Design Patterns Contracts

Design Patterns
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Design Patterns skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design Patterns over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 160 121
Rank change year-on-year -34 -39 -1
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 514 1,001 1,954
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.19% 1.69% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.88% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 701 1,358
10th Percentile £412 £406 £434
25th Percentile £488 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £615 £620
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.81% +18.10%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £743
90th Percentile £850 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £598 £550 £540
% change year-on-year +8.64% +1.85% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 22 28
10th Percentile £60.65 £51.25 £48.88
25th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £63.43
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% +16.28% +20.81%
75th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - £76.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +10.34% +20.83% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Design Patterns is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Design Patterns
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Design Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Design Patterns in the UK

Design Patterns
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns.

Daily rate trend for Design Patterns in the UK

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Patterns over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Patterns in the UK

Design Patterns
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Patterns.

Hourly rate trend for Design Patterns in the UK

Design Patterns
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Design Patterns over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Design Patterns in the UK

Design Patterns
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Patterns within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -37 453 £625 +0.81% 305
London -38 260 £650 - 120
UK excluding London +1 196 £598 +8.64% 204
Work from Home -31 176 £585 -2.50% 203
North of England +74 122 £625 +13.64% 65
North West +74 103 £601 +6.68% 35
South East -8 29 £563 -1.32% 48
Scotland -13 21 £650 +8.33% 19
Yorkshire +6 17 £677 +23.09% 16
Midlands +7 14 £567 -6.44% 40
South West +5 9 £525 -12.50% 18
West Midlands +5 8 £463 -11.48% 20
East Midlands +20 5 £704 +16.17% 20
East of England -7 4 £450 +33.33% 9
North East - 2 £588 - 15
Wales +14 1 - - 5

Design Patterns
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.11%) Apache Spark
2 10 (1.95%) Confluence
3 7 (1.36%) CMS
4 6 (1.17%) Apache
4 6 (1.17%) IIS
4 6 (1.17%) SAS
5 5 (0.97%) Headless CMS
5 5 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.78%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.58%) nginx
8 2 (0.39%) Mule
8 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.39%) InVision
3 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.97%) Endur
2 5 (0.97%) Shopify
2 5 (0.97%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.19%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 106 (20.62%) Azure
2 102 (19.84%) AWS
3 32 (6.23%) Serverless
4 30 (5.84%) SaaS
5 29 (5.64%) npm
6 26 (5.06%) GCP
6 26 (5.06%) IaaS
7 25 (4.86%) PaaS
8 24 (4.67%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (2.33%) GitHub
11 11 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (2.14%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.56%) Amazon SQS
12 8 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (1.17%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (1.17%) Figma
13 6 (1.17%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.56%) Firewall
2 40 (7.78%) VPN
3 13 (2.53%) Cisco Nexus
4 12 (2.33%) DMZ
5 6 (1.17%) HTTP
5 6 (1.17%) Network Security
6 5 (0.97%) LAN
6 5 (0.97%) WAN
7 3 (0.58%) BGP
7 3 (0.58%) PPP
8 2 (0.39%) Broadband
8 2 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.39%) DHCP
8 2 (0.39%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.39%) FTP
8 2 (0.39%) OSPF
8 2 (0.39%) SAN
8 2 (0.39%) VXLAN
8 2 (0.39%) Wireless
9 1 (0.19%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.89%) Relational Database
2 47 (9.14%) SQL Server
3 38 (7.39%) NoSQL
4 34 (6.61%) MongoDB
5 21 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (3.89%) MySQL
7 19 (3.70%) Big Data
8 18 (3.50%) RDBMS
9 13 (2.53%) Apache Cassandra
9 13 (2.53%) Redis
10 10 (1.95%) Data Lake
11 9 (1.75%) Hadoop
11 9 (1.75%) HBase
12 8 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.36%) BigQuery
13 7 (1.36%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.36%) KDB
13 7 (1.36%) Metadata
14 6 (1.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 68 (13.23%) JIRA
2 55 (10.70%) Git
3 30 (5.84%) webpack
4 25 (4.86%) Jenkins
5 21 (4.09%) TeamCity
6 19 (3.70%) GitLab
7 13 (2.53%) Cypress.io
7 13 (2.53%) Maven
8 12 (2.33%) Visual Studio
9 10 (1.95%) SonarQube
10 9 (1.75%) Gradle
11 5 (0.97%) Checkstyle
11 5 (0.97%) Jasmine
11 5 (0.97%) JUnit
11 5 (0.97%) Mocha
11 5 (0.97%) Mockito
11 5 (0.97%) MSI
11 5 (0.97%) Pylint
11 5 (0.97%) Subversion
11 5 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 156 (30.35%) Social Skills
2 103 (20.04%) Finance
3 84 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (14.98%) Banking
5 56 (10.89%) Public Sector
6 51 (9.92%) Front Office
7 26 (5.06%) Investment Banking
8 21 (4.09%) Retail
9 16 (3.11%) Marketing
10 11 (2.14%) Legal
11 10 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.75%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.56%) Back Office
14 7 (1.36%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.17%) Law
16 5 (0.97%) Games
16 5 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.78%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 201 (39.11%) Developer
2 154 (29.96%) Architect
3 85 (16.54%) Senior
4 57 (11.09%) Lead
5 49 (9.53%) Technical Architect
6 43 (8.37%) Software Engineer
7 41 (7.98%) Senior Developer
8 35 (6.81%) Technical Leader
9 33 (6.42%) Lead Architect
10 32 (6.23%) Full Stack Developer
10 32 (6.23%) Java Developer
11 29 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
12 27 (5.25%) Security Architect
13 26 (5.06%) .NET Developer
13 26 (5.06%) C# Developer
14 24 (4.67%) Cloud Architect
14 24 (4.67%) React Developer
15 22 (4.28%) Angular Developer
16 21 (4.09%) Applications Developer
16 21 (4.09%) Electronic Trading Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (17.32%) React
2 88 (17.12%) .NET
3 87 (16.93%) REST
4 75 (14.59%) Node.js
5 54 (10.51%) CSS
6 48 (9.34%) HTML
7 47 (9.14%) AngularJS
8 46 (8.95%) RESTful
9 40 (7.78%) Kafka
10 38 (7.39%) ASP.NET
10 38 (7.39%) Web Services
11 31 (6.03%) .NET Framework
12 30 (5.84%) Spring
13 28 (5.45%) WebSockets
14 25 (4.86%) JSON
15 23 (4.47%) XML
16 21 (4.09%) .NET Core
16 21 (4.09%) RxJS
17 20 (3.89%) Redux
17 20 (3.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.56%) Algorithms
2 37 (7.20%) Public Cloud
3 35 (6.81%) Data Structures
4 30 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (5.64%) Product Ownership
6 27 (5.25%) Management Information System
6 27 (5.25%) Mobile App
7 23 (4.47%) Fixed Income
8 21 (4.09%) Derivative
9 19 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (3.11%) IoT
11 12 (2.33%) Cloud Native
11 12 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 9 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
16 6 (1.17%) CMDB
16 6 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
16 6 (1.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (9.34%) Android
2 44 (8.56%) Windows
3 39 (7.59%) Apple iOS
4 32 (6.23%) Windows Server
5 31 (6.03%) Linux
6 18 (3.50%) Unix
7 4 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) tvOS
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (46.69%) Agile
2 133 (25.88%) CI/CD
2 133 (25.88%) Software Engineering
3 122 (23.74%) DevOps
4 105 (20.43%) Microservices
5 97 (18.87%) OO
6 90 (17.51%) Architectural Patterns
7 88 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (11.87%) Continuous Integration
9 56 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (10.31%) Scrum
10 53 (10.31%) SDLC
11 50 (9.73%) Security Architecture
11 50 (9.73%) TDD
11 50 (9.73%) Test Automation
12 48 (9.34%) Risk Management
12 48 (9.34%) SOLID
13 45 (8.75%) Electronic Trading
14 42 (8.17%) CRM
14 42 (8.17%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 128 (24.90%) Java
2 126 (24.51%) C#
3 123 (23.93%) JavaScript
4 104 (20.23%) SQL
5 66 (12.84%) Python
5 66 (12.84%) TypeScript
6 31 (6.03%) Scala
7 26 (5.06%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.53%) C++
9 11 (2.14%) PHP
10 10 (1.95%) Bash
10 10 (1.95%) Go
10 10 (1.95%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.75%) Ruby
12 8 (1.56%) Perl
12 8 (1.56%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.36%) T-SQL
14 6 (1.17%) Groovy
14 6 (1.17%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.97%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 84 (16.34%) Degree
2 50 (9.73%) Security Cleared
3 33 (6.42%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.92%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.33%) CISSP
8 8 (1.56%) CISM
9 6 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.17%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.78%) PMP
10 4 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.58%) CCNA
11 3 (0.58%) CCNP
12 2 (0.39%) HND
13 1 (0.19%) CCIE
13 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.64%) QA
2 22 (4.28%) PCI DSS
3 16 (3.11%) NIST
4 8 (1.56%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.17%) GDPR
6 4 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.78%) MiFID
7 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.58%) GRC
8 2 (0.39%) WCAG
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.19%) NCSC
9 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (7.00%) Docker
2 7 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.17%) HDFS
4 3 (0.58%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.19%) Firmware
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (9.53%) Terraform
2 28 (5.45%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.72%) Grafana
4 9 (1.75%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.56%) Ansible
6 6 (1.17%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.58%) SCCM
9 2 (0.39%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.39%) Istio
9 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.39%) Puppet
10 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.19%) Argo
10 1 (0.19%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.19%) Ganglia
10 1 (0.19%) Icinga
10 1 (0.19%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.19%) Oozie
10 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 44 (8.56%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.47%) Oracle
3 20 (3.89%) Google
4 17 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.72%) Cisco
6 11 (2.14%) Blue Coat
6 11 (2.14%) CheckPoint
6 11 (2.14%) Fortinet
6 11 (2.14%) Juniper
6 11 (2.14%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.95%) Databricks
7 10 (1.95%) SAP
8 8 (1.56%) ION Trading
8 8 (1.56%) Pega
9 7 (1.36%) Adobe
9 7 (1.36%) Apple
9 7 (1.36%) Avaloq
10 6 (1.17%) IBM
11 5 (0.97%) Sitecore
11 5 (0.97%) TSYS