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (6.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (4.93%) Equities
4 10 (4.93%) N-Tier
4 10 (4.93%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.43%) Virtual Team
6 8 (3.94%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.94%) Equity Derivative
7 7 (3.45%) Data Structures
7 7 (3.45%) Derivative
8 6 (2.96%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.97%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.48%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (1.48%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.48%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.99%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.99%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.42%) Linux
2 10 (4.93%) Android
3 5 (2.46%) Windows
4 4 (1.97%) Unix
5 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.99%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.99%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.49%) VMS
6 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (44.33%) Agile
2 51 (25.12%) CI/CD
3 47 (23.15%) TDD
4 44 (21.67%) OO
5 36 (17.73%) Test Automation
6 34 (16.75%) DevOps
7 33 (16.26%) Microservices
8 30 (14.78%) Continuous Integration
8 30 (14.78%) Software Engineering
9 29 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (11.82%) Clean Code
11 22 (10.84%) Low Latency
12 21 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (10.34%) SOLID
13 20 (9.85%) Electronic Trading
13 20 (9.85%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (9.36%) Containerisation
15 18 (8.87%) Event-Driven
15 18 (8.87%) OOP
16 17 (8.37%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 71 (34.98%) Java
2 55 (27.09%) C#
2 55 (27.09%) SQL
3 45 (22.17%) JavaScript
4 23 (11.33%) Python
4 23 (11.33%) TypeScript
5 16 (7.88%) Kotlin
6 9 (4.43%) PowerShell
7 8 (3.94%) C++
8 6 (2.96%) PHP
8 6 (2.96%) Scala
9 5 (2.46%) F#
9 5 (2.46%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.48%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.99%) ABAP
11 2 (0.99%) Go
11 2 (0.99%) Ruby
11 2 (0.99%) Swift
12 1 (0.49%) Groovy
12 1 (0.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (9.85%) Degree
2 17 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.45%) CISSP
5 6 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.46%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.46%) MCPD
6 5 (2.46%) MCSD
7 4 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.48%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (1.48%) CISM
8 3 (1.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.99%) CAPM
9 2 (0.99%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.99%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.49%) MCAD
10 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.45%) PCI DSS
2 4 (1.97%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.48%) GRC
3 3 (1.48%) NIST
4 2 (0.99%) MiFID
5 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.49%) GDPR
5 1 (0.49%) HL7
5 1 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 30 (14.78%) Docker
2 2 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.49%) RACF
3 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (9.36%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.91%) Terraform
3 9 (4.43%) Grafana
4 7 (3.45%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.99%) SCCM
6 1 (0.49%) Ansible
6 1 (0.49%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.49%) Packer
6 1 (0.49%) QRadar
6 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 27 (13.30%) Oracle
3 7 (3.45%) Google
4 5 (2.46%) SAP
5 4 (1.97%) IBM
5 4 (1.97%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.97%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.97%) Sybase
6 3 (1.48%) Adobe
6 3 (1.48%) Ariba
6 3 (1.48%) Qualys
6 3 (1.48%) Splunk
7 2 (0.99%) Citrix
7 2 (0.99%) ION Trading
7 2 (0.99%) Temenos
7 2 (0.99%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.99%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.49%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.49%) OutSystems
8 1 (0.49%) StreamSets