Purple Team Jobs in England

Purple Teaming
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 810 873 1122
Rank change year-on-year +63 +249 -264
Permanent jobs citing Purple Team 32 56 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.061% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.063% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 22 46 11
10th Percentile £46,875 £57,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £63,750 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £73,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.12% -13.24% +30.77%
75th Percentile £70,625 £90,625 £97,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £97,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £73,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -32.20% -1.67% +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Purple Team 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,147 88,376 126,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.80% 95.62% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,950 52,212 73,732
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,243 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Purple Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Purple Team in England

Purple Team
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Purple Team in England.

Salary trend for Purple Team in England

Purple Team
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Purple Team in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Purple Team in England

Purple Team
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Purple Team within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +34 16 £59,000 -5.60% 7
North of England +43 8 £50,000 -25.93%
North West +6 8 £50,000 -16.67%
London +96 4 £112,500 +25.00% 1
South West - 4 £48,750 -
Purple Team
UK

Purple Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Network Security
2 4 (12.50%) HTTP
2 4 (12.50%) SMTP
2 4 (12.50%) SSL
3 1 (3.13%) Firewall
General
1 10 (31.25%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Banking
4 1 (3.13%) Games
4 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.13%) Law
4 1 (3.13%) Legal
4 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (50.00%) Senior
2 10 (31.25%) Security Assurance Manager
2 10 (31.25%) Security Manager
3 8 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 6 (18.75%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Security Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Security Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Testing Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Assurance Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Telecoms Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Testing Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Lead Tester
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Information Security Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Tester
7 1 (3.13%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (59.38%) Cyberattack
2 17 (53.13%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (9.38%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (9.38%) Security Posture
5 2 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.13%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (3.13%) Cybercrime
6 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (78.13%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (65.63%) Red Team
3 19 (59.38%) Penetration Testing
4 18 (56.25%) Incident Response
5 17 (53.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 17 (53.13%) Threat Intelligence
6 16 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
6 16 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 12 (37.50%) Analytics
8 10 (31.25%) Security Operations
9 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
9 9 (28.13%) Security Management
10 8 (25.00%) Application Security
10 8 (25.00%) Content Development
10 8 (25.00%) DevSecOps
10 8 (25.00%) OWASP
10 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
10 8 (25.00%) Software Engineering
10 8 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (21.88%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) Bash
1 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (78.13%) GIAC
2 19 (59.38%) CREST Certified
3 13 (40.63%) CISSP
4 10 (31.25%) Degree
4 10 (31.25%) GPEN
5 9 (28.13%) CISM
6 3 (9.38%) CEH
7 2 (6.25%) CCSAS
7 2 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (3.13%) CASP
8 1 (3.13%) GCFA
8 1 (3.13%) GCFE
8 1 (3.13%) GCIH
8 1 (3.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (28.13%) GRC
2 7 (21.88%) GDPR
3 6 (18.75%) NIST
3 6 (18.75%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (18.75%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Qualys
2 1 (3.13%) Intel