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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 135 145
Rank change year-on-year -80 +10 +7
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 201 460 509
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.27% 2.32% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 2.63% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 150 238 421
10th Percentile £45,909 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,563 £53,750 £52,000
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,125 £95,436
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

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 14,699 17,518 20,762
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.71% 88.25% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,625 10,430 16,806
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,484
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 6 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 6 (2.99%) Ethereum
2 2 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.00%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.00%) Luigi
3 1 (0.50%) Apache
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
3 1 (0.50%) IIS
3 1 (0.50%) Kentico
3 1 (0.50%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (1.00%) Sketch
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.50%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 97 (48.26%) Azure
2 59 (29.35%) AWS
3 45 (22.39%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (16.92%) GitHub
5 31 (15.42%) SaaS
6 20 (9.95%) Serverless
7 19 (9.45%) Power Platform
8 16 (7.96%) GCP
9 15 (7.46%) Dynamics 365
10 14 (6.97%) Power Automate
11 11 (5.47%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (5.47%) PaaS
12 9 (4.48%) Azure App Service
12 9 (4.48%) Entra ID
13 7 (3.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (3.48%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (3.48%) SonarCloud
14 6 (2.99%) Figma
15 4 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
16 3 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.46%) Broadband
2 2 (1.00%) S/MIME
2 2 (1.00%) SSL
2 2 (1.00%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (20.90%) SQL Server
2 19 (9.45%) NoSQL
3 16 (7.96%) MongoDB
4 13 (6.47%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (4.48%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.49%) Power BI
8 4 (1.99%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.99%) Metadata
8 4 (1.99%) MySQL
8 4 (1.99%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.00%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.00%) Data Vault
10 2 (1.00%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.00%) Redis
11 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.50%) Couchbase
11 1 (0.50%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 41 (20.40%) Git
2 19 (9.45%) GitLab
3 18 (8.96%) Jenkins
4 15 (7.46%) SonarQube
5 8 (3.98%) Octopus Deploy
6 7 (3.48%) MSBuild
6 7 (3.48%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (3.48%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.00%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.00%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.50%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.50%) fastlane
8 1 (0.50%) Gradle
8 1 (0.50%) JIRA
8 1 (0.50%) NUnit
8 1 (0.50%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.50%) Postman
8 1 (0.50%) Storybook
8 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 54 (26.87%) Finance
2 36 (17.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 36 (17.91%) Social Skills
3 33 (16.42%) Marketing
4 19 (9.45%) Retail
5 16 (7.96%) Games
6 15 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.48%) Banking
8 7 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (3.48%) Front Office
8 7 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.49%) Law
10 4 (1.99%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.49%) Back Office
12 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.50%) Publishing
13 1 (0.50%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.50%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 83 (41.29%) Developer
2 40 (19.90%) Lead
3 37 (18.41%) Senior
4 34 (16.92%) Architect
5 32 (15.92%) .NET Developer
6 25 (12.44%) Lead Developer
7 18 (8.96%) Software Engineer
8 17 (8.46%) C# Developer
9 16 (7.96%) Senior Developer
9 16 (7.96%) Technical Architect
10 15 (7.46%) Consultant
11 14 (6.97%) Salesforce Architect
12 13 (6.47%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 13 (6.47%) Functional Consultant
13 11 (5.47%) Software Developer
14 10 (4.98%) Designer
14 10 (4.98%) SQL Developer
15 9 (4.48%) Azure Developer
15 9 (4.48%) Lead .NET Developer
15 9 (4.48%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (36.32%) .NET
2 42 (20.90%) REST
3 38 (18.91%) React
4 25 (12.44%) CSS
4 25 (12.44%) HTML
5 19 (9.45%) .NET Framework
6 17 (8.46%) SOAP
7 15 (7.46%) ASP.NET
7 15 (7.46%) ASP.NET Web API
7 15 (7.46%) Kafka
7 15 (7.46%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (7.46%) RESTful
7 15 (7.46%) Visualforce
8 14 (6.97%) .NET Core
9 13 (6.47%) Entity Framework
9 13 (6.47%) JSON
9 13 (6.47%) Web Services
9 13 (6.47%) XML
10 10 (4.98%) Core Data
10 10 (4.98%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 38 (18.91%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.96%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (7.96%) Data Structures
4 14 (6.97%) Cloud Native
5 13 (6.47%) Management Information System
6 12 (5.97%) Mobile App
7 8 (3.98%) Algorithms
8 7 (3.48%) Hedge funds
8 7 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.99%) Blockchain
9 6 (2.99%) BYOD
9 6 (2.99%) PKI
9 6 (2.99%) Web3
10 4 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.00%) AI Agents
11 2 (1.00%) Derivative
11 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.00%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.00%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.95%) Apple iOS
2 16 (7.96%) Android
3 11 (5.47%) Windows
4 1 (0.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (58.71%) Agile
2 89 (44.28%) DevOps
3 76 (37.81%) Mentoring
4 71 (35.32%) Microservices
5 70 (34.83%) CI/CD
6 51 (25.37%) Software Engineering
7 49 (24.38%) Architectural Patterns
8 48 (23.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (23.38%) Computer Science
10 45 (22.39%) Code Quality
11 44 (21.89%) Scrum
12 43 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
13 38 (18.91%) Continuous Integration
14 36 (17.91%) Technical Leadership
15 30 (14.93%) OO
15 30 (14.93%) Roadmaps
16 29 (14.43%) AI
16 29 (14.43%) Event-Driven
16 29 (14.43%) OOP
17 28 (13.93%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 61 (30.35%) C#
2 55 (27.36%) SQL
3 37 (18.41%) JavaScript
4 29 (14.43%) TypeScript
5 26 (12.94%) Python
6 23 (11.44%) Java
7 15 (7.46%) Apex Code
7 15 (7.46%) SOQL
7 15 (7.46%) SOSL
7 15 (7.46%) Swift
8 11 (5.47%) Kotlin
9 8 (3.98%) Go
10 6 (2.99%) Rust
11 5 (2.49%) C++
11 5 (2.49%) Scala
12 3 (1.49%) Embedded C
12 3 (1.49%) PHP
13 2 (1.00%) R
14 1 (0.50%) Bicep
14 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (24.88%) Degree
2 39 (19.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (6.47%) Master's Degree
4 8 (3.98%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.49%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.00%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.00%) CISM
6 2 (1.00%) CISSP
6 2 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.00%) PhD
6 2 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.43%) QA
2 11 (5.47%) GDPR
3 7 (3.48%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.49%) COBIT
5 4 (1.99%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.00%) NIST
7 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.50%) IFRS
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (17.41%) Docker
2 11 (5.47%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.49%) Firmware
4 2 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (8.46%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.47%) Terraform
3 2 (1.00%) Ansible
3 2 (1.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.00%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.00%) Puppet
4 1 (0.50%) Grafana
4 1 (0.50%) Kibana
4 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.95%) Splunk
3 16 (7.96%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.99%) Syncfusion
4 6 (2.99%) Telerik
4 6 (2.99%) Trayport
5 4 (1.99%) Databricks
6 3 (1.49%) Google
7 2 (1.00%) Adobe
7 2 (1.00%) Thales
8 1 (0.50%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle
8 1 (0.50%) Xamarin