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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 178 140
Rank change year-on-year -59 -38 +1
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 159 255 714
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.94% 1.98% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 2.09% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 89 214 623
10th Percentile £47,250 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £63,750 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +11.27% +0.00% -11.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,375 £96,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £68,525 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.45% +9.64% -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 14,134 12,201 28,825
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.58% 94.80% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,864 8,867 23,394
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%

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 4 April 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 6 (3.77%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.63%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (38.99%) AWS
2 54 (33.96%) Azure
3 34 (21.38%) Serverless
4 28 (17.61%) GitHub
5 21 (13.21%) SaaS
6 16 (10.06%) GCP
7 14 (8.81%) PaaS
8 13 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (5.66%) Amazon S3
9 9 (5.66%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (5.03%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (5.03%) Azure App Service
10 8 (5.03%) Entra ID
11 7 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (3.77%) Vertex AI
13 5 (3.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (3.14%) IaaS
14 4 (2.52%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (2.52%) Copilot Studio
14 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 45 (28.30%) Broadband
2 2 (1.26%) Firewall
2 2 (1.26%) LAN
2 2 (1.26%) Network Security
2 2 (1.26%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.26%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (1.26%) WAN
2 2 (1.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.09%) NoSQL
2 20 (12.58%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.03%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.26%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.26%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.26%) MySQL
6 2 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.63%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.63%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.63%) GIS
7 1 (0.63%) Metadata
7 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 44 (27.67%) Jenkins
2 42 (26.42%) GitLab
3 40 (25.16%) SonarQube
4 27 (16.98%) Git
5 3 (1.89%) Android Studio
5 3 (1.89%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.26%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.26%) JUnit
6 2 (1.26%) Selenium
6 2 (1.26%) Storybook
6 2 (1.26%) Xcode
7 1 (0.63%) Gradle
7 1 (0.63%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.63%) XCUITest
General
1 42 (26.42%) Games
1 42 (26.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 40 (25.16%) Marketing
3 31 (19.50%) Social Skills
4 27 (16.98%) Finance
5 16 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (6.92%) Banking
6 11 (6.92%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.40%) Legal
8 4 (2.52%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.89%) Law
10 2 (1.26%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.63%) Back Office
11 1 (0.63%) iGaming
11 1 (0.63%) Military
11 1 (0.63%) Police
11 1 (0.63%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (40.88%) Developer
2 58 (36.48%) Architect
3 38 (23.90%) Salesforce Architect
4 34 (21.38%) Lead
5 31 (19.50%) Technical Architect
6 26 (16.35%) Lead Developer
7 25 (15.72%) Senior
8 20 (12.58%) Salesforce Technical Architect
9 12 (7.55%) Salesforce Solution Architect
9 12 (7.55%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (6.92%) .NET Developer
10 11 (6.92%) C# Developer
10 11 (6.92%) Software Engineer
11 10 (6.29%) Azure Developer
11 10 (6.29%) Java Developer
11 10 (6.29%) Senior Developer
11 10 (6.29%) Technical Leader
12 9 (5.66%) Python Developer
13 8 (5.03%) Lead C# Developer
13 8 (5.03%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (33.33%) REST
2 40 (25.16%) Lightning Web Components
2 40 (25.16%) SOAP
2 40 (25.16%) Visualforce
3 39 (24.53%) React
4 32 (20.13%) .NET
5 20 (12.58%) Spring
5 20 (12.58%) Spring Boot
6 19 (11.95%) CSS
6 19 (11.95%) HTML
7 18 (11.32%) RESTful
8 12 (7.55%) Flask
9 11 (6.92%) AngularJS
9 11 (6.92%) Vue
10 10 (6.29%) .NET Framework
10 10 (6.29%) ASP.NET Web API
10 10 (6.29%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (5.66%) Django
12 8 (5.03%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 8 (5.03%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 58 (36.48%) Product Ownership
2 16 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 16 (10.06%) Data Structures
3 14 (8.81%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.40%) Blockchain
5 7 (4.40%) Hedge funds
5 7 (4.40%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.77%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (3.77%) Web3
7 5 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.14%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.89%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.89%) PKI
8 3 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.26%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.26%) EPoS
9 2 (1.26%) NHS
9 2 (1.26%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.66%) Android
2 6 (3.77%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.52%) Windows
4 1 (0.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (78.62%) Agile
2 93 (58.49%) CI/CD
3 92 (57.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (47.80%) DevOps
5 59 (37.11%) Mentoring
6 56 (35.22%) Scrum
7 53 (33.33%) Event-Driven
8 52 (32.70%) Roadmaps
9 50 (31.45%) OO
10 48 (30.19%) Continuous Integration
11 47 (29.56%) Continuous Delivery
12 43 (27.04%) Microservices
12 43 (27.04%) TOGAF
13 42 (26.42%) Community of Practice
13 42 (26.42%) Software Engineering
13 42 (26.42%) Technology Roadmap
14 40 (25.16%) PLM
14 40 (25.16%) Problem-Solving
14 40 (25.16%) Static Code Analysis
14 40 (25.16%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 40 (25.16%) Apex Code
1 40 (25.16%) SOQL
1 40 (25.16%) SOSL
2 31 (19.50%) JavaScript
2 31 (19.50%) Python
3 28 (17.61%) Java
4 24 (15.09%) TypeScript
5 21 (13.21%) C#
5 21 (13.21%) SQL
6 6 (3.77%) Go
6 6 (3.77%) Rust
7 5 (3.14%) Kotlin
7 5 (3.14%) Swift
8 2 (1.26%) Delphi
8 2 (1.26%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.63%) Bicep
9 1 (0.63%) PHP
9 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.63%) Scala
9 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (15.09%) Degree
2 18 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (5.66%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.03%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.40%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.52%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.89%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.89%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.26%) CCIE
8 2 (1.26%) CCIE Security
8 2 (1.26%) CCNP
8 2 (1.26%) CCSA
8 2 (1.26%) CCSE
8 2 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.26%) JNCIE
8 2 (1.26%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.63%) PhD
9 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.55%) QA
2 6 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.52%) GDPR
4 2 (1.26%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.26%) GRC
4 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.26%) WCAG
5 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (16.35%) Docker
2 8 (5.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (10.69%) Terraform
2 15 (9.43%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.89%) Ansible
3 3 (1.89%) Grafana
4 2 (1.26%) Kibana
4 2 (1.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (25.16%) Salesforce
1 40 (25.16%) Splunk
2 18 (11.32%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.40%) Google
4 4 (2.52%) Foundry
4 4 (2.52%) Oracle
5 2 (1.26%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.26%) Cisco
5 2 (1.26%) Databricks
5 2 (1.26%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.26%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.26%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.26%) SendGrid
5 2 (1.26%) Syncfusion
5 2 (1.26%) Telerik
5 2 (1.26%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.63%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.63%) Apple
6 1 (0.63%) IBM