Design Patterns Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Design Patterns
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Design Patterns skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 26 38
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +3
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 8 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.50% 2.04% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 2.70% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.03%
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £533 £475 £625
% change year-on-year +12.11% -24.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £53.50 £51.50 -
25th Percentile - £53.75 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £56.50 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 228 148 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.25% 75.51% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 91 92
10th Percentile £361 £380 £400
25th Percentile £461 £454 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £568
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -5.29% +13.50%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £678
90th Percentile £686 £626 £845
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £540 £582
% change year-on-year +1.85% -7.22% +10.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 27 84
10th Percentile £15.72 £25.15 £51.06
25th Percentile £48.64 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.82% -0.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £61.50 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.75 £41.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +16.46% -28.51% +9.24%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Design Patterns job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Design Patterns
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Design Patterns
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Git
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Java Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Java Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) Hibernate
1 6 (75.00%) RESTful
1 6 (75.00%) Spring
1 6 (75.00%) Spring Boot
2 5 (62.50%) Web Services
3 4 (50.00%) REST
4 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
1 8 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 8 (100.00%) Microservices
1 8 (100.00%) Scrum
1 8 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
2 6 (75.00%) Issue Tracking
2 6 (75.00%) SysML
2 6 (75.00%) UML
3 5 (62.50%) SDLC
3 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
4 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (25.00%) Front End Development
5 2 (25.00%) High Availability
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (25.00%) Secure Coding
5 2 (25.00%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared