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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 134 148
Rank change year-on-year -70 +14 -2
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 161 410 481
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 2.49% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 2.66% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 124 211 399
10th Percentile £46,625 £41,594 £45,000
25th Percentile £58,438 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £88,211 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +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 13,165 15,405 20,125
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.51% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,370 9,087 16,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £46,000
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 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 10 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 2 (1.24%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.24%) Sketch
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (45.96%) Azure
2 59 (36.65%) AWS
3 37 (22.98%) GitHub
4 34 (21.12%) Serverless
5 32 (19.88%) SaaS
6 30 (18.63%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (11.18%) PaaS
8 14 (8.70%) GCP
8 14 (8.70%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (8.07%) Azure App Service
9 13 (8.07%) Entra ID
10 11 (6.83%) Power Platform
11 7 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (3.73%) Amazon S3
12 6 (3.73%) Power Automate
13 5 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (3.11%) IaaS
14 4 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (2.48%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.94%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (20.50%) SQL Server
2 27 (16.77%) 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%) Metadata
7 2 (1.24%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.24%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.24%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.24%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (1.24%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.62%) GIS
8 1 (0.62%) MySQL
8 1 (0.62%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 26 (16.15%) Git
2 21 (13.04%) GitLab
3 18 (11.18%) Jenkins
4 15 (9.32%) 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 41 (25.47%) Finance
2 37 (22.98%) Social Skills
3 25 (15.53%) Marketing
4 21 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (9.94%) Games
6 10 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.97%) Banking
8 7 (4.35%) Legal
8 7 (4.35%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.73%) Law
10 5 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.86%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.86%) Retail
12 2 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.62%) Back Office
13 1 (0.62%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (44.72%) Developer
2 43 (26.71%) Lead
3 38 (23.60%) Senior
4 33 (20.50%) Lead Developer
5 28 (17.39%) Architect
6 18 (11.18%) .NET Developer
7 15 (9.32%) Azure Developer
8 14 (8.70%) Salesforce Architect
8 14 (8.70%) Senior Developer
9 13 (8.07%) Lead .NET Developer
10 12 (7.45%) C# Developer
10 12 (7.45%) SaaS Developer
10 12 (7.45%) Technical Architect
11 11 (6.83%) Lead C# Developer
11 11 (6.83%) Software Developer
11 11 (6.83%) Software Engineer
12 10 (6.21%) Python Developer
13 9 (5.59%) Technical Developer
13 9 (5.59%) Technical Leader
14 8 (4.97%) Salesforce Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (31.68%) .NET
2 47 (29.19%) React
3 23 (14.29%) REST
4 21 (13.04%) .NET Framework
4 21 (13.04%) CSS
4 21 (13.04%) HTML
4 21 (13.04%) RESTful
5 18 (11.18%) ASP.NET Web API
6 16 (9.94%) SOAP
7 15 (9.32%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (9.32%) Razor View Engine
7 15 (9.32%) Visualforce
8 14 (8.70%) Entity Framework
9 13 (8.07%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 12 (7.45%) Flask
10 12 (7.45%) Spring
11 11 (6.83%) .NET Core
11 11 (6.83%) Spring Boot
12 10 (6.21%) Core Data
12 10 (6.21%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.12%) Product Ownership
2 18 (11.18%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (10.56%) Data Structures
4 12 (7.45%) Cloud Native
5 10 (6.21%) Mobile App
6 7 (4.35%) Blockchain
6 7 (4.35%) Hedge funds
6 7 (4.35%) Web3
7 5 (3.11%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.48%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.48%) PKI
9 3 (1.86%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.24%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.24%) Derivative
10 2 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.24%) Market Risk
10 2 (1.24%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.94%) Apple iOS
2 13 (8.07%) Android
3 7 (4.35%) Windows
4 1 (0.62%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (73.29%) Agile
2 78 (48.45%) Mentoring
3 71 (44.10%) CI/CD
4 66 (40.99%) DevOps
5 65 (40.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (32.30%) Microservices
7 47 (29.19%) Software Engineering
8 46 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
9 40 (24.84%) Computer Science
10 38 (23.60%) Scrum
11 37 (22.98%) Full-Stack Development
12 36 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (21.12%) Technical Leadership
14 33 (20.50%) Code Quality
15 32 (19.88%) Front End Development
16 31 (19.25%) AI
17 28 (17.39%) Coaching
17 28 (17.39%) Continuous Integration
18 25 (15.53%) Test Automation
19 24 (14.91%) OO
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.50%) JavaScript
1 33 (20.50%) SQL
1 33 (20.50%) TypeScript
2 31 (19.25%) C#
3 29 (18.01%) Python
4 19 (11.80%) Java
5 15 (9.32%) Apex Code
5 15 (9.32%) SOQL
5 15 (9.32%) SOSL
6 14 (8.70%) Swift
7 10 (6.21%) Kotlin
8 7 (4.35%) Go
8 7 (4.35%) Rust
9 5 (3.11%) Scala
10 2 (1.24%) C++
10 2 (1.24%) Delphi
10 2 (1.24%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.24%) R
10 2 (1.24%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.62%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 42 (26.09%) Degree
2 35 (21.74%) 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 26 (16.15%) QA
2 9 (5.59%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.48%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.48%) GDPR
4 2 (1.24%) WCAG
5 1 (0.62%) IFRS
System Software
1 22 (13.66%) Docker
2 13 (8.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.24%) Firmware
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 27 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.94%) Salesforce
3 15 (9.32%) Splunk
4 7 (4.35%) Syncfusion
4 7 (4.35%) Telerik
5 5 (3.11%) Google
6 4 (2.48%) Databricks
7 2 (1.24%) Adobe
7 2 (1.24%) Oracle
7 2 (1.24%) SendGrid
8 1 (0.62%) Apple