MISRA Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MISRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 543 683
Rank change year-on-year -36 +140 -5
Permanent jobs citing MISRA 17 3 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.025% 0.010% 0.089%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.28% 0.065% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 49
10th Percentile - £42,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,750 £74,250 £75,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,127 4,589 9,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.18% 15.49% 12.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,854 2,287 6,306
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £38,987 £35,299 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,319 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

MISRA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MISRA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MISRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MISRA

MISRA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing MISRA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for MISRA in the UK excluding London

MISRA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Scotland - 10 £60,000 -
Midlands - 5 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £65,000 -
South East -21 1 £70,000 -6.67% 6
East of England - 1 £77,500 - 10
MISRA
UK

MISRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Ethernet
1 2 (11.76%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) Subversion
General
1 2 (11.76%) Electronics
2 1 (5.88%) Advertising
2 1 (5.88%) Aeronautics
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Aviation
2 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Embedded Engineer
2 15 (88.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 15 (88.24%) Senior
2 15 (88.24%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 15 (88.24%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 15 (88.24%) Senior Software Engineer
2 15 (88.24%) Software Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 11 (64.71%) Embedded Systems
2 10 (58.82%) CAN bus
3 2 (11.76%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.88%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Software Engineering
2 13 (76.47%) Embedded Software Development
3 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (58.82%) Safety Engineering
3 10 (58.82%) SDLC
4 5 (29.41%) Secure Coding
5 4 (23.53%) Validation
6 3 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) Code Quality
7 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (11.76%) Software Architecture
7 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
8 1 (5.88%) Agile
8 1 (5.88%) Design for Manufacturing
8 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
8 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
8 1 (5.88%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C
2 13 (76.47%) C++
3 3 (17.65%) Python
4 2 (11.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (94.12%) MISRA C
2 15 (88.24%) IEC 61508
3 1 (5.88%) Automotive SPICE
3 1 (5.88%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 5 (29.41%) Firmware
2 2 (11.76%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (70.59%) Functional Safety