MISRA C Contracts

MISRA C
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring MISRA C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MISRA C over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 568 666
Rank change year-on-year +63 +98 +189
Contract jobs citing MISRA C 17 11 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.026% 0.049%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.37% 0.18% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £66 - £339
25th Percentile £68 - £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 - £500
75th Percentile £73 - £581
90th Percentile £74 - £593
UK excluding London median daily rate £70 - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 13
10th Percentile £62.75 - -
25th Percentile - £56.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £67.81 £60.75 -
90th Percentile £69.88 - £67.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

MISRA C 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,585 6,035 7,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.72% 14.19% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,939 3,843 5,232
10th Percentile £265 £280 £281
25th Percentile £400 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +1.94%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £480
% change year-on-year -1.04% +0.10% +6.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 381 242
10th Percentile £15.93 £10.95 £13.33
25th Percentile £22.14 £13.18 £18.71
Median hourly rate £34.50 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -40.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £61.50
90th Percentile £80.28 £68.75 £77.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.02 £18.27 £31.89
% change year-on-year +102.63% -42.70% +41.71%

MISRA C
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MISRA C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MISRA C in the UK

MISRA C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MISRA C.

Daily rate trend for MISRA C in the UK

MISRA C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MISRA C.

Hourly rate trend for MISRA C in the UK

MISRA C
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA C within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
UK excluding London +61 17 £70 - 43
England +53 17 £70 - 40
South West - 14 - - 26
Midlands +13 2 £70 - 5
East Midlands - 2 £70 - 2
North of England +21 1 - - 6
North West +9 1 - - 5
Work from Home - 1 - - 12

MISRA C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (5.88%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Eclipse
1 2 (11.76%) NetBeans
2 1 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
1 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (11.76%) Law
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Aviation
2 1 (5.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Software Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Architect
3 4 (23.53%) Software Architect
4 2 (11.76%) C++ Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (82.35%) Qt
2 10 (58.82%) Middleware
3 2 (11.76%) POSIX
4 1 (5.88%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.88%) IoT
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Unix
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (23.53%) Multithreading
2 4 (23.53%) Software Architecture
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Code Quality
4 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
4 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.88%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
5 1 (5.88%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
5 1 (5.88%) Project Planning
5 1 (5.88%) Requirements Management
5 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
5 1 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) SysML
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C++
2 14 (82.35%) Ada
3 2 (11.76%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (100.00%) MISRA
2 15 (88.24%) IEC 61508
3 14 (82.35%) Def Stans
4 2 (11.76%) GDPR
4 2 (11.76%) QA
4 2 (11.76%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) QNX
2 1 (5.88%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.88%) Twitter