MISRA Job Trends in the Midlands

Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring MISRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 241 215
Rank change year-on-year +18 -26 +55
Permanent jobs citing MISRA 4 7 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.051% 0.11% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.39% 0.60% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 18
10th Percentile - £49,375 £46,375
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,313 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,750 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +0.86% -2.92%
75th Percentile £54,063 £65,938 £66,250
90th Percentile £54,625 £66,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,750 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.00% +8.70% -4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

MISRA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,033 1,166 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.15% 18.23% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 569 491 668
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,822 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,200 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +4.40% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,625 £63,850
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £58,920
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.83% +2.47%

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MISRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

MISRA job vacancy trend in the Midlands

MISRA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing MISRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing MISRA

MISRA
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 4 £52,500 - 1
MISRA
England

MISRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) GPRS
1 4 (100.00%) GSM
1 4 (100.00%) Modbus
1 4 (100.00%) RS-232
1 4 (100.00%) RS-485
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) C Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 4 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (100.00%) Firmware