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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 132 145
Rank change year-on-year -85 +13 +1
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 166 401 627
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.03% 2.56% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 2.70% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 119 216 534
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £45,375
25th Percentile £56,875 £52,188 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +5.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £87,557 £83,750 £83,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,125 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £63,749
% change year-on-year +7.14% +9.81% -15.00%

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 13,929 14,866 25,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.27% 94.76% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,007 8,893 21,194
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,549
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.09% -7.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,700 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 13 February 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 (4.22%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.60%) Apache
2 1 (0.60%) CMS
2 1 (0.60%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.60%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (40.96%) Azure
2 61 (36.75%) AWS
3 36 (21.69%) GitHub
4 35 (21.08%) Serverless
5 33 (19.88%) SaaS
6 24 (14.46%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (10.84%) PaaS
8 13 (7.83%) GCP
8 13 (7.83%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (7.23%) Azure App Service
9 12 (7.23%) Entra ID
10 7 (4.22%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.61%) Power Platform
12 5 (3.01%) IaaS
13 4 (2.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (1.81%) OpenShift
15 2 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (17.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (18.67%) SQL Server
2 27 (16.27%) NoSQL
3 6 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.01%) MongoDB
4 5 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.01%) Power BI
4 5 (3.01%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.81%) Metadata
7 2 (1.20%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.20%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.60%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.60%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.60%) GIS
8 1 (0.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 34 (20.48%) GitLab
2 31 (18.67%) Jenkins
3 28 (16.87%) SonarQube
4 25 (15.06%) Git
5 3 (1.81%) Android Studio
5 3 (1.81%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.81%) Storybook
6 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.20%) JUnit
6 2 (1.20%) Selenium
6 2 (1.20%) Xcode
7 1 (0.60%) Gradle
7 1 (0.60%) Jasmine
General
1 40 (24.10%) Finance
2 38 (22.89%) Social Skills
3 33 (19.88%) Marketing
4 30 (18.07%) Games
5 29 (17.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (5.42%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.82%) Banking
9 7 (4.22%) Legal
10 3 (1.81%) Law
11 1 (0.60%) Back Office
11 1 (0.60%) iGaming
11 1 (0.60%) Military
11 1 (0.60%) Police
11 1 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (44.58%) Developer
2 46 (27.71%) Lead
3 44 (26.51%) Architect
4 33 (19.88%) Lead Developer
5 31 (18.67%) Senior
6 26 (15.66%) Salesforce Architect
7 23 (13.86%) Technical Architect
8 17 (10.24%) .NET Developer
9 16 (9.64%) C# Developer
10 14 (8.43%) Azure Developer
10 14 (8.43%) Salesforce Technical Architect
11 13 (7.83%) Software Developer
12 12 (7.23%) Lead .NET Developer
12 12 (7.23%) Lead C# Developer
12 12 (7.23%) SaaS Developer
12 12 (7.23%) Senior Developer
13 11 (6.63%) Software Engineer
13 11 (6.63%) Technical Leader
14 10 (6.02%) Python Developer
14 10 (6.02%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (31.33%) .NET
2 46 (27.71%) React
3 38 (22.89%) REST
4 29 (17.47%) SOAP
5 28 (16.87%) Lightning Web Components
5 28 (16.87%) Visualforce
6 21 (12.65%) CSS
6 21 (12.65%) HTML
6 21 (12.65%) RESTful
7 20 (12.05%) .NET Framework
8 16 (9.64%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (9.04%) Spring
10 14 (8.43%) Razor View Engine
10 14 (8.43%) Spring Boot
11 13 (7.83%) Entity Framework
12 12 (7.23%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 12 (7.23%) Flask
13 10 (6.02%) .NET Core
14 8 (4.82%) Core Data
14 8 (4.82%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 48 (28.92%) Product Ownership
2 17 (10.24%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (9.64%) Data Structures
4 13 (7.83%) Cloud Native
5 9 (5.42%) Mobile App
6 7 (4.22%) Blockchain
6 7 (4.22%) Hedge funds
6 7 (4.22%) Web3
7 6 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.41%) PKI
9 3 (1.81%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.20%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.20%) Derivative
10 2 (1.20%) EPoS
10 2 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.20%) Market Risk
10 2 (1.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.23%) Apple iOS
2 11 (6.63%) Android
3 9 (5.42%) Windows
4 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (73.49%) Agile
2 87 (52.41%) CI/CD
3 80 (48.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (44.58%) DevOps
5 71 (42.77%) Mentoring
6 54 (32.53%) Microservices
7 47 (28.31%) Software Engineering
8 45 (27.11%) Scrum
9 41 (24.70%) Architectural Patterns
10 38 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
11 37 (22.29%) Continuous Integration
11 37 (22.29%) Full-Stack Development
11 37 (22.29%) OO
12 36 (21.69%) Event-Driven
13 34 (20.48%) Roadmaps
14 33 (19.88%) Technical Leadership
15 32 (19.28%) Continuous Delivery
16 31 (18.67%) Computer Science
17 30 (18.07%) Coaching
17 30 (18.07%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.48%) C#
1 34 (20.48%) JavaScript
2 32 (19.28%) SQL
3 31 (18.67%) TypeScript
4 28 (16.87%) Apex Code
4 28 (16.87%) Python
4 28 (16.87%) SOQL
4 28 (16.87%) SOSL
5 20 (12.05%) Java
6 10 (6.02%) Swift
7 8 (4.82%) Kotlin
8 7 (4.22%) Go
8 7 (4.22%) Rust
9 3 (1.81%) Scala
10 2 (1.20%) Delphi
10 2 (1.20%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.60%) Bicep
11 1 (0.60%) PHP
11 1 (0.60%) R
11 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (19.28%) Degree
2 28 (16.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (8.43%) Master's Degree
4 7 (4.22%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.61%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.05%) QA
2 7 (4.22%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.41%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.41%) GDPR
4 2 (1.20%) GRC
4 2 (1.20%) WCAG
5 1 (0.60%) IFRS
System Software
1 25 (15.06%) Docker
2 12 (7.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (8.43%) Terraform
2 12 (7.23%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.20%) Grafana
4 1 (0.60%) Kibana
4 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (17.47%) Salesforce
2 28 (16.87%) Splunk
3 21 (12.65%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.22%) Syncfusion
4 7 (4.22%) Telerik
5 4 (2.41%) Databricks
5 4 (2.41%) Google
6 2 (1.20%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.20%) Oracle
6 2 (1.20%) SendGrid
6 2 (1.20%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.60%) Apple