Design Patterns Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Design Patterns
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Design Patterns skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.89% - 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% - 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £439 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 357 131 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 79.33% 88.51% 74.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 79 78
10th Percentile £230 £175 £210
25th Percentile £411 £250 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £675 £550 £525
90th Percentile £789 £678 £641
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 17 5
10th Percentile £12.84 £17.62 £15.99
25th Percentile £15.36 £18.87 £22.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £25.99
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -3.23% -19.56%
75th Percentile £53.75 £77.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £89.63 £83.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £21.02 £58.49
% change year-on-year +125.98% -64.06% +7.58%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Design Patterns job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Design Patterns
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Design Patterns
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Abingdon - 2 £425 - 2
Design Patterns
South East

Design Patterns
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 4 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) OWASP
2 3 (75.00%) RBAC
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) ISO 31000
2 3 (75.00%) NIST