ISO 26262 Contract Job Trends in the South East

ISO 26262
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring ISO 26262 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 - 181
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISO 26262 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.015% - 0.043%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.085% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £358
25th Percentile £563 - £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £359
75th Percentile £588 - £360
90th Percentile - - £360
England median daily rate £575 £550 £400
% change year-on-year +4.55% +37.50% -22.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,173 610 557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.76% 17.47% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 384 282
10th Percentile £326 £200 £250
25th Percentile £425 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% -4.24%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £603
90th Percentile £738 £650 £690
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 42 43
10th Percentile £15.98 £15.12 £10.50
25th Percentile £20.63 £15.13 £14.72
Median hourly rate £48.00 £18.87 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.36% -62.26% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.65 £62.63
90th Percentile £83.10 £86.83 £70.00
England median hourly rate £36.07 £32.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +12.72% +14.29% -20.00%

ISO 26262
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

ISO 26262 job vacancy trend in the South East

ISO 26262
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO 26262.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO 26262

ISO 26262
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO 26262.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO 26262

ISO 26262
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 7 September 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
Berkshire - 1 £575 -
Thames Valley - 1 £575 - 6
ISO 26262
England

ISO 26262
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) FMEA
1 1 (100.00%) FMECA
1 1 (100.00%) Hazard Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM