Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MISRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MISRA over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 687 843
Rank change year-on-year +112 +156 -163
Contract jobs citing MISRA 19 29 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.049% 0.014%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.31% 0.36% 0.10%
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 18 16 0
10th Percentile £56.25 £48.13 -
25th Percentile £57.25 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.88 £59.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.63 -
90th Percentile - £67.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.88 £59.25 -
% change year-on-year +7.81% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

MISRA 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 6,208 7,984 11,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.33% 13.37% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,920 5,483 8,053
10th Percentile £297 £275 £294
25th Percentile £404 £409 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 225 301
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.21 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.70 £17.00
Median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.39%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £77.50 £67.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £36.25 £21.05
% change year-on-year -50.34% +72.21% -

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MISRA over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +55 19 - - 23
England +104 15 - - 23
South West +20 9 - - 13
West Midlands +34 5 - - 5
Midlands +29 5 - - 5
Scotland +37 4 - - 1
South East 0 1 - - 1

MISRA
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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Simulink
2 5 (26.32%) Stateflow
2 5 (26.32%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Internet
Development Applications
1 7 (36.84%) JIRA
2 6 (31.58%) Bitbucket
2 6 (31.58%) Git
2 6 (31.58%) GoogleTest
2 6 (31.58%) Jenkins
3 5 (26.32%) Subversion
4 4 (21.05%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (5.26%) GitLab
5 1 (5.26%) MagicDraw
5 1 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (36.84%) Electronics
2 5 (26.32%) Automotive
3 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Software Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Java Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Java Software Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Control Systems Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Principal Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Developer
5 1 (5.26%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) Qt
2 1 (5.26%) Node.js
2 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Device Driver
2 6 (31.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (26.32%) Algorithms
3 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
4 4 (21.05%) IoT
4 4 (21.05%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (21.05%) PCIe
4 4 (21.05%) Verilog
4 4 (21.05%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Linux
2 5 (26.32%) VxWorks
3 4 (21.05%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Software Engineering
2 15 (78.95%) Agile
3 10 (52.63%) CI/CD
4 9 (47.37%) UML
5 7 (36.84%) Device Driver Development
5 7 (36.84%) DevOps
6 6 (31.58%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 5 (26.32%) Black-Box Testing
7 5 (26.32%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (26.32%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
7 5 (26.32%) Integration Testing
7 5 (26.32%) Line Management
7 5 (26.32%) Project Management
7 5 (26.32%) QMS
7 5 (26.32%) Quality Management
7 5 (26.32%) Requirements Management
7 5 (26.32%) Software Audit
7 5 (26.32%) Validation
7 5 (26.32%) Verification and Validation
7 5 (26.32%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) C
2 8 (42.11%) C++
3 6 (31.58%) Java
3 6 (31.58%) MATLAB
4 5 (26.32%) Python
5 4 (21.05%) Embedded C
6 1 (5.26%) Assembly Language
6 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
1 5 (26.32%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) MISRA C
2 5 (26.32%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (26.32%) ISO 26262
3 3 (15.79%) Def Stans
3 3 (15.79%) DO-178B
4 1 (5.26%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Google
2 4 (21.05%) Atlassian
2 4 (21.05%) Intel
3 3 (15.79%) IBM