Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring MISRA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MISRA over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 824 930
Rank change year-on-year +148 +106 +185
Permanent jobs citing MISRA 8 61 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.062% 0.055%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.090% 0.45% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8 45 9
10th Percentile £52,250 £47,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £54,688 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,625 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% - -8.33%

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 8,850 13,541 19,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 13.77% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 9,268 9,195
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

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 April 2025.

Salary histogram for MISRA in the UK

MISRA
Top 11 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 April 2025. 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 +154 8 £61,250 +11.36% 38
England +139 6 £60,000 +4.35% 40
Work from Home +161 4 £62,500 +8.70% 10
East Midlands +44 2 £58,750 +6.82%
Midlands +40 2 £58,750 +6.82% 7
Scotland - 2 £62,500 - 2
South West +109 1 £57,500 -23.33% 23
South East +92 1 £75,000 +36.36% 3
East of England +55 1 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Yorkshire - 1 £62,500 -
North of England - 1 £62,500 - 1

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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Simulink
2 1 (12.50%) TargetLink
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Bluetooth
1 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 1 (12.50%) FlexRay
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics
2 3 (37.50%) Wearables
3 2 (25.00%) Automotive
4 1 (12.50%) Advertising
4 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Ada Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Ada Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (37.50%) GNSS
2 3 (37.50%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (37.50%) IoT
2 3 (37.50%) Legacy Code
2 3 (37.50%) Virtual Team
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Battery Management
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Multithreading
5 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
5 1 (12.50%) System Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (12.50%) UML
5 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C
1 7 (87.50%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded C
3 4 (50.00%) Embedded C++
4 2 (25.00%) Ada
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) Rust
5 1 (12.50%) Bash
5 1 (12.50%) Groovy
5 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
5 1 (12.50%) Perl
5 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 1 (12.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) IEC 62304
1 3 (37.50%) MISRA C
2 2 (25.00%) AUTOSAR
2 2 (25.00%) ISO 26262
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive SPICE
3 1 (12.50%) Def Stans
3 1 (12.50%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Parasoft