ISO 26262 Contracts in England

ISO 26262
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring ISO 26262 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO 26262 over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 534 659
Rank change year-on-year +51 +125 +121
Contract jobs citing ISO 26262 3 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.019% 0.028%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.077% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - - £425
% change year-on-year - - -24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -
UK median hourly rate - £57.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year - +35.29% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,871 5,277 6,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.86% 14.20% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,477 3,369 4,564
10th Percentile £273 £300 £280
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 349 204
10th Percentile £18.12 £10.95 £14.49
25th Percentile £22.63 £13.18 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.34 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +56.67% -45.84% +50.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.51 £67.38 £79.93
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £20.80 £36.25
% change year-on-year +67.05% -42.61% +29.46%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ISO 26262 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 26262 in England

ISO 26262
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO 26262 in England.

Daily rate trend for ISO 26262 in England

ISO 26262
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO 26262 in England.

Hourly rate trend for ISO 26262 in England

ISO 26262
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
South East - 2 - - 35
Midlands +14 1 - - 25
West Midlands +10 1 - - 17
ISO 26262
UK

ISO 26262
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (33.33%) VectorCAST
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Review
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive SPICE
1 1 (33.33%) DO-178B