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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 175 139
Rank change year-on-year -56 -36 +3
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 166 277 700
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.98% 2.05% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 2.15% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 99 223 605
10th Percentile £47,250 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +1.96% -12.07%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -16.67%

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 14,333 12,855 27,649
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.00% 95.28% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,435 8,787 22,895
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,949 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 March 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 5 (3.01%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.60%) Apache
2 1 (0.60%) CMS
2 1 (0.60%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (36.14%) AWS
2 56 (33.73%) Azure
3 35 (21.08%) Serverless
4 31 (18.67%) GitHub
5 27 (16.27%) SaaS
6 15 (9.04%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (9.04%) PaaS
7 13 (7.83%) GCP
8 10 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (5.42%) Amazon S3
9 9 (5.42%) Azure App Service
9 9 (5.42%) Entra ID
10 8 (4.82%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (3.61%) Vertex AI
13 5 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (3.01%) IaaS
14 4 (2.41%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 4 (2.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 46 (27.71%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.06%) NoSQL
2 24 (14.46%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.82%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.01%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.20%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.20%) MySQL
6 2 (1.20%) Power BI
6 2 (1.20%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.60%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.60%) GIS
7 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.60%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 44 (26.51%) GitLab
1 44 (26.51%) Jenkins
2 41 (24.70%) SonarQube
3 27 (16.27%) Git
4 3 (1.81%) Android Studio
4 3 (1.81%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.20%) JUnit
5 2 (1.20%) Selenium
5 2 (1.20%) Storybook
5 2 (1.20%) Xcode
6 1 (0.60%) Gradle
6 1 (0.60%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.60%) XCUITest
General
1 44 (26.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 44 (26.51%) Marketing
2 43 (25.90%) Games
3 31 (18.67%) Social Skills
4 30 (18.07%) Finance
5 16 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.02%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.22%) Legal
8 6 (3.61%) Banking
9 4 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
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 71 (42.77%) Developer
2 58 (34.94%) Architect
3 41 (24.70%) Lead
4 39 (23.49%) Salesforce Architect
5 32 (19.28%) Lead Developer
5 32 (19.28%) Technical Architect
6 30 (18.07%) Senior
7 21 (12.65%) Salesforce Technical Architect
8 14 (8.43%) .NET Developer
8 14 (8.43%) C# Developer
9 12 (7.23%) Salesforce Solution Architect
9 12 (7.23%) Senior Developer
9 12 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (7.23%) Technical Leader
10 11 (6.63%) Azure Developer
10 11 (6.63%) Python Developer
11 10 (6.02%) Lead C# Developer
11 10 (6.02%) Software Engineer
11 10 (6.02%) Technical Developer
12 9 (5.42%) Lead .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (30.72%) REST
2 42 (25.30%) SOAP
3 41 (24.70%) Lightning Web Components
3 41 (24.70%) Visualforce
4 39 (23.49%) React
5 38 (22.89%) .NET
6 21 (12.65%) CSS
6 21 (12.65%) HTML
7 18 (10.84%) RESTful
8 15 (9.04%) Spring
8 15 (9.04%) Spring Boot
9 13 (7.83%) Flask
10 12 (7.23%) ASP.NET Web API
11 11 (6.63%) .NET Framework
11 11 (6.63%) Razor View Engine
11 11 (6.63%) Vue
12 9 (5.42%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 9 (5.42%) Django
12 9 (5.42%) Entity Framework
13 7 (4.22%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 62 (37.35%) Product Ownership
2 16 (9.64%) Cloud Native
2 16 (9.64%) Data Structures
3 15 (9.04%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (6.02%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (4.82%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.61%) Blockchain
6 6 (3.61%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (3.01%) Hedge funds
7 5 (3.01%) Web3
8 4 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.41%) PKI
8 4 (2.41%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.81%) e-Learning
9 3 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.20%) EPoS
10 2 (1.20%) IoT
10 2 (1.20%) NHS
10 2 (1.20%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.63%) Android
2 9 (5.42%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.41%) Windows
4 1 (0.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (78.92%) Agile
2 95 (57.23%) CI/CD
3 93 (56.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 79 (47.59%) DevOps
5 69 (41.57%) Mentoring
6 55 (33.13%) Scrum
7 54 (32.53%) Event-Driven
8 51 (30.72%) OO
8 51 (30.72%) Roadmaps
9 50 (30.12%) Continuous Integration
10 48 (28.92%) Continuous Delivery
11 46 (27.71%) Microservices
12 44 (26.51%) TOGAF
13 43 (25.90%) Community of Practice
13 43 (25.90%) Technology Roadmap
14 42 (25.30%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
14 42 (25.30%) Software Engineering
15 41 (24.70%) PLM
15 41 (24.70%) Static Code Analysis
15 41 (24.70%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (24.70%) Apex Code
1 41 (24.70%) SOQL
1 41 (24.70%) SOSL
2 33 (19.88%) JavaScript
3 30 (18.07%) Python
4 26 (15.66%) C#
4 26 (15.66%) TypeScript
5 22 (13.25%) Java
5 22 (13.25%) SQL
6 8 (4.82%) Swift
7 7 (4.22%) Kotlin
8 5 (3.01%) Go
8 5 (3.01%) Rust
9 2 (1.20%) Delphi
9 2 (1.20%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.60%) Bicep
10 1 (0.60%) PHP
10 1 (0.60%) Scala
10 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (13.86%) Degree
2 18 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (6.02%) Master's Degree
4 7 (4.22%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.61%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.41%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.60%) PhD
7 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.43%) QA
2 6 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.41%) GDPR
4 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.20%) GRC
4 2 (1.20%) WCAG
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) IFRS
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (15.66%) Docker
2 9 (5.42%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (9.04%) Terraform
2 13 (7.83%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.81%) Grafana
4 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.60%) Kibana
Vendors
1 41 (24.70%) Salesforce
1 41 (24.70%) Splunk
2 19 (11.45%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.22%) Google
4 4 (2.41%) Foundry
5 3 (1.81%) Databricks
5 3 (1.81%) Oracle
6 2 (1.20%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.20%) SendGrid
6 2 (1.20%) Syncfusion
6 2 (1.20%) Telerik
6 2 (1.20%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.60%) Apple