The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
29,981
33,385
47,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
90.41%
85.53%
89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted
18,763
21,485
32,677
10th Percentile
£300
£310
£320
25th Percentile
£404
£413
£430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£525
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-4.76%
-4.55%
-
75th Percentile
£625
£638
£650
90th Percentile
£734
£750
£750
UK excluding London median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,667
1,871
1,564
10th Percentile
£14.17
£14.00
£14.25
25th Percentile
£17.30
£18.14
£18.61
Median hourly rate
£25.15
£40.33
£42.50
Median % change year-on-year
-37.63%
-5.12%
+60.38%
75th Percentile
£50.00
£65.00
£65.00
90th Percentile
£68.00
£75.00
£77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£23.00
£40.94
£40.00
% change year-on-year
-43.82%
+2.35%
+84.42%
Purple Team Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Purple Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Purple Team Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Purple Team.
Purple Team Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Purple Team over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.
Purple Team Top 5 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Purple Team Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Purple Team also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Purple Team.
Purple Team Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
