Design Patterns
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Design Patterns skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Design Patterns over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 160 95
Rank change year-on-year -18 -65 +51
Permanent jobs citing Design Patterns 1,631 2,252 6,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.62% 2.29% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.39% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 1,314 2,135
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +11.54% +5.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +9.52%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Design Patterns in the UK

Design Patterns
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Patterns over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Design Patterns in the UK

Design Patterns
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Patterns within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -6 1,463 £62,500 -13.79% 316
UK excluding London +19 1,228 £60,000 -7.69% 196
Work from Home -35 687 £62,500 -10.71% 204
North of England +76 428 £61,206 -5.84% 59
London -90 358 £80,000 -8.57% 140
North West +62 294 £61,206 -5.84% 28
South East +2 254 £60,000 -7.69% 49
South West 0 194 £50,000 -10.31% 19
Midlands +12 184 £61,853 -4.84% 35
Scotland -41 101 £60,000 -13.60% 19
East Midlands +33 96 £50,000 -23.08% 12
Yorkshire +39 90 £61,206 -11.87% 20
West Midlands +1 87 £62,500 +4.17% 23
North East +20 44 £61,206 +16.58% 11
East of England -9 42 £75,000 -9.09% 8
Wales -14 17 £58,800 -2.00% 6
Northern Ireland -16 8 £54,150 -30.13% 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 94 (5.76%) Confluence
2 31 (1.90%) Apache
3 29 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.16%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.61%) Tomcat
6 9 (0.55%) CMS
6 9 (0.55%) IIS
7 7 (0.43%) Apache Pig
8 5 (0.31%) nginx
8 5 (0.31%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.18%) Orchard CMS
10 3 (0.18%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (0.18%) SharePoint 2013
11 2 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.12%) Luigi
11 2 (0.12%) Magnolia
Applications
1 59 (3.62%) Sketch
2 5 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (0.31%) InVision
2 5 (0.31%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.18%) S-PLUS
4 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.061%) Blender
5 1 (0.061%) Mathematica
5 1 (0.061%) Notion
Business Applications
1 17 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (0.37%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (0.18%) Maximo
4 2 (0.12%) Adaptiv
4 2 (0.12%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.061%) Cognos Controller
5 1 (0.061%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.061%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.061%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.061%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.061%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 654 (40.10%) Azure
2 402 (24.65%) AWS
3 254 (15.57%) Serverless
4 248 (15.21%) IBM Cloud
5 220 (13.49%) Azure DevOps
6 157 (9.63%) Azure Service Bus
7 142 (8.71%) Azure Functions
8 130 (7.97%) Azure API Management
9 129 (7.91%) Azure Logic Apps
10 103 (6.32%) SaaS
11 83 (5.09%) GCP
12 72 (4.41%) GitHub
13 64 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
14 62 (3.80%) Figma
15 59 (3.62%) Heroku
16 51 (3.13%) PaaS
17 46 (2.82%) Miro
18 42 (2.58%) Amazon Kinesis
19 41 (2.51%) Amazon S3
20 37 (2.27%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.86%) Network Security
2 12 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (0.67%) HTTP
4 10 (0.61%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.37%) Intranet
6 5 (0.31%) DNS
6 5 (0.31%) Firewall
6 5 (0.31%) SSL
6 5 (0.31%) VPN
7 4 (0.25%) Multicast
7 4 (0.25%) RS-232
8 3 (0.18%) Broadband
8 3 (0.18%) NaaS
8 3 (0.18%) Wireless
9 2 (0.12%) DKIM
9 2 (0.12%) DMARC
9 2 (0.12%) FTP
9 2 (0.12%) Internet
9 2 (0.12%) SMTP
9 2 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 372 (22.81%) NoSQL
2 309 (18.95%) PostgreSQL
3 302 (18.52%) MongoDB
4 286 (17.54%) Relational Database
5 257 (15.76%) DB2
6 223 (13.67%) SQL Server
7 120 (7.36%) MySQL
8 68 (4.17%) Redis
9 64 (3.92%) RDBMS
10 56 (3.43%) Data Warehouse
11 39 (2.39%) Big Data
12 37 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
13 35 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
14 34 (2.08%) DynamoDB
15 27 (1.66%) Oracle Database
16 26 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
17 22 (1.35%) Apache Hive
18 18 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
19 17 (1.04%) BigQuery
19 17 (1.04%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 298 (18.27%) Git
2 145 (8.89%) JIRA
3 132 (8.09%) Visual Studio
4 109 (6.68%) Bitbucket
5 78 (4.78%) Jenkins
6 59 (3.62%) Sourcetree
7 45 (2.76%) Postman
8 44 (2.70%) JUnit
9 39 (2.39%) Maven
10 29 (1.78%) Selenium
11 25 (1.53%) Octopus Deploy
12 24 (1.47%) JDeveloper
13 23 (1.41%) Cucumber
13 23 (1.41%) GitLab
14 22 (1.35%) PHPUnit
15 20 (1.23%) NUnit
16 17 (1.04%) SonarQube
17 16 (0.98%) Android Studio
17 16 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
17 16 (0.98%) WebDriver
General
1 324 (19.87%) Social Skills
2 313 (19.19%) Public Sector
3 264 (16.19%) Finance
4 215 (13.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (6.38%) Games
6 102 (6.25%) Law
7 93 (5.70%) Banking
8 85 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
9 81 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
10 49 (3.00%) Retail
11 40 (2.45%) Investment Banking
12 39 (2.39%) Legal
13 35 (2.15%) Marketing
14 24 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
15 22 (1.35%) Prime Brokerage
16 20 (1.23%) Front Office
16 20 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (1.23%) Tech for Good
17 16 (0.98%) Manufacturing
17 16 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 770 (47.21%) Developer
2 440 (26.98%) Senior
3 259 (15.88%) Lead
4 210 (12.88%) Software Engineer
5 208 (12.75%) Full Stack Developer
6 207 (12.69%) Architect
7 200 (12.26%) Senior Developer
8 181 (11.10%) .NET Developer
9 155 (9.50%) Full Stack Engineer
10 149 (9.14%) Azure Developer
11 130 (7.97%) Azure Engineer
12 118 (7.23%) Software Developer
13 114 (6.99%) C# Developer
14 111 (6.81%) Solutions Architect
15 100 (6.13%) Designer
16 82 (5.03%) Technical Leader
17 78 (4.78%) Senior Architect
18 76 (4.66%) 3D Developer
18 76 (4.66%) Games Developer
18 76 (4.66%) Unity 3D Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 676 (41.45%) .NET
2 468 (28.69%) HTML
3 460 (28.20%) React
4 446 (27.35%) CSS
5 423 (25.94%) AngularJS
6 395 (24.22%) REST
7 374 (22.93%) ASP.NET
8 358 (21.95%) Vue
9 332 (20.36%) Web Services
10 322 (19.74%) jQuery
11 295 (18.09%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 247 (15.14%) ASP.NET Core
13 239 (14.65%) Ember.js
14 238 (14.59%) Backbone.js
15 213 (13.06%) Node.js
16 163 (9.99%) RESTful
17 160 (9.81%) .NET Core
18 144 (8.83%) Spring
19 134 (8.22%) .NET Framework
20 103 (6.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 351 (21.52%) Data Structures
2 335 (20.54%) Algorithms
3 251 (15.39%) Blockchain
4 249 (15.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 121 (7.42%) e-Learning
6 108 (6.62%) Cloud Native
7 90 (5.52%) Client/Server
8 76 (4.66%) Virtual Reality
9 74 (4.54%) Public Cloud
10 55 (3.37%) Product Ownership
11 46 (2.82%) Mobile App
12 44 (2.70%) Management Information System
13 36 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
14 33 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
15 28 (1.72%) IoT
16 26 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
17 25 (1.53%) Video\Live Streaming
18 22 (1.35%) Virtual Team
19 21 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
20 20 (1.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 293 (17.96%) Android
2 286 (17.54%) Linux
3 271 (16.62%) Apple iOS
4 266 (16.31%) Windows
5 8 (0.49%) Ubuntu
5 8 (0.49%) VME
6 7 (0.43%) Unix
7 5 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.061%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 754 (46.23%) Agile
2 535 (32.80%) DevOps
3 479 (29.37%) Software Engineering
4 447 (27.41%) Full Stack Development
5 439 (26.92%) OOP
6 424 (26.00%) OO
7 397 (24.34%) MVC
8 385 (23.61%) SOLID
9 381 (23.36%) User Experience
10 364 (22.32%) Mentoring
11 347 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
12 329 (20.17%) Artificial Intelligence
13 328 (20.11%) Microservices
14 323 (19.80%) Coaching
15 309 (18.95%) MVVM
16 299 (18.33%) Web Development
17 280 (17.17%) CI/CD
18 242 (14.84%) Responsive Web Design
19 241 (14.78%) Design Thinking
20 240 (14.71%) Co-Creation
Programming Languages
1 804 (49.29%) C#
2 610 (37.40%) SQL
3 585 (35.87%) JavaScript
4 454 (27.84%) Java
5 309 (18.95%) Python
6 139 (8.52%) TypeScript
7 80 (4.90%) PHP
8 53 (3.25%) Bash
9 47 (2.88%) Ruby
10 41 (2.51%) Go
10 41 (2.51%) Kotlin
11 36 (2.21%) T-SQL
12 33 (2.02%) C
13 27 (1.66%) PowerShell
14 24 (1.47%) C++
14 24 (1.47%) Perl
15 23 (1.41%) VB.NET
16 19 (1.16%) Swift
17 16 (0.98%) Scala
18 11 (0.67%) XPath
Qualifications
1 300 (18.39%) Degree
2 163 (9.99%) Security Cleared
3 154 (9.44%) SC Cleared
4 128 (7.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 86 (5.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 30 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 19 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 17 (1.04%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (0.43%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (0.37%) SANS
11 5 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.31%) CISA
11 5 (0.31%) CISM
11 5 (0.31%) CISSP
11 5 (0.31%) CRISC
12 3 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.18%) PhD
12 3 (0.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.46%) QA
2 87 (5.33%) Accessibility
3 68 (4.17%) WCAG
4 17 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 15 (0.92%) GDPR
6 9 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.43%) NIST
8 6 (0.37%) GAAP
8 6 (0.37%) IFRS
9 4 (0.25%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.18%) GRC
10 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.12%) ISO 9000
11 2 (0.12%) SEPA
12 1 (0.061%) PMO
12 1 (0.061%) SLA
12 1 (0.061%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 168 (10.30%) Docker
2 18 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.43%) HDFS
4 1 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 147 (9.01%) Kubernetes
2 86 (5.27%) Terraform
3 20 (1.23%) Ansible
4 11 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 11 (0.67%) Grafana
5 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
5 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.43%) Puppet
6 6 (0.37%) Kibana
7 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.18%) logstash
9 2 (0.12%) Control-M
Vendors
1 277 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 269 (16.49%) IBM
3 248 (15.21%) Red Hat
4 125 (7.66%) Oracle
5 60 (3.68%) Google
6 35 (2.15%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.10%) Databricks
8 17 (1.04%) Xamarin
9 14 (0.86%) SAP
10 12 (0.74%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.61%) New Relic
12 8 (0.49%) Informatica
12 8 (0.49%) Micro Focus
12 8 (0.49%) Teradata
12 8 (0.49%) Xero
13 7 (0.43%) Guidewire
13 7 (0.43%) SaltStack
14 6 (0.37%) PeopleSoft
15 5 (0.31%) PayPal
15 5 (0.31%) WorldPay