Purple Team Jobs in the UK excluding London

Purple Teaming
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 729 728 847
Rank change year-on-year -1 +119 -152
Permanent jobs citing Purple Team 33 21 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.035% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.037% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 23 21 2
10th Percentile £46,875 £53,750 £84,225
25th Percentile - £57,500 £84,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £87,750
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -23.08% -7.63%
75th Percentile £60,813 £72,500 £91,188
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £91,675
UK median annual salary £52,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% - +15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,455 57,006 67,470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.91% 95.60% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 41,124 29,353 41,315
10th Percentile £27,128 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Purple Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Purple Team in the UK excluding London

Purple Team
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Purple Team in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Purple Team in the UK excluding London

Purple Team
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Purple Team in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Purple Team in the UK excluding London

Purple Team
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Purple Team within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +19 16 £59,000 -5.60% 5
North of England +34 8 £50,000 -21.57%
North West +6 8 £50,000 -16.67%
Scotland - 5 £50,000 - 2
South West - 4 £48,750 -
Purple Team
UK

Purple Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
1 4 (12.12%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Network Security
2 4 (12.12%) Firewall
2 4 (12.12%) HTTP
2 4 (12.12%) SMTP
2 4 (12.12%) SSL
General
1 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.03%) Games
3 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.03%) Law
3 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (48.48%) Senior
2 10 (30.30%) Security Assurance Manager
2 10 (30.30%) Security Manager
3 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 5 (15.15%) Lead
5 4 (12.12%) Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Security Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Security Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Assurance Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (3.03%) Lead Tester
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Information Security Consultant
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Security Consultant
7 1 (3.03%) Tester
7 1 (3.03%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (51.52%) Cyber Threat
1 17 (51.52%) Cyberattack
2 8 (24.24%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
3 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (87.88%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (54.55%) Incident Response
3 17 (51.52%) Red Team
4 16 (48.48%) Analytics
4 16 (48.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 16 (48.48%) Penetration Testing
4 16 (48.48%) Threat Intelligence
5 15 (45.45%) Threat Modelling
5 15 (45.45%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (36.36%) Security Operations
7 9 (27.27%) Computer Science
7 9 (27.27%) Security Management
8 8 (24.24%) Application Security
8 8 (24.24%) Content Development
8 8 (24.24%) DevSecOps
8 8 (24.24%) OWASP
8 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
8 8 (24.24%) Software Engineering
8 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Bash
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (72.73%) GIAC
2 16 (48.48%) CREST Certified
3 14 (42.42%) CISSP
4 13 (39.39%) CISM
5 11 (33.33%) Degree
6 8 (24.24%) GPEN
7 4 (12.12%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (12.12%) SSCP
8 1 (3.03%) CASP
8 1 (3.03%) CCSAS
8 1 (3.03%) CEH
8 1 (3.03%) GCFA
8 1 (3.03%) GCFE
8 1 (3.03%) GCIH
8 1 (3.03%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) GRC
2 7 (21.21%) GDPR
3 6 (18.18%) NIST
3 6 (18.18%) NIST 800
4 5 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (12.12%) ISO 22301
6 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.03%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (18.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Qualys
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft