ISO 26262 Contracts in the North West

ISO 26262
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing ISO 26262 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.090% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £623 - -
England median daily rate £475 £400 £515
% change year-on-year +18.75% -22.33% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 the North West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 333 351 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.02% 14.43% 14.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 201 250
10th Percentile £313 £363 £325
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £498 £486
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +2.37% +2.32%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £688 £670 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 31
10th Percentile £13.50 - £17.14
25th Percentile £21.75 - £29.30
Median hourly rate £62.50 £10.95 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +470.78% -68.71% -50.00%
75th Percentile £72.60 £15.05 £49.52
90th Percentile £85.25 £37.86 £78.00
England median hourly rate £31.64 £26.68 £35.00
% change year-on-year +18.59% -23.77% +52.17%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing ISO 26262 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 26262 in the North West

ISO 26262
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ISO 26262.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ISO 26262

ISO 26262
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 26262 in the North West over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 26262 in the North West

ISO 26262
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ISO 26262.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ISO 26262

ISO 26262
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 2 £550 - 6
ISO 26262
England

ISO 26262
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) FMEA
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (50.00%) IEC 62304
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Atlassian