ISO 26262 Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

ISO 26262
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring ISO 26262 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISO 26262 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.75 - -
Median hourly rate £81.50 - -
75th Percentile £82.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £81.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire

ISO 26262 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 308 206 402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.09% 15.90% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 81 207
10th Percentile £363 £334 £180
25th Percentile £449 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £575
90th Percentile £653 £675 £626
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 11
10th Percentile £19.00 £48.07 £24.25
25th Percentile £80.75 £60.75 £24.67
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +12.71% +132.17%
75th Percentile £106.00 £64.73 £75.14
90th Percentile £107.00 £64.99 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £44.36 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +67.40% -29.33% +50.00%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 26262 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

ISO 26262 job vacancy trend in Berkshire

ISO 26262
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 26262 within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 2 - - 1
ISO 26262
South East

ISO 26262
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Engineering Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) FMEA
1 2 (100.00%) Hazard Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) DO-254
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61508