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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 349 315
Rank change year-on-year -102 -34 +85
Contract jobs citing MISRA 15 13 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.084% 0.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.33% 0.49% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £68
Median % change year-on-year - - -87.73%
75th Percentile - - £69
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £775 - £68
% change year-on-year - - -88.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 38
10th Percentile £62.25 £61.25 £49.05
25th Percentile - £63.75 £63.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 -
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +16.67%

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 4,492 2,674 2,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.26% 17.34% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,716 1,699 1,415
10th Percentile £313 £235 £240
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £475 £484
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -1.86% -3.20%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 200 251
10th Percentile £13.62 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.50 £13.09
Median hourly rate £36.07 £25.11 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +43.63% +3.86% -30.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £61.88
90th Percentile £80.00 £87.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +24.38% +16.00% -29.58%

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 24 August 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 -47 6 - - 6
East of England - 6 - - 4
West Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
1 3 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (13.33%) Git
General
1 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Law
3 2 (13.33%) Automotive
4 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (86.67%) Software Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 4 (26.67%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Qt Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) Qt
2 2 (13.33%) Middleware
2 2 (13.33%) QML
2 2 (13.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) RISC-V
2 3 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (26.67%) Multithreading
3 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 3 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
3 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 3 (20.00%) SDLC
3 3 (20.00%) UML
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C++
2 13 (86.67%) Ada
3 9 (60.00%) C
4 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) Def Stans
2 7 (46.67%) DO-178B
3 6 (40.00%) MISRA C
4 3 (20.00%) IEC 61508
5 2 (13.33%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) QNX