Purple Team Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Purple Teaming
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Purple Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Purple Team 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.075% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £525 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,045 556 899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.45% 92.51% 80.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 302 493
10th Percentile £350 £235 £258
25th Percentile £414 £357 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £600
90th Percentile £644 £650 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 83 204
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £40.00
25th Percentile £53.53 £18.87 £48.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.67 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.41% -24.76% +27.27%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £29.63 £55.00
% change year-on-year +94.09% -46.14% -4.35%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Purple Team job vacancy trend in Bristol

Purple Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+