MISRA Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MISRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 363 313
Rank change year-on-year -99 -50 +86
Contract jobs citing MISRA 23 19 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.081% 0.12% 0.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.48% 0.67% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £463 £66
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £68
Median % change year-on-year +1.26% +603.70% -87.73%
75th Percentile - £488 £69
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £775 £475 £68
% change year-on-year +63.16% +603.70% -87.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 38
10th Percentile £63.50 £61.25 £49.05
25th Percentile - £61.88 £62.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.13 -
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,797 2,835 2,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.98% 17.70% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,762 1,790 1,304
10th Percentile £305 £263 £213
25th Percentile £400 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £656 £650
UK median daily rate £507 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.45% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 667 222 192
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.50 £13.03
25th Percentile £16.46 £15.60 £15.22
Median hourly rate £32.40 £25.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.58% -9.09% -29.03%
75th Percentile £66.25 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.98% +9.09% -23.61%

MISRA Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MISRA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

MISRA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MISRA Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MISRA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MISRA

MISRA Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MISRA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MISRA

MISRA Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West -34 14 £481 - 8
East of England -21 6 - - 8
West Midlands - 2 - - 5
Midlands - 2 - - 7
North West - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 2
MISRA
UK

MISRA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Def Stans65.2%15
2MISRA C60.9%14
3IEC 6150834.8%8
4DO-178B30.4%7
5ISO 262628.7%2