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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 133 143
Rank change year-on-year -64 +10 +12
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 207 467 509
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 2.36% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 2.67% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 158 244 418
10th Percentile £45,909 £42,785 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,734 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,536
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,055
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -10.34%

All Process and 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 14,440 17,513 20,538
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.05% 88.55% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,780 10,412 16,602
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,537 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.11% - -

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 13 November 2025.

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 (3.38%) Ethereum
2 2 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.97%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.97%) Luigi
3 1 (0.48%) Apache
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) Kentico
3 1 (0.48%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
1 2 (0.97%) Sketch
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 101 (48.79%) Azure
2 65 (31.40%) AWS
3 47 (22.71%) Azure DevOps
4 38 (18.36%) GitHub
5 32 (15.46%) SaaS
6 23 (11.11%) Serverless
7 19 (9.18%) Power Platform
8 17 (8.21%) GCP
9 15 (7.25%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (6.76%) Power Automate
11 12 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (5.80%) PaaS
12 10 (4.83%) Azure App Service
12 10 (4.83%) Entra ID
13 7 (3.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (3.38%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (3.38%) SonarCloud
14 6 (2.90%) Figma
15 4 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
15 4 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.73%) Broadband
2 2 (0.97%) S/MIME
2 2 (0.97%) SSL
2 2 (0.97%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.66%) NoSQL
3 15 (7.25%) MongoDB
4 13 (6.28%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (4.83%) Relational Database
6 8 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.42%) Power BI
8 4 (1.93%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.93%) Metadata
8 4 (1.93%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.45%) MySQL
10 2 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.97%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.97%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.97%) Redis
11 1 (0.48%) DocumentDB
11 1 (0.48%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 42 (20.29%) Git
2 21 (10.14%) GitLab
3 19 (9.18%) Jenkins
4 15 (7.25%) SonarQube
5 7 (3.38%) MSBuild
5 7 (3.38%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (3.38%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (3.38%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.45%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.97%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.97%) Jasmine
7 2 (0.97%) JUnit
7 2 (0.97%) Selenium
8 1 (0.48%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.48%) fastlane
8 1 (0.48%) Gradle
8 1 (0.48%) JIRA
8 1 (0.48%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.48%) NUnit
8 1 (0.48%) Postman
General
1 55 (26.57%) Finance
2 38 (18.36%) Social Skills
3 36 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 33 (15.94%) Marketing
5 19 (9.18%) Retail
6 16 (7.73%) Games
7 15 (7.25%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.83%) Banking
9 9 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (3.86%) Public Sector
11 7 (3.38%) Front Office
11 7 (3.38%) Law
12 4 (1.93%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.45%) Back Office
14 2 (0.97%) Legal
14 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.48%) Publishing
15 1 (0.48%) Retail Banking
15 1 (0.48%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 86 (41.55%) Developer
2 42 (20.29%) Lead
3 37 (17.87%) Senior
4 36 (17.39%) Architect
5 32 (15.46%) .NET Developer
6 27 (13.04%) Lead Developer
7 18 (8.70%) C# Developer
7 18 (8.70%) Software Engineer
8 16 (7.73%) Senior Developer
8 16 (7.73%) Technical Architect
9 15 (7.25%) Consultant
10 14 (6.76%) Salesforce Architect
11 13 (6.28%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 13 (6.28%) Functional Consultant
12 12 (5.80%) Software Developer
13 10 (4.83%) Azure Developer
13 10 (4.83%) Designer
13 10 (4.83%) Lead .NET Developer
13 10 (4.83%) Python Developer
13 10 (4.83%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (35.75%) .NET
2 39 (18.84%) React
2 39 (18.84%) REST
3 24 (11.59%) CSS
3 24 (11.59%) HTML
4 21 (10.14%) .NET Framework
5 17 (8.21%) SOAP
6 16 (7.73%) ASP.NET Web API
7 15 (7.25%) ASP.NET
7 15 (7.25%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (7.25%) RESTful
7 15 (7.25%) Visualforce
8 14 (6.76%) .NET Core
8 14 (6.76%) Kafka
9 13 (6.28%) Entity Framework
9 13 (6.28%) JSON
9 13 (6.28%) XML
10 12 (5.80%) Web Services
11 11 (5.31%) Flask
11 11 (5.31%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.84%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.70%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (8.21%) Data Structures
4 16 (7.73%) Cloud Native
5 13 (6.28%) Management Information System
6 12 (5.80%) Mobile App
7 8 (3.86%) Algorithms
7 8 (3.86%) Hedge funds
8 7 (3.38%) Blockchain
8 7 (3.38%) Web3
9 6 (2.90%) BYOD
9 6 (2.90%) PKI
9 6 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.97%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.97%) Derivative
12 2 (0.97%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.66%) Apple iOS
2 16 (7.73%) Android
3 12 (5.80%) Windows
4 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (59.90%) Agile
2 92 (44.44%) DevOps
3 81 (39.13%) Mentoring
4 74 (35.75%) CI/CD
5 71 (34.30%) Microservices
6 55 (26.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 53 (25.60%) Software Engineering
8 50 (24.15%) Architectural Patterns
8 50 (24.15%) Computer Science
9 44 (21.26%) Code Quality
9 44 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (21.26%) Scrum
10 39 (18.84%) Continuous Integration
11 38 (18.36%) Technical Leadership
12 32 (15.46%) Roadmaps
13 31 (14.98%) AI
14 29 (14.01%) Event-Driven
14 29 (14.01%) OO
15 28 (13.53%) Full-Stack Development
15 28 (13.53%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 60 (28.99%) C#
2 54 (26.09%) SQL
3 36 (17.39%) JavaScript
4 31 (14.98%) TypeScript
5 30 (14.49%) Python
6 24 (11.59%) Java
7 15 (7.25%) Apex Code
7 15 (7.25%) SOQL
7 15 (7.25%) SOSL
7 15 (7.25%) Swift
8 11 (5.31%) Kotlin
9 9 (4.35%) Go
10 7 (3.38%) Rust
11 5 (2.42%) C++
11 5 (2.42%) Scala
12 3 (1.45%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.97%) Delphi
13 2 (0.97%) PHP
13 2 (0.97%) R
14 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (25.60%) Degree
2 42 (20.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.76%) Master's Degree
4 10 (4.83%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.38%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.97%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.97%) CISM
6 2 (0.97%) CISSP
6 2 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.97%) PhD
6 2 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (14.49%) QA
2 13 (6.28%) GDPR
3 7 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.42%) COBIT
5 4 (1.93%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.97%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS
7 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (16.91%) Docker
2 12 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.45%) Firmware
4 2 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.80%) Terraform
3 2 (0.97%) Ansible
3 2 (0.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (0.97%) Grafana
3 2 (0.97%) Progress Chef
3 2 (0.97%) Puppet
4 1 (0.48%) Kibana
Vendors
1 37 (17.87%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.66%) Splunk
3 16 (7.73%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.38%) Syncfusion
4 7 (3.38%) Telerik
5 6 (2.90%) Trayport
6 4 (1.93%) Databricks
7 3 (1.45%) Google
8 2 (0.97%) Adobe
8 2 (0.97%) Oracle
8 2 (0.97%) Thales
9 1 (0.48%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.48%) Xamarin