MISRA Job Trends

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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 677 681
Rank change year-on-year +39 +4 +266
Permanent jobs citing MISRA 15 22 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.041% 0.072%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% 0.25% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 35
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,750 £43,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile - £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%

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 7,842 8,646 8,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 16.16% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,375 3,830 5,921
10th Percentile £30,370 £31,925 £30,318
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +3.51% +0.81%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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
Top 7 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 14 January 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 +49 14 £60,000 -4.00% 22
Work from Home +67 9 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Scotland +14 9 £60,000 -4.00%
England +48 6 £53,750 -14.00% 22
Midlands +19 4 £52,500 -10.64% 3
West Midlands - 4 £52,500 - 1
East of England +20 1 £55,000 -21.43% 1

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) 3G
1 4 (26.67%) GPRS
1 4 (26.67%) GSM
1 4 (26.67%) Modbus
1 4 (26.67%) RS-232
1 4 (26.67%) RS-485
1 4 (26.67%) SSL
1 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Eclipse
1 2 (13.33%) Git
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
1 2 (13.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) Software Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) Senior
2 9 (60.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 9 (60.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) C Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Validation Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) CAN bus
1 9 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (13.33%) FPGA
3 1 (6.67%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (26.67%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (26.67%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Embedded Software Development
1 13 (86.67%) Software Engineering
2 11 (73.33%) SDLC
3 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (60.00%) Safety Engineering
4 4 (26.67%) Secure Coding
4 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
6 2 (13.33%) Validation
6 2 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
7 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C
2 13 (86.67%) C++
3 2 (13.33%) Embedded C++
3 2 (13.33%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) IEC 61508
1 9 (60.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Firmware
2 4 (26.67%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (60.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft