Purple Team Job Trends in Manchester

Purple Teaming
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Purple Team skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 - 147
Rank change year-on-year - - +104
Permanent jobs citing Purple Team 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.038% - 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% - 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.75%
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% -1.75%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,197 2,640 2,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 83.89% 92.37% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,264 1,253 1,613
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,550 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -7.60% +3.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% +0.64%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Purple Team job vacancy trend in Manchester

Purple Team
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Purple Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Purple Team

Purple Team
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Responder
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams