Design Patterns Contracts with Work from Home Options

Design Patterns
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Design Patterns skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Design Patterns over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 155 116
Rank change year-on-year -24 -39 +8
Contract jobs citing Design Patterns 173 374 980
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.17% 1.57% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.75% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 257 712
10th Percentile £382 £410 £430
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £753 £700 £725
90th Percentile £850 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 22
10th Percentile £66.75 £63.70 £46.63
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% +20.48%
75th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £78.50 - £68.68
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £63.43
% change year-on-year -3.45% +14.31% +15.32%

All Process and 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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 7 (4.05%) Confluence
2 5 (2.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (2.31%) CMS
4 3 (1.73%) Headless CMS
5 2 (1.16%) Anypoint
5 2 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.16%) Mule
6 1 (0.58%) IIS
6 1 (0.58%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.58%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (4.05%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (2.89%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.16%) Endur
3 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.58%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (30.64%) Azure
2 43 (24.86%) AWS
3 14 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.62%) Power Platform
4 8 (4.62%) SaaS
4 8 (4.62%) Serverless
5 7 (4.05%) Amazon SQS
6 6 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.47%) GCP
6 6 (3.47%) GitHub
7 5 (2.89%) Apigee
7 5 (2.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (2.89%) Figma
7 5 (2.89%) Kong
7 5 (2.89%) npm
8 4 (2.31%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.31%) PaaS
9 3 (1.73%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.94%) VPN
2 9 (5.20%) Firewall
3 5 (2.89%) Network Security
4 4 (2.31%) BGP
5 3 (1.73%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (1.73%) DHCP
5 3 (1.73%) DMZ
5 3 (1.73%) DNS
5 3 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.16%) 5G
6 2 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.16%) EIGRP
6 2 (1.16%) LAN
6 2 (1.16%) Multicast
6 2 (1.16%) OSPF
6 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.16%) VXLAN
6 2 (1.16%) WAN
6 2 (1.16%) Wireless
7 1 (0.58%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (15.03%) SQL Server
2 18 (10.40%) Relational Database
3 13 (7.51%) NoSQL
4 12 (6.94%) MySQL
5 9 (5.20%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.47%) OLAP
6 6 (3.47%) OLTP
7 5 (2.89%) Oracle OLAP
8 4 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.31%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.73%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.73%) Power BI
10 2 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.16%) Redis
11 1 (0.58%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.58%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 25 (14.45%) JIRA
2 20 (11.56%) Git
3 8 (4.62%) Visual Studio
4 6 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.47%) webpack
5 5 (2.89%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.89%) MSI
5 5 (2.89%) WiX
6 4 (2.31%) PHPUnit
6 4 (2.31%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.73%) Moq
7 3 (1.73%) NUnit
8 2 (1.16%) Appium
8 2 (1.16%) git-flow
8 2 (1.16%) Gradle
8 2 (1.16%) Mockito
8 2 (1.16%) MSTest
8 2 (1.16%) Pylint
8 2 (1.16%) XCTest
8 2 (1.16%) XCUITest
General
1 59 (34.10%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.39%) Finance
3 32 (18.50%) Banking
4 30 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.51%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.94%) Front Office
7 11 (6.36%) Retail
8 10 (5.78%) Investment Banking
9 8 (4.62%) Retail Banking
10 7 (4.05%) Corporate Banking
11 6 (3.47%) Publishing
12 4 (2.31%) Legal
13 3 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.73%) Law
14 2 (1.16%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.16%) Marketing
14 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.58%) Back Office
15 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (45.66%) Developer
2 53 (30.64%) Architect
3 34 (19.65%) Senior
4 24 (13.87%) Senior Developer
5 20 (11.56%) Technical Architect
6 18 (10.40%) Full Stack Developer
7 14 (8.09%) C# Developer
8 12 (6.94%) Software Engineer
8 12 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (6.36%) AWS Architect
10 10 (5.78%) .NET Developer
10 10 (5.78%) Cloud Architect
10 10 (5.78%) Java Developer
10 10 (5.78%) Lead
10 10 (5.78%) React Developer
11 9 (5.20%) Full-Stack C# Developer
12 8 (4.62%) Applications Developer
12 8 (4.62%) Pega Architect
12 8 (4.62%) Technical Leader
13 7 (4.05%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (25.43%) .NET
2 35 (20.23%) REST
3 32 (18.50%) React
4 26 (15.03%) ASP.NET
5 23 (13.29%) HTML
5 23 (13.29%) Node.js
6 22 (12.72%) AngularJS
7 21 (12.14%) CSS
8 19 (10.98%) Web Services
9 18 (10.40%) .NET Framework
10 16 (9.25%) SOAP
11 14 (8.09%) Entity Framework
11 14 (8.09%) Vue
12 13 (7.51%) JSON
13 12 (6.94%) Spring
14 11 (6.36%) ASP.NET Web API
14 11 (6.36%) RESTful
14 11 (6.36%) XML
15 10 (5.78%) Kafka
15 10 (5.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.51%) Public Cloud
2 11 (6.36%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.47%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.47%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.89%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.89%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.89%) DataPower
5 5 (2.89%) Derivative
5 5 (2.89%) Web 2.0
6 4 (2.31%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.31%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.73%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.16%) Equity Derivative
8 2 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.98%) Android
2 17 (9.83%) Windows
3 15 (8.67%) Apple iOS
4 11 (6.36%) Linux
5 8 (4.62%) Windows Server
6 5 (2.89%) Unix
7 1 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (38.73%) Agile
2 48 (27.75%) DevOps
3 44 (25.43%) OO
4 41 (23.70%) Software Engineering
5 34 (19.65%) CI/CD
6 32 (18.50%) Microservices
7 30 (17.34%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (13.29%) Architectural Patterns
8 23 (13.29%) SOLID
9 21 (12.14%) Full Stack Development
10 19 (10.98%) Test Automation
11 18 (10.40%) Continuous Integration
11 18 (10.40%) OOP
11 18 (10.40%) Web Development
12 17 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (9.83%) MVC
12 17 (9.83%) MVVM
12 17 (9.83%) Risk Management
12 17 (9.83%) Scrum
12 17 (9.83%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 57 (32.95%) C#
2 40 (23.12%) SQL
3 38 (21.97%) JavaScript
4 36 (20.81%) Java
5 20 (11.56%) TypeScript
6 11 (6.36%) Python
7 10 (5.78%) PowerShell
8 8 (4.62%) Scala
9 7 (4.05%) PHP
10 6 (3.47%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.31%) C++
12 3 (1.73%) Bash
12 3 (1.73%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.73%) Perl
13 2 (1.16%) BeanShell
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 35 (20.23%) Degree
2 15 (8.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (8.67%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.05%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.73%) CISSP
7 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.16%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.16%) CISM
7 2 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.58%) CCSP
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.40%) QA
2 6 (3.47%) GDPR
2 6 (3.47%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.31%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.16%) MiFID
5 1 (0.58%) COBIT
5 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.58%) NCSC
5 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (10.40%) Docker
2 2 (1.16%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.47%) Terraform
3 4 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.73%) Grafana
5 2 (1.16%) CloudHub
5 2 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (1.16%) Istio
5 2 (1.16%) Puppet
6 1 (0.58%) Ansible
6 1 (0.58%) Argo
6 1 (0.58%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.58%) Rancher
Vendors
1 27 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.51%) Oracle
3 8 (4.62%) Pega
4 5 (2.89%) Cisco
4 5 (2.89%) IBM
4 5 (2.89%) TSYS
5 3 (1.73%) Aruba
5 3 (1.73%) Google
5 3 (1.73%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.73%) Workday
5 3 (1.73%) Xamarin
6 2 (1.16%) Apiary
6 2 (1.16%) Apple
6 2 (1.16%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.16%) Avaloq
6 2 (1.16%) Checkmarx
6 2 (1.16%) F5
6 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.16%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.16%) Splunk