ISO 26262 Contract Job Trends in Reading

ISO 26262
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading 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 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISO 26262 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.23% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Berkshire 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 - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 170 115 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 19.27% 14.84% 16.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 36 116
10th Percentile £375 £348 £333
25th Percentile £461 £392 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £639 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £514 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +2.80% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 0
10th Percentile £80.75 - -
25th Percentile £80.81 - -
Median hourly rate £82.25 - -
75th Percentile £106.75 - -
90th Percentile £107.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £54.56
% change year-on-year +32.53% +12.71% +132.17%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

ISO 26262 job vacancy trend in Reading

ISO 26262
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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
ISO 26262 jobs