MISRA Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MISRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MISRA over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 363 421
Rank change year-on-year +48 +58 +75
Contract jobs citing MISRA 21 27 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.00% 0.89% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £66 - £339
25th Percentile £68 £66 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 £68 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -86.50% -
75th Percentile £73 £69 £581
90th Percentile £74 - £593
UK median daily rate £70 £68 £500
% change year-on-year +3.70% -86.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 15
10th Percentile £61.63 £56.25 £47.75
25th Percentile - £60.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.25 £58.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +14.96% -
75th Percentile - £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.75 - £66.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £67.25 £58.50
% change year-on-year -3.35% +14.96% -

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 2,096 3,030 3,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.21% 14.80% 14.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,316 1,787 2,323
10th Percentile £225 £250 £220
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% +0.73% +6.67%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £588
90th Percentile £671 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 308 190
10th Percentile £16.47 £10.95 £12.97
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.72 £18.02
Median hourly rate £50.00 £18.19 £32.94
Median % change year-on-year +174.88% -44.78% +47.10%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £59.82
90th Percentile £78.65 £68.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £21.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year +66.21% -39.84% +14.75%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MISRA in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for MISRA in the UK excluding London

MISRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MISRA in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend 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 11 May 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 +42 17 - - 45
North of England +18 2 - - 34
Midlands +18 2 £70 - 37
North West +15 2 - - 15
East Midlands - 2 £70 - 14
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
1 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Eclipse
1 2 (9.52%) NetBeans
1 2 (9.52%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 3 (14.29%) Law
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Military
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Software Engineer
2 10 (47.62%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) C++ Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Software Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (80.95%) Qt
2 14 (66.67%) Middleware
3 2 (9.52%) POSIX
4 1 (4.76%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.76%) IoT
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) Multithreading
3 3 (14.29%) Software Architecture
4 2 (9.52%) Code Quality
4 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.52%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.52%) Requirements Management
4 2 (9.52%) Software Testing
4 2 (9.52%) SysML
4 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.52%) UML
4 2 (9.52%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.76%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Project Management
5 1 (4.76%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) C++
2 17 (80.95%) Ada
3 2 (9.52%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (100.00%) MISRA C
2 18 (85.71%) IEC 61508
3 17 (80.95%) Def Stans
4 2 (9.52%) GDPR
4 2 (9.52%) QA
4 2 (9.52%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Atlassian
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.52%) QNX
2 1 (4.76%) Twitter