Purple Team Job Trends in London

Purple Teaming
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Purple Team skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 409 454
Rank change year-on-year +57 +45 +228
Permanent jobs citing Purple Team 23 12 3
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.17% 0.078% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.082% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 1
10th Percentile £88,500 £63,625 -
25th Percentile - £73,750 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -22.22%
75th Percentile - £112,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,625 £132,750 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £82,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +17.86% +1.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Purple Team falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,196 14,640 16,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.67% 94.56% 92.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,788 8,072 13,608
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Purple Team job vacancy trend in London

Purple Team
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Purple Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Purple Team

Purple Team
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Purple Team in London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Purple Team in London

Purple Team
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Purple Team within the London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 7 - -
Purple Team
England

Purple Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) AWS
2 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 7 (30.43%) GCP
3 3 (13.04%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (13.04%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (13.04%) AWS Step Functions
3 3 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (13.04%) GitHub
3 3 (13.04%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (13.04%) Pulumi
3 3 (13.04%) Serverless
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Wireless
2 3 (13.04%) DSL
2 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Burp Suite
1 5 (21.74%) Metasploit
2 3 (13.04%) GitLab
2 3 (13.04%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (69.57%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) Financial Institution
3 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (17.39%) Law
3 4 (17.39%) Retail
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Security Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Senior
3 5 (21.74%) Digital Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Lead
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Architect
5 3 (13.04%) AWS Architect
5 3 (13.04%) AWS Security Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Security Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Security Manager
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Digital Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Security Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Incident Responder
6 2 (8.70%) Security Specialist
6 2 (8.70%) Team Leader
7 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Test Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Mobile App
2 6 (26.09%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (21.74%) Cyberattack
3 5 (21.74%) Security Posture
4 4 (17.39%) Cloud Native
4 4 (17.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (17.39%) Insider Threat
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Linux
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Red Team
2 17 (73.91%) Incident Response
3 12 (52.17%) Mentoring
3 12 (52.17%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (43.48%) Ethical Hacking
4 10 (43.48%) Offensive Security
5 9 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (34.78%) Agile
6 8 (34.78%) API Testing
6 8 (34.78%) Application Security
6 8 (34.78%) Blue Team
6 8 (34.78%) Business Strategy
6 8 (34.78%) Business Transformation
6 8 (34.78%) Cloud Security
6 8 (34.78%) Coaching
6 8 (34.78%) Collaborative Culture
6 8 (34.78%) Creative Thinking
6 8 (34.78%) Internal Audit
7 7 (30.43%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) Python
2 8 (34.78%) Bash
2 8 (34.78%) PowerShell
3 4 (17.39%) Java
3 4 (17.39%) Kotlin
4 3 (13.04%) Go
4 3 (13.04%) Rust
5 2 (8.70%) Perl
6 1 (4.35%) C
6 1 (4.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) OSCP
2 12 (52.17%) CREST Certified
3 8 (34.78%) CCSAM
3 8 (34.78%) CHECK Team Leader
3 8 (34.78%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (26.09%) Degree
5 4 (17.39%) Azure Certification
5 4 (17.39%) OSCE
6 1 (4.35%) CISM
6 1 (4.35%) CISSP
6 1 (4.35%) GCFA
6 1 (4.35%) GCFE
6 1 (4.35%) GCIH
6 1 (4.35%) GIAC
6 1 (4.35%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (17.39%) EU AI Act
1 4 (17.39%) GDPR
1 4 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Nessus
2 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) Terraform
3 2 (8.70%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft