Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 13 April 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MISRA C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MISRA C over the 6 months to 13 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

MISRA C
UK
6 months to
13 Apr 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 825 974 1112
Rank change year-on-year +149 +138 +82
Permanent jobs citing MISRA C 13 11 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.010% 0.012%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.13% 0.078% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 16
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,275 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,688 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -4.76% -10.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,125 £52,313
90th Percentile £49,500 £55,125 £55,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £49,750
% change year-on-year -5.56% -9.55% -0.50%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 10,183 14,050 20,964
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.26% 12.34% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,119 10,931 15,430
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £27,625
25th Percentile £40,977 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MISRA C in the UK

MISRA C
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA C within the UK over the 6 months to 13 April 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
England +120 13 £42,500 -5.56% 5
UK excluding London +109 12 £42,500 -5.56% 6
Midlands +44 7 £42,500 -5.56% 4
West Midlands +29 7 £42,500 -5.56% 2
East of England +62 4 £50,000 +38.89%
Work from Home - 2 £42,500 - 1
North of England - 1 £45,000 -
London - 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £45,000 -

For the 6 months to 13 April 2021, IT jobs citing MISRA C also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for MISRA C.

1 13 (100.00%) C
1 13 (100.00%) MISRA
2 12 (92.31%) Electronics
3 10 (76.92%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (76.92%) Computer Science
3 10 (76.92%) Test Automation
3 10 (76.92%) Python
4 9 (69.23%) Software Engineering
5 8 (61.54%) Firmware
6 7 (53.85%) Embedded C
6 7 (53.85%) Linux
7 6 (46.15%) Windows
7 6 (46.15%) ISO 9001
7 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
7 6 (46.15%) Use Case
7 6 (46.15%) JIRA
7 6 (46.15%) GitHub
7 6 (46.15%) SDLC
7 6 (46.15%) Product Requirements
8 5 (38.46%) ISO 26262
8 5 (38.46%) IEC 61508
8 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
9 4 (30.77%) Regression Testing
9 4 (30.77%) Degree
9 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
9 4 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (30.77%) IEC 62304
9 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (30.77%) Algorithms

MISRA C
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) JIRA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Electronics
2 6 (46.15%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Software Engineer
2 6 (46.15%) Firmware Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (30.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 3 (23.08%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Development Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Algorithms
1 4 (30.77%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Linux
2 6 (46.15%) Windows
3 1 (7.69%) QNX Neutrino
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (76.92%) Computer Science
1 10 (76.92%) Test Automation
2 9 (69.23%) Software Engineering
3 6 (46.15%) Product Requirements
3 6 (46.15%) SDLC
3 6 (46.15%) Use Case
4 5 (38.46%) Software Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
5 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (30.77%) Regression Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C
2 10 (76.92%) Python
3 7 (53.85%) Embedded C
4 2 (15.38%) C++
5 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) MISRA
2 6 (46.15%) ISO 9001
3 5 (38.46%) IEC 61508
3 5 (38.46%) ISO 26262
4 4 (30.77%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) QNX