Purple Team Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Purple Teaming
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Purple Team skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 - 101
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Purple Team 4 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% - 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £339
25th Percentile - - £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £438
75th Percentile - - £469
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £610 - £438
% change year-on-year - - -32.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,620 1,188 1,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.28% 88.39% 84.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 787 1,083
10th Percentile £306 £195 £275
25th Percentile £402 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.34%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £663 £675 £750
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 58 115
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £11.09
25th Percentile £20.44 £14.55 £14.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £18.07 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.83% -19.71% +26.98%
75th Percentile £65.25 £24.10 £41.13
90th Percentile £72.54 £38.67 £57.75
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Purple Team job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Purple Team
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Purple Team.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Purple Team

Purple Team
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. 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
Birmingham - 4 - -
Purple Team
England

Purple Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Claude Code
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 4 (100.00%) Security Testing