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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 209 159
Rank change year-on-year -66 -50 +9
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 194 233 481
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 1.44% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.54% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 125 153 285
10th Percentile £49,326 £46,250 £44,622
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £115,750 £99,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,782 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.62% +11.11% -

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 19,546 15,102 20,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.74% 93.04% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,050 8,683 12,951
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 12 September 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 (2.06%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.52%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 94 (48.45%) AWS
2 57 (29.38%) Azure
3 30 (15.46%) SaaS
4 24 (12.37%) GCP
5 17 (8.76%) Snowflake
6 13 (6.70%) GitHub
6 13 (6.70%) Serverless
7 9 (4.64%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.64%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (3.09%) ChatGPT
9 5 (2.58%) Azure Machine Learning
9 5 (2.58%) Slack
10 4 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.06%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.06%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.06%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.55%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.40%) Broadband
2 8 (4.12%) Network Security
3 5 (2.58%) Firewall
4 3 (1.55%) LAN
4 3 (1.55%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.55%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.55%) WAN
4 3 (1.55%) Wireless
5 2 (1.03%) DNS
6 1 (0.52%) Internet
6 1 (0.52%) TETRA
6 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.98%) SQL Server
2 22 (11.34%) Redis
3 9 (4.64%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.12%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.12%) MySQL
4 8 (4.12%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.55%) Stardog
6 3 (1.55%) Triplestore
7 2 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.03%) Power BI
7 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.52%) GIS
8 1 (0.52%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.52%) SQLite
8 1 (0.52%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 48 (24.74%) Git
2 19 (9.79%) Jenkins
3 17 (8.76%) GitLab
4 10 (5.15%) SonarQube
5 4 (2.06%) Selenium
6 3 (1.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.55%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.55%) JUnit
6 3 (1.55%) Maven
6 3 (1.55%) Mercurial
6 3 (1.55%) Mockito
6 3 (1.55%) Postman
6 3 (1.55%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (1.03%) Subversion
7 2 (1.03%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.52%) JIRA
8 1 (0.52%) Mocha
8 1 (0.52%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.59%) Finance
3 31 (15.98%) Public Sector
4 22 (11.34%) Banking
5 19 (9.79%) Games
6 17 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (6.19%) Investment Banking
8 11 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.67%) Marketing
9 5 (2.58%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.58%) Legal
10 4 (2.06%) Local Government
10 4 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.55%) Back Office
11 3 (1.55%) Prime Brokerage
11 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.03%) Automotive
12 2 (1.03%) Military
12 2 (1.03%) Polish Language
12 2 (1.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 75 (38.66%) Developer
2 44 (22.68%) Senior
3 42 (21.65%) Lead
4 35 (18.04%) Architect
5 25 (12.89%) Software Engineer
6 24 (12.37%) Lead Developer
7 22 (11.34%) Full-Stack Developer
7 22 (11.34%) Senior Developer
8 21 (10.82%) Software Developer
9 18 (9.28%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (8.76%) Lead Software Developer
11 15 (7.73%) Analyst
12 13 (6.70%) Technical Architect
13 12 (6.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 12 (6.19%) Java Developer
14 11 (5.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 10 (5.15%) Java Engineer
15 10 (5.15%) Senior Front-End Developer
16 9 (4.64%) Principal Developer
17 8 (4.12%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (20.62%) Node.js
2 29 (14.95%) REST
3 26 (13.40%) .NET
3 26 (13.40%) React
4 22 (11.34%) Spring Boot
4 22 (11.34%) Vue
5 19 (9.79%) Spring
6 17 (8.76%) Terraform
7 14 (7.22%) AngularJS
8 13 (6.70%) CSS
9 12 (6.19%) RESTful
10 8 (4.12%) HTML
10 8 (4.12%) Lightning Web Components
10 8 (4.12%) SOAP
11 7 (3.61%) Kafka
11 7 (3.61%) OpenAPI
11 7 (3.61%) Visualforce
12 6 (3.09%) .NET Core
12 6 (3.09%) Web Services
13 5 (2.58%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.34%) Product Ownership
2 21 (10.82%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.76%) AI Agents
4 14 (7.22%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (6.70%) Data Structures
6 12 (6.19%) Cyberattack
6 12 (6.19%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (3.61%) Hackathon
9 6 (3.09%) Hedge funds
9 6 (3.09%) Social Media
10 5 (2.58%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.58%) Blockchain
10 5 (2.58%) Client/Server
10 5 (2.58%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.58%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (2.06%) Data Centre
11 4 (2.06%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.06%) Android
2 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (48.45%) CI/CD
2 78 (40.21%) Agile
3 76 (39.18%) AI
4 71 (36.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 63 (32.47%) Microservices
6 62 (31.96%) Mentoring
7 58 (29.90%) DevOps
8 54 (27.84%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (26.29%) Software Engineering
10 46 (23.71%) Technical Leadership
11 43 (22.16%) Full-Stack Development
12 40 (20.62%) Architectural Patterns
12 40 (20.62%) Computer Science
13 36 (18.56%) Test Automation
14 33 (17.01%) Clean Code
14 33 (17.01%) SOLID
15 28 (14.43%) Coaching
15 28 (14.43%) Decision-Making
16 27 (13.92%) DevSecOps
16 27 (13.92%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 50 (25.77%) JavaScript
2 46 (23.71%) TypeScript
3 41 (21.13%) Java
3 41 (21.13%) Python
4 22 (11.34%) C#
5 15 (7.73%) SQL
6 9 (4.64%) Apex Code
6 9 (4.64%) SOQL
7 8 (4.12%) SOSL
8 7 (3.61%) Kotlin
9 6 (3.09%) Rust
10 5 (2.58%) Ruby
11 4 (2.06%) C++
11 4 (2.06%) Go
12 3 (1.55%) C
12 3 (1.55%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.55%) Scala
12 3 (1.55%) SHACL
12 3 (1.55%) SPARQL
12 3 (1.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (21.13%) Degree
2 30 (15.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (10.82%) Security Cleared
4 15 (7.73%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.61%) AWS Certification
5 7 (3.61%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.58%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.55%) CCIE
8 3 (1.55%) CCIE Security
8 3 (1.55%) CCNP
8 3 (1.55%) CCSA
8 3 (1.55%) CCSE
8 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.55%) CISM
8 3 (1.55%) CISSP
8 3 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.55%) JNCIE
8 3 (1.55%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.25%) QA
2 12 (6.19%) GDPR
3 9 (4.64%) Accessibility
4 8 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.61%) WCAG
6 5 (2.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (1.55%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.55%) MiFID
7 3 (1.55%) NIST
7 3 (1.55%) UCITS
8 2 (1.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (13.92%) Docker
2 2 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (15.46%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.61%) Ansible
3 2 (1.03%) CASB
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 15 (7.73%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.15%) Splunk
3 9 (4.64%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.09%) Google
5 4 (2.06%) Databricks
6 3 (1.55%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.55%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.55%) Cisco
6 3 (1.55%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.55%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.55%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.55%) Oracle
6 3 (1.55%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.55%) Perforce
7 2 (1.03%) Adobe
8 1 (0.52%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.52%) IBM
8 1 (0.52%) Workday