Hybrid/Remote Design Patterns Job Trends

Design Patterns
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Design Patterns skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 152 158
Rank change year-on-year -108 +6 -13
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 151 297 681
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 2.23% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 2.35% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 88 214 613
10th Percentile £47,250 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,375 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,585 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.64% +4.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £94,750 £87,454 £96,000
UK median annual salary £71,000 £68,525 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.61% +9.64% -13.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,918 12,640 29,709
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.13% 94.72% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 10,427 8,943 23,621
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design Patterns and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Design Patterns job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Design Patterns
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Design Patterns.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Design Patterns

Design Patterns
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Design Patterns over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Design Patterns salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Design Patterns
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (3.31%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.66%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (40.40%) AWS
2 50 (33.11%) Azure
3 28 (18.54%) Serverless
4 21 (13.91%) GitHub
5 17 (11.26%) GCP
6 14 (9.27%) SaaS
7 11 (7.28%) PaaS
8 10 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (5.96%) Amazon S3
10 8 (5.30%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (4.64%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (3.97%) Azure App Service
12 6 (3.97%) Entra ID
12 6 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (3.97%) Vertex AI
13 5 (3.31%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 4 (2.65%) Copilot Studio
14 4 (2.65%) IaaS
14 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (25.83%) Broadband
2 3 (1.99%) Network Security
3 2 (1.32%) Firewall
3 2 (1.32%) LAN
3 2 (1.32%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.32%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (1.32%) WAN
3 2 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (14.57%) NoSQL
2 16 (10.60%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.30%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.31%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.32%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.32%) MySQL
5 2 (1.32%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.66%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.66%) DocumentDB
6 1 (0.66%) GIS
6 1 (0.66%) Metadata
6 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 37 (24.50%) Jenkins
2 36 (23.84%) GitLab
3 34 (22.52%) SonarQube
4 27 (17.88%) Git
5 3 (1.99%) Android Studio
5 3 (1.99%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.32%) JUnit
6 2 (1.32%) Selenium
6 2 (1.32%) Storybook
6 2 (1.32%) Xcode
7 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.66%) Gradle
7 1 (0.66%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.66%) XCUITest
General
1 36 (23.84%) Games
1 36 (23.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 34 (22.52%) Marketing
3 30 (19.87%) Social Skills
4 26 (17.22%) Finance
5 15 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (8.61%) Banking
7 8 (5.30%) Investment Banking
8 7 (4.64%) Legal
8 7 (4.64%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.99%) Law
11 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.66%) Back Office
12 1 (0.66%) iGaming
12 1 (0.66%) Military
12 1 (0.66%) Police
12 1 (0.66%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (43.71%) Developer
2 53 (35.10%) Architect
3 33 (21.85%) Salesforce Architect
4 31 (20.53%) Lead
5 30 (19.87%) Technical Architect
6 25 (16.56%) Lead Developer
7 24 (15.89%) Senior
8 18 (11.92%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 12 (7.95%) C# Developer
10 11 (7.28%) Java Developer
10 11 (7.28%) Software Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) Java Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) Salesforce Solution Architect
11 10 (6.62%) Senior Developer
11 10 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (6.62%) Technical Leader
12 9 (5.96%) .NET Developer
12 9 (5.96%) Principal Developer
13 8 (5.30%) Lead C# Developer
13 8 (5.30%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (33.77%) REST
2 34 (22.52%) Lightning Web Components
2 34 (22.52%) SOAP
2 34 (22.52%) Visualforce
3 32 (21.19%) React
4 27 (17.88%) .NET
5 23 (15.23%) Spring Boot
6 22 (14.57%) Spring
7 15 (9.93%) CSS
7 15 (9.93%) HTML
7 15 (9.93%) RESTful
8 13 (8.61%) AngularJS
9 9 (5.96%) .NET Framework
10 8 (5.30%) ASP.NET Web API
10 8 (5.30%) Flask
10 8 (5.30%) Razor View Engine
10 8 (5.30%) Vue
11 7 (4.64%) Web Services
12 6 (3.97%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 6 (3.97%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 55 (36.42%) Product Ownership
2 19 (12.58%) Cloud Native
3 16 (10.60%) Data Structures
4 14 (9.27%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (7.95%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (6.62%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (4.64%) Blockchain
7 7 (4.64%) Hedge funds
8 6 (3.97%) Mobile App
8 6 (3.97%) Public Cloud
9 5 (3.31%) Web3
10 4 (2.65%) Algorithms
10 4 (2.65%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (2.65%) PKI
11 3 (1.99%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.99%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.99%) IoT
11 3 (1.99%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.30%) Android
2 4 (2.65%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.65%) Windows
3 1 (0.66%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (76.16%) Agile
2 87 (57.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 85 (56.29%) CI/CD
4 70 (46.36%) DevOps
5 58 (38.41%) Mentoring
6 50 (33.11%) Event-Driven
7 48 (31.79%) Scrum
8 46 (30.46%) Roadmaps
9 42 (27.81%) Continuous Integration
9 42 (27.81%) OO
10 41 (27.15%) Continuous Delivery
10 41 (27.15%) Microservices
11 39 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (25.83%) Software Engineering
11 39 (25.83%) TOGAF
12 37 (24.50%) Technology Roadmap
13 36 (23.84%) Architectural Patterns
13 36 (23.84%) Community of Practice
14 35 (23.18%) Full-Stack Development
15 34 (22.52%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.18%) Apex Code
1 35 (23.18%) SOQL
2 34 (22.52%) SOSL
3 32 (21.19%) Java
4 29 (19.21%) Python
5 26 (17.22%) JavaScript
6 20 (13.25%) TypeScript
7 18 (11.92%) C#
8 17 (11.26%) SQL
9 7 (4.64%) Rust
10 5 (3.31%) Go
11 4 (2.65%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.99%) C
12 3 (1.99%) C++
12 3 (1.99%) Swift
13 2 (1.32%) Delphi
13 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.66%) PHP
14 1 (0.66%) Scala
14 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (17.22%) Degree
2 15 (9.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (6.62%) Security Cleared
4 9 (5.96%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.30%) DBS Check
6 7 (4.64%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.32%) CCIE
7 2 (1.32%) CCIE Security
7 2 (1.32%) CCNP
7 2 (1.32%) CCSA
7 2 (1.32%) CCSE
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.32%) JNCIE
7 2 (1.32%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.66%) PhD
8 1 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.96%) QA
2 6 (3.97%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.65%) GDPR
4 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.32%) GRC
4 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.32%) WCAG
5 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (15.23%) Docker
2 6 (3.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (11.26%) Kubernetes
2 14 (9.27%) Terraform
3 3 (1.99%) Ansible
3 3 (1.99%) Grafana
4 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.66%) Kibana
Vendors
1 35 (23.18%) Salesforce
2 34 (22.52%) Splunk
3 15 (9.93%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.64%) Google
5 4 (2.65%) Foundry
5 4 (2.65%) Oracle
6 2 (1.32%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.32%) Cisco
6 2 (1.32%) Databricks
6 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.32%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.32%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.32%) SendGrid
6 2 (1.32%) Syncfusion
6 2 (1.32%) Telerik
6 2 (1.32%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.66%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.66%) Apple
7 1 (0.66%) IBM