Purple Team Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Purple Teaming
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Purple Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Purple Team 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester - - 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,057 966 1,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.80% 89.44% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 578 977
10th Percentile £306 £294 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £681 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 39 50
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.98 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.52 £22.75 £17.53
Median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +8.33% -21.36%
75th Percentile £53.94 £40.38 £60.94
90th Percentile £64.13 £65.00 £75.70
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +1.60% -11.97% +33.81%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Purple Team job vacancy trend in Manchester