Blue Team Job Trends in the South West

Blue Teaming
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Blue Team skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 191 214
Rank change year-on-year - +23 -
Permanent jobs citing Blue Team 0 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West - 0.046% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.055% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £70,000 -
England median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% - +2.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Blue 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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,635 3,643 4,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.48% 84.45% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,465 1,869 3,032
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,775
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +6.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Blue Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Blue Team relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Blue Team job vacancy trend in the South West

Blue Team
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Blue Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Blue Team