Purple Team Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Purple Teaming
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Purple Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Purple Team 4 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.43% - 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% - 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £339
25th Percentile - - £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £438
75th Percentile - - £469
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - - £438

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Purple Team falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 786 453 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.43% 86.78% 83.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 318 423
10th Percentile £313 £163 £240
25th Percentile £408 £375 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -9.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £648 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 22 44
10th Percentile £12.82 - £13.20
25th Percentile £15.62 £12.62 £17.75
Median hourly rate £19.34 £18.38 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% -32.57% +81.67%
75th Percentile £26.91 £27.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £51.25 £30.68 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.50 £18.07 £22.50
% change year-on-year +68.83% -19.71% +26.98%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Purple Team relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Purple Team job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Purple Team
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Purple Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Purple Team

Purple Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Claude Code
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 4 (100.00%) Security Testing