MISRA Contract Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West citing MISRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	141	107	103
Rank change year-on-year	-34	-4	+33
Contract jobs citing MISRA	14	16	31
As % of all contract jobs in the South West	0.38%	0.78%	1.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	2.35%	3.81%	10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£66
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£481	-	£68
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-87.73%
75^th Percentile	-	-	£69
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median daily rate	£775	£475	£68
% change year-on-year	+63.16%	+603.70%	-87.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted	11	12	24
10^th Percentile	-	£61.25	-
25^th Percentile	-	£62.19	-
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£65.00	£70.00
Median % change year-on-year	-	-7.14%	+7.69%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£67.31	-
90^th Percentile	-	£69.75	-
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£65.00	£70.00
% change year-on-year	-	-7.14%	+7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in the South West.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	597	420	305
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West	16.21%	20.58%	12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted	355	246	155
10^th Percentile	£312	£263	£218
25^th Percentile	£419	£357	£423
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£524	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+0.19%	+4.80%	-9.09%
75^th Percentile	£631	£638	£625
90^th Percentile	£738	£706	£690
England median daily rate	£520	£500	£520
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.85%	-3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted	73	59	51
10^th Percentile	£13.80	£15.58	£12.24
25^th Percentile	£17.17	£19.08	£16.55
Median hourly rate	£30.00	£33.50	£70.00
Median % change year-on-year	-10.45%	-52.14%	-4.52%
75^th Percentile	£68.75	£64.75	-
90^th Percentile	£76.00	£70.50	-
England median hourly rate	£30.81	£31.49	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-2.17%	-10.03%	-6.67%

MISRA Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

MISRA Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

MISRA Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

MISRA Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Bristol	-15	14	£481	-	4
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MISRA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing MISRA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region citing MISRA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Ada	100.0%	14
1	C++	100.0%	14
1	MISRA C	100.0%	14
1	Software Engineering	100.0%	14
5	Multithreading	85.7%	12
6	Def Stans	57.1%	8
6	IEC 61508	57.1%	8
6	Qt	57.1%	8
9	SDLC	50.0%	7
10	Code Quality	42.9%	6
10	Configuration Management	42.9%	6
10	FreeRTOS	42.9%	6
10	Functional Testing	42.9%	6
10	Hardware-in-the-Loop	42.9%	6
10	Integration Testing	42.9%	6
10	Issue Tracking	42.9%	6
10	JIRA	42.9%	6
10	Linux	42.9%	6
10	Microsoft Office	42.9%	6
10	Project Management	42.9%	6
10	Project Planning	42.9%	6
10	Python	42.9%	6
10	Rational DOORS	42.9%	6
10	Rational Rhapsody	42.9%	6
10	UML	42.9%	6
26	Software Architecture	35.7%	5
27	SC Cleared	28.6%	4
27	Security Cleared	28.6%	4
29	Middleware	21.4%	3
30	Collaborative Working	7.1%	1

MISRA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	MISRA C	100.0%	14
2	Def Stans	57.1%	8
2	IEC 61508	57.1%	8