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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 208 163
Rank change year-on-year -63 -45 -1
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 205 243 470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 1.44% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.54% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 143 156 253
10th Percentile £48,946 £46,875 £43,750
25th Percentile £59,750 £57,188 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £116,250 £100,000 £88,645
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.42% +11.11% -

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 20,176 15,827 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.92% 93.82% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,403 8,473 11,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 4 (1.95%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.49%) CMS
2 1 (0.49%) Confluence
2 1 (0.49%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.49%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.49%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 101 (49.27%) AWS
2 63 (30.73%) Azure
3 32 (15.61%) SaaS
4 24 (11.71%) GCP
5 19 (9.27%) Snowflake
6 17 (8.29%) Serverless
7 12 (5.85%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (5.85%) GitHub
8 10 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.39%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (3.41%) Amazon S3
10 7 (3.41%) ChatGPT
11 5 (2.44%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (2.44%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (2.44%) Slack
12 4 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.95%) Azure Databricks
12 4 (1.95%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.95%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.27%) Broadband
2 6 (2.93%) Network Security
3 3 (1.46%) Firewall
4 2 (0.98%) DNS
5 1 (0.49%) Internet
5 1 (0.49%) LAN
5 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.49%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.49%) TETRA
5 1 (0.49%) VoIP
5 1 (0.49%) WAN
5 1 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.12%) SQL Server
2 22 (10.73%) Redis
3 11 (5.37%) MongoDB
4 10 (4.88%) NoSQL
5 9 (4.39%) MySQL
6 8 (3.90%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.46%) Stardog
9 3 (1.46%) Triplestore
10 2 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.98%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.98%) Metadata
10 2 (0.98%) Power BI
10 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.49%) Chroma
11 1 (0.49%) Pinecone
11 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.49%) SQLite
11 1 (0.49%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 49 (23.90%) Git
2 13 (6.34%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.37%) GitLab
4 4 (1.95%) Selenium
5 3 (1.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (1.46%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.46%) JUnit
5 3 (1.46%) Maven
5 3 (1.46%) Mercurial
5 3 (1.46%) Mockito
5 3 (1.46%) Postman
5 3 (1.46%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.46%) Subversion
5 3 (1.46%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.98%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.98%) MLflow
6 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.98%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.49%) Mocha
7 1 (0.49%) SpecFlow
General
1 63 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.98%) Finance
3 36 (17.56%) Public Sector
4 22 (10.73%) Banking
5 18 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.85%) Games
7 10 (4.88%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.41%) Legal
8 7 (3.41%) Marketing
9 5 (2.44%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.95%) Local Government
10 4 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.95%) Retail
11 3 (1.46%) Back Office
11 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.46%) Prime Brokerage
12 2 (0.98%) Automotive
12 2 (0.98%) Military
12 2 (0.98%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 78 (38.05%) Developer
2 46 (22.44%) Senior
3 44 (21.46%) Lead
4 35 (17.07%) Architect
5 28 (13.66%) Software Engineer
6 23 (11.22%) Lead Developer
6 23 (11.22%) Senior Developer
7 21 (10.24%) Full-Stack Developer
7 21 (10.24%) Software Developer
8 18 (8.78%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
9 17 (8.29%) Lead Software Developer
10 15 (7.32%) Analyst
10 15 (7.32%) Java Developer
11 12 (5.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 12 (5.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 11 (5.37%) Technical Architect
13 10 (4.88%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 9 (4.39%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
14 9 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (4.39%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (19.51%) Node.js
2 28 (13.66%) .NET
3 27 (13.17%) React
4 21 (10.24%) Spring
4 21 (10.24%) Spring Boot
4 21 (10.24%) Vue
5 20 (9.76%) REST
6 17 (8.29%) Terraform
7 13 (6.34%) AngularJS
7 13 (6.34%) CSS
8 12 (5.85%) RESTful
9 10 (4.88%) Kafka
10 8 (3.90%) .NET Core
10 8 (3.90%) HTML
11 7 (3.41%) OpenAPI
12 6 (2.93%) Next.js
12 6 (2.93%) Web Services
13 5 (2.44%) FastAPI
13 5 (2.44%) jQuery
14 4 (1.95%) Android Jetpack
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.17%) Cloud Native
2 17 (8.29%) AI Agents
3 16 (7.80%) Product Ownership
4 14 (6.83%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (6.83%) Data Structures
5 13 (6.34%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (5.85%) Cyberattack
7 9 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (3.41%) Hackathon
9 6 (2.93%) Algorithms
9 6 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (2.93%) Hedge funds
9 6 (2.93%) Social Media
10 5 (2.44%) Blockchain
10 5 (2.44%) Client/Server
10 5 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.95%) NHS
11 4 (1.95%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.95%) Android
2 3 (1.46%) Linux
2 3 (1.46%) Unix
2 3 (1.46%) Windows
3 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (46.34%) CI/CD
2 85 (41.46%) AI
3 84 (40.98%) Agile
4 71 (34.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 68 (33.17%) Microservices
6 67 (32.68%) Mentoring
7 59 (28.78%) DevOps
8 55 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (26.34%) Software Engineering
10 48 (23.41%) Technical Leadership
11 44 (21.46%) Computer Science
12 43 (20.98%) Full-Stack Development
13 40 (19.51%) Architectural Patterns
14 37 (18.05%) Test Automation
15 34 (16.59%) SOLID
16 33 (16.10%) Clean Code
17 30 (14.63%) Coaching
18 28 (13.66%) Decision-Making
19 27 (13.17%) DevSecOps
19 27 (13.17%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 53 (25.85%) JavaScript
2 47 (22.93%) Python
2 47 (22.93%) TypeScript
3 43 (20.98%) Java
4 27 (13.17%) C#
5 16 (7.80%) SQL
6 7 (3.41%) Kotlin
7 6 (2.93%) Rust
8 5 (2.44%) Ruby
9 4 (1.95%) C++
9 4 (1.95%) Go
10 3 (1.46%) C
10 3 (1.46%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.46%) Scala
10 3 (1.46%) SHACL
10 3 (1.46%) SPARQL
10 3 (1.46%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.98%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.98%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 42 (20.49%) Degree
2 31 (15.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (10.24%) Security Cleared
4 15 (7.32%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.44%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.44%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.46%) CISM
6 3 (1.46%) CISSP
6 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.49%) CCIE
7 1 (0.49%) CCNP
7 1 (0.49%) CCSA
7 1 (0.49%) CCSE
7 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.49%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.49%) JNCIP
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.78%) QA
2 14 (6.83%) GDPR
3 13 (6.34%) Accessibility
4 9 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.41%) WCAG
6 5 (2.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.46%) MiFID
7 3 (1.46%) NIST
7 3 (1.46%) UCITS
8 2 (0.98%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (16.10%) Docker
2 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (17.07%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.44%) Ansible
3 2 (0.98%) CASB
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.49%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (7.80%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.93%) Databricks
2 6 (2.93%) Google
3 4 (1.95%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.46%) Bloomberg
4 3 (1.46%) Dynatrace
4 3 (1.46%) Perforce
4 3 (1.46%) Splunk
5 2 (0.98%) Adobe
5 2 (0.98%) Oracle
5 2 (0.98%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.49%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.49%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.49%) Cisco
6 1 (0.49%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.49%) IBM
6 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.49%) Workday