Design Patterns Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Design Patterns skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 196 188
Rank change year-on-year -142 -8 +7
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 189 542 519
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 1.46% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 1.66% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 105 303 411
10th Percentile £46,046 £46,250 £39,748
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,125 £69,800
90th Percentile £85,700 £90,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -13.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Design Patterns falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,358 32,735 28,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.41% 88.29% 90.60%
Number of salaries quoted 19,061 14,979 20,952
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,250 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design Patterns relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Design Patterns job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Design Patterns.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Design Patterns

Design Patterns
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Patterns in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Design Patterns in the UK excluding London

Design Patterns
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Patterns within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -27 60 £75,000 +22.54% 42
South East -132 43 £85,000 +13.33% 26
Scotland -6 30 £85,700 +24.65% 6
Yorkshire -6 28 £75,000 +22.54% 11
North West -11 27 £70,000 +16.67% 28
Midlands +13 25 £64,500 +5.38% 7
South West -9 22 £62,500 -10.71% 10
West Midlands +17 15 £64,500 +5.38% 5
East Midlands -15 10 £73,750 +28.26% 2
East of England +5 6 £85,000 +30.77% 16
North East +4 5 £47,372 -22.60% 3
Wales -30 2 £49,500 +11.63% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
Design Patterns
UK

Design Patterns
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.53%) Apache
1 1 (0.53%) CMS
1 1 (0.53%) Confluence
1 1 (0.53%) JBoss
1 1 (0.53%) Kentico
Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.06%) S-PLUS
2 1 (0.53%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.53%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.53%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.53%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 73 (38.62%) AWS
2 68 (35.98%) Azure
3 27 (14.29%) SaaS
4 26 (13.76%) GitHub
5 23 (12.17%) Serverless
6 17 (8.99%) GCP
7 12 (6.35%) PaaS
8 11 (5.82%) IaaS
9 10 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.17%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (1.06%) Figma
12 2 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (1.06%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.47%) Broadband
2 1 (0.53%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.58%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.41%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.17%) MySQL
3 6 (3.17%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.59%) MariaDB
5 3 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.06%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.06%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.06%) Metadata
6 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.06%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.53%) DB2
7 1 (0.53%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.53%) GIS
7 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (15.87%) Git
2 19 (10.05%) GitLab
3 18 (9.52%) Jenkins
4 15 (7.94%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.59%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.59%) JIRA
5 3 (1.59%) JUnit
6 2 (1.06%) Selenium
6 2 (1.06%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.53%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.53%) Gradle
7 1 (0.53%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.53%) Mockito
7 1 (0.53%) Storybook
7 1 (0.53%) Xcode
General
1 76 (40.21%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.87%) Marketing
3 22 (11.64%) Finance
4 18 (9.52%) Law
5 17 (8.99%) Games
6 15 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.29%) Legal
8 7 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.70%) Retail
9 5 (2.65%) Banking
9 5 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.12%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Back Office
12 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 77 (40.74%) Developer
2 76 (40.21%) Architect
3 38 (20.11%) Senior
4 33 (17.46%) Lead
5 28 (14.81%) Senior Developer
6 25 (13.23%) Enterprise Architect
7 24 (12.70%) Enterprise Information Architect
7 24 (12.70%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 24 (12.70%) Information Architect
7 24 (12.70%) Information Security Architect
7 24 (12.70%) Security Architect
8 23 (12.17%) Software Architect
9 22 (11.64%) Full-Stack Developer
10 16 (8.47%) Lead Developer
10 16 (8.47%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 16 (8.47%) Senior Web Developer
10 16 (8.47%) Software Engineer
10 16 (8.47%) Web Developer
11 14 (7.41%) Full-Stack Web Developer
11 14 (7.41%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (30.16%) React
2 47 (24.87%) .NET
3 45 (23.81%) CSS
3 45 (23.81%) HTML
4 26 (13.76%) RESTful
5 25 (13.23%) Middleware
6 21 (11.11%) REST
7 19 (10.05%) Vue
8 17 (8.99%) Django
8 17 (8.99%) Node.js
8 17 (8.99%) SOAP
8 17 (8.99%) Spring
9 16 (8.47%) Flask
10 15 (7.94%) .NET Framework
10 15 (7.94%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (7.94%) Visualforce
11 14 (7.41%) FastAPI
12 13 (6.88%) .NET Core
12 13 (6.88%) AngularJS
12 13 (6.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.40%) Product Ownership
2 21 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (10.58%) Cloud Native
4 13 (6.88%) Data Structures
5 8 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (2.65%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.59%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.06%) iPad
10 2 (1.06%) iPhone
10 2 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.53%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.53%) Animation
11 1 (0.53%) e-Learning
11 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.53%) Multi-touch
11 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.17%) Windows
2 5 (2.65%) Android
2 5 (2.65%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (70.90%) Agile
2 85 (44.97%) CI/CD
3 79 (41.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 79 (41.80%) DevOps
4 72 (38.10%) Mentoring
5 51 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (26.98%) Software Engineering
6 43 (22.75%) Full-Stack Development
7 40 (21.16%) Microservices
7 40 (21.16%) TOGAF
8 37 (19.58%) Enterprise Architecture
9 36 (19.05%) Computer Science
10 34 (17.99%) Data Protection
11 32 (16.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (16.40%) Architectural Patterns
13 29 (15.34%) OO
13 29 (15.34%) SDLC
13 29 (15.34%) Security Architecture
14 28 (14.81%) UML
14 28 (14.81%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 52 (27.51%) JavaScript
2 46 (24.34%) C#
3 29 (15.34%) SQL
4 26 (13.76%) Python
5 18 (9.52%) Java
6 15 (7.94%) Apex Code
6 15 (7.94%) SOQL
6 15 (7.94%) SOSL
6 15 (7.94%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.12%) Swift
8 3 (1.59%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.59%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.06%) Bicep
9 2 (1.06%) C++
9 2 (1.06%) Delphi
9 2 (1.06%) Scala
10 1 (0.53%) Perl
10 1 (0.53%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (19.58%) Degree
2 33 (17.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (15.34%) CISM
3 29 (15.34%) CISSP
4 24 (12.70%) DBS Check
4 24 (12.70%) TOGAF Certification
5 23 (12.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (11.64%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (1.59%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.06%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) OCA
9 1 (0.53%) OCP
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.70%) GRC
2 22 (11.64%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 16 (8.47%) QA
4 5 (2.65%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.59%) GDPR
6 2 (1.06%) Data Quality
System Software
1 45 (23.81%) Docker
2 2 (1.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (15.34%) Kubernetes
2 18 (9.52%) Terraform
3 2 (1.06%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (7.94%) Salesforce
1 15 (7.94%) Splunk
2 9 (4.76%) Oracle
3 6 (3.17%) BiZZdesign
3 6 (3.17%) Microsoft
4 5 (2.65%) Syncfusion
4 5 (2.65%) Telerik
5 2 (1.06%) Databricks
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe
6 1 (0.53%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.53%) Siemens
6 1 (0.53%) Xamarin