Design Patterns Contracts with Work from Home Options

Design Patterns
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 141 126
Rank change year-on-year -42 -15 -1
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 172 424 936
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.17% 1.72% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.92% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 299 685
10th Percentile £407 £411 £413
25th Percentile £475 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £593 £590
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% +0.42% +18.00%
75th Percentile £722 £738 £700
90th Percentile £850 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £606 £618
% change year-on-year -0.91% -1.94% +17.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 21
10th Percentile £66.75 £62.90 £46.25
25th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +14.62% +9.05%
75th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £78.50 - £67.50
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.75 £63.43
% change year-on-year -5.08% +16.28% +15.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Design Patterns
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Design Patterns as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Design Patterns trend for jobs with a WFH option

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Design Patterns.

Design Patterns daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Design Patterns
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Design Patterns over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Design Patterns daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Design Patterns
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Design Patterns.

Design Patterns hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Design Patterns
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Design Patterns over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Design Patterns hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Design Patterns
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (3.49%) Confluence
2 5 (2.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (2.33%) CMS
4 3 (1.74%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.74%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.16%) Anypoint
5 2 (1.16%) Mule
6 1 (0.58%) Apache
6 1 (0.58%) IIS
6 1 (0.58%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.91%) Temenos T24
3 2 (1.16%) Endur
4 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (28.49%) Azure
2 44 (25.58%) AWS
3 12 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (5.23%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.65%) SaaS
6 7 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.91%) Apigee
7 5 (2.91%) GCP
7 5 (2.91%) Kong
7 5 (2.91%) npm
7 5 (2.91%) Serverless
8 4 (2.33%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (2.33%) Figma
8 4 (2.33%) GitHub
8 4 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.74%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.74%) IaaS
9 3 (1.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.40%) VPN
2 10 (5.81%) Firewall
3 3 (1.74%) Network Security
4 2 (1.16%) BGP
4 2 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (1.16%) DHCP
4 2 (1.16%) DMZ
4 2 (1.16%) DNS
5 1 (0.58%) ATM
5 1 (0.58%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.58%) FTP
5 1 (0.58%) HTTP
5 1 (0.58%) LAN
5 1 (0.58%) OSPF
5 1 (0.58%) PPP
5 1 (0.58%) SMS
5 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.58%) WAN
5 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.53%) SQL Server
2 18 (10.47%) Relational Database
3 15 (8.72%) NoSQL
4 12 (6.98%) MongoDB
4 12 (6.98%) MySQL
5 6 (3.49%) OLAP
5 6 (3.49%) OLTP
6 5 (2.91%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.33%) Power BI
7 4 (2.33%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.74%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.16%) Big Data
9 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.16%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.16%) HBase
9 2 (1.16%) Redis
10 1 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.58%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 21 (12.21%) JIRA
2 17 (9.88%) Git
3 8 (4.65%) Visual Studio
4 6 (3.49%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.49%) webpack
5 5 (2.91%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.91%) GitLab
5 5 (2.91%) MSI
5 5 (2.91%) WiX
6 4 (2.33%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.74%) PHPUnit
8 2 (1.16%) Appium
8 2 (1.16%) git-flow
8 2 (1.16%) Gradle
8 2 (1.16%) Moq
8 2 (1.16%) MSTest
8 2 (1.16%) NUnit
8 2 (1.16%) Pylint
8 2 (1.16%) XCTest
8 2 (1.16%) XCUITest
General
1 56 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.51%) Finance
3 28 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (16.28%) Banking
4 14 (8.14%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.40%) Front Office
5 11 (6.40%) Retail
6 8 (4.65%) Investment Banking
7 7 (4.07%) Retail Banking
8 6 (3.49%) Corporate Banking
9 5 (2.91%) Publishing
10 4 (2.33%) Legal
10 4 (2.33%) Marketing
11 3 (1.74%) Law
12 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.58%) Games
13 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (43.60%) Developer
2 55 (31.98%) Architect
3 31 (18.02%) Senior
4 19 (11.05%) Full Stack Developer
4 19 (11.05%) Senior Developer
4 19 (11.05%) Technical Architect
5 16 (9.30%) Software Engineer
6 15 (8.72%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (8.14%) C# Developer
8 11 (6.40%) AWS Architect
8 11 (6.40%) React Developer
9 10 (5.81%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (5.81%) Lead
10 9 (5.23%) .NET Developer
10 9 (5.23%) Full-Stack C# Developer
10 9 (5.23%) Java Developer
11 8 (4.65%) Applications Developer
11 8 (4.65%) Pega Architect
11 8 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (4.65%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (25.00%) .NET
2 34 (19.77%) REST
3 33 (19.19%) React
4 27 (15.70%) Node.js
5 26 (15.12%) ASP.NET
6 25 (14.53%) HTML
7 23 (13.37%) CSS
8 21 (12.21%) AngularJS
9 19 (11.05%) Web Services
10 18 (10.47%) .NET Framework
11 16 (9.30%) SOAP
12 14 (8.14%) RESTful
12 14 (8.14%) Vue
13 13 (7.56%) Entity Framework
13 13 (7.56%) JSON
14 11 (6.40%) ASP.NET Web API
14 11 (6.40%) Kafka
14 11 (6.40%) XML
15 10 (5.81%) ASP.NET Core
15 10 (5.81%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.98%) Public Cloud
2 11 (6.40%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.49%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.91%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.91%) DataPower
5 5 (2.91%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.91%) Web 2.0
6 4 (2.33%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.33%) Derivative
7 3 (1.74%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.16%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.16%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.63%) Android
2 17 (9.88%) Windows
3 16 (9.30%) Apple iOS
4 12 (6.98%) Linux
5 8 (4.65%) Windows Server
6 6 (3.49%) Unix
7 1 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.58%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (39.53%) Agile
2 46 (26.74%) DevOps
3 45 (26.16%) Software Engineering
4 40 (23.26%) OO
5 39 (22.67%) CI/CD
6 35 (20.35%) Microservices
7 32 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (13.95%) Architectural Patterns
9 22 (12.79%) Full Stack Development
10 20 (11.63%) SOLID
11 19 (11.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (11.05%) Web Development
12 18 (10.47%) Code Quality
12 18 (10.47%) MVC
13 17 (9.88%) Risk Management
13 17 (9.88%) Test Automation
14 16 (9.30%) Clean Code
14 16 (9.30%) MVVM
14 16 (9.30%) OOP
14 16 (9.30%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 56 (32.56%) C#
2 40 (23.26%) JavaScript
3 37 (21.51%) SQL
4 36 (20.93%) Java
5 23 (13.37%) TypeScript
6 13 (7.56%) Python
7 9 (5.23%) Scala
8 8 (4.65%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.07%) PHP
10 6 (3.49%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.33%) C++
11 4 (2.33%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.74%) Bash
12 3 (1.74%) Go
12 3 (1.74%) Perl
13 2 (1.16%) Bicep
13 2 (1.16%) PL/SQL
13 2 (1.16%) Swift
13 2 (1.16%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (19.19%) Degree
2 14 (8.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (8.14%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.81%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.07%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.74%) CISM
6 3 (1.74%) CISSP
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.58%) CEH
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.58%) PhD
7 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.47%) QA
2 6 (3.49%) GDPR
2 6 (3.49%) PCI DSS
3 5 (2.91%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.16%) MiFID
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.58%) NIST
5 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (9.30%) Docker
2 3 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 9 (5.23%) Terraform
2 8 (4.65%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.74%) Grafana
5 2 (1.16%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.16%) Istio
5 2 (1.16%) Puppet
6 1 (0.58%) Ansible
6 1 (0.58%) Argo
6 1 (0.58%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.58%) Oozie
6 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.58%) Rancher
Vendors
1 23 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.56%) Oracle
3 8 (4.65%) Pega
4 5 (2.91%) IBM
4 5 (2.91%) TSYS
5 3 (1.74%) Cisco
5 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.74%) Workday
6 2 (1.16%) Apple
6 2 (1.16%) Avaloq
6 2 (1.16%) Checkmarx
6 2 (1.16%) Google
6 2 (1.16%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.16%) Splunk
6 2 (1.16%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.58%) Adobe
7 1 (0.58%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.58%) Juniper
7 1 (0.58%) SAP