Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MISRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MISRA over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 697 987 971
Rank change year-on-year +290 -16 -240
Permanent jobs citing MISRA 30 103 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.082% 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.38% 0.46% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 27 14 18
10th Percentile £42,500 £53,000 £45,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £54,062 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £63,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,999 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,933 22,280 20,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.73% 17.63% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,817 12,040 12,594
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,875 £40,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.67%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MISRA over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MISRA within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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
UK excluding London +170 30 £57,500 -4.17% 26
England +246 29 £57,500 -4.17% 18
Midlands +58 18 £58,250 -10.38% 11
West Midlands +70 17 £59,000 -15.71% 11
Work from Home +260 11 £62,500 +4.17% 14
South West +72 6 £61,250 +2.08% 1
North of England - 3 £57,500 - 1
South East +156 2 £70,000 - 3
North West - 2 £56,250 -
East Midlands +47 1 £57,500 +15.00%
North East - 1 £57,500 - 1
Wales - 1 £55,000 - 2

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 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Simulink
2 2 (6.67%) TargetLink
3 1 (3.33%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Network Security
1 6 (20.00%) SNMP
2 5 (16.67%) FlexRay
3 3 (10.00%) GSM
4 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.33%) Bluetooth
5 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) Visual Studio
2 5 (16.67%) JIRA
3 3 (10.00%) Git
3 3 (10.00%) Subversion
4 1 (3.33%) Bitbucket
4 1 (3.33%) CANoe
4 1 (3.33%) GCC
4 1 (3.33%) GitLab
General
1 10 (33.33%) Automotive
2 7 (23.33%) Electronics
3 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 5 (16.67%) Marketing
4 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Embedded Engineer
1 17 (56.67%) Software Engineer
2 12 (40.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 10 (33.33%) Senior
4 9 (30.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 7 (23.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
8 4 (13.33%) Lead
9 2 (6.67%) Developer
9 2 (6.67%) Lead Software Engineer
9 2 (6.67%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
9 2 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
9 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
10 1 (3.33%) Linux Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) Real Time Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) Real Time Software Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 1 (3.33%) Senior Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.67%) IoT
4 1 (3.33%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (3.33%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Android
2 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.67%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (6.67%) Windows
3 1 (3.33%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.33%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (76.67%) Software Engineering
2 12 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 8 (26.67%) Test Automation
5 7 (23.33%) Project Management
6 5 (16.67%) Agile
6 5 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
6 5 (16.67%) Process Management
6 5 (16.67%) Programme Management
6 5 (16.67%) UML
6 5 (16.67%) Unit Testing
7 4 (13.33%) Change Management
7 4 (13.33%) Use Case
8 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (10.00%) OO
8 3 (10.00%) Software Architecture
8 3 (10.00%) SysML
8 3 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 25 (83.33%) C
2 17 (56.67%) C++
3 15 (50.00%) Embedded C
4 12 (40.00%) Python
5 9 (30.00%) Bash
6 8 (26.67%) Embedded C++
7 7 (23.33%) C#
7 7 (23.33%) MATLAB
8 6 (20.00%) Ada
8 6 (20.00%) Groovy
8 6 (20.00%) Perl
8 6 (20.00%) PowerShell
8 6 (20.00%) Ruby
8 6 (20.00%) Rust
8 6 (20.00%) SQL
9 1 (3.33%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Postgraduate
3 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (36.67%) ISO 26262
2 8 (26.67%) MISRA C
3 4 (13.33%) DO-178B
3 4 (13.33%) QA
4 3 (10.00%) AUTOSAR
4 3 (10.00%) IEC 61508
5 2 (6.67%) Def Stans
6 1 (3.33%) JTAG
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Firmware
2 3 (10.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) SAP
2 4 (13.33%) Parasoft
3 1 (3.33%) Green Hills
3 1 (3.33%) Lauterbach
3 1 (3.33%) Renesas