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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 311 398
Rank change year-on-year -50 +87 +108
Contract jobs citing MISRA 19 50 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.29% 0.095%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.66% 2.11% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £488
25th Percentile £463 £66 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £68 £550
Median % change year-on-year +603.70% -87.73% -
75th Percentile £488 £69 £581
90th Percentile - - £619
UK median daily rate £475 £68 £550
% change year-on-year +603.70% -87.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 36 10
10th Percentile £61.25 £47.75 £56.06
25th Percentile £61.88 £62.19 £57.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £68.13 - -
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 2,861 2,369 3,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.65% 13.86% 14.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,808 1,302 1,969
10th Percentile £263 £213 £260
25th Percentile £375 £351 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.38%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £594
90th Percentile £651 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 190 205
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.94 £14.52
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.21 £18.95
Median hourly rate £24.25 £27.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -31.25% +77.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +9.09% -26.67% +51.76%

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
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 22 October 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 22 October 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 16 - - 16
Scotland +1 2 - -
East of England -6 1 £475 - 5
MISRA
UK

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Bitbucket
1 2 (10.53%) GitLab
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
1 2 (10.53%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (5.26%) Polyspace
2 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (21.05%) Electronics
2 3 (15.79%) Law
3 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.26%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Software Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) C++ Software Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (21.05%) Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Software Architect
4 3 (15.79%) C++ Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (63.16%) Qt
2 8 (42.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Unix
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) Validation
3 4 (21.05%) Multithreading
3 4 (21.05%) Software Architecture
3 4 (21.05%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (10.53%) Agile
5 2 (10.53%) OO
5 2 (10.53%) OOD
5 2 (10.53%) Scrum
5 2 (10.53%) UML
6 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) C++
2 12 (63.16%) Ada
3 7 (36.84%) C
4 1 (5.26%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (84.21%) Def Stans
2 15 (78.95%) MISRA C
3 12 (63.16%) IEC 61508
4 4 (21.05%) DO-178B
5 1 (5.26%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (5.26%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) IBM
2 1 (5.26%) QNX