MISRA C
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MISRA C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MISRA C over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 691 843
Rank change year-on-year +111 +152 -152
Contract jobs citing MISRA C 11 27 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.046% 0.012%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.18% 0.34% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £339 £385
25th Percentile - £378 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £500
75th Percentile - £581 £594
90th Percentile - £593 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - £67.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

MISRA C is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,171 7,924 11,796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.30% 13.40% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,916 5,449 8,078
10th Percentile £297 £280 £299
25th Percentile £403 £411 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £623
90th Percentile £750 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £479 £450
% change year-on-year +1.77% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 235 300
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.60 £16.50
Median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.56% +27.27% +30.95%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £77.50 £67.04
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £33.39 £21.05
% change year-on-year -46.08% +58.60% +0.12%

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MISRA C over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 4 May 2024. 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 +50 11 - - 5
England +91 7 - - 4
Midlands +31 5 - - 1
West Midlands +28 5 - -
Scotland +43 4 - - 1
South East +4 1 - -
North West - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Simulink
2 5 (45.45%) Stateflow
2 5 (45.45%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Internet
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Bitbucket
1 6 (54.55%) Git
2 5 (45.45%) Subversion
3 2 (18.18%) JIRA
3 2 (18.18%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (9.09%) GitLab
4 1 (9.09%) MagicDraw
4 1 (9.09%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 5 (45.45%) Automotive
2 4 (36.36%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Control Systems Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Principal Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineer
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Node.js
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Algorithms
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) Device Driver
2 4 (36.36%) IoT
2 4 (36.36%) PCIe
2 4 (36.36%) Verilog
2 4 (36.36%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
1 5 (45.45%) VxWorks
2 4 (36.36%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) UML
3 6 (54.55%) Requirements Management
3 6 (54.55%) Software Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Black-Box Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (45.45%) Functional Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
4 5 (45.45%) Line Management
4 5 (45.45%) Project Management
4 5 (45.45%) QMS
4 5 (45.45%) Quality Management
4 5 (45.45%) Software Audit
4 5 (45.45%) Validation
4 5 (45.45%) Verification and Validation
4 5 (45.45%) White-Box Testing
5 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) C
2 6 (54.55%) MATLAB
3 4 (36.36%) Embedded C
4 2 (18.18%) C++
5 1 (9.09%) Assembly Language
5 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) MISRA
2 5 (45.45%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (45.45%) ISO 26262
3 1 (9.09%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Atlassian
2 4 (36.36%) Intel