Purple Team Job Trends in the South West

Purple Teaming
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Purple Team skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 277
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Purple Team 0 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West - - 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £48,750
75th Percentile - - £50,625
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £90,000 £105,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -14.29% +78.72% -20.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,186 2,420 7,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 68.66% 90.37% 83.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,428 1,548 5,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,833
25th Percentile £36,438 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,600 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% +4.16% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Purple Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Purple Team job vacancy trend in the South West