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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 130 150
Rank change year-on-year -94 +20 -5
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 161 423 583
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.02% 2.59% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 2.74% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 120 219 482
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £88,211 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% +7.69% -13.33%

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 13,689 15,415 23,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.83% 94.43% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 8,688 9,091 19,584
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

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 January 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 7 (4.35%) Ethereum
2 2 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.24%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.24%) Luigi
3 1 (0.62%) Apache
3 1 (0.62%) CMS
3 1 (0.62%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.62%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (43.48%) Azure
2 60 (37.27%) AWS
3 38 (23.60%) GitHub
4 36 (22.36%) Serverless
5 34 (21.12%) SaaS
6 27 (16.77%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (11.80%) PaaS
8 15 (9.32%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (8.70%) Azure App Service
9 14 (8.70%) Entra ID
9 14 (8.70%) GCP
10 7 (4.35%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.73%) Amazon S3
12 5 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (3.11%) IaaS
13 4 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 3 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
15 2 (1.24%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.91%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (21.12%) SQL Server
2 28 (17.39%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.73%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.73%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.11%) Power BI
6 3 (1.86%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.86%) Metadata
7 2 (1.24%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.24%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.24%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.24%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (1.24%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.62%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.62%) MySQL
8 1 (0.62%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 29 (18.01%) GitLab
2 27 (16.77%) Git
3 26 (16.15%) Jenkins
4 23 (14.29%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.86%) Android Studio
5 3 (1.86%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.86%) Storybook
6 2 (1.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.24%) JUnit
6 2 (1.24%) Selenium
6 2 (1.24%) Xcode
7 1 (0.62%) Gradle
7 1 (0.62%) Jasmine
General
1 40 (24.84%) Finance
2 38 (23.60%) Social Skills
3 29 (18.01%) Marketing
4 25 (15.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (14.91%) Games
6 12 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.97%) Banking
8 7 (4.35%) Legal
8 7 (4.35%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.86%) Law
10 2 (1.24%) Back Office
11 1 (0.62%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.62%) Police
11 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Retail
11 1 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 73 (45.34%) Developer
2 46 (28.57%) Lead
3 38 (23.60%) Architect
4 35 (21.74%) Lead Developer
5 34 (21.12%) Senior
6 21 (13.04%) Salesforce Architect
7 20 (12.42%) Technical Architect
8 19 (11.80%) .NET Developer
9 16 (9.94%) Azure Developer
10 14 (8.70%) Lead .NET Developer
11 13 (8.07%) C# Developer
11 13 (8.07%) SaaS Developer
11 13 (8.07%) Senior Developer
12 12 (7.45%) Lead C# Developer
12 12 (7.45%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 11 (6.83%) Software Developer
13 11 (6.83%) Software Engineer
13 11 (6.83%) Technical Leader
14 10 (6.21%) Python Developer
14 10 (6.21%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (32.30%) .NET
2 49 (30.43%) React
3 31 (19.25%) REST
4 24 (14.91%) SOAP
5 23 (14.29%) Lightning Web Components
5 23 (14.29%) Visualforce
6 22 (13.66%) .NET Framework
6 22 (13.66%) RESTful
7 21 (13.04%) CSS
7 21 (13.04%) HTML
8 19 (11.80%) ASP.NET Web API
9 16 (9.94%) Razor View Engine
10 15 (9.32%) Entity Framework
11 14 (8.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 12 (7.45%) Flask
12 12 (7.45%) Spring
13 11 (6.83%) .NET Core
13 11 (6.83%) Spring Boot
14 9 (5.59%) Core Data
14 9 (5.59%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 43 (26.71%) Product Ownership
2 19 (11.80%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (10.56%) Data Structures
4 12 (7.45%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.35%) Blockchain
5 7 (4.35%) Hedge funds
5 7 (4.35%) Mobile App
5 7 (4.35%) Web3
6 5 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.48%) PKI
8 3 (1.86%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.86%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.24%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.24%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.24%) Derivative
9 2 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.24%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.83%) Apple iOS
2 10 (6.21%) Android
3 7 (4.35%) Windows
4 1 (0.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (74.53%) Agile
2 80 (49.69%) CI/CD
3 74 (45.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (45.96%) Mentoring
4 70 (43.48%) DevOps
5 55 (34.16%) Microservices
6 46 (28.57%) Software Engineering
7 43 (26.71%) Architectural Patterns
7 43 (26.71%) Scrum
8 39 (24.22%) Full-Stack Development
8 39 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (21.74%) Computer Science
9 35 (21.74%) Technical Leadership
10 32 (19.88%) Code Quality
10 32 (19.88%) Continuous Integration
10 32 (19.88%) Front End Development
10 32 (19.88%) OO
11 30 (18.63%) Event-Driven
11 30 (18.63%) Roadmaps
12 29 (18.01%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.12%) SQL
1 34 (21.12%) TypeScript
2 33 (20.50%) JavaScript
3 32 (19.88%) C#
4 29 (18.01%) Python
5 23 (14.29%) Apex Code
5 23 (14.29%) SOQL
5 23 (14.29%) SOSL
6 18 (11.18%) Java
7 11 (6.83%) Swift
8 9 (5.59%) Kotlin
9 7 (4.35%) Go
9 7 (4.35%) Rust
10 5 (3.11%) Scala
11 2 (1.24%) Delphi
11 2 (1.24%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.62%) Bicep
12 1 (0.62%) PHP
12 1 (0.62%) R
12 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (22.36%) Degree
2 32 (19.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (9.32%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.73%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.29%) QA
2 7 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.48%) GDPR
4 2 (1.24%) WCAG
5 1 (0.62%) GRC
5 1 (0.62%) IFRS
System Software
1 22 (13.66%) Docker
2 14 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (8.07%) Terraform
2 8 (4.97%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.24%) Ansible
3 2 (1.24%) Grafana
3 2 (1.24%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.24%) Puppet
4 1 (0.62%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (14.91%) Microsoft
1 24 (14.91%) Salesforce
2 23 (14.29%) Splunk
3 7 (4.35%) Syncfusion
3 7 (4.35%) Telerik
4 4 (2.48%) Databricks
4 4 (2.48%) Google
5 2 (1.24%) Oracle
5 2 (1.24%) SendGrid
6 1 (0.62%) Apple
6 1 (0.62%) OpenAI