MISRA Contract Job Trends in the South East

Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring MISRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 152 210
Rank change year-on-year - +58 -4
Contract jobs citing MISRA 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - 0.033% 0.018%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.20% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £475 £70 £550
% change year-on-year +578.57% -87.27% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - £57.54 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -23.28% +15.61%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.38
% change year-on-year - +4.21% -3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 905 505 975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.14% 16.87% 17.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 293 524
10th Percentile £300 £200 £250
25th Percentile £414 £360 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +2.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £650
England median daily rate £510 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +1.80% -4.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 32 67
10th Percentile £13.38 £20.37 £15.38
25th Percentile £19.66 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.59% +54.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.86 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.77 £32.50 £24.99
% change year-on-year -20.71% +30.08% -37.93%

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

MISRA job vacancy trend in the South East

MISRA
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

MISRA
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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