MISRA Contracts in England

Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring MISRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MISRA over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 518 617
Rank change year-on-year +60 +99 +143
Contract jobs citing MISRA 20 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.083% 0.063% 0.057%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.52% 0.44% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £66 - £339
25th Percentile £68 £66 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 £68 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -86.50% -
75th Percentile £73 £69 £581
90th Percentile £74 - £593
UK median daily rate £70 £68 £500
% change year-on-year +3.70% -86.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 14
10th Percentile £61.63 - £47.38
25th Percentile - £56.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +18.14% -
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile £66.75 - £66.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.25 £59.25
% change year-on-year -3.35% +13.50% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

MISRA 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 3,847 5,185 6,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.94% 14.18% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,478 3,329 4,460
10th Percentile £274 £300 £288
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
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 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 348 214
10th Percentile £18.14 £10.95 £15.21
25th Percentile £22.69 £13.18 £19.07
Median hourly rate £38.03 £22.42 £38.55
Median % change year-on-year +69.63% -41.84% +32.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.62
90th Percentile £78.67 £68.75 £79.93
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £21.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year +66.21% -39.84% +8.12%

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MISRA in England

MISRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for MISRA in England

MISRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for MISRA in England

MISRA
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 MISRA within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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 West +42 17 - - 27
Midlands +10 2 £70 - 5
East Midlands - 2 £70 - 2
North of England +20 1 - - 2
North West +13 1 - - 1
MISRA
UK

MISRA
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (10.00%) NetBeans
2 1 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (15.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (15.00%) Law
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Aviation
3 1 (5.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Architect
3 3 (15.00%) C++ Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Software Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (85.00%) Qt
2 14 (70.00%) Middleware
3 2 (10.00%) POSIX
4 1 (5.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.00%) IoT
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (15.00%) Agile
2 3 (15.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (15.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (10.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (5.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (5.00%) DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (5.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (5.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (5.00%) Physics
4 1 (5.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (5.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C++
2 17 (85.00%) Ada
3 2 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (100.00%) MISRA C
2 18 (90.00%) IEC 61508
3 17 (85.00%) Def Stans
4 2 (10.00%) GDPR
4 2 (10.00%) QA
4 2 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.00%) QNX
2 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.00%) Twitter