Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring MISRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 683 633 805
Rank change year-on-year -50 +172 +129
Permanent jobs citing MISRA 19 8 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.023% 0.020% 0.069%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.21% 0.12% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 48
10th Percentile £54,500 £52,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +11.36% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £69,625 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.04% +11.36% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,126 6,608 12,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.92% 16.11% 14.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5,333 3,860 9,141
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,375 £27,218
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £79,250 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -5.00%

MISRA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

MISRA job vacancy trend in the UK

MISRA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MISRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MISRA

MISRA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MISRA over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Top 8 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 11 April 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
UK excluding London -64 18 £60,000 -2.04% 15
Work from Home +15 11 £60,000 -4.00% 6
Scotland -8 11 £60,000 -4.00%
England -71 8 £65,000 +8.33% 14
Midlands -41 5 £65,000 +10.64% 7
West Midlands - 5 £65,000 - 6
East of England -31 1 £55,000 -8.33% 2
South East -41 1 £70,000 -6.67% 2

MISRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (10.53%) Ethernet
1 2 (10.53%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Git
2 2 (10.53%) Eclipse
2 2 (10.53%) JIRA
2 2 (10.53%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (5.26%) Subversion
General
1 2 (10.53%) Electronics
2 1 (5.26%) Aeronautics
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Aviation
2 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.26%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Embedded Engineer
1 16 (84.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 16 (84.21%) Senior
1 16 (84.21%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 16 (84.21%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
1 16 (84.21%) Senior Software Engineer
1 16 (84.21%) Software Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) RF Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Validation Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Verification Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Software Engineering Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (57.89%) CAN bus
3 3 (15.79%) FPGA
4 2 (10.53%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (5.26%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) FreeRTOS
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Software Engineering
2 14 (73.68%) Embedded Software Development
3 13 (68.42%) SDLC
4 11 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (57.89%) Safety Engineering
5 5 (26.32%) Secure Coding
5 5 (26.32%) Validation
6 3 (15.79%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.79%) Verification and Validation
7 2 (10.53%) Code Quality
7 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (10.53%) Configuration Management
7 2 (10.53%) Customer Requirements
7 2 (10.53%) Software Architecture
7 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
8 1 (5.26%) Agile
8 1 (5.26%) Roadmaps
8 1 (5.26%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 18 (94.74%) C
2 14 (73.68%) C++
3 3 (15.79%) Python
4 2 (10.53%) Java
4 2 (10.53%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (84.21%) IEC 61508
1 16 (84.21%) MISRA C
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Firmware
2 2 (10.53%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (68.42%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft