Purple Team Contracts in England

Purple Teaming
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Purple Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Purple Team over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 525 625
Rank change year-on-year +46 +100 +156
Contract jobs citing Purple Team 6 17 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.046% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.053% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 19
10th Percentile - £367 £495
25th Percentile - £392 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £438 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -32.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile - £473 £688
90th Percentile - £772 £714
UK median daily rate - £438 £650
% change year-on-year - -32.69% -10.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Purple Team in England

Purple Team
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Purple Team within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +40 6 - - 9
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) IaaS
1 5 (83.33%) PaaS
1 5 (83.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Tester
2 5 (83.33%) Senior
2 5 (83.33%) Senior Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Security Penetration Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) CSS
1 5 (83.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Red Team
2 5 (83.33%) Application Security
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Manual Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (83.33%) Offensive Security
2 5 (83.33%) OWASP
2 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Secure Coding
2 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 5 (83.33%) PHP
1 5 (83.33%) Python
1 5 (83.33%) Ruby
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) OSCP
2 5 (83.33%) CCSAS
2 5 (83.33%) CEH
2 5 (83.33%) CREST Certified
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) GIAC
2 5 (83.33%) GPEN
2 5 (83.33%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NIST