Design Patterns Contracts in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Design Patterns skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design Patterns over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 208 178
Rank change year-on-year +2 -30 -15
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 195 282 446
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.17% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.31% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 195 289
10th Percentile £425 £393 £400
25th Percentile £508 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £538 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.70% -0.46% +13.68%
75th Percentile £703 £650 £633
90th Percentile £850 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £601 £620 £616
% change year-on-year -3.13% +0.73% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 14 15
10th Percentile £66.88 £53.75 £46.25
25th Percentile £69.38 £70.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £72.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £64.30
90th Percentile - - £65.30
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £63.43
% change year-on-year -5.08% +16.28% +20.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Design Patterns is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,514 21,548 27,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.76% 89.51% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,486 14,951 19,202
10th Percentile £248 £255 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,030 1,307 1,367
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.18 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Patterns in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Design Patterns in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Patterns in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Patterns in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Design Patterns in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Design Patterns in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Design Patterns in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
North of England +83 125 £607 +10.28% 65
North West +88 106 £598 +19.50% 37
South East -12 26 £550 -3.00% 52
Scotland -21 20 £650 +13.04% 24
Yorkshire +7 17 £677 +23.09% 17
Midlands +8 15 £596 +14.89% 39
South West -4 9 £525 -12.50% 21
West Midlands +9 8 £463 -7.50% 20
East Midlands +21 6 £665 +23.63% 19
East of England -7 4 £450 +33.33% 12
North East - 2 £588 - 11
Design Patterns
UK

Design Patterns
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (2.56%) Confluence
1 5 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.54%) IIS
2 3 (1.54%) Jupyter
2 3 (1.54%) nginx
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.56%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.03%) InVision
Business Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.56%) Temenos T24
3 2 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (25.13%) AWS
2 25 (12.82%) Azure
3 10 (5.13%) GCP
4 8 (4.10%) SaaS
5 6 (3.08%) Kong
5 6 (3.08%) PaaS
6 5 (2.56%) Apigee
6 5 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.56%) IaaS
6 5 (2.56%) npm
7 4 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.05%) OCI
7 4 (2.05%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.05%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.05%) Serverless
7 4 (2.05%) Yarn
8 3 (1.54%) CloudBees
8 3 (1.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 2 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 40 (20.51%) Firewall
2 36 (18.46%) VPN
3 9 (4.62%) Cisco Nexus
3 9 (4.62%) DMZ
4 6 (3.08%) HTTP
5 3 (1.54%) LAN
5 3 (1.54%) Network Security
5 3 (1.54%) WAN
6 2 (1.03%) Broadband
6 2 (1.03%) PPP
6 2 (1.03%) SAN
7 1 (0.51%) IPsec
7 1 (0.51%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.51%) NFC
7 1 (0.51%) SMS
7 1 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.36%) MongoDB
2 13 (6.67%) Relational Database
3 10 (5.13%) RDBMS
4 9 (4.62%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.10%) MySQL
5 8 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.10%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.59%) Apache Cassandra
6 7 (3.59%) Redis
7 6 (3.08%) SQLite
8 5 (2.56%) OLAP
8 5 (2.56%) OLTP
8 5 (2.56%) Oracle OLAP
9 4 (2.05%) Metadata
10 3 (1.54%) ClickHouse
10 3 (1.54%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.54%) HBase
10 3 (1.54%) MariaDB
11 2 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (9.23%) GitLab
2 16 (8.21%) Git
2 16 (8.21%) JIRA
3 12 (6.15%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.08%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.56%) Checkstyle
5 5 (2.56%) webpack
6 4 (2.05%) Gradle
6 4 (2.05%) Jasmine
6 4 (2.05%) JUnit
6 4 (2.05%) Karma Test Runner
6 4 (2.05%) Mocha
7 3 (1.54%) Maven
8 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.51%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.51%) Selenium
9 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.51%) Valgrind
General
1 33 (16.92%) Public Sector
2 32 (16.41%) Finance
3 30 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 28 (14.36%) Banking
5 11 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (5.13%) Legal
7 9 (4.62%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.56%) Law
8 5 (2.56%) Retail
9 3 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.54%) Marketing
10 2 (1.03%) Games
11 1 (0.51%) Military
11 1 (0.51%) Retail Finance
11 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (41.03%) Architect
2 42 (21.54%) Developer
3 38 (19.49%) Lead
4 33 (16.92%) Technical Architect
5 31 (15.90%) Lead Architect
6 26 (13.33%) Senior
6 26 (13.33%) Technical Leader
7 24 (12.31%) Software Engineer
8 13 (6.67%) Java Developer
9 11 (5.64%) Designer
10 10 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.62%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Cisco Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Data Architect
11 9 (4.62%) Juniper Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Network Engineer
12 8 (4.10%) Cloud Architect
12 8 (4.10%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (25.64%) Node.js
2 29 (14.87%) RESTful
3 22 (11.28%) .NET
4 19 (9.74%) Kafka
5 17 (8.72%) REST
6 13 (6.67%) JSON
7 12 (6.15%) .NET Framework
7 12 (6.15%) React
7 12 (6.15%) Web Services
8 11 (5.64%) SOAP
9 10 (5.13%) .NET Core
9 10 (5.13%) XML
10 9 (4.62%) HTML
10 9 (4.62%) Spring
11 8 (4.10%) AngularJS
11 8 (4.10%) CSS
12 6 (3.08%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (3.08%) Spring Boot
13 5 (2.56%) IBM Integration Bus
13 5 (2.56%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.92%) Public Cloud
2 16 (8.21%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.64%) Algorithms
3 11 (5.64%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.62%) Data Structures
5 6 (3.08%) CMDB
5 6 (3.08%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.56%) DataPower
6 5 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.54%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.03%) Derivative
9 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.03%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 36 (18.46%) Windows
2 32 (16.41%) Android
3 30 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 27 (13.85%) Apple iOS
5 15 (7.69%) Linux
6 7 (3.59%) Unix
7 4 (2.05%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (47.18%) Agile
2 72 (36.92%) DevOps
3 68 (34.87%) CI/CD
4 59 (30.26%) Microservices
5 50 (25.64%) Software Engineering
6 45 (23.08%) Risk Management
7 39 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
8 33 (16.92%) Security Architecture
9 30 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (14.87%) Threat Intelligence
11 28 (14.36%) CRM
11 28 (14.36%) OO
12 27 (13.85%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 27 (13.85%) Mobile Device Management
12 27 (13.85%) Zero Trust
13 23 (11.79%) Roadmaps
14 21 (10.77%) Scrum
15 20 (10.26%) Architectural Design
16 19 (9.74%) Continuous Integration
16 19 (9.74%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.49%) Java
2 28 (14.36%) C#
3 23 (11.79%) SQL
4 21 (10.77%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.74%) Python
6 12 (6.15%) Scala
7 8 (4.10%) Bash
8 7 (3.59%) PL/SQL
9 6 (3.08%) Perl
9 6 (3.08%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.05%) C++
10 4 (2.05%) Go
10 4 (2.05%) Groovy
10 4 (2.05%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.05%) PHP
10 4 (2.05%) Ruby
11 3 (1.54%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.03%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (13.85%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.72%) Degree
3 15 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.05%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.05%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.54%) CCNA
6 3 (1.54%) CCNP
6 3 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.54%) CISM
6 3 (1.54%) CISSP
7 2 (1.03%) HND
7 2 (1.03%) PMP
8 1 (0.51%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.15%) QA
2 5 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.05%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.54%) GDPR
4 3 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.54%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.51%) SLA
5 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (5.13%) Docker
2 3 (1.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.54%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (12.31%) Terraform
2 9 (4.62%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.59%) Ansible
4 6 (3.08%) Grafana
5 4 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.54%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.54%) SCCM
7 2 (1.03%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.51%) FreeIPA
8 1 (0.51%) Icinga
8 1 (0.51%) Istio
8 1 (0.51%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (8.21%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.64%) Oracle
3 10 (5.13%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.62%) Blue Coat
4 9 (4.62%) CheckPoint
4 9 (4.62%) Cisco
4 9 (4.62%) Fortinet
4 9 (4.62%) Google
4 9 (4.62%) Juniper
5 7 (3.59%) Avaloq
6 6 (3.08%) VMware
7 5 (2.56%) Apple
7 5 (2.56%) IBM
7 5 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.56%) TSYS
8 4 (2.05%) Pega
9 3 (1.54%) F5
9 3 (1.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (1.03%) Adobe
11 1 (0.51%) Splunk