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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 144 154
Rank change year-on-year -92 +10 -9
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 188 466 514
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 2.31% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 2.62% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 141 250 424
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £54,063 £52,250
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 £92,625 £95,436
UK median annual salary £75,000 £68,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +10.29% +4.05% -9.86%

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 15,258 17,763 21,997
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.69% 87.97% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,350 10,724 17,808
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,613 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,754 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.89% -1.19% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £81,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% - -

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 21 October 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 4 (2.13%) Ethereum
2 2 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.06%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.06%) Luigi
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) Kentico
3 1 (0.53%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
1 2 (1.06%) Sketch
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.53%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 91 (48.40%) Azure
2 51 (27.13%) AWS
3 45 (23.94%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (15.96%) SaaS
5 26 (13.83%) GitHub
6 18 (9.57%) Power Platform
7 16 (8.51%) GCP
8 15 (7.98%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (7.45%) Power Automate
9 14 (7.45%) Serverless
10 9 (4.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 9 (4.79%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (4.79%) PaaS
10 9 (4.79%) SonarCloud
11 7 (3.72%) Azure App Service
11 7 (3.72%) Entra ID
12 6 (3.19%) Figma
13 4 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (1.60%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.51%) Broadband
2 2 (1.06%) S/MIME
2 2 (1.06%) SSL
2 2 (1.06%) X.509
3 1 (0.53%) BGP
3 1 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.53%) IOS XR
3 1 (0.53%) MPLS
3 1 (0.53%) Multicast
3 1 (0.53%) OSPF
3 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.53%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 17 (9.04%) MongoDB
3 15 (7.98%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (7.98%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.79%) Relational Database
5 6 (3.19%) MySQL
6 5 (2.66%) RDBMS
7 4 (2.13%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.13%) Metadata
7 4 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.13%) Power BI
8 3 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.06%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (1.06%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.06%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.06%) Redis
10 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.53%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.53%) Metadata Repository
10 1 (0.53%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 39 (20.74%) Git
2 19 (10.11%) GitLab
3 17 (9.04%) Jenkins
4 15 (7.98%) SonarQube
5 10 (5.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (4.79%) MSBuild
6 9 (4.79%) Team Foundation Server
6 9 (4.79%) Visual Studio
7 4 (2.13%) PHPUnit
8 3 (1.60%) Jasmine
8 3 (1.60%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.53%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.53%) fastlane
9 1 (0.53%) JIRA
9 1 (0.53%) NUnit
9 1 (0.53%) Postman
9 1 (0.53%) Spock
9 1 (0.53%) Storybook
9 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
General
1 51 (27.13%) Finance
2 36 (19.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 33 (17.55%) Marketing
4 28 (14.89%) Social Skills
5 22 (11.70%) Retail
6 15 (7.98%) Games
6 15 (7.98%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.72%) Banking
7 7 (3.72%) Front Office
8 5 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.66%) Law
8 5 (2.66%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.13%) Back Office
9 4 (2.13%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.53%) Automotive
11 1 (0.53%) Publishing
11 1 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 73 (38.83%) Developer
2 36 (19.15%) Architect
3 34 (18.09%) Senior
4 32 (17.02%) .NET Developer
4 32 (17.02%) Lead
5 18 (9.57%) Technical Architect
6 17 (9.04%) Lead Developer
7 16 (8.51%) Software Engineer
8 15 (7.98%) C# Developer
8 15 (7.98%) Consultant
8 15 (7.98%) Senior Developer
9 14 (7.45%) Salesforce Architect
10 13 (6.91%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 13 (6.91%) Functional Consultant
11 10 (5.32%) Designer
11 10 (5.32%) SaaS Developer
12 9 (4.79%) C# .NET Developer
12 9 (4.79%) Software Developer
13 8 (4.26%) Salesforce Technical Architect
13 8 (4.26%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (37.77%) .NET
2 47 (25.00%) REST
3 30 (15.96%) React
4 23 (12.23%) CSS
4 23 (12.23%) HTML
5 18 (9.57%) ASP.NET
6 17 (9.04%) SOAP
7 16 (8.51%) .NET Framework
8 15 (7.98%) JSON
8 15 (7.98%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (7.98%) Visualforce
8 15 (7.98%) XML
9 14 (7.45%) .NET Core
9 14 (7.45%) ASP.NET Web API
9 14 (7.45%) Kafka
10 13 (6.91%) RESTful
11 11 (5.85%) Entity Framework
12 10 (5.32%) Bootstrap
12 10 (5.32%) Core Data
12 10 (5.32%) iOS SDK
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.62%) Product Ownership
2 17 (9.04%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (6.91%) Management Information System
4 12 (6.38%) Mobile App
5 11 (5.85%) Cloud Native
5 11 (5.85%) Data Structures
6 8 (4.26%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.19%) BYOD
8 6 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.66%) Hedge funds
10 4 (2.13%) Blockchain
10 4 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (2.13%) PKI
10 4 (2.13%) Web3
11 2 (1.06%) AI Agents
11 2 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (1.06%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.64%) Apple iOS
2 16 (8.51%) Android
3 11 (5.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (52.66%) Agile
2 87 (46.28%) DevOps
3 70 (37.23%) Microservices
4 62 (32.98%) Mentoring
5 60 (31.91%) CI/CD
6 44 (23.40%) Architectural Patterns
7 43 (22.87%) Code Quality
7 43 (22.87%) Computer Science
7 43 (22.87%) Software Engineering
8 40 (21.28%) Scrum
9 37 (19.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (18.62%) Continuous Integration
10 35 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (18.09%) Technical Leadership
12 31 (16.49%) Roadmaps
13 29 (15.43%) Event-Driven
13 29 (15.43%) OO
13 29 (15.43%) OOP
13 29 (15.43%) TDD
14 28 (14.89%) AI
Programming Languages
1 62 (32.98%) C#
2 51 (27.13%) SQL
3 32 (17.02%) JavaScript
4 24 (12.77%) TypeScript
5 19 (10.11%) Java
5 19 (10.11%) Python
6 15 (7.98%) Apex Code
6 15 (7.98%) SOQL
6 15 (7.98%) SOSL
6 15 (7.98%) Swift
7 11 (5.85%) Kotlin
8 6 (3.19%) Go
9 5 (2.66%) C++
9 5 (2.66%) PHP
9 5 (2.66%) Scala
10 4 (2.13%) Rust
11 3 (1.60%) Embedded C
12 2 (1.06%) R
13 1 (0.53%) Groovy
13 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (24.47%) Degree
2 34 (18.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (5.85%) Master's Degree
4 7 (3.72%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.13%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.06%) CISM
6 2 (1.06%) CISSP
6 2 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) PhD
6 2 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.53%) CCIE
7 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.83%) QA
2 13 (6.91%) GDPR
3 5 (2.66%) COBIT
4 3 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.60%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.06%) NIST
6 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.53%) IFRS
6 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (18.09%) Docker
2 9 (4.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.60%) Firmware
4 2 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.19%) Terraform
3 2 (1.06%) Ansible
3 2 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (1.06%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.06%) Puppet
4 1 (0.53%) Grafana
4 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.64%) Splunk
3 16 (8.51%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.19%) Trayport
5 5 (2.66%) Syncfusion
5 5 (2.66%) Telerik
6 3 (1.60%) Databricks
6 3 (1.60%) Google
7 2 (1.06%) Adobe
7 2 (1.06%) Thales
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco
8 1 (0.53%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle
8 1 (0.53%) Xamarin