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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 318 388
Rank change year-on-year -45 +70 +124
Contract jobs citing MISRA 13 51 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.084% 0.28% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.49% 2.11% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £365
25th Percentile - £66 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £68 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -87.73% -
75th Percentile - £69 £588
90th Percentile - - £625
UK median daily rate - £68 £550
% change year-on-year - -87.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 37 15
10th Percentile £61.25 £48.40 £52.50
25th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £56.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £69.38 - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,648 2,421 3,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.12% 13.51% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,682 1,337 2,007
10th Percentile £250 £220 £263
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £650 £670 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 210 210
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.24 £13.66
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.70 £18.25
Median hourly rate £27.86 £26.59 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% -27.65% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.06 £62.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.93 £70.00 £78.44
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £35.63
% change year-on-year +9.09% -22.82% +54.91%

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing MISRA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for MISRA 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MISRA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for MISRA in the UK excluding London

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 18 September 2025. 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 +3 11 - - 7
Scotland 0 2 - - 1
MISRA
UK

MISRA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Bitbucket
1 2 (15.38%) GitLab
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
1 2 (15.38%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
1 2 (15.38%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) C++ Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Software Architect
3 3 (23.08%) C++ Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (84.62%) Qt
2 7 (53.85%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Multithreading
2 4 (30.77%) Software Architecture
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) OO
3 2 (15.38%) OOD
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) UML
4 1 (7.69%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (84.62%) Ada
3 2 (15.38%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) MISRA C
2 11 (84.62%) Def Stans
2 11 (84.62%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) IBM