Design Patterns Contracts in the West Midlands

Design Patterns
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 84 103 109
Rank change year-on-year +19 +6 +23
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 13 8 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.97% 0.41% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 0.49% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 15
10th Percentile £440 £404 £464
25th Percentile £450 £409 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £651 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +40.65% -7.50% -7.41%
75th Percentile £788 £497 £700
90th Percentile £800 £503 £738
England median daily rate £575 £619 £625
% change year-on-year -7.07% -1.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
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 the West Midlands

Job postings citing Design Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Design Patterns in the West Midlands

Design Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Design Patterns in the West Midlands

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Design Patterns in the West Midlands

Design Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Design Patterns in the West Midlands

Design Patterns
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +12 11 £675 - 4
Birmingham +16 1 £651 - 9
Design Patterns
England

Design Patterns
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Network Security
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Git
2 3 (23.08%) Plastic SCM
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Games
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Architect
1 8 (61.54%) Security Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Games Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Applications Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Architect
5 1 (7.69%) IT Security Architect
5 1 (7.69%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Apache Axis
1 3 (23.08%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) Laravel
2 1 (7.69%) REST
2 1 (7.69%) RESTful
2 1 (7.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
1 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
2 2 (15.38%) SCADA
3 1 (7.69%) CCTV
3 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Unix
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
4 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (23.08%) Application Security
5 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 3 (23.08%) Data Management
5 3 (23.08%) DevOps
5 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
5 3 (23.08%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) Microservices
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Project Planning
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
5 3 (23.08%) SOA
5 3 (23.08%) Software Architecture
5 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) Java
3 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 3 (23.08%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) Ruby
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) PHP
4 1 (7.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) CISSP
2 3 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (15.38%) CCSP
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.69%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (30.77%) QA
2 3 (23.08%) NIST
3 1 (7.69%) GRC
3 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (15.38%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
1 2 (15.38%) TOWER Software
2 1 (7.69%) Ariba
2 1 (7.69%) Qualys
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow