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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 135 142
Rank change year-on-year -84 +7 +3
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 163 407 630
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.02% 2.55% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 2.70% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 120 213 529
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £88,211 £83,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,756 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £63,749
% change year-on-year +7.14% +9.81% -15.00%

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 13,835 15,102 25,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.68% 94.55% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,819 8,974 20,920
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,759
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,478
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.73% -6.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 5 February 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 7 (4.29%) Ethereum
2 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.23%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.23%) Luigi
3 1 (0.61%) Apache
3 1 (0.61%) CMS
3 1 (0.61%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.61%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (42.94%) Azure
2 64 (39.26%) AWS
3 36 (22.09%) GitHub
4 35 (21.47%) Serverless
5 34 (20.86%) SaaS
6 25 (15.34%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (10.43%) PaaS
8 15 (9.20%) GCP
9 13 (7.98%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (7.36%) Azure App Service
10 12 (7.36%) Entra ID
11 7 (4.29%) Amazon S3
11 7 (4.29%) Power Platform
12 6 (3.68%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (3.07%) IaaS
14 4 (2.45%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
16 2 (1.23%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 24 (14.72%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (19.63%) SQL Server
2 29 (17.79%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.68%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.68%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.07%) Power BI
6 4 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.84%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.84%) Metadata
8 2 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.23%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.23%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (1.23%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.23%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.61%) GIS
9 1 (0.61%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 29 (17.79%) GitLab
2 26 (15.95%) Jenkins
3 25 (15.34%) Git
4 23 (14.11%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.84%) Android Studio
5 3 (1.84%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.84%) Storybook
6 2 (1.23%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.23%) JUnit
6 2 (1.23%) Selenium
6 2 (1.23%) Xcode
7 1 (0.61%) Gradle
7 1 (0.61%) Jasmine
General
1 41 (25.15%) Finance
2 37 (22.70%) Social Skills
3 29 (17.79%) Marketing
4 25 (15.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (14.72%) Games
6 13 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (5.52%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.91%) Banking
9 7 (4.29%) Legal
10 3 (1.84%) Law
11 2 (1.23%) Back Office
12 1 (0.61%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.61%) Police
12 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Retail
12 1 (0.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (45.40%) Developer
2 47 (28.83%) Lead
3 40 (24.54%) Architect
4 34 (20.86%) Lead Developer
5 33 (20.25%) Senior
6 21 (12.88%) Salesforce Architect
6 21 (12.88%) Technical Architect
7 17 (10.43%) .NET Developer
8 14 (8.59%) Azure Developer
8 14 (8.59%) C# Developer
8 14 (8.59%) Senior Developer
9 13 (7.98%) Lead C# Developer
10 12 (7.36%) Lead .NET Developer
10 12 (7.36%) SaaS Developer
10 12 (7.36%) Salesforce Technical Architect
11 11 (6.75%) Software Developer
11 11 (6.75%) Software Engineer
11 11 (6.75%) Technical Leader
12 10 (6.13%) Python Developer
12 10 (6.13%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (31.29%) .NET
2 48 (29.45%) React
3 33 (20.25%) REST
4 24 (14.72%) SOAP
5 23 (14.11%) Lightning Web Components
5 23 (14.11%) Visualforce
6 21 (12.88%) CSS
6 21 (12.88%) HTML
6 21 (12.88%) RESTful
7 20 (12.27%) .NET Framework
8 17 (10.43%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (9.20%) Spring
10 14 (8.59%) Razor View Engine
10 14 (8.59%) Spring Boot
11 13 (7.98%) Entity Framework
12 12 (7.36%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 12 (7.36%) Flask
13 11 (6.75%) .NET Core
14 8 (4.91%) Core Data
14 8 (4.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (26.99%) Product Ownership
2 20 (12.27%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (11.04%) Data Structures
4 13 (7.98%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.29%) Blockchain
5 7 (4.29%) Hedge funds
5 7 (4.29%) Mobile App
5 7 (4.29%) Web3
6 6 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.45%) PKI
8 3 (1.84%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.84%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.84%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.23%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.23%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.23%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.13%) Apple iOS
2 9 (5.52%) Android
3 7 (4.29%) Windows
4 1 (0.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (73.62%) Agile
2 81 (49.69%) CI/CD
3 75 (46.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 72 (44.17%) Mentoring
5 69 (42.33%) DevOps
6 56 (34.36%) Microservices
7 49 (30.06%) Software Engineering
8 43 (26.38%) Architectural Patterns
9 41 (25.15%) Scrum
10 38 (23.31%) Full-Stack Development
10 38 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (20.86%) Technical Leadership
12 33 (20.25%) Computer Science
13 32 (19.63%) Continuous Integration
13 32 (19.63%) OO
14 31 (19.02%) Event-Driven
14 31 (19.02%) Front End Development
15 30 (18.40%) Coaching
15 30 (18.40%) Roadmaps
16 29 (17.79%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.86%) JavaScript
1 34 (20.86%) SQL
2 33 (20.25%) C#
3 32 (19.63%) TypeScript
4 31 (19.02%) Python
5 23 (14.11%) Apex Code
5 23 (14.11%) SOQL
5 23 (14.11%) SOSL
6 21 (12.88%) Java
7 10 (6.13%) Swift
8 8 (4.91%) Kotlin
9 7 (4.29%) Go
9 7 (4.29%) Rust
10 5 (3.07%) Scala
11 2 (1.23%) Delphi
11 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.61%) Bicep
12 1 (0.61%) PHP
12 1 (0.61%) R
12 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (20.86%) Degree
2 30 (18.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (7.98%) Master's Degree
4 7 (4.29%) Security Cleared
5 6 (3.68%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.61%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.61%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.88%) QA
2 7 (4.29%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.45%) GDPR
4 2 (1.23%) GRC
4 2 (1.23%) WCAG
5 1 (0.61%) IFRS
System Software
1 24 (14.72%) Docker
2 12 (7.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (7.98%) Terraform
2 11 (6.75%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.23%) Ansible
3 2 (1.23%) Grafana
3 2 (1.23%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.23%) Puppet
4 1 (0.61%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (14.72%) Salesforce
2 23 (14.11%) Splunk
3 22 (13.50%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.29%) Syncfusion
4 7 (4.29%) Telerik
5 4 (2.45%) Databricks
5 4 (2.45%) Google
6 2 (1.23%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.23%) Oracle
6 2 (1.23%) SendGrid
7 1 (0.61%) Apple