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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 201 179
Rank change year-on-year -71 -22 -17
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 186 262 512
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.85% 1.59% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.71% 2.18%
Number of salaries quoted 105 179 443
10th Percentile £48,444 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% +6.20% -9.32%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 18,155 15,315 23,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.94% 93.04% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,190 9,035 17,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 29 July 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 (2.15%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 84 (45.16%) AWS
2 49 (26.34%) Azure
3 23 (12.37%) SaaS
4 20 (10.75%) GCP
5 14 (7.53%) GitHub
5 14 (7.53%) Snowflake
6 11 (5.91%) Serverless
7 10 (5.38%) GitHub Copilot
8 8 (4.30%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.76%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.76%) Azure Machine Learning
9 7 (3.76%) ChatGPT
10 6 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.69%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.69%) Vertex AI
12 4 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.15%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (2.15%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 49 (26.34%) Broadband
2 6 (3.23%) Network Security
3 3 (1.61%) Firewall
3 3 (1.61%) LAN
3 3 (1.61%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.61%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (1.61%) WAN
3 3 (1.61%) Wireless
4 2 (1.08%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.44%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.68%) Redis
3 9 (4.84%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.30%) MySQL
4 8 (4.30%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.76%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.08%) Power BI
7 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.08%) Stardog
7 2 (1.08%) Triplestore
8 1 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.54%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.54%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.54%) SQLite
8 1 (0.54%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 37 (19.89%) Git
2 35 (18.82%) Jenkins
3 34 (18.28%) GitLab
4 27 (14.52%) SonarQube
5 4 (2.15%) Selenium
6 3 (1.61%) Postman
7 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (1.08%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.54%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.54%) JIRA
8 1 (0.54%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.54%) MLflow
8 1 (0.54%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.54%) Subversion
8 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.54%) XCUITest
General
1 39 (20.97%) Games
2 37 (19.89%) Social Skills
3 30 (16.13%) Marketing
4 29 (15.59%) Finance
4 29 (15.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.60%) Public Sector
7 15 (8.06%) Banking
8 12 (6.45%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.61%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.61%) Military
10 3 (1.61%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.08%) Automotive
11 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Legal
12 1 (0.54%) iGaming
12 1 (0.54%) Local Government
12 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (37.10%) Developer
2 45 (24.19%) Architect
3 42 (22.58%) Lead
4 41 (22.04%) Senior
5 27 (14.52%) Salesforce Architect
6 26 (13.98%) Lead Developer
7 23 (12.37%) Technical Architect
8 20 (10.75%) Full-Stack Developer
8 20 (10.75%) Software Developer
9 17 (9.14%) Senior Developer
10 15 (8.06%) Analyst
10 15 (8.06%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
10 15 (8.06%) Software Engineer
11 14 (7.53%) Lead Software Developer
11 14 (7.53%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 11 (5.91%) Java Developer
12 11 (5.91%) Principal Developer
12 11 (5.91%) Team Leader
13 10 (5.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 10 (5.38%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (23.66%) REST
2 28 (15.05%) Node.js
3 27 (14.52%) Lightning Web Components
4 26 (13.98%) SOAP
4 26 (13.98%) Visualforce
5 22 (11.83%) React
6 20 (10.75%) Spring Boot
6 20 (10.75%) Vue
7 17 (9.14%) .NET
7 17 (9.14%) Spring
8 14 (7.53%) AngularJS
9 10 (5.38%) RESTful
10 6 (3.23%) Kafka
11 5 (2.69%) Android Jetpack
11 5 (2.69%) ASP.NET
11 5 (2.69%) Jetpack Compose
11 5 (2.69%) jQuery
11 5 (2.69%) LangChain
11 5 (2.69%) LangGraph
11 5 (2.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (24.73%) Product Ownership
2 26 (13.98%) Cloud Native
3 15 (8.06%) AI Agents
4 13 (6.99%) Data Structures
4 13 (6.99%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (6.45%) Cyberattack
6 9 (4.84%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.84%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (4.30%) Public Cloud
8 7 (3.76%) Hackathon
9 6 (3.23%) Blockchain
9 6 (3.23%) Hedge funds
9 6 (3.23%) Mobile App
9 6 (3.23%) Social Media
10 5 (2.69%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.69%) Client/Server
11 4 (2.15%) Data Centre
11 4 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (2.15%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.30%) Android
2 3 (1.61%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (56.99%) CI/CD
2 95 (51.08%) Agile
3 80 (43.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 71 (38.17%) AI
4 71 (38.17%) DevOps
5 56 (30.11%) Microservices
6 55 (29.57%) Mentoring
7 46 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (23.66%) Software Engineering
9 43 (23.12%) Full-Stack Development
10 41 (22.04%) Event-Driven
11 40 (21.51%) Continuous Delivery
12 39 (20.97%) Scrum
13 38 (20.43%) Architectural Patterns
13 38 (20.43%) Roadmaps
14 36 (19.35%) Technical Leadership
15 35 (18.82%) Continuous Integration
15 35 (18.82%) OO
16 34 (18.28%) TOGAF
17 33 (17.74%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.82%) Python
2 34 (18.28%) JavaScript
3 33 (17.74%) Java
4 31 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 28 (15.05%) Apex Code
5 28 (15.05%) SOQL
6 27 (14.52%) SOSL
7 16 (8.60%) C#
8 12 (6.45%) SQL
9 8 (4.30%) Kotlin
10 6 (3.23%) Rust
11 4 (2.15%) C++
11 4 (2.15%) Go
12 3 (1.61%) C
12 3 (1.61%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.61%) Scala
13 2 (1.08%) PowerShell
13 2 (1.08%) SHACL
13 2 (1.08%) SPARQL
13 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (21.51%) Degree
2 25 (13.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (6.99%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.38%) SC Cleared
5 9 (4.84%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.69%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.69%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.61%) CCIE
7 3 (1.61%) CCIE Security
7 3 (1.61%) CCNP
7 3 (1.61%) CCSA
7 3 (1.61%) CCSE
7 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.61%) JNCIE
7 3 (1.61%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.54%) CISM
8 1 (0.54%) CISSP
8 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.53%) QA
2 12 (6.45%) GDPR
3 6 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.08%) MiFID
5 2 (1.08%) UCITS
6 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.54%) GRC
6 1 (0.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (14.52%) Docker
2 2 (1.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (16.13%) Kubernetes
2 14 (7.53%) Terraform
3 5 (2.69%) Ansible
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.54%) Grafana
5 1 (0.54%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (15.59%) Splunk
2 28 (15.05%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.91%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.76%) Google
5 4 (2.15%) Databricks
5 4 (2.15%) Foundry
5 4 (2.15%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.61%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.61%) Cisco
6 3 (1.61%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.61%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.61%) Oracle
6 3 (1.61%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.08%) Adobe
7 2 (1.08%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.08%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.54%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.54%) IBM
8 1 (0.54%) Perforce