Purple Team Contract Job Trends in Reading

Purple Teaming
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Purple Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Purple Team 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading - - 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Berkshire median daily rate - - £500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 880 542 953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 81.71% 92.18% 85.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 342 507
10th Percentile £375 £354 £350
25th Percentile £458 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £538 £583
Median % change year-on-year +2.79% -7.80% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £620 £650
90th Percentile £745 £664 £715
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £511 £550
% change year-on-year +7.63% -7.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 20 32
10th Percentile £35.22 - £15.13
25th Percentile £71.32 £14.75 £55.41
Median hourly rate £85.00 £24.13 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +252.33% -60.84% -5.41%
75th Percentile £102.10 £55.00 £75.40
90th Percentile £106.25 £59.08 £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £32.31 £61.60
% change year-on-year +152.24% -47.55% +2.67%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Purple Team job vacancy trend in Reading