Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MISRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MISRA over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 834 909 1116
Rank change year-on-year +75 +207 -248
Permanent jobs citing MISRA 61 43 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.044% 0.075%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.45% 0.23% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 45 9 60
10th Percentile £47,500 £34,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £38,889
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £74,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £84,999
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

MISRA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,561 18,525 27,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 18.81% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,147 8,607 13,266
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MISRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MISRA.

Salary trend for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MISRA over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
UK excluding London +28 61 £55,000 - 27
England +109 55 £57,500 +4.55% 24
Work from Home +80 25 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Midlands -20 22 £55,000 +10.00% 6
South East +27 21 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands -8 15 £55,000 -8.33% 3
East Midlands -1 7 £55,000 +46.67% 3
South West -9 7 £75,000 +42.86% 11
Wales - 6 £50,000 - 2
East of England +9 5 £65,000 - 3

MISRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (47.54%) Simulink
2 22 (36.07%) Stateflow
3 7 (11.48%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.95%) J1939
2 6 (9.84%) Bluetooth
2 6 (9.84%) Wireless
2 6 (9.84%) ZigBee
3 5 (8.20%) RS-232
3 5 (8.20%) RS-485
3 5 (8.20%) TCP/IP
3 5 (8.20%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (6.56%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.64%) FlexRay
5 1 (1.64%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (1.64%) Modbus
5 1 (1.64%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 23 (37.70%) JIRA
2 21 (34.43%) ClearCase
2 21 (34.43%) Plastic SCM
3 14 (22.95%) ClearQuest
4 6 (9.84%) Rational Rhapsody
5 5 (8.20%) Git
6 4 (6.56%) Visual Studio
7 3 (4.92%) Jenkins
7 3 (4.92%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (1.64%) Bitbucket
8 1 (1.64%) GitLab
8 1 (1.64%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (1.64%) Subversion
General
1 30 (49.18%) Electronics
2 28 (45.90%) Automotive
3 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
4 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Retail
6 3 (4.92%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Finance
8 1 (1.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (91.80%) Software Engineer
2 30 (49.18%) Embedded Engineer
3 26 (42.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 18 (29.51%) Senior
5 14 (22.95%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Lead
6 4 (6.56%) Lead Software Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Ada Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Ada Software Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Software Test Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Test Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) C Software Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Senior C Software Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) Junior
9 1 (1.64%) Junior Embedded Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) Junior Software Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) MATLAB Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
9 1 (1.64%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) Qt
2 2 (3.28%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) Algorithms
2 14 (22.95%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (9.84%) IoT
4 5 (8.20%) Smart Home
5 4 (6.56%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (6.56%) Product Ownership
5 4 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.92%) PCIe
7 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.64%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.64%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.95%) Linux
2 8 (13.11%) Windows
3 5 (8.20%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.64%) Debian
4 1 (1.64%) Fedora
4 1 (1.64%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.64%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (91.80%) Software Engineering
2 30 (49.18%) Agile
3 23 (37.70%) Software Testing
4 22 (36.07%) Configuration Management
5 14 (22.95%) Data Acquisition
6 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.75%) OO
7 9 (14.75%) Validation
8 7 (11.48%) Test Automation
8 7 (11.48%) UML
9 5 (8.20%) OOD
9 5 (8.20%) Project Management
9 5 (8.20%) SDLC
10 4 (6.56%) Code Quality
10 4 (6.56%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (6.56%) DevOps
10 4 (6.56%) Project Delivery
10 4 (6.56%) Regulatory Compliance
10 4 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (6.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (93.44%) C
2 33 (54.10%) Embedded C
3 29 (47.54%) MATLAB
4 19 (31.15%) Python
5 14 (22.95%) Perl
6 13 (21.31%) C++
7 7 (11.48%) C#
8 6 (9.84%) Rust
9 3 (4.92%) Ada
9 3 (4.92%) Groovy
9 3 (4.92%) R
10 1 (1.64%) Embedded C++
10 1 (1.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (34.43%) Degree
2 14 (22.95%) Security Cleared
3 12 (19.67%) HND
4 10 (16.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.92%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.64%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (31.15%) ISO 26262
2 15 (24.59%) MISRA C
3 14 (22.95%) Automotive SPICE
3 14 (22.95%) AUTOSAR
4 10 (16.39%) Def Stans
5 4 (6.56%) IEC 61508
6 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 19 (31.15%) Firmware
2 7 (11.48%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 24 (39.34%) IBM
2 21 (34.43%) Lauterbach
3 5 (8.20%) Renesas
4 4 (6.56%) Facebook
4 4 (6.56%) Instagram
5 1 (1.64%) SAP