Purple Teaming
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 929 1201
Rank change year-on-year +80 +272 -300
Permanent jobs citing Purple Team 36 57 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.055% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.057% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 25 46 19
10th Percentile £46,875 £57,500 £50,970
25th Percentile - £63,750 £53,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.20% -1.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £73,750 £90,625 £89,375
90th Percentile £78,500 £97,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £87,750
% change year-on-year -25.93% -23.08% -7.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,571 99,456 148,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,798 58,396 83,204
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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% +9.38%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Purple Team in the UK

Purple Team
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Purple Team in the UK

Purple Team
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Purple Team over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Purple Team in the UK

Purple Team
Top 9 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 29 April 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 +86 32 £53,750 -27.12% 15
UK excluding London +13 31 £50,000 -25.93% 16
South East +21 16 £59,000 -5.60% 8
Work from Home +57 8 £72,500 +3.57% 5
North of England +29 8 £50,000 -25.93%
North West +7 8 £50,000 -16.67%
London +99 4 £112,500 +25.00% 1
South West - 4 £48,750 - 2
Scotland - 3 £50,000 - 2

Purple Team
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) Azure
1 2 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) Network Security
2 4 (11.11%) HTTP
2 4 (11.11%) SMTP
2 4 (11.11%) SSL
3 3 (8.33%) Firewall
General
1 10 (27.78%) Finance
2 8 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Banking
4 1 (2.78%) Games
4 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.78%) Law
4 1 (2.78%) Legal
4 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Senior
2 10 (27.78%) Security Assurance Manager
2 10 (27.78%) Security Manager
3 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 6 (16.67%) Lead
5 4 (11.11%) Consultant
5 4 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Security Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Security Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Testing Consultant
6 3 (8.33%) Testing Consultant
7 2 (5.56%) Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Technical Assurance Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Technical Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (55.56%) Cyberattack
2 18 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (8.33%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (5.56%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.78%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (2.78%) Cybercrime
6 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (61.11%) Red Team
3 20 (55.56%) Penetration Testing
4 19 (52.78%) Incident Response
5 17 (47.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 17 (47.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 16 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
6 16 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (38.89%) Analytics
8 13 (36.11%) Security Operations
9 9 (25.00%) Computer Science
9 9 (25.00%) Security Management
10 8 (22.22%) Application Security
10 8 (22.22%) Content Development
10 8 (22.22%) DevSecOps
10 8 (22.22%) Information Security
10 8 (22.22%) OWASP
10 8 (22.22%) Risk Management
10 8 (22.22%) Software Engineering
10 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) Bash
1 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (69.44%) GIAC
2 20 (55.56%) CREST Certified
3 16 (44.44%) CISSP
4 12 (33.33%) Degree
5 11 (30.56%) CISM
5 11 (30.56%) GPEN
6 5 (13.89%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (11.11%) CEH
8 2 (5.56%) CCSAS
8 2 (5.56%) SSCP
9 1 (2.78%) CASP
9 1 (2.78%) GCFA
9 1 (2.78%) GCFE
9 1 (2.78%) GCIH
9 1 (2.78%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.00%) GRC
2 7 (19.44%) GDPR
3 6 (16.67%) NIST
3 6 (16.67%) NIST 800
4 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (5.56%) ISO 22301
6 1 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (16.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Qualys
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.78%) Intel