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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 129 143
Rank change year-on-year -87 +14 +4
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 155 421 527
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.01% 2.56% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 2.73% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 122 216 440
10th Percentile £46,350 £41,422 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,813 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £87,614 £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 13,337 15,436 21,353
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.10% 93.91% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8,485 9,087 17,391
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £45,000
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 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,290
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

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 18 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 (4.52%) Ethereum
2 2 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.29%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.29%) Luigi
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) CMS
3 1 (0.65%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.65%) PlantUML
1 1 (0.65%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (45.16%) Azure
2 59 (38.06%) AWS
3 37 (23.87%) GitHub
4 34 (21.94%) Serverless
5 32 (20.65%) SaaS
6 27 (17.42%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (11.61%) PaaS
8 14 (9.03%) GCP
8 14 (9.03%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (8.39%) Azure App Service
9 13 (8.39%) Entra ID
10 8 (5.16%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.87%) Amazon S3
12 5 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (3.23%) IaaS
13 4 (2.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 3 (1.94%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.32%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (21.29%) SQL Server
2 27 (17.42%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.87%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.87%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.23%) Power BI
6 3 (1.94%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.94%) Metadata
7 2 (1.29%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.29%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.29%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (1.29%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.65%) GIS
8 1 (0.65%) MySQL
8 1 (0.65%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 26 (16.77%) Git
2 21 (13.55%) GitLab
3 18 (11.61%) Jenkins
4 15 (9.68%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.94%) Android Studio
5 3 (1.94%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.94%) Storybook
6 2 (1.29%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.29%) JUnit
6 2 (1.29%) Selenium
6 2 (1.29%) Xcode
7 1 (0.65%) Gradle
7 1 (0.65%) Jasmine
General
1 39 (25.16%) Finance
2 36 (23.23%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.19%) Marketing
4 18 (11.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (10.32%) Games
6 11 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (5.16%) Banking
8 7 (4.52%) Legal
8 7 (4.52%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.23%) Law
10 2 (1.29%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Back Office
11 1 (0.65%) Retail
11 1 (0.65%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 72 (46.45%) Developer
2 43 (27.74%) Lead
3 37 (23.87%) Senior
4 33 (21.29%) Lead Developer
5 28 (18.06%) Architect
6 18 (11.61%) .NET Developer
7 15 (9.68%) Azure Developer
8 14 (9.03%) Salesforce Architect
8 14 (9.03%) Senior Developer
9 13 (8.39%) Lead .NET Developer
9 13 (8.39%) Technical Architect
10 12 (7.74%) C# Developer
10 12 (7.74%) SaaS Developer
11 11 (7.10%) Lead C# Developer
11 11 (7.10%) Software Developer
11 11 (7.10%) Software Engineer
12 10 (6.45%) Python Developer
13 9 (5.81%) Technical Developer
13 9 (5.81%) Technical Leader
14 8 (5.16%) Salesforce Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (32.26%) .NET
2 47 (30.32%) React
3 23 (14.84%) REST
4 21 (13.55%) .NET Framework
4 21 (13.55%) CSS
4 21 (13.55%) HTML
4 21 (13.55%) RESTful
5 18 (11.61%) ASP.NET Web API
6 16 (10.32%) SOAP
7 15 (9.68%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (9.68%) Razor View Engine
7 15 (9.68%) Visualforce
8 14 (9.03%) Entity Framework
9 13 (8.39%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 12 (7.74%) Flask
10 12 (7.74%) Spring
11 11 (7.10%) .NET Core
11 11 (7.10%) Spring Boot
12 10 (6.45%) Core Data
12 10 (6.45%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.94%) Product Ownership
2 18 (11.61%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (10.97%) Data Structures
4 12 (7.74%) Cloud Native
5 8 (5.16%) Mobile App
6 7 (4.52%) Blockchain
6 7 (4.52%) Hedge funds
6 7 (4.52%) Web3
7 4 (2.58%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.58%) PKI
8 3 (1.94%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.29%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.29%) Market Risk
9 2 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.03%) Apple iOS
2 12 (7.74%) Android
3 7 (4.52%) Windows
4 1 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (72.90%) Agile
2 74 (47.74%) Mentoring
3 71 (45.81%) CI/CD
4 64 (41.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (40.00%) DevOps
6 52 (33.55%) Microservices
7 45 (29.03%) Software Engineering
8 43 (27.74%) Architectural Patterns
9 37 (23.87%) Computer Science
9 37 (23.87%) Full-Stack Development
9 37 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (22.58%) Scrum
11 34 (21.94%) Technical Leadership
12 32 (20.65%) Code Quality
13 31 (20.00%) Front End Development
14 29 (18.71%) AI
15 28 (18.06%) Coaching
16 25 (16.13%) Continuous Integration
16 25 (16.13%) Test Automation
17 24 (15.48%) OO
Programming Languages
1 33 (21.29%) JavaScript
1 33 (21.29%) SQL
1 33 (21.29%) TypeScript
2 31 (20.00%) C#
3 29 (18.71%) Python
4 19 (12.26%) Java
5 15 (9.68%) Apex Code
5 15 (9.68%) SOQL
5 15 (9.68%) SOSL
6 13 (8.39%) Swift
7 10 (6.45%) Kotlin
8 7 (4.52%) Go
8 7 (4.52%) Rust
9 5 (3.23%) Scala
10 2 (1.29%) Delphi
10 2 (1.29%) R
10 2 (1.29%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.65%) C++
11 1 (0.65%) PHP
11 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (24.52%) Degree
2 32 (20.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (9.68%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.87%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.23%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.84%) QA
2 8 (5.16%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.58%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.58%) GDPR
4 2 (1.29%) WCAG
5 1 (0.65%) IFRS
System Software
1 22 (14.19%) Docker
2 13 (8.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (8.39%) Terraform
2 8 (5.16%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.29%) Ansible
3 2 (1.29%) Grafana
3 2 (1.29%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.29%) Puppet
4 1 (0.65%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (15.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.32%) Salesforce
3 15 (9.68%) Splunk
4 7 (4.52%) Syncfusion
4 7 (4.52%) Telerik
5 5 (3.23%) Google
6 4 (2.58%) Databricks
7 2 (1.29%) Oracle
7 2 (1.29%) SendGrid
8 1 (0.65%) Adobe
8 1 (0.65%) Apple