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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 204 187
Rank change year-on-year -54 -17 -26
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 198 256 465
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.54% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.66% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 113 171 385
10th Percentile £48,565 £47,500 £44,750
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,200 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 18,782 15,445 21,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.64% 92.96% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,537 8,945 15,559
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 August 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 4 (2.02%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 95 (47.98%) AWS
2 56 (28.28%) Azure
3 27 (13.64%) SaaS
4 24 (12.12%) GCP
5 17 (8.59%) GitHub
5 17 (8.59%) Snowflake
6 15 (7.58%) Serverless
7 12 (6.06%) GitHub Copilot
8 11 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (4.55%) Azure Machine Learning
10 8 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (4.04%) ChatGPT
11 6 (3.03%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
13 4 (2.02%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (2.02%) Copilot Studio
13 4 (2.02%) Slack
13 4 (2.02%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 43 (21.72%) Broadband
2 6 (3.03%) Network Security
3 3 (1.52%) Firewall
3 3 (1.52%) LAN
3 3 (1.52%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (1.52%) WAN
3 3 (1.52%) Wireless
4 2 (1.01%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 21 (10.61%) Redis
3 10 (5.05%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.55%) MySQL
5 8 (4.04%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.04%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.52%) Stardog
8 3 (1.52%) Triplestore
9 2 (1.01%) Power BI
9 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.51%) SQLite
10 1 (0.51%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 48 (24.24%) Git
2 32 (16.16%) Jenkins
3 30 (15.15%) GitLab
4 23 (11.62%) SonarQube
5 4 (2.02%) Selenium
6 3 (1.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.52%) Mercurial
6 3 (1.52%) Postman
6 3 (1.52%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (1.01%) Subversion
7 2 (1.01%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.51%) JIRA
8 1 (0.51%) JUnit
8 1 (0.51%) Maven
8 1 (0.51%) Mocha
8 1 (0.51%) Mockito
8 1 (0.51%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (21.72%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.68%) Finance
3 32 (16.16%) Games
4 26 (13.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (12.12%) Marketing
5 24 (12.12%) Public Sector
6 19 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (8.08%) Banking
8 12 (6.06%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.53%) Legal
10 4 (2.02%) Local Government
10 4 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.01%) Automotive
12 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Military
12 2 (1.01%) Polish Language
12 2 (1.01%) Retail
Job Titles
1 74 (37.37%) Developer
2 45 (22.73%) Lead
3 43 (21.72%) Senior
4 40 (20.20%) Architect
5 28 (14.14%) Lead Developer
6 23 (11.62%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (11.62%) Software Engineer
7 21 (10.61%) Salesforce Architect
7 21 (10.61%) Software Developer
8 20 (10.10%) Technical Architect
9 18 (9.09%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (8.59%) Lead Software Developer
10 17 (8.59%) Senior Developer
11 15 (7.58%) Analyst
12 12 (6.06%) Java Developer
12 12 (6.06%) Principal Developer
12 12 (6.06%) Team Leader
13 11 (5.56%) Salesforce Technical Architect
14 10 (5.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 10 (5.05%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (20.20%) REST
2 33 (16.67%) Node.js
3 26 (13.13%) React
4 24 (12.12%) .NET
4 24 (12.12%) Vue
5 21 (10.61%) Lightning Web Components
5 21 (10.61%) SOAP
5 21 (10.61%) Spring Boot
6 20 (10.10%) Visualforce
7 18 (9.09%) Spring
8 13 (6.57%) AngularJS
9 12 (6.06%) RESTful
10 7 (3.54%) CSS
10 7 (3.54%) Kafka
10 7 (3.54%) OpenAPI
11 6 (3.03%) .NET Core
11 6 (3.03%) Web Services
12 5 (2.53%) Android Jetpack
12 5 (2.53%) jQuery
12 5 (2.53%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.70%) Product Ownership
2 26 (13.13%) Cloud Native
3 16 (8.08%) AI Agents
4 13 (6.57%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (6.06%) Cyberattack
5 12 (6.06%) Data Structures
6 9 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.55%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (4.04%) Public Cloud
8 7 (3.54%) Hackathon
9 6 (3.03%) Blockchain
9 6 (3.03%) Hedge funds
9 6 (3.03%) Social Media
10 5 (2.53%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.53%) Client/Server
10 5 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (2.02%) Data Centre
11 4 (2.02%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.03%) Android
2 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (56.06%) CI/CD
2 96 (48.48%) Agile
3 80 (40.40%) AI
4 79 (39.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (37.88%) DevOps
6 64 (32.32%) Microservices
7 59 (29.80%) Mentoring
8 52 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (24.75%) Software Engineering
10 46 (23.23%) Full-Stack Development
11 41 (20.71%) Architectural Patterns
12 40 (20.20%) Scrum
12 40 (20.20%) Technical Leadership
13 38 (19.19%) Clean Code
13 38 (19.19%) Event-Driven
14 37 (18.69%) Computer Science
15 36 (18.18%) Test Automation
16 35 (17.68%) Continuous Delivery
17 33 (16.67%) OO
17 33 (16.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 45 (22.73%) Python
2 44 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 43 (21.72%) Java
4 38 (19.19%) TypeScript
5 22 (11.11%) Apex Code
5 22 (11.11%) SOQL
6 21 (10.61%) SOSL
7 20 (10.10%) C#
8 15 (7.58%) SQL
9 8 (4.04%) Kotlin
10 6 (3.03%) Rust
11 4 (2.02%) C++
11 4 (2.02%) Go
11 4 (2.02%) Ruby
12 3 (1.52%) C
12 3 (1.52%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.52%) Scala
12 3 (1.52%) SHACL
12 3 (1.52%) SPARQL
12 3 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (22.22%) Degree
2 29 (14.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (9.60%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.57%) SC Cleared
5 9 (4.55%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.52%) CCIE
7 3 (1.52%) CCIE Security
7 3 (1.52%) CCNP
7 3 (1.52%) CCSA
7 3 (1.52%) CCSE
7 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.52%) JNCIE
7 3 (1.52%) JNCIP
8 2 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.51%) CISM
9 1 (0.51%) CISSP
9 1 (0.51%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.58%) QA
2 12 (6.06%) GDPR
3 7 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.52%) MiFID
5 3 (1.52%) UCITS
6 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
7 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (14.65%) Docker
2 2 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (15.66%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.59%) Terraform
3 7 (3.54%) Ansible
4 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.51%) Grafana
5 1 (0.51%) Kibana
5 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (11.62%) Splunk
2 22 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 15 (7.58%) Microsoft
4 10 (5.05%) Google
5 4 (2.02%) Databricks
5 4 (2.02%) Foundry
6 3 (1.52%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.52%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.52%) Cisco
6 3 (1.52%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.52%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.52%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.52%) Oracle
6 3 (1.52%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.52%) Perforce
7 2 (1.01%) Adobe
8 1 (0.51%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.51%) IBM
8 1 (0.51%) Workday