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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 219 171
Rank change year-on-year -54 -48 -12
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 197 233 478
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.82% 1.43% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.54% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 127 152 284
10th Percentile £49,707 £45,125 £46,026
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £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 £78,375
90th Percentile £115,500 £100,000 £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 19,633 15,114 20,558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.88% 93.04% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 14,127 8,686 12,990
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,250 £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 11 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 (2.03%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.51%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 96 (48.73%) AWS
2 57 (28.93%) Azure
3 29 (14.72%) SaaS
4 24 (12.18%) GCP
5 17 (8.63%) Snowflake
6 16 (8.12%) GitHub
7 15 (7.61%) Serverless
8 11 (5.58%) GitHub Copilot
9 10 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (4.06%) ChatGPT
11 5 (2.54%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.54%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (2.54%) Slack
12 4 (2.03%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (2.03%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (2.03%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.03%) Entra ID
13 3 (1.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (13.20%) Broadband
2 8 (4.06%) Network Security
3 5 (2.54%) Firewall
4 3 (1.52%) LAN
4 3 (1.52%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.52%) WAN
4 3 (1.52%) Wireless
5 2 (1.02%) DNS
6 1 (0.51%) Internet
6 1 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.74%) SQL Server
2 22 (11.17%) Redis
3 9 (4.57%) MySQL
3 9 (4.57%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.06%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.06%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.52%) Stardog
6 3 (1.52%) Triplestore
7 2 (1.02%) Power BI
7 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.51%) SQLite
8 1 (0.51%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 51 (25.89%) Git
2 19 (9.64%) Jenkins
3 17 (8.63%) GitLab
4 10 (5.08%) SonarQube
5 4 (2.03%) Selenium
6 3 (1.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.52%) JUnit
6 3 (1.52%) Maven
6 3 (1.52%) Mercurial
6 3 (1.52%) Mockito
6 3 (1.52%) Postman
6 3 (1.52%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (1.02%) Subversion
7 2 (1.02%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.51%) JIRA
8 1 (0.51%) Mocha
8 1 (0.51%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (26.40%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.80%) Finance
3 30 (15.23%) Public Sector
4 22 (11.17%) Banking
5 19 (9.64%) Games
6 17 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (6.09%) Investment Banking
9 11 (5.58%) Marketing
10 5 (2.54%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.54%) Legal
11 4 (2.03%) Local Government
11 4 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.52%) Back Office
12 3 (1.52%) Prime Brokerage
12 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.02%) Automotive
13 2 (1.02%) Military
13 2 (1.02%) Polish Language
13 2 (1.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (39.59%) Developer
2 45 (22.84%) Senior
3 42 (21.32%) Lead
4 35 (17.77%) Architect
5 25 (12.69%) Software Engineer
6 24 (12.18%) Lead Developer
7 23 (11.68%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (11.68%) Senior Developer
8 21 (10.66%) Software Developer
9 18 (9.14%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (8.63%) Lead Software Developer
11 15 (7.61%) Analyst
12 13 (6.60%) Technical Architect
13 12 (6.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 12 (6.09%) Java Developer
14 11 (5.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 10 (5.08%) Java Engineer
15 10 (5.08%) Senior Front-End Developer
16 9 (4.57%) Principal Developer
17 8 (4.06%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (20.81%) Node.js
2 29 (14.72%) REST
3 27 (13.71%) React
4 25 (12.69%) .NET
5 23 (11.68%) Vue
6 22 (11.17%) Spring Boot
7 19 (9.64%) Spring
7 19 (9.64%) Terraform
8 14 (7.11%) CSS
9 13 (6.60%) AngularJS
10 12 (6.09%) RESTful
11 9 (4.57%) HTML
12 8 (4.06%) Lightning Web Components
12 8 (4.06%) SOAP
13 7 (3.55%) Kafka
13 7 (3.55%) OpenAPI
13 7 (3.55%) Visualforce
14 6 (3.05%) .NET Core
14 6 (3.05%) Web Services
15 5 (2.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.17%) Product Ownership
2 21 (10.66%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.63%) AI Agents
4 14 (7.11%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (7.11%) Data Structures
5 12 (6.09%) Cyberattack
5 12 (6.09%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.57%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (3.55%) Hackathon
8 6 (3.05%) Hedge funds
8 6 (3.05%) Social Media
9 5 (2.54%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.54%) Blockchain
9 5 (2.54%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.54%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.54%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (2.03%) Blog
10 4 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.03%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.05%) Android
2 2 (1.02%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (48.22%) CI/CD
2 81 (41.12%) Agile
3 78 (39.59%) AI
4 71 (36.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 63 (31.98%) Mentoring
5 63 (31.98%) Microservices
6 58 (29.44%) DevOps
7 54 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (25.89%) Software Engineering
9 46 (23.35%) Full-Stack Development
10 45 (22.84%) Technical Leadership
11 41 (20.81%) Architectural Patterns
12 40 (20.30%) Computer Science
13 37 (18.78%) Test Automation
14 34 (17.26%) Clean Code
15 33 (16.75%) SOLID
16 28 (14.21%) Coaching
16 28 (14.21%) Decision-Making
17 27 (13.71%) Scrum
17 27 (13.71%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 51 (25.89%) JavaScript
2 47 (23.86%) TypeScript
3 43 (21.83%) Python
4 41 (20.81%) Java
5 21 (10.66%) C#
6 15 (7.61%) SQL
7 9 (4.57%) Apex Code
7 9 (4.57%) SOQL
8 8 (4.06%) Kotlin
8 8 (4.06%) SOSL
9 6 (3.05%) Rust
10 5 (2.54%) Ruby
11 4 (2.03%) C++
11 4 (2.03%) Go
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 41 (20.81%) Degree
2 30 (15.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (10.66%) Security Cleared
4 15 (7.61%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.55%) AWS Certification
5 7 (3.55%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.54%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.52%) CCIE
8 3 (1.52%) CCIE Security
8 3 (1.52%) CCNP
8 3 (1.52%) CCSA
8 3 (1.52%) CCSE
8 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.52%) CISM
8 3 (1.52%) CISSP
8 3 (1.52%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.52%) JNCIE
8 3 (1.52%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.12%) QA
2 12 (6.09%) GDPR
3 9 (4.57%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.55%) WCAG
5 5 (2.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.52%) MiFID
6 3 (1.52%) NIST
6 3 (1.52%) UCITS
7 2 (1.02%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (14.21%) Docker
2 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (15.23%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.55%) Ansible
3 2 (1.02%) CASB
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.51%) Grafana
4 1 (0.51%) Kibana
4 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (7.11%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.08%) Splunk
3 9 (4.57%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.05%) Google
5 4 (2.03%) Databricks
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 (1.02%) Adobe
8 1 (0.51%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.51%) IBM
8 1 (0.51%) Workday