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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 207 186
Rank change year-on-year -60 -21 -27
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 192 263 471
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 1.58% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.70% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 108 180 402
10th Percentile £48,505 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% +6.20% -8.65%
75th Percentile £90,313 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,625 £87,973
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 18,510 15,440 22,079
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.99% 92.97% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13,413 9,132 16,008
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,500 £41,000 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 3 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 (2.08%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 88 (45.83%) AWS
2 55 (28.65%) Azure
3 24 (12.50%) GCP
4 23 (11.98%) SaaS
5 15 (7.81%) GitHub
6 14 (7.29%) Snowflake
7 12 (6.25%) Serverless
8 10 (5.21%) GitHub Copilot
9 8 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (3.65%) Amazon S3
10 7 (3.65%) Azure Machine Learning
10 7 (3.65%) ChatGPT
11 5 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.60%) Vertex AI
12 4 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (2.08%) Copilot Studio
12 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 49 (25.52%) Broadband
2 6 (3.13%) Network Security
3 3 (1.56%) Firewall
3 3 (1.56%) LAN
3 3 (1.56%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.56%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (1.56%) WAN
3 3 (1.56%) Wireless
4 2 (1.04%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (13.54%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.38%) Redis
3 10 (5.21%) NoSQL
4 9 (4.69%) MySQL
5 8 (4.17%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.17%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.56%) Stardog
8 3 (1.56%) Triplestore
9 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.04%) Power BI
9 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.52%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.52%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 44 (22.92%) Git
2 35 (18.23%) GitLab
2 35 (18.23%) Jenkins
3 27 (14.06%) SonarQube
4 4 (2.08%) Selenium
5 3 (1.56%) Postman
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (1.04%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.52%) JIRA
7 1 (0.52%) JUnit
7 1 (0.52%) Maven
7 1 (0.52%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.52%) MLflow
7 1 (0.52%) Mocha
7 1 (0.52%) Mockito
7 1 (0.52%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.52%) Subversion
7 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 40 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.31%) Games
3 30 (15.63%) Finance
3 30 (15.63%) Marketing
4 29 (15.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (8.85%) Public Sector
7 15 (7.81%) Banking
8 12 (6.25%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.56%) Military
10 3 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.04%) Automotive
11 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Legal
12 1 (0.52%) Back Office
12 1 (0.52%) Local Government
12 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (38.02%) Developer
2 44 (22.92%) Architect
3 42 (21.88%) Lead
4 41 (21.35%) Senior
5 27 (14.06%) Salesforce Architect
6 26 (13.54%) Lead Developer
7 22 (11.46%) Technical Architect
8 20 (10.42%) Full-Stack Developer
8 20 (10.42%) Software Developer
9 17 (8.85%) Senior Developer
9 17 (8.85%) Software Engineer
10 15 (7.81%) Analyst
10 15 (7.81%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (7.29%) Lead Software Developer
11 14 (7.29%) Salesforce Technical Architect
12 12 (6.25%) Java Developer
13 11 (5.73%) Principal Developer
13 11 (5.73%) Team Leader
14 10 (5.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 10 (5.21%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (23.96%) REST
2 30 (15.63%) Node.js
3 27 (14.06%) Lightning Web Components
3 27 (14.06%) SOAP
4 26 (13.54%) Visualforce
5 24 (12.50%) React
6 21 (10.94%) Spring Boot
6 21 (10.94%) Vue
7 19 (9.90%) .NET
8 18 (9.38%) Spring
9 15 (7.81%) AngularJS
10 12 (6.25%) RESTful
11 7 (3.65%) Kafka
12 6 (3.13%) Web Services
13 5 (2.60%) Android Jetpack
13 5 (2.60%) ASP.NET
13 5 (2.60%) Jetpack Compose
13 5 (2.60%) jQuery
13 5 (2.60%) LangChain
13 5 (2.60%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (23.96%) Product Ownership
2 26 (13.54%) Cloud Native
3 15 (7.81%) AI Agents
4 13 (6.77%) Data Structures
4 13 (6.77%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (6.25%) Cyberattack
6 10 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (4.69%) Legacy Applications
8 8 (4.17%) Public Cloud
9 7 (3.65%) Hackathon
10 6 (3.13%) Blockchain
10 6 (3.13%) Hedge funds
10 6 (3.13%) Mobile App
10 6 (3.13%) Social Media
11 5 (2.60%) Algorithms
11 5 (2.60%) Client/Server
12 4 (2.08%) Data Centre
12 4 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (2.08%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.17%) Android
2 3 (1.56%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (56.25%) CI/CD
2 98 (51.04%) Agile
3 83 (43.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (38.54%) DevOps
5 73 (38.02%) AI
6 59 (30.73%) Microservices
7 56 (29.17%) Mentoring
8 47 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (23.96%) Software Engineering
10 43 (22.40%) Event-Driven
10 43 (22.40%) Full-Stack Development
11 41 (21.35%) Continuous Delivery
12 40 (20.83%) Scrum
13 38 (19.79%) Architectural Patterns
13 38 (19.79%) Roadmaps
14 36 (18.75%) OO
14 36 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
15 35 (18.23%) Clean Code
15 35 (18.23%) Continuous Integration
16 34 (17.71%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.79%) Java
1 38 (19.79%) Python
2 37 (19.27%) JavaScript
3 34 (17.71%) TypeScript
4 28 (14.58%) Apex Code
4 28 (14.58%) SOQL
5 27 (14.06%) SOSL
6 17 (8.85%) C#
7 14 (7.29%) SQL
8 8 (4.17%) Kotlin
9 6 (3.13%) Rust
10 4 (2.08%) C++
10 4 (2.08%) Go
11 3 (1.56%) C
11 3 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.56%) Scala
11 3 (1.56%) SHACL
11 3 (1.56%) SPARQL
11 3 (1.56%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 40 (20.83%) Degree
2 25 (13.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (6.77%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.21%) SC Cleared
5 9 (4.69%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.60%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.56%) CCIE
7 3 (1.56%) CCIE Security
7 3 (1.56%) CCNP
7 3 (1.56%) CCSA
7 3 (1.56%) CCSE
7 3 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.56%) JNCIE
7 3 (1.56%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.52%) CISM
8 1 (0.52%) CISSP
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.29%) QA
2 12 (6.25%) GDPR
3 7 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.56%) MiFID
5 3 (1.56%) UCITS
6 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.52%) GRC
7 1 (0.52%) NIST
7 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (14.58%) Docker
2 2 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (15.63%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.81%) Terraform
3 5 (2.60%) Ansible
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.52%) Grafana
5 1 (0.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (15.10%) Splunk
2 28 (14.58%) Salesforce
3 13 (6.77%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.17%) Google
5 4 (2.08%) Databricks
5 4 (2.08%) Foundry
5 4 (2.08%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.56%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.56%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.56%) Cisco
6 3 (1.56%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.56%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.56%) Oracle
6 3 (1.56%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.04%) Adobe
7 2 (1.04%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.52%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.52%) IBM
8 1 (0.52%) Perforce