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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 169 139
Rank change year-on-year -58 -30 +6
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 167 276 704
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.99% 2.06% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 2.16% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 98 223 610
10th Percentile £47,250 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,875 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +1.96% -12.07%
75th Percentile £82,188 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £68,525 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.45% +9.64% -16.67%

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 14,314 12,772 27,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.91% 95.24% 92.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,412 8,783 22,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 19 March 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 (2.99%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.60%) Apache
2 1 (0.60%) CMS
2 1 (0.60%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (37.13%) AWS
2 56 (33.53%) Azure
3 35 (20.96%) Serverless
4 31 (18.56%) GitHub
5 27 (16.17%) SaaS
6 15 (8.98%) PaaS
7 14 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (8.38%) GCP
8 10 (5.99%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (5.39%) Amazon S3
9 9 (5.39%) Azure App Service
9 9 (5.39%) Entra ID
10 8 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (3.59%) Vertex AI
13 5 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (2.99%) IaaS
14 4 (2.40%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (2.40%) Copilot Studio
14 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 46 (27.54%) Broadband
2 1 (0.60%) Firewall
2 1 (0.60%) LAN
2 1 (0.60%) Network Security
2 1 (0.60%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.60%) WAN
2 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (15.57%) NoSQL
2 24 (14.37%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.79%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.99%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.20%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.20%) MySQL
6 2 (1.20%) Power BI
6 2 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.60%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.60%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.60%) GIS
7 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.60%) Metadata
7 1 (0.60%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 44 (26.35%) GitLab
1 44 (26.35%) Jenkins
2 41 (24.55%) SonarQube
3 27 (16.17%) Git
4 3 (1.80%) Android Studio
4 3 (1.80%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.20%) JUnit
5 2 (1.20%) Selenium
5 2 (1.20%) Storybook
5 2 (1.20%) Xcode
6 1 (0.60%) Gradle
6 1 (0.60%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.60%) XCUITest
General
1 44 (26.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 43 (25.75%) Games
2 43 (25.75%) Marketing
3 32 (19.16%) Social Skills
4 29 (17.37%) Finance
5 16 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.99%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.19%) Banking
7 7 (4.19%) Legal
8 4 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.80%) Law
10 1 (0.60%) Back Office
10 1 (0.60%) iGaming
10 1 (0.60%) Military
10 1 (0.60%) Police
10 1 (0.60%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (42.51%) Developer
2 58 (34.73%) Architect
3 42 (25.15%) Lead
4 39 (23.35%) Salesforce Architect
5 32 (19.16%) Lead Developer
5 32 (19.16%) Technical Architect
6 30 (17.96%) Senior
7 21 (12.57%) Salesforce Technical Architect
8 14 (8.38%) .NET Developer
8 14 (8.38%) C# Developer
9 12 (7.19%) Salesforce Solution Architect
9 12 (7.19%) Senior Developer
9 12 (7.19%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (7.19%) Technical Leader
10 11 (6.59%) Azure Developer
10 11 (6.59%) Python Developer
11 10 (5.99%) Lead C# Developer
11 10 (5.99%) Software Engineer
11 10 (5.99%) Technical Developer
12 9 (5.39%) Lead .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (30.54%) REST
2 41 (24.55%) Lightning Web Components
2 41 (24.55%) SOAP
2 41 (24.55%) Visualforce
3 39 (23.35%) React
4 38 (22.75%) .NET
5 21 (12.57%) CSS
5 21 (12.57%) HTML
6 18 (10.78%) RESTful
7 16 (9.58%) Spring
7 16 (9.58%) Spring Boot
8 13 (7.78%) Flask
9 12 (7.19%) ASP.NET Web API
10 11 (6.59%) .NET Framework
10 11 (6.59%) Razor View Engine
10 11 (6.59%) Vue
11 9 (5.39%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 9 (5.39%) Django
11 9 (5.39%) Entity Framework
12 7 (4.19%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 62 (37.13%) Product Ownership
2 16 (9.58%) Cloud Native
2 16 (9.58%) Data Structures
3 15 (8.98%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (4.79%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.59%) Blockchain
6 6 (3.59%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (2.99%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.99%) Web3
8 4 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.40%) PKI
8 4 (2.40%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.80%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.80%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.20%) EPoS
10 2 (1.20%) IoT
10 2 (1.20%) NHS
10 2 (1.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.59%) Android
2 9 (5.39%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.40%) Windows
4 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (79.04%) Agile
2 96 (57.49%) CI/CD
3 94 (56.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 78 (46.71%) DevOps
5 68 (40.72%) Mentoring
6 56 (33.53%) Scrum
7 55 (32.93%) Event-Driven
8 52 (31.14%) Roadmaps
9 51 (30.54%) OO
10 50 (29.94%) Continuous Integration
11 48 (28.74%) Continuous Delivery
12 47 (28.14%) Microservices
13 44 (26.35%) TOGAF
14 43 (25.75%) Community of Practice
14 43 (25.75%) Technology Roadmap
15 42 (25.15%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
15 42 (25.15%) Software Engineering
16 41 (24.55%) PLM
16 41 (24.55%) Static Code Analysis
16 41 (24.55%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (24.55%) Apex Code
1 41 (24.55%) SOQL
1 41 (24.55%) SOSL
2 33 (19.76%) JavaScript
3 31 (18.56%) Python
4 26 (15.57%) C#
4 26 (15.57%) TypeScript
5 23 (13.77%) Java
5 23 (13.77%) SQL
6 8 (4.79%) Swift
7 7 (4.19%) Kotlin
8 5 (2.99%) Go
8 5 (2.99%) Rust
9 2 (1.20%) Delphi
9 2 (1.20%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.60%) Bicep
10 1 (0.60%) PHP
10 1 (0.60%) Scala
10 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (13.77%) Degree
2 18 (10.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (5.99%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.59%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.99%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.40%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.60%) CCIE
8 1 (0.60%) CCIE Security
8 1 (0.60%) CCNP
8 1 (0.60%) CCSA
8 1 (0.60%) CCSE
8 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.60%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.60%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.38%) QA
2 6 (3.59%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.40%) GDPR
4 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.20%) GRC
4 2 (1.20%) WCAG
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) IFRS
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (15.57%) Docker
2 9 (5.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (9.58%) Terraform
2 14 (8.38%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.80%) Grafana
4 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.60%) Ansible
5 1 (0.60%) Kibana
Vendors
1 41 (24.55%) Salesforce
1 41 (24.55%) Splunk
2 19 (11.38%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.19%) Google
4 4 (2.40%) Foundry
5 3 (1.80%) Databricks
5 3 (1.80%) Oracle
6 2 (1.20%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.20%) SendGrid
6 2 (1.20%) Syncfusion
6 2 (1.20%) Telerik
6 2 (1.20%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.60%) Apple
7 1 (0.60%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.60%) Cisco
7 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.60%) Palo Alto